UVU Writing
Garrett Winn’s Intermediate Writing Class for UVU
Class on Feb 2
January 29th, 2010 by Garrett in Announcements, Informative & Surprising, Reading || 7 Comments ||

Make sure to remember that we are starting our class in the library (LI 207) on Tuesday, so go there first. Make sure you bring the ENGL 2010/2020 Worksheet (it is called the Research Study Guide in the syllabus) with you. It must be filled out completely! You can get it by going to http://www.uvu.edu/library/tutorials/index.html.
You [...]

Reading for 1/28
January 27th, 2010 by Garrett in Announcements, Reading || 5 Comments ||

I forgot to post this last night, but here is where you can comment on the reading for Thursday.
The reading covers information about doing peer reviews and a review (hopefully) of the strong response paper you did in 1010.
For class, make sure to bring your filled out peer review sheets and a printout of your [...]

Grammar Day
January 23rd, 2010 by Garrett in Grammar, Reading || 29 Comments ||

This post is for commenting on grammar and for posting your examples of poor grammar.
Make sure to tell WHY it is poor grammar.

Reading for 1/21
January 20th, 2010 by Garrett in Announcements, Informative & Surprising, Reading || 8 Comments ||

Just a quick post about the reading and assignments for Thursday.

Review chapters 3 and 4 in AB as preparation for the group presentations on Thursday.
Make sure to fill out your Group Evaluation form so you can turn it in on Thursday.F
For those groups presenting – make sure everything is ready to go.
Read the Surprising Introduction [...]

Reading for 1/19
January 15th, 2010 by Garrett in Informative & Surprising || 2 Comments ||

The reading for this Tuesday is to review chapters 1-2 in AB. Make sure you read it so that the group presentations don’t have to go over everything.
You can optionally read AB 228-238, which are some example informative and surprising articles. However, while they have some similar parts to the paper required for this class, [...]

Homework and Reading for January 14
January 13th, 2010 by Garrett in Assignments, Reading || 39 Comments ||

Hello classes.
Since I had to hurry at the very end of class, this is to clarify what you need to have done for class on Thursday.
For the reading:

AB 181-183, 217-227
DK 28-33, 84-86
Read the 3 sources from the example students (go to Blackboard > Informative and Surprising Paper and then look for the documents that say [...]

Paper Formatting
January 7th, 2010 by Garrett in Announcements || No Comments ||

You will find the Paper Formatting handout in the 2020 Info section of the site (along with lots of other handouts and information).
Here is a link too:  Paper Formatting for English 2020
See you on Tuesday.
 
UPDATE:
I decided to print out the main part of the paper and make copies for everyone.
You’ll want to download the tips [...]

Welcome English 2020 to Spring 2010
January 7th, 2010 by Garrett in Announcements || No Comments ||

This is the first post of the semester (you can ignore previous posts.
You’ll use this blog to get information, have conversations, and get assignments.
See you in class!


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