Jensen's Format Writing, Revised
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Syllabus for 1-4
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Syllabus for Sections 1-4 using up to 32 weeks of the school year.
Syllabus is only for Jensen's Format Writing. It
allows for other language arts classes to be assigned. ~Donna
Jensen's Format Writing
Decide how to store students work. I usually use a thin 3-ring binder
and add special paper, helps,
class requirements, and lesson plan checklist in the notebook.
Students read: To the Student, page 5-6. Teacher read: To
the Teacher, page 6-10
Section 1: Single Paragraph Formats
This section teaches the formats of seven types of paragraphs. We will
spend 9 weeks on this section.
Week one: Introductory Week
During this week, cover the material from To the Student to Good Paragraph
Practices
Week Two: Continuity Exercises
During this week, go over Continuity in Writing and the Continuity
Exercises
During the following seven weeks, the student will learn about each of the
seven formats. At this point, decide if the student will complete two or
three paragraphs per format. As suggested in To the Teacher, page 6-10,
allow for time between each paragraph so that you may evaluate the
paragraph and offer feedback to the student before the student completes
the next paragraph. Tip: Use the errors to assign grammar and style
lessons.
Elements of Style: http://sut1.sut.ac.th/strunk/index.html
Week Three: The Example Paragraph
Week Four: The Classification Paragraph
Week Five: The Definition Paragraph
Week Six: The Process Paragraph
Week Seven: The Analogy Paragraph
Week Eight: The Cause & Effect Paragraph
Week Nine: The Comparison Paragraph
--- End of Section One ---
Section 2: 5-Paragraph Essay Formats
Add ruled paper to the notebook for the students exercises, notes, and
brainstorming for the essays. Final essays must be typed and
double-spaced. Essays must be turned in by the due date. Essays turned
in are considered final work and the grade issued will be the
grade recorded. Students must study teachers notation on returned
essays and learn from the remarks. We will spend 12 weeks on Section 2.
Week Ten: Introductory Week
During this week, go over Elements of a Five Paragraph Essay (pg 34),
Thesis Statements (35-36), If student does not understand parallelism in
writing, assign grammar lessons on parallelism for the remainder of the
week.
See for parallelism: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/parallelism.htm
See for unbiased language: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/unbiased.htm
Week Eleven: Thesis Statement
During this week complete the thesis statement exercises, review Thesis
Statements (35-36) if necessary.
Week Twelve: Introductory Paragraph
During this week, go over Introductory Paragraphs (pg 40) and do the
Introductory Paragraph exercises
Week Thirteen: Concluding Paragraphs and Transitions
During this week, go over Concluding Paragraphs (pg 44) and Transitions
(pg 48) and do the Concluding Paragraphs exercises.
For more on transitions see: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/transitions.htm
Week Fourteen: Body Paragraph, Seven Sentence exercises
During this week, go over Body Paragraph Construction (pg 49) and do
exercise #1
Go over, Seven Sentence Skeleton (pg50-51) and do exercises.
Go over Five Paragraph Essays (pg53), and Five paragraphs Essays: General
Guidelines (pg 54).
Generally, the students should turn in one essay per format. Decide if you
want the week to start on Wednesday as the author did (To the Teacher) or
on another day. Decide on essay due dates. The author uses a Wednesday to
introduce the format and Monday as the due date. I use Monday to introduce
and Thursday, before class, as the due date. I check the essay on Thursday
and I go over the errors with the student on Friday.
Week Fifteen: The Example Essay
Week Sixteen: The Classification Essay
Week Seventeen: The Definition Essay
Week Eighteen: The Process Essay
Week Nineteen: The Analogy Essay
Week Twenty: The Cause & Effect Essay
Week Twenty-one: The Comparison Essay
--- End of Section Two ---
Section Three: Practical Applications
This section explains how to use the 5-paragraph essay format to write
three different types of book reports. If you would prefer to assign 3
books for this class, then plan to spend at least 6 weeks using 2 weeks
per book report. You will need to assign the following 3 book types:
historical fiction, biography, and general fiction. Remind student to take
notes as explained in Book Reports (pg 77-79). Book report due date should
be made known to student.
Weeks 22-23: Go over Book Reports (pg 77-79), Historical Fiction
Book Report Guide (pg 80), and assign a Historical Fiction book.
Weeks 24-25: Go over Five Paragraph Book Report Biography (pg
81) and assign a biography.
Weeks 26-27: Go over Fiction Book Report Guide (pg 82) and assign a
fiction book.
On the last day of the last week go over Test Questions (pg 83).
--- End of Section Three ---
Quick Essay Practice for those who plan to take the SAT. See: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/prep_one/essay/pracStart.html
for more information and sample essays.
Weeks 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32: At the beginning of English class
assign an essay topic and require the essay due in 25 minutes. Note: these
essays should be first draft quality. Evaluate the essays on how well the
student has developed his point of view...ex. logical sequence, language
usage. Do this once a week.
Section Four: Business Writing
This section explains how to write several types of business letters and a
resume. The syllabus below assumes a 3-day week due to assigned quick
essay practice above and another day assigned to tasks regarding other
parts of language arts such as grammar, literature, and vocabulary.
Week 28: Go over page 86 and practice setting up a letter
template on your word processor. On another day during week 28, go over
and discuss all points made on page 87. Look over the examples on page
88-89 and do the assignment on page 89.
Week 29: This week go over pages 90-94 and do all assignments.
Weeks 30-31: Use the next two weeks to go over pages 95-103 and
do all assignments.
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