Dec 29, 2015
Composition I-PNCM102
Cecelia Munzenmaier(515) 727-6899, [email protected]
Course Objectives Apply the writing process:
Invention and research Planning and drafting Revising
Editing
Course Objectives Analyze the importance of purpose and
audience in writing. Recognize various methods or patterns
of writing. Demonstrate the ability to use standard
American English in written communication. Critically analyze written communication.
Demonstrate the correct use of documentation.
Course Requirements Baseline essay (ungraded) Stage 1 paragraph Stage 2 paragraph (with source) Five-paragraph essay (draft) Argumentative essay (final)
Where to Get Help http:/word-crafter.net/CompI
Assignments Syllabus Subject-specific resources Grammar help
Academic Success Center (ASC) Library
In person Online: http://www.geocities.com/andygresslibrary/ Email: [email protected]
Objective 1: Audience Who might you write for
as a medical professional?
Audience Type of writing
Peers
Supervisors
Patients
Legislators
Objective 2: Patterns What are the advantages and
disadvantages of following a pattern?
Writing pattern :: recipe
Objective 3: Standard English You are about to read a letter that was
actually printed in the newspaper.
Based on this letter, what do you thinkthe writer is like?
Standard American EnglishTo the University of Michigan So-Call Student BodyWhat, if I may ask as a taxpayer and a person who pays taxes to support a bunch of Hoods, beer slops, punks, and you name it: U. of M. has it including the commie Profs. I put 3 sons through college and not one is a bunch of pigs like you birds. . . [rather, they are] men with good honest jobs, homes, and families. If even one of my son’s had come home and said he was going to burn his draft card, I would have took him apart piece by piece, then stick him back together and he would have been glad to enlist then, and I would not have cared if he ever came back.
Standard American English
I am the “experienced practical nurse” yoo seek in todays Register. Im responsible, have been through training program’s in dealing with Alzhymers patience, and have participated in teams two guide patient care decisions. I am ready too start, if necessary, as early as next week. I, has the solid Clinical Experience you specified. As well as the strong commitment to patient care you Desire.
Would you hire this person?
Standard American English Correcting 20 common errors will correct
91.5% of all grammatical errors.http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/writinglab/errors.htm
Write first; correct later.
Target a few errors at a time. Fumble Rules activity
Grammar diagnostic quiz (print results and emailto your instructor)
Objective 4: Critically Analyze Peer review: Objective eye
Count the Fs.
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...
Count the six Fs.
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...
• Which is best? • Why do things
happen the way they do?
• Do I agree or disagree?
• How could things be made better?
Objective 4: Critically Analyze If my writing is based on research,
what can I add?
As, BsCs
New organization
Piecesof data
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Objective 5: Documentation As a medical professional, where does
your credibility come from?
Credentials
Experience
Reputation
Expert knowledge
Objective 5: Documentation In academic writing, your opinion
is only as good as your documentation.
vs.
AIDS is causedby flatworms!Be HIV-negativein Six Weeks!!!
http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/aids.html
Objective 5: Documentation Rank these sources from most credible
to least credible.
Objective 5: Documentation Which definititions are authoratitive?
Objective 5: Documentation Where do I find this information?
Anorexia nervosa. (2008, June 26). Retrieved from National Institutes of Mental Health Web site: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/eating-disrders/anorexia-nervosa.shmtl
Overview: Writing Process
True or False? There is one right way to write. Good writing is neat. No one can survive Comp I. Beliefs about writing can make me
smarter.
Myth: There is one right way to write.
Reality: The writing process is anything a writer
does from the time the idea came until the piece is completed or abandoned. There is no particular order. —Donald Graves, writing researcher
Writing Process Get ideas Get them down Revise them Polish/publish
Take time to plan
“Those who focus on form before generating ideas find it _______ difficult to develop the body of their papers” (Hillocks, 1986).Hillocks, G. (1986). Research on written composition: New directions for teaching.
Urbana, IL: National Conference on Research in English.
“Experienced writers spend upto _____% of their timeplanning” (Davis, 2005, p. 15).
Davis, K. W. (2005). The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course in Business Writing and Communication. New York: McGraw-Hill.
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Polish after you draft
“Timing is also important when making corrections. Writers who try to catch every mistake as they draft can give themselves writer’s block” (Russell, 2005).Russell, M. (2005). The assumptions we make: How learners and teachers
understand writing. Retrieved November 3, 2005, from National Centerfor Adult Learning and Literacy Web site: http://www.ncsall.net/?id=336
Is this good writing?
Who created that draft? A Hamilton College student who’s
repeating Comp I A returning student whose last comp
class was 10 years ago A Newbery-winning author
RealityYou have to get the bulk of it down, and then you start to refine it. You have to put down less-than-marvelous material just to keep going, whatever you think the end is going to be, which may be something else altogether by the time you get there.
—Larry Gelbart, M.A.S.H writer
Myth If writing makes me anxious,
I must be a bad writer.
Are you this anxious?Anne Lamott describes writing restaurant reviews:
I'd write a first draft that was. . . . so long and incoherent and hideous that for the rest of the day I'd obsess about getting creamed by a car before I could write a decent second draft. I'd worry that people would read what I'd written and believe that the accident had really been a suicide, that I had panicked because my talent was waning and my mind was shot.
—Bird by Bird
Writing takes effort In studies of writers, which variable do
you think made the biggest difference in quality?
Knowing what they wanted to say How much they liked writing How much they revised How much they revised
Myth No one can survive Comp I.
Reality Grades follow an inverted Bell Curve. mostly Cs Ds and Fs Bs and As
Normal Bell Curve Comp II Curve
A few Ds and Fs A few Bs and As A few Cs
Reality: Your beliefs about writing
can make you smarter.
How do I know? In a study by Carol Dweck, 4th-graders “were
given unsolvable problems followed by solvable ones. Once the ‘helpless students’ failed, their strategies deteriorated down to _____ grade level; whereas, the "mastery-oriented students" stayed at 4th grade level despite failures. They rolled up their sleeves and worked harder. The crucial element was whether the student saw the failure as having to do with ability or effort.”
How to Succeed Find a topic you like Follow the rubrics for each assignment Be here Keep up with assignments Revise Avoid the “Comp is hard” trap