Comp 104Mount Marty UniversitySpring Semester 2006

jane.overmoe@k12.sd.us

Jane Overmoe’s Family

Jane Kristian Kate Beth June 2005 at a

Huey Lewis Concert

Hip to Be Square!

The Farndale Murder Mystery November 2005

Background

BS in English, Speech and Theater MA in Speech Communication Educational Specialist Degree in

Technology USD August 2006 Various teaching experiences Retail Theater Public relations experience Radio and Television

Favorite Places

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Western SD

Favorite Books & AuthorsWuthering Heights, Emily BronteCold Mountain, Charles FrazierThe Diary of Anne Frank, Anne FrankKiller AngelsShe Stoops to ConquerSophie's Choice, William StyronThe BibleLong Days Journey Into NightHedda Gabler and A Doll's House byHenrik Ibsen BeowulfShakespeare

Tennessee WilliamsThe Stand, Stephen KingOprah’s Book Club (All)The Coming PlagueJohn KeatsWilliam Butler YeatsAnne SextonPride and PrejudiceMaureen DowdEllen Goodman

Why Write?

Explore thoughts and feelings To articulate ideas To discover what we think To scrutinize opinions To effectively communicate To cynically reason and understand

Syllabus

Wyrick, J. (2002). Writing Well with Additional Readings. 5th ed. New York: Harcourt College Publishers.

Picoult, J. (2002). My Sister’s Keeper.

Weekly Assignments Journal laptop or notebook Sentence Patterns Quizzes

Prewriting

Reflection Piece Venn Diagram SVES Story/Grammar Map Circular Picture Mary Barton Strategies

Getting Started Pump-Primer Techniques Audience Keeping a Journal Scrap booking Pre Assessment Strategies

The Thesis Statement

www.owl.org Working Thesis Essay Map http://www.library.unr.edu/instruction/

courses/engl/engl101essay.html

The Body Paragraphs

Topic sentence Development Length Unity Coherence Sequence Transitions

Planning the body of your essay Composing the body paragraphs http://www.library.unr.edu/

instruction/courses/engl/engl101essay.html

Beginnings

Four part introductions 1 Teaser or ATTENTION GETTER 2 Background data 3 THESIS 4 Division statement

And Endings

Four Part Conclusion 1 Refer to teaser 2 Restate thesis 3 Remind readers of divisions 4 Closing appeal or statementNever lose sight of what reflection a

reader may encounter with your final words…

A Concise Handbook

Major Errors in Grammar Punctuation Mechanics www.onlinewritinglab.com http://www.writersdigest.com/101site

s/categorysearch.asp?year_101=2004

Exposition

Cause and Effect Essay

Comparison/Contrast

Process/Analysis Division and

Classification Definition Mixed MODE

Description

Imagery How to write

effective description

Sample student essay

Narration

Childhood story

Discuss rumors

Elements of story telling

Argumentation

One-sided

Two-sided

Research & The Citation Machine

Three appeals of persuasion: emotional, logical and ethical

Sentence Combining

http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/sentencesTOC.html

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/sentencev.html

Grammar and Mechanics

http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/mechanics.html

http://watertown.k12.sd.us/schools/srhigh/resources.htm

Da Vinci Principles

Curiostia Dimonstrazione Sensazione Sfumato

Arte/scienze Corporalita Connessione

Curiosity Commitment Refine senses Willingness to look twice at

ambiguity Whole brain Poise Systems thinking