• COURSE SYLLABUS
  • Standard
  • Fall 2008 (001)
  • Fall 2009 (all sections)
• HOUSE RULES
• HOUSE RULES (micro)
• WCE
• WCE fall 2008 (the economy)
• CALENDAR
• CALENDAR (fall 2009)
• CALENDAR fall 2008
• CONFERENCES
• CONSENT FORM
• JOURNALS:  Set-up
• JOURNALS:  Topics
• JOURNALS:  spring 2008

• FINAL GRADE SHEET 101-001
• FINAL GRADE SHEET 101-029
• FINAL GRADE SHEET (fall 2009)
• ESSAY FORMAT
• ESSAY FORMAT:  Headers Set-up
• ESSAY FORMAT:  Word 2007
• GROUP PROJECTS fall 2009 (holidays)
• GROUP PROJECTS fall 2009 (dates)
• LIBRARY PROJECT
  • Library of Congress System
  • Library's Databases
• PORTFOLIO
• PORTFOLIO fall 2008
• STUDENT ACCOUNTS
• STUDY HOURS
• Turnitin.com (student log-in)
• TURNITIN.COM (fall 2009)

• POS STUDY GUIDE
• POS EXERCISE BOOKLET
• POS REVIEW

• SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT RULES
• SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT EXERCISES

• FRAGMENT WORD GROUPS
• FRAGMENT CHECKLIST
• FRAGMENT, RUN-ON, COMMA SPLICE EXERCISES
• COMMA RULES
• COMMA RULES--Dr. House's 4
• COMMA EXERCISES
• PUNCTUATION EXERCISES

ADVICE: 

• ALL-TOO-COMMON ERRORS
• WRITING ADVICE
• DR. HOUSE'S PRESCRIPTION

ESSAY BASICS:

• TITLES (ppt)
• INTRODUCTIONS (ppt.)
• THESIS STATEMENTS
• PARAGRAPHS (ppt.)
• TRANSITIONS (ppt)
• TRANSITIONS (html)
• TRANSITIONS List
• CONCLUSIONS (ppt.)
• INTRODUCTIONS, CONCLUSIONS EXERCISES
• ALL ESSAYS FORMAT

PRE-WRITING:

• JOURNALS
• THE WRITING PROCESS
• BRAINSTORMING
• FREEWRITING
• OUTLINING ESSAYS (ppt)
• OUTLINING
• OUTLINE TEMPLATE
• OUTLINE TEMPLATE for Description
• OUTLINE TEMPLATE for C/C (points)
• OUTLINE TEMPLATE for C/C (subjects)

POST-WRITING:

• CHOPPINESS--COORDINATION, SUBORDINATION
• CHOPPINESS EXERCISE
• CHECKLIST
• PROOFREADING TECHNIQUES

• TRAIT SHEET
• SAMPLE ESSAYS
• POWER POINT
• Senses List
• Sense List--Adjectives
• Description Exercises
• Description Journal (D. at work)
• Description Journal Answers
• Outline Template
• Checklist

• Twain's Tom Sawyer (scenes)
• Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"
• Dillard's "The Death of a Moth"
• Dipo's "No Rainbows, No Roses"
• Thomas' "Rain of Fire"
• Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily"
• Hemingway's "A Clean...Place"
• Orwell's "A Hanging"
• Oates' "Where Are You Going...?"
• Dialogue Between a Man and His Ba
• Suspect Description

• TRAIT SHEET
• SAMPLE ESSAYS
• POWER POINT
• Outline Template
• Checklist

*DESCRIPTIVE NARRATIVE ESSAY*:

• DN ESSAY TRAIT SHEET
• DN ESSAY OUTLINE TEMPLATE
• DN Checklist

• Vitruvius' Archimedes & "Eureka!" story
• Beller's "The Ashen Guy"
• McDonald's "A View from the Bridge"
• Updike's "A&P"
• O'Connor's "Revelation" (part)
• Zimmer's "The Day Zimmer Lost Religion"
• Dillard's "The Death of a Moth"
• Dipo's "No Rainbows, No Roses"
• Junger's "The Lion in Winter"
• Angelou's "New Directions"
• Angelou's "New Directions" lessons
• CDB's "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" lyrics
• "The Gambler" and other song lyrics
• Nickelback's "Photograph" lyrics
• Fight Club's "Near-Life Experience"
• Sedaris' "Remembering My Childhood...Africa"
• Baldwin's "RMS Titanic"

• TRAIT SHEET
• SAMPLE ESSAYS
• POWER POINT
• OUTLINE TEMPLATE
• Checklist
• Anger Management Assignment
• Dancing Chicken Assignment

• King's "Horror Movies"
• King's "Horror Movies" (answers)
• Lederer's "English Is a Crazy Language"
• Syfer's "Why I Want a Wife"
• The Onion's "All 7 Deadly Sins ... at Church Bake Sale"
• The Onion (answers)
• Galbraith's "The Great Crash"
• Coulter's "9/11" (why it happened)
• Fight Club (what to do before you die)
• Gilmore's "My Brother, Gary Gilmore"

• Researched Example Essay:  TRAIT SHEET
• Researched Example Essay:  POWERPOINT
• OUTLINE TEMPLATE
• McCain vs. Obama Article
• Lead-In Expressions Handout
• Paraphrasing and Summarizing

• Ellipsis

• Brackets

• Quotation Marks vs. Underlining

• Block Quotes

• Evaluating Sources

• Database Articles

• Electronic Sources (long)

• Electronic Sources (short)

• Works Cited-Consulted Page

• Works Cited Page

• OWL Works Cited page example

• *Works Consulted Reminders*

• Extended Journal
  • EJ:  Evaluation
• TRAIT SHEET
• SAMPLE ESSAYS
• POWER POINT
• OUTLINE
• OUTLINE TEMPLATE (possible)
• Diction
• Lined Paper

• Keillor's "How to Write a Letter"
• Keillor's "How the Crab Apple Grew"
• Song Lyrics
• Singer on "Brainwashing"
• Bliss on "Time Management"
• Sparks' The Choice (motorcycle)
• How to Prevent the Common Cold
• How to Prevent the "Swine Flu"
• You Tube how-to videos
• You Tube CPR videos
• How It's Made (football helmets)
• How It's Made (snowboards)
• Mitford's "Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain"

• TRAIT SHEET
• SAMPLE ESSAYS
• POWER POINT
• OUTLINE TEMPLATE

• Viorst's "Truth about Lying"
• Viorst's "Friends..."
• Lists of Types & Subgroups
• Asimov's "Platypus"

• TRAIT SHEET
• SAMPLE ESSAYS
• POWER POINT
• OUTLINE TEMPLATE (Point)
• OUTLINE TEMPLATE (SbS)
• Topic Ideas
• Generic Outline

• Tannen's "Gender in the Classroom"
• Canton's "Grant and Lee"
• Darling's "Lost vs. 24"
• Kurtus' "Lincoln & Kennedy"
• Goodall's "Chimps & Humans"
• Barry's "Guys vs. Men"
• Carlin's "Football vs. Baseball" (You Tube)
• USDHHS' "Cold vs. Flu"
• Lost and Lord of the Flies - articles

• TRAIT SHEET
• Trait Sheet (Fall 2008)*
• SAMPLE ESSAYS
• POWER POINT
• OUTLINE TEMPLATE
• Reminders

• The Post's "Neologisms"
• Asimov's "Intelligence"
• The Bible's "Love" chapter
• Syfers' "Why I Want a Wife"
• Fight Club
• Bishop Defines Diversity

• TRAIT SHEET
• Holistic Scoring Rubric
• Strategies
• WCE fall 2008 (the economy)*
• OUTLINE TEMPLATES:
  • Classification Outline Template
  • Process Outline Template (possible)
  • Example Outline Template

• Practice:  Brainstorming & Outlining
• Practice:  Brainstorming & Outlining (blank)
• WCE final hints & practice essay prompt (Global Warming)
• WCE REVIEW PPT (2009)

• EXTERNAL SITES:

  • OWL Writing Center
  • Turnitin.com
  • citation MACHINE
  • Myskillslab.com
  • Dictionary.com
  • Find Articles.com
  • LCCC Library
  • LCCC Course Description
  • LCCC Student Services
  • MYCOMPLAB.COM
  • WRITER'S WORKOUT

• INTERNAL SITES:

  • HOME
  • DEVELOPMENTAL WRITING
  • COLLEGE WRITING
  • RESEARCH WRITING
  • WRITING about LITERATURE
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