Lim, English 48 WEB Spring 2012 CRN 82615
NOTE: Schedule is subject to change; check your email regularly
Reading Schedule
Books/Reading Materials:
Snyders, Making Reading Real
Walls, The Glass Castle
MyReadingLab (MRL)
Each week of assignments is noted with an unbolded date that starts
on the first working day of the week (usually a Monday unless there is
a holiday).
Due dates for graded assignments, exams, discussions, etc. are
listed with a date in BOLD and are generally due on midnight Sunday.
Aug.
Week I
Aug. 20
Read and print out syllabus & reading schedule
Attend face to face orientation
http://www.sdccdonline.net/students/training/
Or Complete self-paced tutorial on using Blackboard Learn 9.1
 Read all links in Learning Modules (LM): Time Management &
Learning Styles; make a study schedule and take the
Learning Styles Inventory
 Snyders, read xiii-xxii (Note to Students/Preface/Introduction –
SQ3R)
 Self- Introduction (due in Discussion Board 8/25)
 Syllabus Quiz (due in Assessment 8/26)
Week 2
Aug. 27
 Snyders, Ch. 1 Vocabulary pp. 1-51
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August 31
Walls, Part I “A Woman on the Street”
http://www.myreadinglab.com/student-registration/index.html
Last Day to receive, process and pay for add codes
p. 2
Sept.
Week 3
Sept. 3 Labor Day – Holiday no class
Sept. 4
 Snyders, Ch. 2 Main Ideas pp. 63-92
 “Nonverbal Communication of Emotion” pp. 98-102
 DB 1: “Five Love Languages” pp.94-97 due Sept. 9
Week 4
Sept. 10
 Read all links in LM on Summary Skills
 Snyders, Ch. 3 Supporting Details pp. 116-135
 “Beat the Clock” pp.150-154
Week 5
Sept. 17
 Summary #1 Hurried Child (30 pts.) due in Turnitin.com
Sept. 23
 Snyders, Ch. 4 Implied Main Ideas pp. 157-183
 “The Extent of Poverty” pp. 197-200
Week 6
Sept. 24
 Snyders, Ch. 5 Patterns of Organization pp. 210-235
 “If at First you Don’t Succeed” pp.245-249
 Walls, Part II. “The Desert”
 DB 2: “Credit Cards” pp. 220-221 (10 pts.) due Sept. 30
Oct.
Week 7
Oct. 1
 Snyders, Ch. 6 Adv.Patterns of Organization pp. 250-272
 “Conserving Money by Controlling It” pp.276-280
 Walls, Part III. “Welch”
Week 8
Oct. 8
Mid-term (100 pts. due Oct. 14 in Assessment)
50 questions based on concepts in Snyders, Ch. 1-6
p. 3
Week 9
Oct. 15
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Snyders, Ch. 7 Facts & Opinions pp. 288-306
“10 Ways to Go Green …” pp. 319-325
Walls, Part IV “New York City”
MyReadingLab Skills #1-5 due Oct. 21 (100 pts.)
Week 10
Oct. 22
 Snyders, Ch. 8 Inferences pp. 328-345
 “Of Beetles & Angels: A Boy’s Remarkable Journey from a
Refugee Camp to Harvard” pp. 355-359
 Walls, Part V “Thanksgiving”
 DB 3: “Welfare Dilemma” pp. 314-317 due Oct. 28 (10 pts.)
October 26th: Last Day to Withdraw with “W” After October 26th, if you
stop attending for whatever reason, you will receive a failing grade.
Week 11
Oct. 29
 Snyders, Ch. 9 Purpose and Tone pp. 368-390
 “The Value of Play” pp. 398-405
 DB 4: “Staying Healthy” pp. 456-460 due Nov. 4 (10 pts.)
Nov.
Week 12
Nov. 5
 Snyders, read Ch. 10 Critical Thinking pp. 415-439
 Summary 2, “Loneliness” (30 pts. due Nov.11th in
Turnitin.com)
Nov. 12 Veteran’s Holiday - no class
Week 13
Nov. 13
 “The Dangerous Art of the Tattoo” 449-456
 Evaluating websites
 Narrowing a research topic
 Book Project (100 pts. due Nov. 18th in Assignment)
Nov. 19-23 Thanksgiving Week No Classes
p. 4
Week 14
Nov. 26
 Appendix B: Line Graph p. 491; Median Age by State p. 493;
Bar Charts p. 495
 Scholarly journals vs. Magazines
 Using ProQuest
 MRL Skills #6-10 due Dec. 2 (100 pts.)
Dec.
Week 15
Dec. 3
 Tutoring confirmations (20 pts. due Dec. 9 in Assignment)
 Finding books and reference tools
 MLA format Works Cited page
Week 16
Dec. 10
 Submit MLA Works Cited page with 4 sources:
encyclopedia, book, magazine and scholarly journal
due in Assignment (post in DB Dec. 15)
Dec. 17
End of fall semester
 Research Project (100 pts. due in Turnitin.com)
Jan. 7, 2013: Grades will be officially available from Gradesline at
studentweb.sdccd.edu