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Subsections of this document: General Information | Course Calendar | List of Topics | List of Assignments | Indexes

General Information about this Course

Welcome A letter to my English 1101 students: How to read the HyperTextBooks. Frequently Asked Questions Got questions? Perhaps the HyperTextBooks' frequently asked questions page can help. Your Syllabus for English 1101 Online A guide to the objectives and policies of our course.  What's New? A weekly newsletter updated each Sunday describing our class work for the week. Update Letters from Previous Weeks Here you can read the What's New? letters from previous weeks. Tour the HyperTextBook A quick overview of the features of the HyperTextBook. eForum How we plan to use eForum — the HyperTextBooks' message board and chat room. eForum Directions How use eForum. Your Grade Sheet Use the online grade sheet to record and track your grades. Accolades The New Century Handbook cites the HyperTextBooks as "one of the best composition courses on the Web."

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The Course Calendar

Lists the course's reading, writing, lab, and exam assignments in a week-by-week, unit-by-unit, schedule.

 

A List of the Topics Covered in English 1101

Part 1: The Discovery of Ideas		Part 2: The Arrangement of Materials		Part 3: Style
Getting Started An outline of the writing process.		The Functions of the Thesis Thesis — the hinge upon which everything pivots.		Coherence in Writing A discussion of the two features that make written language coherent — paragraph unity and sentence cohesion.
General Advice on Essay Writing General advice on beginning and completing a writing project successfully.		Thesis: Traits and Myths How to and how not to write an effective thesis sentence.		The Functions of Voice on Subject and Tone How grammatical choice (like the choice of voice in the verb phrase) influences the readers' understanding of the text.
Understanding Essay Topics How to read and interpret essay topics and begin the composing process.		Making Meaning A multimedia essay on the central role the thesis plays in the making of meaningful essays.		Nominalization and Passive Voice A discussion of the two stylistic features that often make written language difficult for any reader.
Modes of Discourse This file contains some of the figures and explanatory notes to our early discussions of reading, writing, and argument.		The Functions of an Introduction An exploration of the different gambits writers use at the opening of a piece.		Sentence Euphony Some advice about using balance and emphasis to help a writer highlight the main idea in a sentence and sustain the longer, complex sentence without sacrificing readability.
Aristotle in the 21st Century An introduction to the supporting elements of discourse.		The Body of an Essay A dissection of the real meat in any piece of writing. The Functions of a Conclusion A multimedia look at the how a writer brings closure to the work.		Sentence Variety and Style An illustration of some of the many options available to any writer, and a discussion of two sentence patterns that have proven very effective at helping the writer emphasize the significant part of the message.

 

A Listing of the Assignments in English 1101

Labs:	Drafts/Essays:
Lab 1: Learning the Basics of Manipulating Text and Images Our first lab to help us learn to move text and images from one application (a web browser) to another (a word processor).	Writing 1: Drafting a Summary and Review Writing a summary and review of Birkerts' "Into the Electronic Millennium," an excerpt from The Gutenberg Elegies.
Lab 2: Searching the Web for Information An exercise on the problems of finding information in the information age.	Writing 2: Revising your Summary and Review Expanding your review through narrative, comparison, and other methods to incorporate your ideas about reading and education along with Birkerts'.
Lab 3: The Three Appeals This lab will help you learn about and identify the different appeals that a writer can use.	Writing 3: Drafting your Definition Essay Defining the very notion of literacy itself.
Lab 4: Citing Sources on the WWW A discussion and exercise in citing material drawn from the web.	Writing 4: Revising your Definition Essay Using comparison/contrast, classification, analysis to expand the extended definition.
Lab 5: Supporting the Essay Our chance to look into the use of detail in composition.	Writing 5: Drafting your Argumentation Essay What is the future of books, of literacy, of education as we know it?
Lab 6: An Exercise in Paragraph Unity An exercise associated with the Coherence in Writing page to learn more about the idea of paragraph unity.	Writing 6: Revising your Argumentation Essay Building the argument through research and counter-argument
Lab 7: An Exercise in Coherence An exercise associated with the Coherence in Writing page to learn more about sentence cohesion.	Exams: ·  Practice Test for Exam 1      ·  Exam 1 Covering Part 1: The Discovery of Ideas ·  Practice Test for Exam 2      ·  Exam 2 Covering Part 2: The Arrangement of Materials ·  Practice Test for Exam 3      ·  Exam 3 Covering Part 3: Style
Lab 8: Sentence Structure and Style A series of exercises associated with the Sentence Euphony, Nominalization and Passive Voice, and Sentence Variety and Style pages.

 

Indexes

File Index An annotated list of all the files in the HyperTextBook.

Keyword Index An index to the HyperTextBook by keywords.

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