If you are in Christopher Dean's Writing 01 class that meets from 2-3:50 p.m. on MW at UCSB for the Winter 2006 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

• 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 Capital Community College Grammar Website: For information about grammar problems and getting grammar help.
• 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.
• Our Blogger Homepage: http://deanwr2.blogspot.com/.
• 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:

• Html Format
• Microsoft Word Format
• Adobe PDF Format

Your Assignments and Rubrics:

• Assignment One
  • Literacy Narrative Assignment Sheet: Word, PDF
  • Literacy Narrative Rubric: Word, PDF
• Assignment Two
  • Argumentative Essay on School Life Assignment Sheet : Word, PDF
  • Argumentative Essay on School Life Rubric: Word, PDF
• Assignment Three
  • Analytic Essay on Life After College Assignment Sheet: Word, PDF
  • Analytic Essay on Life After College Rubric: Word, PDF

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
• "Important Due Dates" Handout: 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
• Lesson for 1-12-02
• Week One Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
• "How are X and Hughes Literate" Focuse Freewrite: Word, PDF
• "Scavenger Hunt Sheet": Word, PDF
• "Kingston Vocabulary Sheet": Word, PDF

Week Two

• Lesson for 1-17-06
• Week Two Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
• "Out of Place Writing Exercise" (For Your Journal): Word, PDF
• "Room 105" Essay Group Work: Word, PDF
• "Reflecting on Your Piece" Work: Word, PDF
• "Group Work on Kingston's Background" Overhead: Word, PDF
• Lesson for 1-19-06
• Week Two Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
• "First Peer Review" Overhead: Word, PDF
• Our Blog Page: http://writing1tr.blogspot.com
• "Yahoo Groups" Example: Word, PDF
• Our Yahoo Groups Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Writing1TR-W06

Week Three

• Lesson for 1-24-06
• Week Three Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
• First Peer Review: Word, PDF
• Kingston Reading Quiz: Word, PDF
• Kingston Journal Prompt: Word, PDF
• Kingston Discussion: Word, PDF
• Lesson for 1-26-06
• Week Three Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
• Editing for Final Draft: Word, PDF
• Scrambled Introduction: Word, PDF
• Our First Yahoo Groups Work: Word, PDF
• Our Blog: the First Entry: http://writing1tr.blogspot.com/
• Dicussion Groups
  • Malcolm X: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Writing1TR-W06-X
  • Langston Hughes: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Writing1TR-W06-Hughes
  • Maxine Hong Kingston: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Writing1TR-W06-Kingston
• Paulo Freire Hotlist: http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/listpaulofrch.html

Week Four

• Monday 1-30-06
• Week Four Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
• Freire Means: Word, PDF
• Group Work on Freire: Word, PDF
• Essay Exam Power Point: PPT
• Argumentative Essay on School Life Assignment Sheet : Word, PDF
• Argumentative Essay on School Life Rubric: Word, PDF
• Wednesday 2-1-06
• Week Four Lesson Plans: Word, PDF

Week Five

• Monday 1-6-06
• Week Five Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
• Chris' Sample Argumentative Essay: Word, PDF
• Wednesday 1-8-06
• Week Five Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
• Peer Review Two: Word, PDF
• Kozol Blog Prompt: http://writing1tr.blogspot.com
• Starting Lines Work: Word, PDF
• Fallacy Groups: Word, PDF
• Online Fallacies: http://www.writingcentre.ubc.ca/workshop/tools/cmnflc.htm
• Chat on Your Paper Questions: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Writing1TR-W06
• Channel One Work: http://channelone.com/school/2005/03/07/test_guide/

Week Six

• Monday 2-13-06
• Week Six Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
• Quart and Advertising: Word, PDF
• Cushman Work: Word, PDF
• Wednesday 2-15-06
• Week Six Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
• Peer Review for Essay Two: Word, PDF
• Debate Rules: Word, PDF
• Debate Prep Sheet: Word, PDF
• "Sex Education" Essay Work: Word, PDF
• Blog Entry: http://writing1mw.blogspot.com
• Online Discussion of Halpin: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Writing1MW-W06

Week 7

• Wednesday 2-22-06
• Week Seven Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
• Debate Rules: Word, PDF
• Debate Prep Sheet: Word, PDF
• Breaking Down a Starting Lines piece: Word, PDF
• The Starting Lines piece for Today: PDF
• Bad Grammar Exercise: Word, PDF
• Analytic Essay on Life After College Assignment Sheet: Word, PDF
• Analytic Essay on Life After College Rubric: Word, PDF
• Topic Gallery Exercise: Word, PDF
• Purdue Online MLA Handout: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.htm
• Citation Exercise: Word, PDF
• Creating Works Cited Exercise: Word, PDF
• Long Sentence Contest: Word, PDF

Week 8

• Monday 2-27-06
• Week Eight Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
• "Imagining Your Life" Exercise: Word, PDF
• Bronson Discussion Prompt: Word, PDF
• "No Grades, No Intelligence" Work: Word, PDF
• Analytic Essay on Life After College Assignment Sheet: Word, PDF
• Analytic Essay on Life After College Rubric: Word, PDF
• Gig Selections: Word, PDF
• Wednesday 3-1-06
• Week Eight Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
• Gig Computer Discussion Prompt: Word, PDF
• UCSB's Library Websit: http://www.library.ucsb.edu
• Citing What We Find On the Databases--The Format: Word, PDF
• Forming a Debate Question: Word, PDF
• Debate Prep: Word, PDF
• Debate Rules: Word, PDF

Week 9

• Monday 3-6-06
• Week Nine Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
• Debate Prep: Word, PDF
• Debate Rules: Word, PDF
• "Cyberslacking" Group Work: Word, PDF
• "Cyberslacking" Questions: Word, PDF
• Aleks' Paper Work: Word, PDF
• Wednesday 3-8-06
• Week Nine Lesson Plans: Word, PDF
• Peer Review Sheet: Word, PDF
• Aleks' Bit: Word, PDF
• Introductions Advice: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/reportW/introduction.html
• Conclusions Work: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/reportW/bodyconclusions.html
• U.S. Census Data Chat: http://deanc1.livejournal.com/