Welcome to your Home on the Web!
For Writing 1
The Tuesday and Thursday Section, Meeting from 1:00-2:50 p.m.
If you are in Christopher Dean's Writing 01 class that meets from 1-2:50 p.m. on TR at UCSB for the Fall 2007 quarter, then you are at a "home" you have in cyberspace.
This page has important links to your syllabus, if you lose the paper copy I give you, materials we will be using in class, and websites that will be part of your work inside and outside of class. If you miss a class, contact a classmate, look at this page, and email me as needed.
Again, welcome, and if you need to contact me, then email me at cdean@writing.ucsb.edu. I look forward to working with you this semester--both face-to-face and in cyberspace
Links of the Moment for Writing 1
- Google: For tooling around the Web.
- The Writing Program Page at UCSB: For information about our Writing Program at UCSB.
- CLAS Webpage: For information about tutoring and help in all your classes at UCSB.
- The Purdue Online Writing Lab Index of Writing Handouts: For help and handouts on everything you could think of dealing with writing.
- The Washington State Online Writing Lab: A place to get feedback on your writing.
- For Help with MLA and APA Bibliographies: Got to Noodletools.com, and click on the link labeled "NoodleBib Express." This will give you an APA or MLA option, and then you can fill in a form to get your citation for your "Works Cited" (MLA) or "References" (APA). Check it out at http://www.noodletools.com/. This link is brought to you courtesy of your Writing 2 Classmate Casey Bartlett--thanks Casey.
Your Syllabus and Schedule:
Your Assignments and Rubrics:
- Assignment One
- Assignment Two
- Assignment Three
Handouts and Materials for Class
Week One
- Lesson for 1-10-06
- Week One Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Syllabus: Html, Word, PDF
- Syllabus Runthrough Overhead: Word, PDF
- "Getting to Know You Overhead": Word, PDF
- "Poisoned Fish" Quickwrite Overhead: Word, PDF
- "Literacy Narrative Start" Exercise: Word, PDF
- Sample Literacy Narrative By Your Teacher: Word, PDF
- "Hughes and X Anticipation Guide": Word, PDF
- "How are X and Hughes Literate" Focuse Freewrite: Word, PDF
- "Scavenger Hunt Sheet": Word, PDF
Week Two
- Week Two Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Discussion of X and Hughes: Word, PDF
- First Peer Review: Word, PDF
- Higher Order Thinking Question Template: PDF
- Hsu and Smith Discussion: Word, PDF
- Kayla Smith Grading: Word, PDF
- Peer Review Prep: Word, PDF
- Peer Review Debriefing: Word, PDF
- Reflecting on Your Draft: Word, PDF
- Sample Literacy Narrative for Today: Word, PDF
- Sample Literacy Narrative Prewrite: Word, PDF
- Some Sample Literacy Narratives: http://www.siu.edu/~compcomp/compucomp/Prompts/101/Unit1/sampess.htm
- Types of Leads: Word, PDF
- Links:
- "A Homemade Education" by Malcolm X: http://www.wicknet.org/english/English%2011/Voices%20II/Education/Homemade%20Education.html
- “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15614
- "The Poisoned Fish" by Ken Macrorie: http://www.kristisiegel.com/engfish2.htm
Week Three
- Week Three Lesson Plans
- Week Three Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Blog Work: Word, PDF
- Freire Beginning: Word, PDF
- Three Editing Tips: Word, PDF
- Types of Endings PowerPoint: PPT
Week Four
- Week Four Lesson Plans
- Week Four Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Common Final Scoring Guide: Word, PDF
- Group Work on Freire: Word, PDF
- Kozol Biography: Word, PDF
- PowerPoint on Test-taking Strategies: PPT
- Thesis Statement Work: Word, PDF
- What Does Freire Mean?: Word, PDF
- Links:
- Freire Reading: http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/philosophy/education/freire/freire-2.html
- Jonathan Kozol Piece: http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Third_World_US/JonathanKozol_page.html
Week Five
- Week Five Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Addressing Your Opposition Guides: Word, PDF
- CAT for 10-23-07: Word, PDF
- Comics and Fallacies Directions: Word, PDF
- Dear Reader Letter Start: Word, PDF
- Fallacies Overhead: Word, PDF
- How to Cite our Reader and Webpages: Word, PDF
- Peer Review of Essay Two: Word, PDF
- Rubric for Midterm Portfolio: Word, PDF
- Thesis Definition: Word, PDF
- Links:
- Citation Game: http://depts.washington.edu/etriouw/gameindex.htm
- Grammar Jeopardy: http://www.uark.edu/depts/aeedhp/jdmhome/game/board.html
- Jonathan Kozol's "Life on the Mississippi: East St. Louis, Illinois" from Savage Inequalities: http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Third_World_US/SI_Kozol_StLouis.html
- NoodleBib Express: http://www.noodletools.com
- Our Moodle Site: http://moodle.id.ucsb.edu
- Transition Words: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_transition.html
- UCSB Library Homepage: http://www.library.ucsb.edu
- YouTube Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o
Week Six
- Week Six Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Analytic Essay on Life After College Assignment Sheet: Word, PDF
- Analytic Essay on Life After College Rubric: Word, PDF
- Comics and Fallacies Directions: Word, PDF
- Dear Reader Letter Start: Word, PDF
- Fallacies Overhead: Word, PDF
- Halpin Discussion Questions: Word, PDF
- Instructions for Working With Grammar in the Lab: Word, PDF
- Paper Three Brainstorming Instructions: Word, PDF
- Rubric for Midterm Portfolio: Word, PDF
- Thesis Statement Heuristics: Word, PDF
- Three Editing Tips: Word, PDF
- "Where Will You Be Exercise": Word, PDF
- Working on Your Paper: Word, PDF
- Links:
- "Domestic Work, 1939": http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/025.html
- Grammar Links:
- Grammar Jeopardy: http://www.uark.edu/depts/aeedhp/jdmhome/game/board.html
- The Purdue Online Writing Lab Index of Writing Handouts: For help and handouts on everything you could think of dealing with writing.
- Capital Community College Site: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
- Top 20 Errors: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/lunsford/Lunsford_TopTwenty.aspx
- Our Moodle Site: http://moodle.id.ucsb.edu
- Po Bronson Information: http://www.pobronson.com/
- Transition/Linking Words: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_transition.html
- Templates for Use in Your Paper: http://depts.washington.edu/owrc/Handouts/Useful%20Templates.pdf
- UCSB Library Homepage: http://www.library.ucsb.edu
- Transition Words: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_transition.html
Week Seven
- Week Seven Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Analytic Essay on Life After College Assignment Sheet: Word, PDF
- Analytic Essay on Life After College Rubric: Word, PDF
- Grades Work: Word, PDF
- Our Moodle Site: http://moodle.id.ucsb.edu
- Schools of Thought Work: Word, PDF
- Thesis Statement Heuristics: Word, PDF
- Types of Leads: Word, PDF
- What I Know Exercise: Word, PDF
- "Where Will You Be Exercise": Word, PDF
- Links:
- "Domestic Work, 1939": http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/025.html
- Grammar Jeopardy: http://www.uark.edu/depts/aeedhp/jdmhome/game/board.html
- Our Moodle Site: http://moodle.id.ucsb.edu
- Paper Planning Technologies:
- Po Bronson Information: http://www.pobronson.com/
- Transition Words: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_transition.html
- UCSB Library Homepage: http://www.library.ucsb.edu
Week Eight
- Week Eight Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Building A Body Paragraph: Word, PDF
- CitingArticlesAndOurReader: Word, PDF
- Discussion of Bronson: Word, PDF
- Evaluting Sources: Word, PDF
- Gig Discussions: Word, PDF
- Gig Selections: Word, PDF
- Helicopter Parents Article: Word, PDF
- Paraphrasing Problems Work: Word, PDF
- "Where Will You Be Exercise": Word, PDF
- "Where Will You Be Links": Word, PDF
- Your Body Paragraph: Word, PDF
- Links:
- Career Information from the Library: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/care.html
- Conference Board Sources: http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=2582
- Cyberslacking Video: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/studentnews/08/30/sn.transcript.fri/index.html#cnnSTCVideo
- Bedford St. Martin's Citation Stuff: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
- "Domestic Work, 1939": http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/025.html
- Facebook Video: http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ubc-facebook
- Grammar Jeopardy: http://www.uark.edu/depts/aeedhp/jdmhome/game/board.html
- KnightCite: http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/
- Moodle Page: http://moodle.id.ucsb.edu
- Noodlebib Express: http://www.noodletools.com
- Online Library Databases: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/eresources/databases/data-frames.html
- Purdue OWL on Paraphrasing: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/01/
- Skrbl: http://www.skrbl.com/
- Student Review Page: http://www.studentsreview.com/satisfaction_by_major.php3
- UCSB Library Homepage: http://www.library.ucsb.edu
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/
Week Nine
- Week Nine Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Chris' Sample Paper #2: Word, PDF
- Clarity Exercise: Word, PDF
- Clarity Exercise Key: Word, PDF
- "Cyberslacking" Group Work: Word, PDF
- "Cyberslacking" Questions: Word, PDF
- How to Cite "Gig": Word, PDF
- Income and Occupation Overhead for 2006: Word, PDF
- "Momma Comma" Exercise: Word, PDF
- "Momma Comma" Sentences: Word, PDF
- "Momma Comma" Work: Word, PDF
- Peer Review Sheet for Essay Three: Word, PDF
- Sample Case Study: PDF
- Links:
- Transition Words: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_transition.html
- UCSB Library Homepage: http://www.library.ucsb.edu
Week Ten
- Week Ten Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Chris' Inclass Outline: Word, PDF
- Millenial Generation Article: Word, PDF
- "None of Our Business" Discussion: Word, PDF
- "None of Our Business" Work: Word, PDF
- Paper Three QandA: Word, PDF
- Rubric for Final Portfolio: Word, PDF
- "What Generation Y Really Wants" Article: Word, PDF
- Working With Your Writing: Word, PDF
- Links:
- KnightCite: http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/
- Moodle Page: http://moodle.id.ucsb.edu
- Noodlebib Express: http://www.noodletools.com
- "Santaland Diaries": http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/lists/sedaris/
Week Eleven
- Week Eleven Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
- Analytical Essay Work: Word, PDF
- Example Samples: Word, PDF
- Images and Examples Work: Word, PDF
- Peer Review Work for Last Class: Word, PDF
- PowerPoint on Test-taking Strategies: PPT
- Sedaris Discussion Prep: Word, PDF
- Links:
- Hacker Sample of MLA Paper: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/writersref6e/Player/Pages/Main.aspx
- KnightCite: http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/
- Moodle Page: http://moodle.id.ucsb.edu
- Noodlebib Express: http://www.noodletools.com
- Online MLA Exercise: http://www.library.arizona.edu/help/tutorials/citation/mla/
- "Santaland Diaries": http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/lists/sedaris/