ENGLISH 101 / COMPOSITION I
Session
1
T - 8/31
2
Th - 9/2
3
T- 9/7
4
Th - 9/9
5
T - 9/14
6
Th - 9/16
7
T - 9/21
8
Th - 9/23
9
T- 9/28
10
Th - 9/30
11
T- 10/5
12
Th – 10/7
13
T - 10/12
Topic
Assignments
Exercises/Homework
Course Introduction: student profile
College writing: critical reading,
critical thinking, critical writing
Power of words
Ch. 1, 2
Practicum: Dictionary
sources- online/print
Glossary - usage
Power Read Pre-test/graph
Selective: “What is
Reading?”
The Story of English
Dictionary use: Etymology:
“History of English Language Part – I”
SF Writer 45
Select Short Story
Vocabulary
Power read 1/graph
Selective: “Concentration
and Retention”
Read/Respond Critically
What is Annotation?
Language: Conversation
“History of English - Part II”
Pre-write/The Draft
Narrative Essay (invention/fact)
“Thirty-Eight” – Ginsberg
SF Writer 17, 8
Practicum:
comprehension
paragraph
SF Writer 3, 6
Pre-write/draft:
personal narrative
Glossary (569)
Power read 2/graph
Selective: “PR4 Formula”
Essay parts: Topic/Thesis
introduction, body, support data,
conclusion
”Only Daughter” – Cisneros
DUE: PERSONAL NARRATIVE
Revision/Editing: “Can I Edit or What?”
Parts of Sentences/fragments, run-ons
SF Writer 12
Glossary (570)
Selective: “Paragraph
Patterns I”;
Ex. Paragraphs I
Vocab. Battle 1
Higher Vocabulary #2
Power read 4/graph
“Paragraph Patterns“
Ex. Paragraphs II
Paragraph styles: description,
definition, compare/ contrast,
cause/effect, classify
Analogy, simile, metaphor
REWRITE: NARRATIVE
Description samples
Parts of speech: nouns, adjectives,
pronouns
Plagiarism: documentation styles
Overview styles
SF Writer 30
Glossary (571)
Vocab. Battle 2
Power read 5/graph
SF Writer 35
Higher Vocabulary #3
Power read 6/graph
Ex. Grammar
SF Writer 4, 24, 26
Practicum:
description essay
SF Writer 27, 43
Glossary (572)
Vocab. Battle 3
Ex. Grammar
In-text citations: quotes/paraphrases
Punctuation: italics, capitals
End Punctuation, Commas
SF Writer 25
Work Cited Page
Sample research essay
Research: analysis - outline
Plato: “The Apology”
SF Writer 27
Glossary (573)
Ex. Grammar
Power read 7/graph
Vocab. Battle 4
MLA exercise
Higher Vocabulary #5
MLA format style- In-text
14
Primary/Secondary Sources
Th -10/14 Verbs
SF Writer 9a, 31a, 37
Higher Vocabulary #1
Power read 3/graph
Higher Vocabulary #4
Ex. Grammar
SF Writer 5
Glossary (574)
Vocab. Battle 5
Power read 8/graph
SF Writer 27 (295),
36A
Higher Vocabulary #6
15
MIDTERM
T – 10/19 DUE: PLATO /annotated outline
Verbs
16
Summary
Th -10/21 “The Future of Love” – Graham
Summary sample
17
Critique: Argument
T - 10/26 “Of Marriage and Single Life” – Bacon
Subject-Verb agreement
18
Synthesis: Primary/Secondary sources
Th -10/28 (compare/contrast)
“A Superstitious Household”- Addison
(primary/compare to your opinion)
19
T – 11/2
“Gulliver Explains Warfare”- Swift
Response to topic: Necessity of war
20
Th - 11/4
21
T - 11/9
Research claim, evaluate sources
Using primary/secondary sources
Other documentation styles:
APA and CMS styles
22
Th - 11/11
SF Writer 34
Glossary (575)
Ex. Grammar
Practicum: summary
Graham
Ex. Grammar
SF Writer 18, 33
Glossary (576)
Vocab. Battle 6
Ex. Grammar
Practicum: critique
Compare Bacon to
Graham to yours
Higher Vocabulary #7
Opinion Essay:
MLA secondary
source
SF Writer 21, 22, 23
Glossary (577)
Vocab. Battle 7
SF Writer 28, 29
Glossary (578)
Vocab. Battle 8
Ex. Prefixes
Higher Vocabulary #8
VETERANS DAY
23
T - 11/16
Getting literary: Short Story, genre
Character, plot, symbolism, archetype,
irony, allegory, alliteration
SF Writer 20
Glossary (579)
Ex. Prefixes
24
Th- 11/18
25
T - 11/23
“The Storm”– Chopin
Grammar: punctuation, commas
DUE: OPINION ESSAY/MLA
Apostrophes, Numbers
SF Writer 37, 38
Higher Vocabulary #9
Ex. Grammar
SF Writer 44
Glossary (580)
Vocab. Battle 9
Ex. Grammar
26
27
T - 11/30
28
Th - 12/2
29
T - 12/7
Th- 11/25
THANKSGIVING DAY
Review essays
Literary essay guidelines, samples
Discussion: effective sentences
FINAL REWRITE OPINION ESSAY
Review grammar / usage issues
SF Writer 9b-f
Glossary (581)
Ex. Grammar
Higher Vocabulary #10
Glossary (582)
Vocab. Battle 10
30
Peer draft reviews- literary essay
Th - 12/9
31
DUE: LITERARY ESSAY/CMS
Super Vocabulary Battle
T - 12/14 Review grammar / usage issues
(Units 1-10)
32
Th–12/16
FINAL EXAM: Grammar, Definition essay