Syllabus for
Advanced Essay-Writing
Syllabus for
Advanced Essay-Writing
New Model for the Persuasive Essay (NMPE)
Week One--
Discussion and Reflection/ Assigned Reading and Writing
Week Two--
Churchill's Speech
Week Three--
How To Read a Book / Analytic Reading
Week Four--
Student Summaries of Reading principles
Week Five--
Student Summaries
Week Six--
How to Read Genres of Literature / Essay structure
Week Seven--
The Goal of Reading
Week Eight--
Classic Format Essay / Discuss Huckleberry Finn
Week Nine--
Openers / Huckleberry Finn
Week Ten--
Discussion of Huckleberry Finn
Week Eleven--No class for Thanksgiving the week of November 27, 2008
Week Twelve--
Poetry Analysis
Week Thirteen--
Les Miserables
Week Fourteen--
Les Miserables
Christmas Break-------------------------------------
Week Fifteen--
Les Miserables
Week Sixteen--
Essential College Essay Terminology
Week Seventeen--
Les Miserables
Week Eighteen--
Les Miserables
Spring Semester
Week One--
Les Miserables /
Week Two--
Les Miserables--discussion
Week Three--
Les Miserables--discussion / summaries
Week Four--
Discuss Research Papers / Logical Fallacies
Week Five--
Logic / On Christian Doctrine
Week Six--
Classical Essay Overview / On Christian Doctrine
Week Seven--
On Christian Doctrine
Week Eight--
On Christian Doctrine / Great Big Papers Due
Week Nine--
On Christian Doctrine summaries
March 31-April 3, 2009 Alexandria Spring Break
Week Ten--
On Christian Doctrine--Book Three
Week Eleven--
Final Discussion of On Christian Doctrine
Week Twelve--
Perelandra
Week Thirteen--
Conclusion--Perelandra / Triple Extensions
Week Fourteen--
Henry V
Week Fifteen--
The Hound of the Baskervilles /
Week Sixteen--
Final Essay Due