Writing Topics

Writing Topics

            Becoming a better writer means learning about developing content, organizing information, and putting all of that information into clear sentences.  I’ve listed the topics we’ll discuss in the order that we’ll discuss them.  I haven’t assigned them to particular weeks due to the fact that I intend to be flexible in order to meet the specific needs of the class.  In other words, we may speed through one topic and take time with another.

·        Writing to learn

·        Steps of the writing process

·        Pre-writing activities

·        Creating a writing Sourcebank of ideas

·        Writing outlines

·        Expanding a topic

·        Shaping a topic

·        Developing a thesis

·        Report/ Interpret/Analyze

·        Logical thinking about a topic

·        Introductions and Conclusions

·        Paragraph development

·        Coherence and Unity in paragraphs

·        Arranging paragraphs and details

·        Organization for emphasis

·        Tone

·        Audience appeal

·        Subjective/objective perspectives

·        Style:  formal/ informal

·        Style:  clear/concise/concrete

·        Style:  figurative/ diction/illustrations

·        Style:  problems

·        Developing Sentences:  transitions

·        Developing Sentences:  variety

·        Developing Sentences:  diction

·        Revising Strategies:  topic & content

·        Revising Strategies:  details

·        Revising Strategies:  organization

·        Revising Strategies:  clarity/unity/coherence

·        Revising Strategies:  mechanics & grammar

·        Revising Strategies:  style

·        Peer editing

·        Researching:  primary/ secondary sources

·        Researching:  how/where

·        Researching:  note-taking

·        Plagiarism

·        Format for citing

·        Critical Thinking

·        Logical Thinking

·        Specific essays:

–         Personal

–         Process

–         Extended Definition

–         Classification

–         Comparison/Contrast

–         Problem/ Solution

–         Cause/ Effect

–         Evaluation

–         Argument

Books Clarification

Greetings!

I want to clarify the issue of books for the Writing 2 class. The books for this year will be ordered through Dover Publications.  This company prints inexpensive, thrift editions of these books.  I like using these books in the classroom because all the students can have the same copy of the text and can experiment with writing and underlining in their books without the concern of spoiling an expensive copy.  I will order these books.
First Semester:  Gulliver's Travels; (I mistakenly mentioned an O. Henry book.)
Second Semester:  Short, Short Stories; 101 Great American Poems; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.


Again, contact me if you have questions.
Tammy Prichard

Writing 2 News

Greetings!
I'm excited to welcome you to the fall semester of Writing 2 at CHAT.  Registration for the classes is still open, but I wanted to give families some preliminary information.

I have an initial draft of a syllabus for the class.  The students will write 4 papers this semester. 
I'm still working on specific lessons plans.  We're reading Gulliver's Travels (Jonathon Swift) and short stories by O. Henry.  The cost for these books are included in fees for the class.  I've already ordered some of the books from Dover Publications.  I like students to use the same version and to be able to underline and write in their books; using the thrift editions that Dover offers are great for this.


Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Looking forward to our fall classes,
Tammy Prichard