INSTRUCTOR:       Margaret Young                    OFFICE HOURS:  By appointment

CONTACT NUMBERS:     725-4143; e-mail i6my@odin.cc.pdx.edu

TEXT:  Reflection and Beyond: Expanding Written Communication, by Blass and Pike-Baky;
            Heinle and Heinle 1993.

ATTENDANCE:  Click on this link to see VERY important information.

GRADES:

• Attendance can affect your final grade. Be sure to read the section above carefully.
• Numerical equivalents
• Homework must be handed in on the day it is due. Late homework will only be accepted if you are absent, and hand it in on the same day that you return to class. Late homework will be marked, but will receive a grade of zero.
• No make-up tests or classwork will be given or accepted. However, your lowest classwork score (or one missed classwork score) will not be counted toward your final grade.
• Rewrites (revisions) of homework and classwork will receive half the grade weight of your original assignment. Rewrites of all work will be done at home, and will be counted as a homework grade.
• Click here to see ESSAY AND PARAGRAPH GRADING CRITERIA

HOMEWORK......................................30%

CLASSWORK/QUIZZES.....................40%

FINAL EXAM.......................................30%

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NOTE:  All assignments must be handed in on 8.5" by 11" lined white paper. In the top right-hand corner of the first page, you must have the following:

• Your name (first and last)
• Writing 2, section __
• The due date
You must also have a TITLE for each assignment. Put this on the top line.

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By the end of the term, you should be able to do the following.

• Understand and use the basic rules of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in writing
• Know what paraphrasing is, and be able to paraphrase simple sentences
• Write a coherent, cohesive essay with an introduction, body, and conclusion using narrative, descriptive, classification, comparison/contrast, and process rhetorical patterns
• Understand the concept of topic and controlling idea, and use it to write thesis statements
• Write well-developed paragraphs with good generalization and supporting details
• Recognize the meaning and function of most basic clause connectors (subordinators), and use a variety of them in your writing
• Use a variety of sentence types (simple, compound, complex) in developing an essay
• Discuss the ideas and organization of a text
• Identify and edit for your most common grammatical errors
• Offer suggestions for revisions during peer evaluations of other students' writing
• Use the grammar covered in grammar class correctly almost all of the time
• Understand and apply the process of writing
• Complete an in-class essay on a given topic that would receive a 2 or 3 using TWE scoring criteria
• Use a word processor to produce and revise an essay
• Use the computer to communicate via e-mail in dialog journals

1. Pre-writing activities to help you generate ideas
2. Rules for capitalization, spelling, and punctuation
3. Formatting rules for paragraphs
4. Identifying and writing general and specific statements
5. Using transitions within paragraphs
6. Revising drafts of an essay
7. Writing introductory and concluding statements
8. Narrative and descriptive rhetorical patterns
9. In-class timed writing exercises on specific topics
10. Free-writing exercises
11. Use of computer in homework exercises
12. Use of logical connectors (and, but, also)

1. Rhetorical patterns of process, comparison/contrast, and classification
2. Paraphrasing simple sentences
3. Writing an essay which includes an introduction, body, and conlcusion
4. Word processing
5. Use of logical connectors (however, too, next, in addition, first, second, finally)
6. Thesis statement
7. Topic sentence
8. Unity and coherence
9. Outlining