ENG 1002 Tentative Course
Schedule
Spring 2010, MWF sections
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Friday, Jan. 15 |
Introduction to class.
Blackboard enrollment. |
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Monday, Jan. 18 |
College closed; Martin
Luther King Jr. Day |
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Wednesday, Jan. 20 |
Diagnostic Essay 1
due. Evaluations of diagnostic
assignment. Course syllabus Assignment: Read
McMahan 9-32. Read “Hills Like White Elephants” 321 |
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Friday, Jan. 22 |
Claims, evidence,
reasoning. Supportable positions. |
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Monday, Jan. 25 |
Quiz. Group work on
three stories. |
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Wednesday, Jan. 27 |
Presentation on three
stories |
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Friday, Jan. 29 |
Essay 2 assignment.
Writing About Fiction |
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Monday, Feb. 1 |
Prewriting assignment
due. Forming a thesis. Preliminary outline.
Assignment: Outline |
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Wednesday, Feb. 3 |
Outline due at
beginning of class for group assessment. Documentation of fiction. Using
quotes for support. |
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Friday, Feb. 5 |
Sick day Assignment: Draft of
Essay 2 |
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Monday, Feb. 8 |
Exercises/workshop.
Documenting fiction exercise. |
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Wednesday, Feb. 10 |
Initial draft due for
peer revision |
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Friday, Feb. 12 |
Self-assessment of
Essay 2. Create NoodleBib account. |
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Monday, Feb. 15 |
College closed for
President's Day. No classes. |
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Wednesday, Feb. 17 |
Essay 2 due. Creating NoodleBib
Works Cited |
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Friday, Feb. 19 |
Creating NoodleBib
notecards |
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Monday, Feb. 22 |
Integrating sources
with summaries and paraphrases. Hacker exercises on avoiding plagiarism
and integrating sources. |
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Wednesday, Feb. 24 |
Group evaluation of
integrating sources. |
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Friday, Feb. 26 |
Outline revision |
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Monday, March 1 |
Revision discussion,
workshop |
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Wednesday, March 3 |
Draft due for peer
revision Assignment: Complete
final draft |
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Friday, March 5 |
Essay 3 due. Assignment: Read Trifles.
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Monday, March 8 |
Trifles quiz.
Discuss Trifles and research questions |
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Wednesday, March 10 |
Introduction to
Research Paper. Essay 4 assignment. Research Proposal and Working
Bibliography. Prewriting due. Developing a thesis. |
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Friday, March 12 |
Jacobs Library
Resources. |
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Monday, March 15 |
Finding and evaluating
sources. |
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Wednesday, March 17 |
Research proposals and
working bibliography due at end of class. Discuss notecards and outline. |
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Friday, March 19 |
Faculty Development
Day. No Classes. |
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Monday, March 22
-Friday, March 26 |
Spring Break. No
classes. |
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Monday, March 29 |
Developing note cards
and documenting drama. Bring a source to class |
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Wednesday, Mar 31 |
Work on notecards.. |
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Friday, April 2 |
Note card check. |
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Monday, April 5 |
Outlines due at end of
class |
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Wednesday, April 7 |
Organizing note cards
with outline. Choose conference times. |
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Friday, April
9 |
Work on research
paper. |
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Monday, April 12 |
Three pages of
Essay 3 draft due at beginning of class. Students
must bring sources and essay to class. Conferences begin |
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Wednesday, April 14 |
Last day to withdraw
from class. Conferences. |
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Friday, April 16 |
Works Cited entries.
Conferences. Continue working on Draft of Essay 3. |
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Monday, April 19 |
Initial draft due for
peer revision. In-class work on essay. Conferences |
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Wednesday, April 21 |
Works Cited page
due at end of class. Workshop
time. |
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Friday, April 23 |
RESEARCH PAPER DUE
with OUTLINE, NOTE CARDS and SOURCES.
Introduction to Group Project |
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Monday, April 26 |
Find sources for group
project |
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Wednesday, April 28 |
Poetry group work |
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Friday, April 30 |
Poetry group work |
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Monday, May 3 |
Poetry group work |
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Wednesday, May 5 |
Poetry group work/
presentations. |
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Friday, May 7 |
Poetry group
presentations. |
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Monday, May 10 |
Review for final. |
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Wednesday, May 12 |
Final exam for 9 and
11 a.m. classes. |
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Friday, May 14 |
Final exam for 10 a.m.
class |