Teaching Materials for
First Year Composition
at East TN State
University
Here are teaching materials I've compiled for a class that I'm teaching
at ETSU, Spring 2012: Engl 4057/5057
Writing: Theory and Teaching. Anyone
is welcome to borrow, steal or adapt any material posted here.
- Dr. Kevin O'Donnell, Professor,
Dept of Literature and Language, April 2012
Sample Course Plans:
English 1010 Critical Reading and Expository Writing
- University of Georgia Sample Syllabus for Engl 1101, which includes portfolio requirements
Sample Student Essays,
from Engl 1010
Narrative/
Personal Experience/ Reportage
- The
Game That Ended the Game: Avery High School Vikings Football, Newland NC, vs.
Watauga High School, Boone NC, 2008, by Aaron Jordan English, 1010 F09
Explanatory/ "How-to"/ Tech Writing
- Types
& Treatments of Diabetes Mellitus: Sugar Can Taste Bitter, by Bhavik
Joshi, 1010 Summer 2008
Reviews
and Criticism
- The
Cold Hard Truth: He’s Just Not That Into You, by A.B. Holland, 1010 Summer
08
- Range
Review: Phoenix Arms, HP22 Pistol,
by Felicia Sheffield, 1010 F09
Academic
Writing--Writing from Sources
- Console
Wars: A Brief History of Home Video Game Consoles, by Paul Nicely, 1010 S08
In-Class Activities,
Lesson Plans
- First-year Composition Evaluation Rubrics, from U of Georgia
- In-Class Writing Activity: Thinking about Your Writing Process
- In-Class Activity: Support and Development
- In-class exercise: Style and Fluency--Translate your prose into lines of verse
- In-class exercise: Bureaucratic Proberbs--A Style Exercise
- In-class exercise: Grammar and Proofreading Workshop
- In-class exercise: Structure--Outlining After the Fact
- In-class instructions: Preparing an essay for submission
- In-Class Writing Assignment--Notebook Entry: What Can You Learn from Essay 1 Grade and Comments?
Writing Groups/ Commenting
on Drafts
- In-Class Activity: "Read Around"--Reviewing Teacher's Comments on Other Students' Drafts
- "Handouts and Demos"
page related to Writing Groups, posted by the Writing Center at UNC-Chapel
Hill: writingcenter.unc.edu/resources/handouts-demos/writing-the-paper/writing-groups-1/writing-groups
In-Class Writing
- O'Donnell's
Advanced Comp In-Class Writing Final
- Impromptu
Writing Practice--Sample Prompts
- Materials
for the GRE Writing Measures, Including Links to Prompt Pools
posted
by ETS (Educational Testing Services)