Monday, Aug. 17

Introduction to class and Blackboard
Assignment: Read IVCC Stylebook 1-14; Technology Orientation; Library Orientation

Wednesday, Aug. 19

Journal 1. Diagnostic.
Assignment: Complete Journal 1. Read Patterns Ch. 1-3, Reading to Write, Invention and Arrangement (1-50)

Friday, Aug. 21

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

Monday, Aug. 24

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

Wednesday, Aug. 26

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

Friday, Aug. 28

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

Monday, Aug 31

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)

Wednesday, Sept. 2

Initial draft due for peer revision. Self-assessment. Building better sentences. Sentence structure.
Assignment: Final draft of Essay 1. Read Patterns. Ch. 5, Editing and Proofreading (67-79)

Friday, Sept. 4

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

Monday, Sept. 7

Labor Day. College Closed.

Wednesday, Sept. 9

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

Friday, Sept. 11

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

Monday, Sept. 14

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

Wednesday, Sept. 16

Discuss reading. Quiz 3
Assignment: Prewriting

Friday, Sept. 18

Transitions, organization.
Assignment: Initial draft of Essay 2

Monday, Sept. 21

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

Wednesday, Sept. 23

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

Friday, Sept. 25

Essay workshop. Documentation.

Monday, Sept. 28

Discuss Midterm revision. Essay 2 due by end of class.

Wednesday, Sept. 30

Jacobs Library Resource.

Friday, Oct. 2

Jacobs Library Resources

Monday, Oct. 5

Midterm Revision

Wednesday, Oct. 7

Midterm Revision due by end of class

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

Friday, Oct. 9

College Closed for Faculty/Staff Development Day

Monday, Oct. 12

College Closed for Fall Break

Wednesday, Oct. 14

Intro to Essay 3, Cause/Effect.
Assignment: Read “The Power of Words in Wartime” 363

Friday, Oct. 16

Quiz 4. Discuss reading.

Monday, Oct. 19

Organization. Graphic organizers.

Wednesday, Oct. 21

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

Friday, Oct. 23

Avoiding faulty constructions. Affect/effect

Monday, Oct. 26

Integrating sources

Wednesday, Oct. 28

Peer revision of Essay 3. Initial draft due.

Friday, Oct. 30

Works Cited

Assignment: Final draft of Essay 3.

Monday, Nov. 2

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

Wednesday, Nov. 4

Introduction to Essay 4 Argument. Logical fallacies.

Assign: Reading

Friday, Nov. 6

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

Monday, Nov. 9

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

Wednesday, Nov. 11

College closed. Veterans day. 

Friday, Nov. 13

Avoiding plagiarism (quotes, summary and paraphrase)

Monday, Nov. 16

Graphic Organizer and Organization.

Assignment: Initial draft

Wednesday, Nov. 18

Transitions

Assignment: Initial draft

Friday, Nov. 20

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

Monday, Nov. 23

In-class work on essay and assessment. Essay 4 due by end of class.

Wednesday-Friday,
Nov. 25-27

College Closed. Thanksgiving Break.

Monday, Nov. 30

Discussion of final revision.

Wednesday, Dec. 2

Hacker exercises/ Work on revision in class.

Friday, Dec. 4

Hacker exercises/ Work on revision in class. Revision due at end of class. 

Monday, Dec. 7

Practice final exam.

Wednesday, Dec. 9

Review for final.

Friday, Dec. 11

Final Exam for 9 and 11 a.m. classes

Monday, Dec. 14

Final Exam for 10 a.m. class.