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Here you'll find various and sundry items to help you through the course.

Remember that the syllabus is on the Syllabus page all the way to the left.

General | Writing Assignments | Writing Suggestions | Adding Sources | Revision Suggestions

Readings

• "Everyday" Use and "Gimpel the Fool." PDF for download and printing.  Handed out the first day of class. 
• The Maker's Eye
• In Praise of the Humble Comma
• "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins
• Bad is Stronger Than Good. From Review of General Psychology 2001. Vol. 5. No. 4. 323-370.
• On reading: I Was a Teenage Illiterate Schine, Cathleen. New York Times Book Review (Feb 28, 2010): BR.23.
• For Things They Carried: Interesting audio essay on how facts can be slippery: Radiolab http://www.radiolab.org/2012/sep/24
• For Things They Carried: Audio essay on how easily people can be mislead by fiction . . . sound familiar? Radiolab http://www.radiolab.org/2008/mar/24
• Americans Love Poetry But Not Poetry Books.  Online essay which discusses the popularity of poetry in America -- great links to sites for poem a day, etc.
• "Does Poetry Matter?" Debate in the NYTimes
• Procrastination: and how to avoid it! From The New Yorker
• Tips for college students: Great list of sites and info specific to OCC
• Jundee Ameriki by Brian Turner (in textbook)
• Power of Language: Political discourse
• Making Connections: What do Khmer Rouge survivors and the narrator in "Cathedral" have in common?  Listen to this Moth story segment to find out.

General

• First Day
• Course Introduction
• Annotation
• Glossary of Writing and Literary Terms
• Grading Guidelines/Comments; Getting Help/Peer Review
• Peer Review Essay 1
• Peer Review Essay 2
• MLA Citations
• Download MLA Instructions and template
• Reading Packet ("Everyday Use," "Gimpel the Fool" page numbers and citation info)
• Searching for credible sources? Your search is over.
• A Boost -- A clincally tested method for improving your learning

College Tips

• Tip Sheet: How to Succeed in College By Jeffrey Durso-Finley and Holly Burks Becker. New York Times. Sept. 6 2012
• How to Make it in College Now That You're Here. Terrible formatting -- fantastic essay. Wish I had this info when I started. . . .

Computer Tips

• Download MLA Instructions and template
• MLA Citations
• Computer Instructions for MLA format
• Dropbox. Install folder on your primary computer and then access from anywhere. Limited storage is free (more than enough for most classes).
• GoogleDocs. Online storage and document preparation. Free.

• Delancyplace.org
• Unexplained events have a big emotional impact
• The power of fear 
• What Begins in Fear Usually Ends in Folly  (for proof of these last three points, see this chart)

• Body Paragraph #1 Assignment
• Essay One Assignment 
• Peer Review Essay 1
• Essay Two Assignment
• Themes
• Body Paragraph 2 on Trifles
  
• Editing Checklist Essay 1 (PDF)
• Editing Checklist Essay 2 (PDF)

Writing Suggestions

• Steps for drafting a body paragraph
• Introducing Quotes 
• Thesis and Topic Sentences
• Thesis statements for Thematic Essays
• Planning and Drafting an Essay
• Drafting Introductions
• Drafting Conclusions
• Camping Out on a Quote
• Transitions
  
• In Class Essay Suggestions 
• Download MLA Instructions and template
• MLA Citations

Adding Sources

• MLA Citations
• Secondary Source: General Information
• Incorporating Secondary Sources
• Verb List and Introducing Quotes Examples
  

Revision Suggestions

• Revising Body Paragraphs
• Camping Out on/Explaining a Quote
• Revision Suggestions Essay #1
• Revision Suggestions Essay #2
• Revision Suggestions Paragraph #2
• Punctuation When Citing Sources
• Example of Revision
• Proofreading
• Why You Need to Learn How to Proofread: Evidence from the Wild
• MLA format essay ( Use to see what your essay should look like on the page)
• Download MLA Instructions and template
• Computer Instructions for MLA format

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