Freshman Composition Honors- Fall 2007

For Thursday Nov 29th

Curtis Nehring Bliss — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:41:00 +0000

The review is due Thursday. Here is a sample Works Cited Page:
MLAworks%20cited.doc

On Thursday we are going to be doing in class writing some come prepared to think write and share (and enjoy).

See you then.

For Tuesday, Nov 27th

Curtis Nehring Bliss — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:31:00 +0000

Hello-

The review is due on Thursday. The requirements of the review are simply- 4-8 pages; MLA style in-text documentation, MLA style works cited page. The following two documents should help you with the citation.

MLA%2024%20Oct%202007.doc
MLA%20Style%20Sheet--FLCC.doc

For Thursday Nov. 8th

Curtis Nehring Bliss — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:20:00 +0000

Please find 3 or more reviews that focus on the same thing (CD, DVD, Movie, Book, VIdeo Game, etc.)

Analyze each review for both content and voice.

Try metacritic.com for this task.

For Tuesday, October 23rd

Curtis Nehring Bliss — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:46:00 +0000

We will be work-shopping a draft of our segmented essay. Please bring 3 typed copies of your work-in-progress.

At this stage, your essay should consist of 4-6 episodes.

Thursday, September 27th

Curtis Nehring Bliss — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:36:00 +0000

Class Overview

In class today we broke up into pairs and interviewed each other on one subject. These interviews were then written up into a short profile and read to the whole class.

Homework

Read Chapter p46-51
Read the Essays on p182-210
Identify and Highlight the Scene, Summary and Reflection in each essay.

Thursday, September 20th

Curtis Nehring Bliss — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:12:00 +0000

Class Overview

We discussed Chapter 5 Voice by focusing on Page 66.
We discussed Lisa Lings writing voice.
We paired up and work-shopped the first essay.

Homework

Essay # 1 us due. Please submit the essay in a manila folder with the following:

Free-writes from ex. 3 a,b,c on page 16
First Draft
Second Draft
Cover Letter discussing your experience with the assignment

Reminder

We Meet Tuesday in the Cafeteria Annex for lunch with Lisa Ling.

Thursday, September 20th

Curtis Nehring Bliss — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:11:00 +0000

Class Overview

We discussed 'Voice' focusing on page 66
We analyzed the voice on Lisa Ling's writings
We work-shopped in pairs our first essay

Homework

Essay # 1 is due in a manila folder which included

Original Free-writes based on the prompts from ex.3 page 16 a,b,c
First draft of essay
Second draft after work-shopping the essay in class
Cover letter discussing your experience with this assignment

Reminder

We meet at 11:30 in the cafeteria annex (behind the cafeteria) to have lunch with Lisa Ling.

Tuesday, September 18th

Curtis Nehring Bliss — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:50:00 +0000

Class Overview

For writing Practice, we wrote with our non-dominant hand and then wrote metaphors to describe the experience.
We work-shopped Peg and Kyles essay as a group. We focused our feedback on 3 things 1. What phrases grab our attention, 2. What we wanted to hear more about and 3. What was the central theme lurking in the paper.

Homework

Read Chapter 5 in the text on 'Voice'.
Read the Handout by Lisa Ling available here: Lisa Ling Blog Writing.doc and focus free write on it looking at what his her 1)Style and 2)Voice
Be prepared to workshop your first essay in class on Thursday.

Thursday, September 14th

Curtis Nehring Bliss — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:08:00 +0000

Class Overview:

We discussed chapter 1.
We analyzed the difference between 'Factual Truth' and 'Personal Truth' based on the Quote by Leigh Hunt on Page 2.
We shared our Homework (ex. 4, pg 17) by each of us reading one of the definitions.
We wrote a 'personal' definition for the word 'discipline'.

Homework:

Read chapter 3 of Writing True and annotate the text with notes.
Write Exercise 3 on page 16. Part D should be typed (double spaced) and will be collected. The paper should be about 2-3 pages.

Tuesday, September 11th

Curtis Nehring Bliss — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:22:00 +0000

Class Overview:

We discussed chapter 2 by first free-writing from a single quote in the chapter and reflecting on our weekend writing tasks.
We each read both are in class free-write as well as one selection from the homework.
We played Online Balderdash

Balderdash answers:

Groak: to watch people eat hoping that they will offer you some of their food.
Impecunious: having no cash or money.
Tapinophobia: a fear of small things.

Homework:

Read chapter one of Writing True and annotate the text with notes.
Write Exercises 4 on page 17. Do two of these one public to be read on Thursday and one private

In Class Writing ex1 Balderdash- September, 11th

Curtis Nehring Bliss — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:57:00 +0000

Write a definition for the word 'Impecunious.'

Post your response as Anonymous.

In Class Writing ex2 Balderdash- September, 11th

Curtis Nehring Bliss — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:55:00 +0000

Write a definition for the word 'Groak.'

Post your response as Anonymous.

In Class Writing ex3 Balderdash- September, 11th

Curtis Nehring Bliss — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 21:39:00 +0000

Write a definition for the word 'Tapinophobia.'

Post your response as Anonymous.

Week One Overview

Curtis Nehring Bliss — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:04:00 +0000

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007:

Concepts Covered: Freewriting

In-class Writing:

Story about your name, the day of your birth, or a first day of school

Homework: Complete Honors Studies Application with Essay

Thursday, Sptember 6th, 2007:

Concepts Covered: Ideas and Details

In-Class Writing:

1) Self Introductions with one lie.
2) Writing in your surroundings.

Homework :

a. Read Chapter Two with annotations
b. Write everyday