This document provides an overview of the class work and homework assignments for a 4-week course. It includes instructions for 4 essays on various topics, readings from course textbooks, vocabulary studies, online discussion posts, and in-class activities like speeches. Students are assigned chapters from The Hunger Games to read each week and must complete outlines, drafts, and revisions of their essays. Class sessions include lectures, discussions, peer reviews, and essay writing. The goal is to introduce different essay types and refine writing skills through multiple drafts.

1. Week 1 Class Work Homework
Essay 1 The Argument
Class 1 Introduction
Brainstorming Activity
Introduce essay #1
Outlining
Thesis
Topic Sentences
Counterargument
BUY: The Hunger Games (HG)
The Saint Martin's Guide to Writing (SMG).
Make: Your Word Press Website username
Post #1 Outline with thesis
Bring: A hard copy of your outline; pen; paper
Be prepared to take in-class essay test #1
Class 2 Lecture: Four Sentence Types
Discussion: review for essay #1
In-Class Writing: In Class Essay #1
Read: HG through chapter 2. SMG 16-38
Study: Vocab (chapters 1 and 2).
— Post #2: If your last name begins with the letter A-I,
answer the questions in the “Analyzing Writing Strategies”
section after the Dillard essay on pages 25-26
— If your last name begins with the letter J-Q, answer the
questions in the “Analyzing Writing Strategies” section
after the Wolff essay on page 31-32
— If your last name begins with the letter R-Z, answer the
questions in the “Analyzing Writing Strategies” section
after the Bragg essay on page 36-37.
Bring: SMG
Essay #2 The Narrative
Class 3 Teams
Presentation: Vocabulary chapters 1-2
Discussion: Readings 16-38
In class Reading: Basic Features (40-41)
Lecture: Formatting dialogue
In-Class Writing: Practicing dialogue
Read: HG through chapter 7. As you read, look for a
passage that reminds you of a personal experience.
Post #3: The dialogues from the in-class writing
Study: Vocab (Chapters 1-4).
Bring: HG and SMG
Week 2 Class Work Homework
Class 4 Presentation: Vocabulary chapters 3-4
Discussion: The Hunger Games: Stories
Presentation: Essay #2
In-Class Writing: page 46 SMG
1. Beginning with a quotation/transitioning
to your remembered event.
2. Vivid presentation of a place: Using
sensory details: 643-648
3. Describe a person central to your event.
Include a physical description and gestures
or behaviors.
4. Writing Dialogue.
5. Framing: beginnings and endings
• Read: HG through chapter 9.
• Post #4: finish and post your in-class writing
• 1. Beginning with a quotation/transitioning to your
remembered event.
2. Vivid presentation of a place: Using sensory
details: 643-648
3. Describe a person central to your event. Include a
physical description and gestures or behaviors.
4. Writing Dialogue.
5. Framing: beginnings and endings
• Bring: HG and SMG; draft of your writing

2. Class 5 Vocabulary Test: (Chapters 1-4)
The Hunger Games: Themes and Concepts
Discussion: Wolff: “Analyzing Writing
Strategies” #3: p31: Sentence length.
Reflecting on the Event's Significance pp.
48-49
In-Class Writing
Focus on the climax of your event. Write a
paragraph describing the action using short
and long sentences to control the intensity of
your narrative.
Recalling Your Remembered Feelings and
Thoughts
Exploring Your Present Perspective
Formulating a Tentative Thesis Statement
Read: HG through chapter 12.
SMG p 37 “Commentary: Autobiographical
Significance,” and 625-633.
Post #5: Post your draft: Long quote; transition; thesis;
intro to event, description of place(s), description of
people, a dialogue or two, the climax (with short and long
sentences working to achieve your goal), and a paragraph
that speaks to the significance or your event (use the list
of answers to the questions on slide #10 and #11); end
with framing plan.
Study: Vocab
Bring: HG and SMG; A copy of post #5
Class 6 Presentation: Vocabulary 5-7
Discussion: The Hunger Games: What is
your take on the game so far?
Writing Discussion:
Group Work/Discussion: Bragg:
“Analyzing Writing Strategies #1 p 36:
Comparing
In-Class Writing: Similes and Metaphors
Preparing the complete draft: SMG 52-53
Read: Catch up on HG (You should be through ch. 12.
Writing: Complete your draft
Post #6: Post two dialogues from your essay.
Study: Vocabulary (1-7)
Bring: Two clean, complete copies of your draft; SMG
Class 7 Presentation: Vocabulary
Writing Workshop: Revision strategies
Presentation: MLA Format
Editing Strategies: compound sentences,
dangling modifiers, homonyms
Discussion: Open for questions
In-Class Writing: Writing Workshop Editing
Write: Using the comments you received from your
readers, revise your draft. Consider carefully what each
person had to say. Improve your essay! Edit Essay #2
Post #7: Post two versions a section of your essay that
vividly describes a place AND two versions of a section
that vividly describes a person. (One draft version and
one revised version of each)
Read: HG through chapter 15
SMG 134- 148
Bring: SMG
Week 3 Class Work Homework
Essay #3 The Concept
Class 8 Due Electronically before class: Essay #2
(palmorekim@fhda.edu)
Discussion: Ngo and Toufexis
Vocabulary Test
Presentation: Essay #3: The Concept
Essay
Presentation: Vocabulary (1-12)
In-Class Writing: Consider topics for your
essay from The Hunger Games. Make a list
of four different possibilities. Write
paragraphs for two of them, sketching out
Read: HG through chapter 19; SMG 148-163
Post #8 Finish and post your in-class writing;
then, find a definition for your concept. It can be
from a dictionary or an encyclopedia.
Post #9: Name the two concepts about which you wrote
paragraphs. Find a few lines from The Hunger Games
that illustrate each concept. Copy them into your post,
and then explain how the example demonstrates, defines,
or embodies the concept. (include page numbers)
Study: Vocab (1-16)
Bring: SMG to Class

3. what you already know about the concept.
Think of at least one example for each from
HG.
Class 9
Presentation:
Friedman: Anecdotes; Compare and
Contrast
Holmes: Illustrations and Examples
Basic Features
Discussion: Ways to begin your
concept essay.
In-Class Writing:
Read: HG through chapter 22
Post #10: Finish and post your in-class writing: Focused
concept, thesis, anecdotes
Find four examples of your concept in HG. Endeavor to
find examples to represent your classifications or
categories.
Post #11 Choose another concept to compare and
contrast with yours for the purpose of demonstrating
differences.
Study: Vocab (1-22)
Class 10
Class 11 Discussion:
Reviewing The Focus
Writing the Thesis
Presentation:
Appositives: Explaining the concept 178-79
In-Class Writing: Drafting the Concept
Essay
Read: HG through chapter 24
Post #12 Post a list of five appositive phrases you have
included in your essay.
Study: Vocab (1-24)
Bring: A one page outline for your in-class essay
Week 4 Class Work Homework
Class 12 In Class Essay Exam: The Concept essay Read: SMG 326-359: Read all four essays in the
chapter.
Post #13:
Study Vocabulary
Bring SMG
Essay #4 The Problem/Solution Essay
Class 13 Quiz:
Discussion:
• Problem Solution Essays from SMG
Post #14: Identify a problem faced by one of the districts
or communities in The Hunger Games. How would you
solve the problem?
Bring SMG
Class 14 • Essay #4: Problem Solution Essay
• Presentation: Critical reading and
thinking. Strategies for writing.
• In-Class Writing: Finding a problem to
write about.
• SMG p 684 "Logical Fallacies"
Post #15: Explain three problems; offer a solution for
each one.
Bring: SMG
Class 15 Presentation: Basic Features: Proposing
Solutions
Discussion: Kornbluh
In-Class Writing: Outlining your essay
The Thesis
What do you need to Research?
Investigate
Interview
• Post #16: Write one or more sentences to serve as
your tentative thesis statement. In most essays
proposing solutions to problems, the thesis statement
is a concise announcement of the solution. Think
about how emphatic you should make the thesis and
whether you should forecast your reasons.
• Review the readings in this chapter to see how
other writers construct their thesis statements.

4. Read Bring SMG
Week 5 Class Work Homework
Class 16 • Library Day
• Be prepared to do research for your
essay
• Do research for your problem solution essay
• Post #17: A works cited page for essay #4
• Post #18 : post your writing in response to
slides four, seven, and eight. Be thorough.
This will be part of your final essay
Class 17 DRAFTING YOUR ESSAY
1. Review
1. Describing the problem
2. The solution: the thesis
3. Outlining the plan
2. Planning for objections: the
counterargument
3. Evaluating Alternative Solutions
Post #19 Put all of the parts we wrote today into a single
document. Read it aloud to make sure it is in a logical
order. Change the order of your paragraphs if that makes
sense to you.
Bring Three copies of your complete essay
Class 18 Writing Workshop Read: “I Have a Dream"
Class 19 Essay #4 Due
Intro to Speech
Week 6 Class Work Homework
Class 20 Speech Writing
Class 21 Speech Writing
Class 22 Speeches Due
Class 23 Speeches Due