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Summer LEAP 2008
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GIS 140 Assignments & Information Sheets

Listed below are the handouts, assignment sheets, worksheets, information sheets, and peer review sheets that will be assigned or used during the course (in PDF form). Most of these sheets are in the GIS 140 Course Reader, but some will be handed out in class during the appropriate week. If you are missing a sheet, feel free to print out a new copy. Feel free to look ahead at the assignments to come, but keep in mind that sheets may be updated and are subject to change over the course.

PREFACE

GIS 140 Course Reader Table of Contents
GIS 140 Course Policies...............................................................i
GIS 140 Course Syllabus.............................................................vii

SEQUENCE ONE/WEEK ONE:

Welcome & Introductory Survey..................................(handed out in-class)
Rhetorical Situations..................................(handed out in-class)
Strength & Weaknesses Inventory I..................................(handed out in class)
Process Journals.............................................................2
GIS 140 Message Board Primer.............................................................3
Conventions of Formal Paper Writing.............................................................5
Active Reading.............................................................8
Literacy Narrative: Sequence One Major Paper.............................................................9
Literacy Narrative Brainstorming............................................................10
Writing Workshops, A Primer............................................................11
Literacy Narrative, In the Beginning............................................................12
The Art of Summarizing............................................................13
Summary vs. Analysis............................................................14
Summary vs. Analysis Worksheet..................................(handed out in-class)
Summary of Stephen King’s On Writing............................................................16
Paragraph Development............................................................17
One Main Point Paragraph Revision............................................................18
Paragraph Workshop............................................................19
Literacy Narrative Final Workshop............................................................20
Literacy Narrative Final Checklist............................................................23
Fridays on Foot: Downtown..................................(handed out in-class)
The Devil's Highway: Extra Credit I..................................(handed out in-class)

SEQUENCE TWO/WEEK TWO:

Strength & Difficulty Inventory II..................................(handed out in class)
Writing Self-Analysis: Literacy Narrative............................................................25
What is Close Reading?............................................................26
Working Through Difficult Texts............................................................27
Close Reading 'Walter Mitty'..................................(handed out in-class)
Claims, Claims, Claims............................................................28
Dubrow Freewrite..................................(handed out in-class)
Close Reading: Sequence Two Major Paper............................................................31
Close Reading Sample Outline..................................(handed out in-class)
Selecting a Passage for Close Reading............................................................32
Close Reading Proposal Worksheet..................................(handed out in-class)
Claims and Argument Workshop............................................................33
Close Reading Final Workshop............................................................34
Fridays on Foot: International District..................................(handed out in-class)
The Devil's Highway: Extra Credit II..................................(handed out in-class)

SEQUENCE THREE/WEEK THREE:

Strength & Difficulty Inventory III..................................(handed out in class)
Writing Self-Analysis: Close Reading............................................................36
Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing............................................................37
MLA Bibliographic & Citation Format............................................................39
Research Question & Narrative..................................(handed out in class)
Research Question Workshop..................................(handed out in class)
Read-Search Sample Paper Workshop..................................(handed out in class)
Library Resources Worksheet............................................................41
Library Trip Worksheet..................................(handed out in-class)
Sources Vital Information Sheet..................................(handed out in-class)
Read-Search Project: Sequence Three Major Paper............................................................44
Read-Search Brainstorming Workshop............................................................46
Annotated Works Cited............................................................47
Read-Search Final Workshop............................................................48
Fridays on Foot: Capitol Hill Map..................................(handed out in-class)
Fridays on Foot: Capitol Hill..................................(handed out in-class)

SEQUENCE FOUR/WEEK FOUR:

Strength & Difficulty Inventory IV..................................(handed out in class)
Writing Self-Analysis: Read-Search............................................................51
Prospective Cover Letter: Seq. Four Major Paper............................................................52
Prospective Cover Letter Tips............................................................54
Cover Letter First Draft Workshop............................................................55
Prospective Cover Letter Workshop............................................................59
Cover Letter Revision Final Workshop............................................................63
The Final Portfolio............................................................65
Revised Major Paper............................................................66
Revision Strategies............................................................67
Keeping It Real............................................................69
Revision Peer Review Workshop............................................................70

GIS 140 Readings

Listed below are the course readings. Most of the essays, excerpts, and texts are in the GIS 140 Course Reader; if you are missing a reading, feel free to print out a new copy. Other texts listed are the required books for the class.

Alexie, Sherman. “The Joys of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me.” Eds. McQuade, Donald and Robert Atwan. The Writer's Presence. Boston: Bedford/St. martin, 2003. 61-64. (Available via e-reserve.)

Bartholomae, David. “Inventing the University." Ed. Rolf Nargaard. Composing Knowledge. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007. 208-213. (Available via e-reserve.)

Douglass, Frederick. “Learning to Read and Write.” Eds. Comley, Hamilton, Klaus, Scholes, and Sommers. Fields of Reading: Motives for Writing. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin, 2001. 71-75. (Available via e-reserve.)

Dubrow, Gail. “Hashidate-yu.” Sento at Sixth and Main. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2002. 80-103.

Freire, Paulo. “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education." Eds. Bartholomae and Petrosky. Ways of Reading. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 1993. 206-219. (Available via e-reserve.)

Hughes, Langston. “Theme for English B.” Eds. Comley, Hamilton, Klaus, Scholes, and Sommers. Fields of Reading: Motives for Writing. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin, 2001. 108-109. (Available via e-reserve.)

King, Stephen. “Toolbox.” On Writing. New York: Scribner, 2000. 111-137.

Tan, Amy. “Mother Tongue.” Eds. Comley, Hamilton, Klaus, Scholes, and Sommers. Fields of Reading: Motives for Writing. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin, 2001. 77-82. (Available via e-reserve.)

Thurber, James. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.” Zoetrope. Spring 2001. 2 July 2008. <http://www.all-story.com/issues.cgi?action=show_story&story_id=100>. (Available via e-reserve.)