ENG102-026

T 11-12:50

Th 11-11:50

D219

"Somebody was using the pencil."

- Dorothy Parker, on missing a deadline

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Schedule

 

The following is a tentative schedule.  Dates are subject to change, and readings may be announced daily.  It is your responsibility to know what is assigned for each class period.  Get into the habit of checking this page at least once a week.

 

Table Key:

Black Text = Daily Activity

Blue-Green Underlined Text = Link

Blue Text = Reading or homework to be completed by the beginning of class

Red Text = Major Assignment Due that Day

 

 

Week Of

Tuesday

Thursday

January 14   Introduction to Class/Syllabus
January 21

"You Also have the Right to Tell a Bigot What you Think" by Leonard Pitts pp7-8

Introduction to Project #1
Introductory Lecture: 

2000 Years of Rhetoric in 20 Minutes

"Toulmin Method" pg 56-63  

January 28 Modeling Project #1

Readings TBA

Search Engines/Internet Sources
Collaborative Planning
February 4 Drafting Project #1

Introduction to Peer Workshops/

Commenting on Drafts

Rough Draft of Project #1 Due

Bring FOUR Copies to Class
February 11 Work on Revisions Project #1 Due

Introduction to Project #2

February 18

Library Orientation

pp 163-180
Professional Development Day – No Classes
February 25

Finding Common Threads

pp 190-200

 
MLA - Citing Sources in Text

Revision Policy

March 4 MLA – Works Cited Rough Draft of Project #2 Due

Bring FOUR Copies to Class

March 11 Work on Revisions

Comma Splices

Project #2 Due

Introduction to Research Paper

March 18

Formulating a Research Question

Research Day
March 25 Spring Break - No Classes Spring Break - No Classes
April 1

Introduction to Prospectus

Work on Papers

Formulating a Claim

April 8

"What is Feminism" p 626

"Mission No Longer Impossible" p 651

"Women's Rights" p 689

Work on Papers

TBA

April 15

Chapter 11 Section 3

Work on Papers

Prospectus/Bibliography Due

April 22

Check Point Alpha: 

Arguments (Informal outline)

Counterarguments Exercise

Check Point Beta:

Counterarguments

April 29

Check Point Gamma:

Rough Draft of Research Paper Due

Bring FOUR Copies to Class

 
May 6

Formatting

Research Paper Due

May 13