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2. Welcome back to English Composition 2

3. 3 Agenda: Review of the first 4 weeksReview of the first 4 weeks Engrade accessEngrade access Attendance reminderAttendance reminder Introduce the Drafting or Writing StageIntroduce the Drafting or Writing Stage Writing WorkshopWriting Workshop –Individual work –Group work for peer review of outlines

4. What we’ve covered so far… Grammar –Parts of speech (+ 4 topics on pronouns!) –Simple, compound, complex sentences Front, middle, back baskets (dependent clauses) FANBOYS Transitional words and phrases Incomplete and run-on sentences –Use of commas, apostrophes, semicolons, colons, periods ©Suzanne Ryan 4

5. What we’ve covered so far… –Items in a list –Word choice, capitalization –Who/whoever versus whom/whomever –Which versus that The writing process –Stages of writing –Tools to avoid writers’ block –Thesis statements and topic sentences Introductions and conclusions Hooks ©Suzanne Ryan 5

6. What we’ve covered so far… –Body paragraphs Support statements Examples Parallelism –Quality resources –Citations and references ©Suzanne Ryan 6

7. What we’ve covered so far… –Outlining Compare and Contrast essays –Block method –Point-by-Point method Persuasive essays –Counterclaims and rebuttals By the end of class, everyone should have an approved thesis statement and be working on their outline and/or 1 st draft ©Suzanne Ryan 7

8. Questions? ©Suzanne Ryan 8

9. Step 2: Drafting or Writing ConsiderConsider –Your questioning, mind-mapping, freewriting –Your outline Stay focusedStay focused –Address the needs of your assignment –Keep your reader in mind ©Suzanne Ryan 9

10. Recommendations: Be open to new ideas -- but avoid becoming sidetrackedBe open to new ideas -- but avoid becoming sidetracked –Many interesting ideas are not appropriate for your essay –This is not a collection of everything that ever happened concerning your topic or that you thought about ©Suzanne Ryan 10

11. Recommendations: Don't stop to make corrections, check facts, or look up wordsDon't stop to make corrections, check facts, or look up words –Your goal is to get your ideas on paper –If you stop to check spelling, punctuation, etc. you may run out of time or break your train of thought –Just circle words you think are misspelled or misused –Make side notes of things you want to check –Keep writing!! ©Suzanne Ryan 11

12. Recommendations: If you run out of ideas, return to prewriting to explore ideasIf you run out of ideas, return to prewriting to explore ideas –Sometimes you become stalled after a few words –Read your writing aloud and ask yourself if you fully explained your ideas? Can you support an idea with relevant details or examples? ©Suzanne Ryan 12

13. Recommendations: If the draft becomes too long, review the assignment, your mind-mapping or freewriting, your outlineIf the draft becomes too long, review the assignment, your mind-mapping or freewriting, your outline Have you limited your focus?Have you limited your focus? Read your writing aloud and ask yourself if you can delete secondary details while keeping the message?Read your writing aloud and ask yourself if you can delete secondary details while keeping the message? Do you have redundant passages?Do you have redundant passages? ©Suzanne Ryan 13

14. Remember: A draft is a work in progressA draft is a work in progress Writing is a series of trials and errorsWriting is a series of trials and errors Just keep writingJust keep writing Don’t worry about punctuationDon’t worry about punctuation Don’t worry about grammarDon’t worry about grammar Set it aside when you finish, before you reviseSet it aside when you finish, before you revise ©Suzanne Ryan 14

15. Questions? ©Suzanne Ryan 15

16. Writing Workshop Continue to develop on your outlines Peer review of outlines ©Suzanne Ryan 16

17. 17 Wrap-up Reviewed our first four weeks togetherReviewed our first four weeks together Introduced the Drafting or Writing stageIntroduced the Drafting or Writing stage Outlines are due Friday, 11/30Outlines are due Friday, 11/30 No late submissionsNo late submissions Typed in Times New Roman 12, Word, double-spacedTyped in Times New Roman 12, Word, double-spaced Hardcopy with your nameHardcopy with your name List of your reviewers from class (at least 3 names)List of your reviewers from class (at least 3 names) Turn in your worksheetTurn in your worksheet

18. Thank you for participating! ©Suzanne Ryan 18