***WELCOME TO ENG 101!***

Prof. Dragan

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ENG 101 -- Class Notes -- 
Session 1 -- Tue. 3/8
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TO DOs

INTRO. TO COURSE 

Syllabus = What we will be doing

Course Requirements

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Kinds of Writing 

Richard Dragan, PhD / MFA

eng101.lagcc@gmail.com 

Virtual Office Hours: Thu. 1:00 pm  - 2:00 pm

COURSE RESOURCES (ONLINE)

1) 
SITE FOR COURSE DOCUMENTS IS:

eng101.lagcconline.com

*Digital Readings

*Handouts and Assignments

*Class Notes

*Task Lists

*Discussion Boards

*Grade Books

Etc.

A full-features courseware system for our class only!

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 Kinds of Writing: 
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What kinds of writing do we do regularly?

Are they informal / formal?

Personal or impersonal?

Explore our skillset as writers -- use that to build on for our class in formal writing -- 

WRITING FROM SOURCES with QUOTES and CITES…. (NEW!!)

In class activity -- Do this activity for 20 min. Report out and discuss.

We will be working with online activities on the reading questions (and other assignments) every online session.

If you attend online, you can do the work and get it finished by the time class ends. 

If you miss class (or need extra time), you can work and submit these asgs. later. (There is a small late penalty after the 11:59 pm deadline each day of class. This is only fair to students who attend regularly.)

TEXTING -- PERSONAL / SOME RULES

EMAIL -- FORMAL / INFORMAL -- DEPENDS ON THE AUDIENCE

CREATIVE WRITING 

POETRY -- VERY PERSONAL / FEWER RULES

JOURNAL WRITING -- VERY PERSONAL / FEWER RULES

FREEWRITING

RESUMES -- A LOT OF RULES

NOTES!!!

TWEETS

SOCIAL MEDIA

FORUM POSTS

COMMENTS

BLOGS

COLLEGE PAPERS -- FORMAL / RULES!!! LESS PERSONAL --- USE EVIDENCE!!! (NOT JUST OPINION)
TEXTING

FACEBOOK (SOCIAL MEDIA)

TWITTER

EMAIL

PERSONAL JOURNALS

ESSAYS FOR SCHOOL

TEXTING

(1) Most informal / fewer rules <------>  (5) Most formal / more rules

		(1) = VERY INFORMAL   gr8!!! TLDNR
					(3)

(1) Least personal                           <------>  (5) Most personal

								(5) = VERY PERSONAL
					(4)

(1) Most informal / fewer rules <------>  (5) Most formal / more rules		

(1) = HOW INFORMAL / FORMAL
(1)		

(1) Least personal                           <------>  (5) Most personal

				(3) = HOW PERSONAL / IMPERSONAL
					(4) = HOW PERSONAL / IMPERSONAL

TWITTER

(1) Most informal / fewer rules <------>  (5) Most formal / more rules		

(2) = HOW INFORMAL / FORMAL

(1) Least personal                           <------>  (5) Most personal

					(4 - 5) = Personal! 

PERSONAL JOURNALS / BLOGS

(1) Most informal / fewer rules <------>  (5) Most formal / more rules

		(2) = INFORMAL 

(1) Least personal                           <------>  (5) Most personal

		                        (4 -5) = HOW PERSONAL / IMPERSONAL

ESSAYS FOR SCHOOL

(1) Most informal / fewer rules <------>  (5) Most formal / more rules

									(5) = FORMAL

(1) Least personal                           <------>  (5) Most personal

		(2 - 3) = HOW PERSONAL / IMPERSONAL

SOME ‘TAKEAWAYS’ / GUIDELINES….

"Write with sources" -- quote and cite the words of others
DON'T USE 'I' -- He said, she said, I say

College essays = More formal / less personal

AUDIENCE!!!  = Your audience (readers) often determine whether a piece of writing is more formal / less personal or not.

For example, an email to your boss or an older family member would probably be more formal than an email to a friend.

Texting can be highly personal, but there are still 'rules' (like abbreviations and 'textspeak.'  Older people may not understand these abbreviations, for example.)

Some rules? Generalizations?
 The more personal a kind of writing is, it is probably more informal.

The more formal a type of writing is, the more personal it can be (usually).

Formal writing is correlated (goes with) with impersonal writing.
Informal writing is correlated with personal writing.

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  NEXT TIME -- THU. 3/10
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1) Work through this session’s Task List:

tasks101.lagcconline.com 

(Get familiar with our website -- practice logging in to find resources. Start the Discussion Board post -- due next Tues. 3/15.)

1) READ Amy Tan, "Mother Tongue” reading for next time -- COURSE PACK, pp. 9-13.