Wednesday, Aug. 18

Introduction to class and Blackboard
Assignment: Read IVCC Style Book; Technology Orientation; Library Orientation

Friday, Aug. 20

Diagnostic essay.
Assignment: Read Patterns Ch. 1-3, Reading to Write, Invention and Arrangement (1-50). Read Hacker on Grammar (20-48)

Monday, Aug. 23

Quiz 1. Discussion of IVCC grading standards. Writing Process Review (handout). Invention.
Assignment: Homework assigned in class.

Wednesday, Aug. 25

Convocation, Spirit Day

Friday, Aug. 27

More writing process. Thesis statements.
Assignment: Read Part 2 (81-82) and Ch. 7 (143-159)

Monday, Aug. 30

Introduction to Essay 1. Analytical description essay. Elements of description. Writing with similes and metaphors, sensory images. In-class description assignment.
Assignment: Read handout and "Words Left Unspoken" (168-170)

Wednesday, Sept. 1

Quiz 2. Discuss readings
Assignment: Prewriting for essay and find song. Read Ch. 4, Drafting and Revising, 51-66

Friday, Sept. 3

Organization for Essay 1.
Assignment: Initial draft of Essay 1. Read Patterns, Avoiding Run-Ons (88), Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers (152) and Hacker (44-47)

Monday, Sept. 6

Labor Day. College Closed.

Wednesday, Sept. 8

Initial draft due for peer revision. Self-assessment.
Assignment: Outline and final draft of Essay 1. Read Patterns. Ch. 5, Editing and Proofreading (67-79)

Friday, Sept. 10

Formatting. Outline conferences. In-class work on essay. Grading, revising, editing.

Monday, Sept. 13

Sentence work. Work on essay.
Assignment: Final draft of Essay 1. Read Comparison/Contrast Ch. 11, 383-402.

Wednesday, Sept. 15

Essay 1 due. Introduction to Essay 2. Comparison/Contrast
Assignment: Read “Glittering Alice and Sad Eleanor” handout

Friday, Sept. 17

Discuss handout, organization and pattern
Assignment: Read “Friending, Ancient or Otherwise” 431-33

Monday, Sept. 20

Discuss reading. Quiz 3
Assignment: Prewriting

Wednesday, Sept. 22

Transitions, organization.
Assignment: Initial draft of Essay 2

Friday, Sept. 24

Initial draft due for peer revision
Assignment: Hacker (5, 65) and Patterns (390, on Parallelism and Colons. Create outline of essay. 

Monday, Sept. 27

Colons and Parallelism Exercises and outline conferences.
Assignment: Add colon and parallel structure to essay

Wednesday, Sept. 29

Essay workshop.

Friday, Oct. 1

Essay 2 due by end of class.

Monday, Oct. 4

Jacobs Library Resource.

Wednesday, Oct. 6

Jacobs Library Resources
Assignment: Read Ch. 10, Cause/Effect 321-337

Friday, Oct. 8

IAI Gen Ed. Communication Panel meeting. Blackboard assignment

Monday, Oct. 11

College Closed for Fall Break

Tuesday, Oct. 12

College Closed for Faculty/Staff Development Day

Wednesday, Oct. 13

Intro to Essay 3, Cause/Effect. Quiz 4. Discuss reading.
Assignment: Read “The Power of Words in Wartime” 363 or other assigned article

Friday, Oct. 15

Organization. Graphic organizers.

Monday, Oct. 18

Outline due by end of class
Assignment: Initial draft of Essay 3.

Wednesday, Oct. 20

Avoiding faulty constructions. Affect/effect

Friday, Oct. 22

Integrating sources

Monday, Oct. 25

Peer revision of Essay 3. Initial draft due.

Wednesday, Oct. 27

Works Cited
Assignment: Final draft of Essay 3.

Friday, Oct. 29

Essay 3 due by end of class.
Assignment: Read Ch. 14 Argument (547-572) and Using Resources Appendix (757-788)

Monday, Nov. 1

Introduction to Essay 4 Argument. Logical fallacies.

Assign: Reading

Wednesday, Nov. 3

Quiz 5.  Taking a position, identifying support, understanding opponents.

Friday, Nov. 5

Finding resources, topic.
Assignment: Take a position, identify support, and address opponents (prewriting).

Monday, Nov. 8

Class evaluations on position, support, opponents

Wednesday, Nov. 10

Avoiding plagiarism (quotes, summary and paraphrase) 

Friday, Nov. 12

Graphic Organizer and Organization
Assignment: Initial draft

Monday, Nov. 15

Transitions
Assignment: Initial draft  

Wednesday, Nov. 17

Initial draft due for peer revision.
Assignment: Final draft of Essay 4.

Friday, Nov. 19

In-class work on essay and assessment.

Monday, Nov. 22

Essay 4 due by end of class.

Wednesday-Friday,
Nov. 24-27

College Closed. Thanksgiving Break.

Monday, Nov. 29

Discussion of final revision.

Wednesday, Dec. 1

Hacker exercises/ Work on revision in class.

Friday, Dec. 3

Hacker exercises/ Work on revision in class.

Monday, Dec. 6

Revision due at end of class. 

Wednesday, Dec. 8

Practice final exam.

Friday, Dec. 10

Review for final.

Monday, Dec. 13

Final Exam for 10 a.m. class.

Wednesday, Dec. 15

Final Exam for 9 and 11 a.m. classes