Spring Syllabus -- Writing & Grammar

	Writing		Grammar
	Assignment Due this Week	Writing Discussion	Discussion & Assignment
Week 1 1/17		Levels of thinking	Mastering the comma
Week 2 1/25	Problem/Solution OR Cause/Effect Pre-Write	Word choices; transition words	Mastering the comma
Week 3 1/31	Problem/Solution OR Cause/Effect Rough Draft	Introduction/ conclusion strategies	Mastering the comma
Week 4 2/7		Paragraph organization	Mastering the comma
Week 5 2/14	Problem/Solution OR Cause/Effect Final Copy	Subjective/objective points of view; audience appeal	Building better sentences
Week 6 2/21	Evaluation Essay Pre-Write	Revision strategies, part1	Building better sentences
Week 7 3/6	Evaluation Essay Rough Draft	Revision strategies, part 2	Building better sentences
2/28
Week 8 3/13		Logical thinking, part 1	Common usage errors
Week 9 3/20	Evaluation Essay Final Copy	Logical thinking, part 2	Common usage errors
Week 10 3/27	Argument Essay Pre-Write	Developing your own style, part 1	Common usage errors
4/3
Week 11 4/10	Argument Essay Rough Draft	Developing your own style, part 1	Review
Week 12 4/17		Research & plagiarism; primary & secondary sources	Review
Week 13 4/24	Argument Essay Final Copy		Review
Week 14 5/1	Re-Write #1		Review
Week 15 5/8