Author: Caroline Chamberlin Hellman (Page 6 of 7)

This week, we continue *scaffolding* Unit 1.

Now it is time to transform our topic proposal into an outline. Compose your outline using this template: Education Narrative Outline

Please refer to this sample outline as a model: English 1101Co Sample Outline 

You can copy and paste your outline below in a Comment, or write the outline in a Google Doc and paste the link in your Comment.  Either is fine.

In class Wednesday 9/22 we will discuss these outlines and begin our rough drafts. Please be sure to “bring” your outline to class, whatever stage it’s in– have it in a  Google Doc or Word format so you can share screen.

In Class:

Review  HW: reading strategies, summarizing and responding, “reading like a writer” and identifying rhetorical choice

Homework Assignment (number your answers in the Comment below):

• Read José Olivarez, “Maybe I Could Save Myself by Writing”,  “Mexican American Disambiguation” , and   “Citizen Illegal” (2018)
• Watch 2019 LAF student video on Olivarez
• Read Unit 1 assignment and brainstorm (jot down some notes) about a possible topic
• Download and save to your computer class folder:  Writing Process PPT

1. Write a 1-paragraph summary of one of Olivarez’s texts (your choice), using the Summary Powerpoint template as a model. Include a quote from the text that you feel represents an important idea. Can you make a connection between his idea and your own experience? Explain.

2. Essay 1 Scaffolding Continued: Use your brainstorming material  to write a  paragraph about an educational experience you have had in life, inside or outside of a school setting. Your paragraph should set the scene for the reader: when, where, and what, before describing the experience and what you learned in the process.  This will ultimately be fleshed out to become your Unit 1 essay (see Major Assignments).

3. Scaffolding: In our next class we will work on transforming this paragraph into an Outline for your Unit 1 Education & Identity narrative.  Start thinking about how you would like to tell your story.  Where do you want to start, and where do you want to end? What are some important ideas and memories? What are some compelling details you can provide throughout the narrative, to support your ideas? What might your paragraph order be?   You could address these questions in a paragraph here, or copy and paste the outline in your Comment  and fill in the information there.

Hi Everyone,

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2. Main tip: regularly check our course site. Each Monday I will post our new weekly assignment and you will have the week to complete it.

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