goal: 1. the result or achievement toward
which effort is directed; aim; end. 2. the terminal point in a
race. 3. a pole, line, or other marker by which such a point
is indicated. 4. an area, basket, cage, or other object or
structure toward or into which players of various games attempt to
throw, carry, kick, hit, or drive a ball, puck, etc., to score a
point or points. 5. the act of throwing, carrying, kicking,
driving, etc., a ball or puck into such an area or object. 6.
the score made by this act. - Syn. 1. target; purpose, object,
objective, intent, intention. 2. finish
(Webster's, p 621)
goal: objective, object, aim, end, destination, mark, pursuit,
object in mind, end in view; target, bull's-eye, quintain; quarry,
prey, game; reason for being, raison d'être [Fr];
by-purpose, by-end; final cause, ultimate aim, "the be-all and the
end-all" [Shakespeare] (Chapman, p. 500)
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For this six weeks we would like you to think about
the following five things before you decide upon your
goals:
For this six weeks, you will be required to read, write, design, confer, respond every week, and produce and present a portfolio of your semester's work. We are going to encourage you to write a brief weekly reflection on your goal progress in these areas as part of your weekly five pages.
Please list your goals for the next six weeks by
week. Make a copy for yourself in your writing notebook/journal.
Overall goal for six weeks
- Describe the
project(s) | Top
Week 1
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Week 2
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Week 3
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Week 4
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Week 5
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Kinds of Writing | Top personal experience narratives fictional narratives (short stories & novellas)
autobiographies review of books, records, plays, movies, TV shows news stories reports of current events an features children's books poetry
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editorials & opinions scripts
eulogies public notices
last will & testaments correspondences
computer programs |
consider "Kinds of Writing" as reading, and...
novels
short stories
poetry
genres:
non-fiction
Elements of
Design | Top These are elements (tricks) that contribute to a
layout. Column
gutter (vary widths between
columns) Dingbats
(as an end mark for paragraphs or
story) Headline
(use powerful words and typography) Type
alignment (avoid big type in
narrow columns and big gaps between words) Typefaces
(avoid more than two unless you really know what you are
doing)