Here are your lab assignments for each week. Remember that all lab assignments are due in the OAKS assignment folder no later than midnight on Sunday.
Labs involve low-stakes writing assignments and exercises. They are not formally graded. As long as you complete the assignment in a responsible and thoughtful way, you will receive 2 points for each lab. If your lab assignment seems sloppy, rushed, half-complete, or late, you will receive 1 point for it. Late lab assignments will only be accepted up until the start of our class meetings on Tuesday mornings. If not turned in by then, your lab grade for that week will be a zero.
Week 2
Sun Jan. 14: The Writing Process
Week 3
Sun Jan. 21: Using Quoted Material
Week 4
Sun Jan. 28: Commenting on Other Students’ Writing
Week 5
Sun Feb 4: Writing a Revision Plan
Week 6
Sun Feb 11: Finding, Evaluating, Citing Sources
Week 7
Sun Feb 18: Research is More Than a Mining Activity; Students Work on Research Questions
Week 8
Sun Feb 25: Thesis Statements
Week 9
Sun Mar 3: No Lab–Spring Break
Week 10
Sun Mar 10: Paragraphing, Downshifting
Week 11
Sun Mar 17: Sentence Clarity and Precision
Week 12
Sun Mar 24: Opening Paragraphs and Hooks
Week 13
Sun Mar 31: Writing Conclusions
Week 14
Sun Apr 7: Rhetorical Analysis of Written Text
Week 15
Sun Apr 14: Review of Grammatical Conventions
Week 16
Sun Apr. 21: Applying the Paramedic Method to your own prose