Writing Seminar
Coming of Age
Course Documents
Handouts, worksheets, etc.
Last update: 12/13/2011
- Reflection on the Final Paper (12/13/11)
- Guidelines for writing an ungraded reflection on the final paper. Due to Blackboard by Friday, December 16, at 5 p.m.
- Argument Clinic: The Reverse Outline (12/7/11)
- Worksheet for the reverse-outline method for assessing and revising arguments.
- Paper 4 Workshop Worksheet: PDF and plain text (12/4/11)
- Worksheet, to be completed for each paper in your paper 4 workshop group by Wednesday 12/7/11. You may print out and handwrite your notes, in which case you should use the PDF); or you may wish to type your responses, in which case you should edit the plain text in your editor or word processor.
- Paper 4 Assignment (11/22/11)
- Assignment for the final paper.
- Paper 3 Reflection Assignment (11/23/11)
- Guidelines for an ungraded reflection on paper 3.
- Worksheet: Nominalization (11/21/11)
- Identifying a stylistic issue and revising to address it: the case of nominalization (making nouns out of verbs, adjectives, etc.). (Suggested Answers to Worksheet Questions)
- Third Paper Workshop Preparation (11/13/11)
- Guidelines for the workshops on the third paper.
- Paper 3 Assignment (11/7/11)
- Assignment for the third paper.
- Paper 2 Reflection Assignment (10/31/11)
- Guidelines for an ungraded reflection on paper 2.
- Second Paper Workshop Preparation (10/19/11)
- Guidelines for the workshops on the second paper.
- Collation and Free Writing Redux (10/17/11)
- Preparatory exercise for the 10/19 class on Sen's Development as Freedom.
- Paper 2 Assignment (10/15/11)
- Assignment for the second paper.
- Paper 1 Reflection Assignment (10/3/11)
- Guidelines for an ungraded reflection on paper 1.
- A First Information-Packaging Example: Cleft Constructions (9/28/11)
- Handout on the it-cleft and pseudo-cleft sentence constructs, to be handled with care.
- Reported Discourse / Citation Mechanics (9/21/11)
- Direct, indirect, and free indirect discourse worksheet; mechanics of quotation.
- Reported Speech (single slide, 9/21/11)
- Slide from class with reported-speech example sentences.
- Paper Submission Guidelines
- Webpage on how to submit papers electronically. Includes discussion of file formats.
- Paper 1 Assignment
- Assignment for the first paper.