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Comp 104 Mount Marty University Spring Semester 2006 jane.overmoe@k12.sd.us. Jane Overmoe’s Family. Jane Kristian Kate Beth June 2005 at a Huey Lewis Concert Hip to Be Square!. The Farndale Murder Mystery November 2005. Background. BS in English, Speech and Theater
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Comp 104Mount Marty UniversitySpring Semester 2006jane.overmoe@k12.sd.us
Jane Overmoe’s Family • Jane • Kristian • Kate • Beth • June 2005 at a Huey Lewis Concert • Hip to Be Square!
Background • BS in English, Speech and Theater • MA in Speech Communication • Educational Specialist Degree in Technology USD August 2006 • Various teaching experiences • Retail • Theater • Public relations experience • Radio and Television
Favorite Places Key W E S t Western SD OhCanada! N Y C
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank Killer Angels She Stoops to Conquer Sophie's Choice, William Styron The Bible Long Days Journey Into Night Hedda Gabler and A Doll's House byHenrik Ibsen Beowulf Shakespeare Tennessee Williams The Stand, Stephen King Oprah’s Book Club (All) The Coming Plague John Keats William Butler Yeats Anne Sexton Pride and Prejudice Maureen Dowd Ellen Goodman Favorite Books & Authors
Why Write? • Explore thoughts and feelings • To articulate ideas • To discover what we think • To scrutinize opinions • To effectively communicate • To cynically reason and understand
Syllabus • Wyrick, J. (2002). Writing Well with Additional Readings. 5th ed. New York: Harcourt College Publishers. • Picoult, J. (2002). My Sister’s Keeper. • Weekly Assignments • Journal laptop or notebook • Sentence Patterns • Quizzes
Reflection Piece Venn Diagram SVES Story/Grammar Map Circular Picture Mary Barton Strategies Getting Started Pump-Primer Techniques Audience Keeping a Journal Scrap booking Pre Assessment Strategies Prewriting
The Thesis Statement • www.owl.org • Working Thesis • Essay Map • http://www.library.unr.edu/instruction/courses/engl/engl101essay.html
Topic sentence Development Length Unity Coherence Sequence Transitions Planning the body of your essay Composing the body paragraphs http://www.library.unr.edu/instruction/courses/engl/engl101essay.html The Body Paragraphs
Beginnings • Four part introductions • 1 Teaser or ATTENTION GETTER • 2 Background data • 3 THESIS • 4 Division statement
And Endings • Four Part Conclusion • 1 Refer to teaser • 2 Restate thesis • 3 Remind readers of divisions • 4 Closing appeal or statement Never lose sight of what reflection a reader may encounter with your final words…
A Concise Handbook • Major Errors in Grammar • Punctuation • Mechanics • www.onlinewritinglab.com • http://www.writersdigest.com/101sites/categorysearch.asp?year_101=2004
Exposition • Cause and Effect Essay • Comparison/Contrast • Process/Analysis • Division and Classification • Definition • Mixed MODE
Description • Imagery • How to write effective description • Sample student essay
Narration • Childhood story • Discuss rumors • Elements of story telling
Argumentation • One-sided • Two-sided • Research & The Citation Machine • Three appeals of persuasion: emotional, logical and ethical
Sentence Combining • http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/sentencesTOC.html • http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/sentencev.html
Grammar and Mechanics • http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/mechanics.html • http://watertown.k12.sd.us/schools/srhigh/resources.htm
Curiostia Dimonstrazione Sensazione Sfumato Arte/scienze Corporalita Connessione Curiosity Commitment Refine senses Willingness to look twice at ambiguity Whole brain Poise Systems thinking Da Vinci Principles