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April 2018
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Essay 2: Write a 2-3 page analytical  essay about:  (1) What are the newest forms of music in the U.S.? Or, (2) how is the Latino community in the U.S. influencing mainstream culture or local communities?   Use newspaper headline/articles and your own experiences to analyze, classify, and describe your topic.  Include your classification tree at the end of your essay.  Cite all your sources using MLA.
Examples of Parody: Dark Brown Dog
One Draft vs. Multi-Draft
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Work on your Rough Draft
Read Poe  Identify and be prepared to discuss its: Narrator, Narratee, Audience, Direct and Indirect Discourse, and Plot.
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Finish One Draft vs. Multi-Draft
Concepts: Narrator, Narratee, Character, Protagonist, Antagonist
Dangling Modifiers (1,2)
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InQuizitive:Misplaced/Dangling Modifiers
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Analysis and Classification (1)

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Read “Classifying and Dividing”, Norton (374-379).
Read “Analyzing Texts”, Norton (94-128).
Work on your Rough Draft
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Reading 1: Analyzing Texts - How texts function // Fashion statement (context, thesis, analysis, conclusion) / Declaration (method of analysis, step-by-step ) / Stupid games (phases analysis with definition of games as a reflection of oneself, walls to choices) // Larger context, Focus // Obama and image craft (thesis, analysis diagram) // Writing an analysis is a mirror of analysis (larger context, focus, thesis, how text functions) + draft + feedback + editing
Reading 2: Classification & Dividing = organization / need for clear categories
Finish Analysis and Classification / Read and Discuss  “Problem Solving” by Albert Upton
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Finish reading “Problem Solving” by Albert Upton
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“Problem Solving” by Albert Upton
Review: Identifying Paragraph Structure (1,2,3) / Evaluating Sources (Norton, 469), Signal verbs (489), Avoiding Plagiarism (491)
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Finish reading “Problem Solving” by Albert Upton
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“Problem Solving” by Albert Upton
Review: Identifying Paragraph Structure (1,2,3) / Evaluating Sources (Norton, 469), Signal verbs (489), Avoiding Plagiarism (491)

Rough Draft
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Work on your Rough Draft.
Read Poe  Identify and be prepared to discuss its: Narrator, Narratee, Audience, Direct and Indirect Discourse, and Plot.
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Another look at classification and Essay 2: The Process
Peer Editing: Rough Draft.
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Finish the Poe reading.
Work on rewriting Essay 2 and advancing the Research Paper.
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Peer Editing: Rough Draft.
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Finish the Poe reading.
Work on rewriting Essay 2 and advancing the Research Paper.
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Poe-Tell Tale Heart / Plot / Narrator - Motivation of a Murder (1,2) / Irony / Tone / Acrostic (1)
Connective words / Clause practice
Essay 2
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Write either an acrostic poem or a parody of the Tell Tale Heart.  Upload to Quip.
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Admin: Some forgot to do the last InQuizitive
Look at Quip Contributions / Poe, Rewriting, and the Suitable Candidate (1)
Connective words / Clause practice
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InQuizitive:Apostrophe Errors, Words Often Confused, Unnecessary Commas, Incorporating Quotations, Punctuating Quotations.
Read Constant Lover (1 or 2)
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Discusss: Constant Lover (1 or 2) by St. John Hankin (1,2,3,4)
Discuss the differences between Drama and Narrative: Direct/Indirect Discourse, Description, Summary of actions/ Plot, Non-verbal/Verbal interaction, Scenery, Lighting.

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Write a contemporary parody of the Constant Lover, a new version that speaks to your generation and still maintains the most important elements of the play.  Upload to Quip.
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Creative Writing and Melvin the Mini Machine
In-class Essay

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Finish your Final Draft for your research paper.  
Study for the Final Exam
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Read and discuss the last Quip assignment.
Review: Identifying Paragraph Structure (1,2,3) / Evaluating Sources (Norton, 469), Signal verbs (489), Avoiding Plagiarism (491)
Final Draft
Last Day of Classes
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WLC-2520-01 - 8:00 AM
SPA-1102-02 - 10:15 AM
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Final Exam
ENG-1112-07
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SPA-2202-01 - 1:00 PM
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Commencement
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Final Grades Due by Noon
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