Student Writing Intensive Continuation Course Level C

SICC-C Scope and Sequence ContinuedConcepts PresentedPersuasive Essay ModelStudent HandoutsPersuasive Essay ModelAssignment and Grade Sheet18*(Disc 6)Using and formattingquotations19*(Disc 6)Examine a sample essay withquotations and footnotesLead-insFootnotes & Bibliography (four pages)J.R.R. Tolkien articlePersuasive Topic SuggestionsAssignment and Grade Sheet“Women Warriors” Essay20(Disc 7)Review quotation rulesReview duals and triples21(Disc 7)Letter to the Editor22(Disc 7)Letter to the Editor23(Disc 7)24(Disc 8)25(Disc 8)26*(No Disc)27*(Disc 8)Letters to the Editor from three differentpublicationsAssignment and Grade SheetSuper Essay ModelAssignment and Grade SheetSuper Essay IntroductionSuper Essay instructionsOutlines and documentationReview of sample essayReview of note-takingNo Disc. Go over studentoutlines and discussExpanded and Super Essay ModelsFootnoting and Quoting“The Three F’s of Norway”Sample Super Essay OutlineComposition Checklist and Grade SheetModel of the Super Essay: “MarvelousBananas”Super Essay Sample: “Food ThroughoutAmerican History”NoneWrite a letter to an editorSummarize an article in one ¶Write a letter to an editorChoose Super Essay topicSummarize an article in one ¶Conduct research for super essayOutline your super essayBegin Writing Super EssayReview Superintro/conclusionNoneFinish the Super EssayCollege Application EssaysPersonal Essay Writing (four pages)Personal Essay Writing ChecklistWrite a personal essay using one of theMIT or Cornell promptsArticle AssignmentWrite a personal essay using one of theCommon Application or MiscellaneouspromptsArticle AssignmentThis is a timed exam. Be sure yourstudents know they need to pacethemselvesWrite three paragraphs using the StorySequence or Writing from Picturesmodels using your studies as a sourceWrite a five-paragraph Report or Essayusing your studies as a sourceSa28(Disc 9)Additional AssignmentPersuasive Essay Checklist and GradeSheetLetters to the Editor from three differentpublicationsFinish your persuasive essay on thetopic of your choice includingquotations and footnotes.Begin a persuasive essay on the topic ofyour choice with quotations andfootnotes.Finish the persuasive essay.e17(Disc 6)Homework AssignmentWrite a persuasive essay on the topic ofyour choice (may be topic outlined inclass)Begin a persuasive essay on the topic ofyour choice. You will need to includequotations and footnotes.mplLesson29(Disc 9)College Application EssaysReview for Final ExamSample Personal EssaysPersonal Essay Writing Checklist andGrade Sheet30(Disc 9)Final ExamCommon GoofsFinal Exam31(No Disc)Optional LessonUnit 3-5 ReviewFiction ReviewGrade Sheet32(No Disc)Optional LessonUnit 6 or 8 ReviewEssay ReviewGrade SheetOptions for reducing the number of lessons:* When two consecutive lessons are starred, it means that they can be combined into one lesson with only one homeworkassignment. (Use the second assignment, and discard the first assignment in the two lessons.) Institute for Excellence in Writing6SICC Level C Student BookThese are Sample Pages for preview only! Copyrighted Material!

Student Writing NotebookContentsKey Ideas PageStylistic TechniquesAdverb ListPrepositions/Clausal StartersAdverbs for EssaysBanned Words List – VerbsBanned Words List – AdjectivesStory Sequence ChartEssay ModelsNote: The original Student WritingIntensive binder pages listed at leftwere printed on colored paper.Those original colors are printed inthe upper right hand corner of eachpage for reference.eInstructionsIf your student completed one of the Student Writing Intensive courses, then you can simply continue touse that notebook. If not, or if your SWI notebook is beyond repair, purchase a one-inch three ring binder(with a clear plastic sleeve on the front for the title page) and one set of five-tab dividersmplIf you are building a new notebook, label your five dividers as onsStructural ModelsStyle ChartsBanned WordsInsert the 9 pages to follow into your notebook as described below.Place the “Key Ideas” page right in the front of the binder (before the tabs). Alternatively, it can be keptin the front of the “Structural Models” section.Use this area for all new handouts, outlines, models, checklists, etc. thatare currently being worked on.Outlines/CompositionsPlace graded, completed work here. You may want to instruct studentsregarding what to save (the finished work only, perhaps a grading sheet oroutline) and what to discard (old models, outlines, 1st drafts, etc.).Structural ModelsPlace the “Key Ideas Page” here, or place it in the front of the tabs. Place the“Story Sequence Chart” and “Essay Models” here. As more structural postersare given to your student in a lesson, add them to this section. Some of themodels to keep here would be: Story Sequence, Writing from Pictures, EssayModel, etc.Style ChartsThe “Stylistic Techniques” page abides here along with all style lists (-ly,prepositions, etc).Banned WordsPut the “Banned Words” sheets behind this tab. For your convenience, thebanned word pages included here have the banned words and substitutesuggestions from the SWI-C.SaModels/SourcesChecklistsNote: Some Student Writing Intensive binders had “Current Work” and “Completed Work” for the firsttwo tabs. Those tabs work just as well, since that is actually how the notebook ends up being sorted.The rest of this document contains all the student handouts to use with the DVDs. You may keep these in afolder and hand them out as you need them, or create another divider to keep them all in the notebook. Institute for Excellence in Writing7SICC Level C Student BookThese are Sample Pages for preview only! Copyrighted Material!

Student Name:LessonNumberSICC-C First Half Grade SummaryCurrentEvents ¶ ssible3 Current EventsParagraphs6323¶ Writing from Pictures6333¶ Writing from Pictures6343¶ Writing from Pictures6355¶ Biographical Essay1005¶ Biographical Essay100e1691011121314155¶ Interview Essay1056–7¶ Event Essay(Circle one)6¶ 1267¶ 145Imitation of Style26Imitation of Style26Imitation of Style26Sa16mpl78PercentTotal points for Current Events paragraphsFirst HalfGrade160Add up the total percentage points and divide by the numberof lessons completed (12 if you did them all).Total/12If you decide to skip any assignments, simply cross them out.*Note: Current Events paragraphs are due every week. They are worth 20 points each:10 points for being on time, 10 points for less than three spelling or grammar errors. Institute for Excellence in Writing27SICC Level C Student BookThese are Sample Pages for preview only! Copyrighted Material!

Student Name:LessonNumberSICC-C Second Half Grade SummaryCurrentEvents possible175¶ Persuasive Essay100185¶ Persuasive Essay1105¶ Persuasive Essay110Percent202122Letter to Editor23Letter to Editor2412–16¶ Super Essaye195050mpl(Circle one)12¶ 24025262728293014¶ 27015¶ 28516¶ 300College ApplicationEssay40College ApplicationEssay40Final Exam100Fiction ReviewUnit 3–5 Writing(80)Essay ReviewEssay Writing(100)Sa3113¶ 25532Total points for Current Events paragraphsSecondHalfGrade80Add up the total percentage points and divide by the numberof lessons completed (12 if you did them all).Total 12If you decide to skip any assignments, simply cross them out.*Note: Current Events paragraphs are due every week. They are worth 20 points each:10 points for being on time, 10 points for less than three spelling or grammar errors. Institute for Excellence in Writing28SICC Level C Student BookThese are Sample Pages for preview only! Copyrighted Material!

Lesson 5Place this sheet behind your Structural Model tab for future reference.The Essay ModelI. Introduction1. Attention – dramatic (strong image or feeling, humor)2. Background information (time, place, context)3. State three topics (three topic words bold or highlighted)(NO clincher because it has no topic!)mpleII. Topic 11.2.3.4.5.6.ClincherDecorationQuestion3 sssSimile/MetaphorAlliterationQuotationIII. Topic 21.2.3.4.5.6.ClincherBodySaMake allparagraphsabout thesame length.IV. Topic 31.2.3.4.5.6.ClincherV. Conclusion1. Re-state the three topics(highlight topic key words)2. Most significant and why3. NO Clincher, but last sentence is used to make the title. Institute for Excellence in Writing55SICC Level C Student BookThese are Sample Pages for preview only! Copyrighted Material!

Lesson 5Biographical Essay Instructions Brainstorm topics; choose three that relate to one another. Work on one paragraph at a time, start to finish. Find three to five interesting or important facts per source. You can find more or lessas needed. Try to make all the paragraphs the same length (roughly).SAMPLE PEOPLE AND TOPICSFlorence Nightingaleeducation and childhoodfighting in the warcareer in school of nursingeWashingtonboypresidentfamilyMt. VernonColonelmplFranklinChildInventorOld manFirefighterPublisherFranceSAMPLE COLLECTION OF FACTS ON ONE TOPICRELATED TO FLORENCE NIGHTINGALESource B(Encyclopedia Article)Source .Edu/childhood1.2.3.SaSource A(Book)FUSED OUTLINEFUSED OUTLINEI. Education and Childhood1.2.3.4.5.67.Clincher Institute for Excellence in Writing57SICC Level C Student BookThese are Sample Pages for preview only! Copyrighted Material!

Lesson 5“Lady of the Lamp” Sample EssayLADY OF THE LAMPby ErinOn a cool spring morning amid the beautiful arches and rivers of Florence, Italy, a newborn babycried and cooed. Florence Nightingale, named for the city of her birth, would become one of themost compassionate, caring, and considerate women ever to face a battlefield. She heard God callingher and determined to become educated so that she might do His will in her life. During the CrimeanWar she became the champion of the wounded and sick soldiers. After the war she continued toeserve her country and established a School for Nursing in London. She would be known as “TheLady of the Lamp” to the soldiers she would one day care for.On Feb. 7, 1837, when Florence was 17 years of age, she believed she heard the voice of Godmplcalling her. She knew He had given her a mission, possibly to help people, but it was not until nineyears later she would discover what that mission was. Being born into a sophisticated and reputablefamily, she unfortunately could not work in a hospital as she so desired. She soon wanted morefreedom. Florence, who consoled herself by reading about public health and different hospitals, soonbecame well versed in the subject. While her friends insisted that she was an expert on the matter,she considered herself to be only a young woman following God's call. In 1864 one of her friendsbrought her some literature about a nursing school in Kaiserswerth, Germany. Finally, with herparents’ consent she joined, with an enthusiasm that would not die, th

(Disc 4) Event Essay Event Essay Ideas and Plan Checklist and Grade Sheet Choose subject and begin research for six to seven ¶ Event Essay 12 (No Disc) No Disc Work on Event Essay in class None Continue Event Essay 13 (No Disc) No Disc Work on Event Essay in class None Finish Event Essay 14 (Disc