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Welcome to Effective Writing 1- CM 107 Unit 3: Seminar with Deana Schenk

Welcome to Effective Writing 1- CM 107 Unit 3: Seminar with Deana Schenk. Feel free to chat and get acquainted until audio begins at the top of the hour. Once the seminar starts, please keep all comments relevant to the class topic. Let’s review:.

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Welcome to Effective Writing 1- CM 107 Unit 3: Seminar with Deana Schenk

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  1. Welcome to Effective Writing 1- CM 107Unit 3: Seminar with Deana Schenk Feel free to chat and get acquainted until audio begins at the top of the hour. Once the seminar starts, please keep all comments relevant to the class topic.

  2. Let’s review: • What amulets and helpers exist for Composition students? • What is Standard English and why is it important? • What are the differences between informal and formal language? • What is concise writing? How can we make our writing concise?

  3. How does the writer’s journey connect to the hero’s journey?

  4. What is invention? • What other names is it known by? • Why is the invention step necessary?

  5. What invention (prewriting) strategies do you use? • Freewriting? • Listing? • Clustering? • Observation? • Discussion? • Annotating? • Outlining?

  6. What is a paragraph? • Let’s hear some ideas from you on what a paragraph is. • How long is a paragraph • What components are needed in a paragraph?

  7. A Paragraph • The paragraph is a group of unified sentences that generally express one main idea. • The topic sentence summarizes the main idea of the paragraph • Needs to have support • Should also include a concluding sentence

  8. What is the structure of a body paragraph? • What is the relationship of the body paragraph to the entire essay? • What does it mean to “develop” a body paragraph? • The body paragraph structure: • Topic sentence • Supporting Sentence • Supporting detail • Supporting detail • Supporting Sentence • Supporting detail • Supporting detail • Supporting Sentence • Supporting detail • Supporting detail • Closing Sentence

  9. Unit 3 Project • Choose an historical figure who showed courage in “crossing the threshold.” Be creative! Try to choose someone others might not think of right away. • Who might make a good subject?

  10. Unit 3 Project Details • Provide a definition of courage and what it means in your own words to cross the threshold. • Identify an historical figure who is an example of courage. Explain how he or she embodies your definition of courage. Use specific examples and details to illustrate your point. • Identify what thresholds he or she had to cross. Explain how this person overcame adversity with specific examples and details to illustrate your point. • Finally, in one sentence, summarize the main idea of your response.

  11. Workshop in paragraphing • What should the body of the paragraph do? • The body should explain and develop the idea put forth in the topic sentence. • Let us start building a paragraph • Suggest some possible topic sentences.

  12. Let us now get some practice • For the topic sentence we have picked, let us add some sentences to create a body • We also need to consider transitions between sentences and between paragraphs. • How should we conclude our paragraph?

  13. Concluding your paragraph • What should your final sentence of your paragraph do? • How should you conclude your paragraph? • Consider now if you have fully developed the topic sentence of your paragraph.

  14. Any questions so far? • Questions about the material we have discussed today • A preview of the Unit 3 Assignment and discussion question this week • The criteria for the Unit 3 assignment.

  15. Thank you for a great seminar! Have a wonderful week! Deana

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