Dr. Eigenauer's
English 1A Page
Taft College 2005
"Writing is easy. You just sit
down at the typewriter and
open a vein."
–Red Smith
Contact Information:
Office phone: 661.763.7722
email: jeigenauer@yahoo.com
Office: Gym
Taft College
29 Emmons Park Dr.
Taft, CA 93268
Writing Style                                                            Most People Paragraph
Presentation: Active and Passive Voices (.pps file)          Getting Started
Presentation: Unnecessary Words (.pps file)                  Orwell on language
Presentation: Nominalization (.pps file)                          Specific to general example
Presentation: Word Order (.pps file)                             Writing Reminders
Presentation: Editing Practice (.pps file)                         Some Writing Improvements
The Five Paragraph Essay                                         Television Violence Argumentative Essay
Presentation: Paragraph Structure (.pps file)                  Colleges And Universities
Presentation: The Five Paragraph Essay (.pps file)           The Secret About College
Sample five paragraph essay                                         Writing About College
Immigration reading assignment                                    College Isn't For Everyone
Paragraph structure exercise 01                                    Telling Both Sides
Paragraph structure exercise 02                                    
Date Rape Body Paragraphs                                          Argumentative Essay Conclusion
Sentence Fragments                                                  First Six Paragraphs
Sentence Fragments (PowerPoint Show)
Sentence Fragments (www.chompchomp.com)
On-line exercise #1 (Write "correct"  or "incorrect" for all 20 questions).
On-line exercise #2 (Write "correct"  or "incorrect" for all 20 questions).
On-line exercise #3 (Write "correct"  or "incorrect" for all 20 questions).
On-line exercise #5 (Write "correct"  or "incorrect" for all 20 questions).
The Argumentative Essay
Rules for a Great Argumentative Essay (PowerPoint Show).
Argumentative Essay Reading (PowerPoint Show).
Opening and Concluding Paragraphs (PowerPointShow)
Reading assignments:
Concept Map: Crack and the Box by Pete Hamill    homework
Concept Map: Stop Blaming Kids and TV by Mike Males homework
Concept Map: TV Violence: Does It Cause Real-Life Mayhem by Susan Lamson homework
Concept Map: Don't Blame Violence on the Tube by William F. Buckley homework

Argumentative Essay II

Other important resources can be found at The Center For Media Literacy

Writing However Paragraphs (exercise)

Crime Statistics

Grammar assignments:
Complete all four sections of these on-line exercises:
Apostrophes (exercise 3, exercise 4)
Commas (exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3, exercise 4, exercise 5, exercise 6)
Semi-colons (exercise 1, exercise 2)
Colons (exercise 1, exercise 2)

Commas vs. semi-colons. (Purdue English Department)
On-line exercise #1 (Click on "check answers" and hand in sheet).
On-line exercise #2 (Click on "check answers" and hand in sheet).

The difference between "accept" and "except". Exercise (from OWL).

Concept Map: How To Write An Argumentative Essay
Organizing an Argumentative Essay  (.pdf file)
Argumentative Essay Checklist (print and hand in as first page of AE)
Additional articles on TV violence:
Television Violence Is Harmless
The Effects of Media Violence on Children
A History of Television Violence
Mass Media Sex and Violence Research
Intimate Violence and Recovery
Television Violence: The Scale of the Problem
Childhood Viewing of TV Violence
Brain Maps of TV Violence
Psychiatric Effects of Media Violence
The Critique


CritiqueBarrettRowe.pps


Exercises:

Critique Practice #2
Critique Practice: Gun Control
Critique Practice: Gun Control: (answer)

Additional resource:
Introduction to Writing a Critique (.pps file)
Writing A Critique Part 2
How to Critique "What's Wrong With America?"
Sample Critique Gun Control
Forming Logically Strong Sentences
Critique Checklist

Grammar assignments:
Making Subjects And Verbs Agree (from OWL)
Making Subjects and Verbs Agree (presentation)
Exercise: Making Subjects And Verbs Agree (from OWL)
Answer key to above exercise (from OWL)

How To Use Apostrophes (from OWL)
Introduction to Apostrophes (presentation)
Apostrophes Exercises 1-2 (with answers)
Apostrophe Exercise #1 (from OWL) (Do on line, print, and hand in).
Apostrophe Exercise #2 (from OWL) (Do on line, print, and hand in).

Using Commas Correctly (from OWL)
Commas Exercise #1 (Do on line, check answers, and hand in).
Commas Exercise #2 (Do on line, check answers, and hand in).
Commas Exercise #3 (Do on line, check answers, and hand in).
Commas Exercise #4 (Do on line, check answers, and hand in).
Commas Exercise #5 (Do on line, check answers, and hand in).

Seven Basic Comma Rules (PowerPoint show)
Critique Practice (PowerPoint Show)
The Research Paper
ResearchingTheResearchPaper.pps
WritingTheResearchPaperI.pps
The Final Exam

Presentation: Peak Oil
Presentation: Cuba
Presentation: Changing World Technologies
Presentation: Curtailment
Other essential materials:

CMap Concept Mapping software
Adobe Reader (to read .pdf files)
Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail