Week Six: Narrative Paragraph Readings The Writer's Workplace Writing and Reading Comprehension Chapter 19 pages 369

- 386; Readings: pages 61 7 -626. Grammar: "Choosing Correct Pronouns" Chapter 9 pages 158 - 176; "Working with Ad jectives, Adverbs, and Parallel Structure " Chapter 10 pages 177 - 200. The Little, Brown Compact Handbook Pronouns - pages 221 - 232; Verbs - pages 193 - 214; Adjectives and Adverbs - p ages 233 - 237; Parallelism pages 149 - 151 Discussion #10 - Reducing Wordiness Often times a beginning writer will use ten words where two will do. Review the following article on reducing wordiness. Kilborn, Judith. "Strategies for Reducing Wordiness." Literacy Education Onlin e. The Write Place. St. Cloud State University. 2000. http://leo.stcloudstate .edu/style/wordiness.html. 1) What are some of the strategies you can employ to help you reduce wordiness i n your own writing? Discussion #11 - Narrative Comprehension Turn to pages 617 - 626 in your Workbook. Choose one of the Narrative Essays fo und within these pages. Read the essay and respond to the following questions. Use Chapter 2 pages 21 - 31 and pages 614 - 616 to assist you in your responses . 1) Briefly summarize the essay in three to five sentences 2) Discern the author's intention. In other words, what is the author's point or purpose in writing the essay? 3) What is the writer's attitude? 4) What is your opinion about the author's essay or central theme? Your answer to this question should be at least three to five sentences. Attempt to support yo ur answer with citation from the essay where necessary. 5) Extra practice for those who research and use proper MLA citation within this topic. See http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ for more information on MLA. By citati on, I am interested in seeing if you can accurately quote from a source and cite it using MLA. 6) Respond two other student postings. What did you like best about his or her an alysis of the essay? What did you think he or she could improve upon? Writer's Workshop - Narrative Rough Draft- This topic is designed to assist you with your writing and editing skills. When you have completed your rough draft of the Illustration paragraph, post it to the Discussions. Then, review another student posting and offer advice on how he or she can improve his or her paragr aph. For example, you may note that the author of the paragraph has failed to s upport his or her topic sentence fully. Give that person advice on how he or sh e can add details that will make the paragraph more compelling. You may wish to practice your grammar and punctuation skills on your fellow students by reviewi

ng a paragraph or two for errors. Writing Assignment # 7 - Narrative Paragraph 1.Using the methods you read about in Chapters 16, 17, and 19, write a 100 - 20 0 word paragraph based on one of the Activities found in Chapter 19 pages 369 386. For example, you may choose to write about "A Challenge You Have Faced" or "A Memorable Experience." However, any of the topics listed within the pages lis ted above are fine. You may decide which topic best suits you. 2.Length: 100 - 200 words - see page 377 for a Step-by-Step approach to writing 3.Make sure your paper format includes the following: ?Name box - at top left corner ?Page numbers ?Title ?Lines - double spaced

4.Above your paragraph, I want to see a short outline as describe on page 11 in Chapter 1. Although this is only a short paper assignment, there is no reason wh y you cannot outline your paper prior to beginning your actual writing. Your out line should include the following in bullet format style: ?Topic sentence 1.Supp orting detail with transition 2.Supporting detail with transition 3.Supporting detail with transition ?Concluding sentence 5.Your paragraph should have a Topic Sentence that includes only one idea aka a Controlling Idea. Remember that a topic sentence should focus on a single point you wish to convey to the reader. Remember that you support your topic sentence with detail. Review the assigned chapters if you are having trouble discerning w hat a topic sentence is. 6.Support your Topic Sentence aka Controlling Idea with sentences that include p ersonalized examples. These sentences come from the "supporting detail" sections within your outline. 7.Remember a paragraph moves from the general idea (Topic Sentence) to specific examples that support your overall thought. Review Chapters 16 and 17 if you are still struggling. Remember that you are illustrating your point for the reader. 8.Finally, don't forget your Concluding Sentence. Simply wrap up your idea by re turning to the topic sentence and adding one other thought or summarizing your e ntire paragraph. 9.See Sample Paragraphs in Chapters 16 and 17 for guidance. 10.Post your final draft in the appropriate Dropbox section for my review. 11.Grading will be based on the following: review of agreement issues / review o f topic sentence / review of supporting details / review of spelling and punctua tion. 12.You can find your feedback from me in the Dropbox section. Quiz 5: Please go to the section on your toolbar marked Quizzes and select the appropria te quiz for this week. There are multiple practice problems in the assigned gra mmar chapters of your book. Additionally, please refer to the Content section o f your course for links to interactive websites and Power Points on these gramma r rules. "Choosing Correct Pronouns" Chapter 9 pages 149 - 165; "Working with Adjectives, Adverbs, and Parallel Structure" Chapter 10 pages 167 - 178.