Course Calendar
This calendar is tentative and subject to change. Changes will be announced in class and/or in Eagle.
Reading and Writing Assignments are due on the dates scheduled below.
WEEK ONE
Monday, 6/4
 Introduction to Course/Review of Syllabus
 Introduction to Reading/Writing Assignments
Homework:
 Purchase textbooks & course supplies
Tuesday, 6/5
 Discuss Eagle Online
 Discuss Journals
 Write Diagnostic Essay
Homework:
 Read The Little Brown Handbook: Chapter 1 & 2 (2-45) and Chapter 46: Using MLA
Documentation and Format - 46C: Using MLA document format (689-691).
 Read The Writer’s Presence: Judith Ortiz Cofer, “Silent Dancing” (64), and Frederick
Douglass, “Learning to Read and Write” (94).
Wednesday, 6/6
 Discuss Writing Process
 Discuss MLA Style
 Discuss assigned readings
Homework:
 Read The Little Brown Handbook: Chapter 3 & 4(Drafting/Revising and
Paragraphs).
 Read The Writer’s Presence: E. B. White, “Once More to the Lake” (270).
Thursday, 6/7
 Discuss assigned readings
 In-class activity
 Assign Essay 1
Homework:
 Read The Little Brown Handbook: Chapter 17 (Sentence Fragments) & 18 (Comma
Splice, Fused Sentences)
 Read The Writer’s Presence: Bernard Cooper, “A Clack of Tiny Sparks:
Remembrances of a Gay Boyhood” (75).
Friday, 6/8
 Discuss Memoir Strategies
 Discuss assigned readings
 In-class activity
Homework:
 Read The Little Brown Handbook: Chapter 21 (Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers),
Chapter 22 (Mixed and Incomplete Sentences) & Chapter 26 (Variety)
 Read The Writer’s Presence: Richard Rodriguez, “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual
Childhood” (210).
 Complete Rough Draft Essay 1 (750 typed words, double-spaced, MLA style); bring a
hard copy to the next class session for in-class activity.
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Week Two
Monday, 6/11
 Rough Draft Essay 1 Due
 Discuss HCC AskOnline
 In-class Activity (Peer Review Essay 1)
 Discuss assigned readings
Homework:
 Read The Little Brown Handbook: Chapter 49 (Literature), & Chapter 25
(Parallelism)
 Read The Writer’s Presence: Brent Staples, “Just Walk on by: A Black Man Ponders
His Power to Alter Public Space” (240).
 Complete Final Draft Essay 1 and have it ready to submit at the beginning of next class
session (including Final Draft, Rough Draft, Self/peer critique sheet)
Tuesday, 6/12
 Final Draft of Essay 1 is due
 Discuss assigned readings
 Assign Essay 2
 Discuss Criticism & Analysis
Homework:
 Read The Little Brown Handbook: Chapter 37 (Appropriate Language)
 Read The Writer’s Presence: Amy Tan, “Mother Tongue” (249).
Wednesday, 6/13
 Discuss Criticism & Analysis (see LBH 731)
 Discuss assigned readings
 In-class Activity
Homework:
 Read The Little Brown Handbook: Chapter 38 (Exact Language)
 Read The Writer’s Presence: Alice Walker, “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the
Self” (258)
Thursday, 6/14
 Discuss assigned readings
 In-class Activity
 Discuss MLA parenthetical citation (644) & MLA works-cited page (653)
Homework:
 Read The Writer’s Presence: Nancy Mairs, “On Being a Cripple” (157)
 Read The Little Brown Handbook: Chapter 39 (Writing Concisely)
 Complete Rough Draft Essay 2 (750 typed words, double-spaced, MLA style); bring a
hard copy to the next class session for peer review.
Friday, 6/15
 Rough Draft Essay 2 Due
 In-class activity (Self/Peer Review Essay 2)
Homework:
 Read The Writer’s Presence: Sherman Alexie, “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix,
Arizona” (909)
 Complete Final Draft Essay 2 and have it ready to submit at the beginning of next class
session (including Final Draft, Rough Draft, Self/peer critique sheet)
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Week Three
Monday, 6/18
 Final Draft of Essay 2 is due
 Discuss assigned readings
 Introduction to Essay 3
 In-class activity
Homework:
 Read The Little Brown Handbook: Chapter 7 (Forming a Critical Perspective) &
Chapter 8 (Writing in Academic Situation)
Tuesday, 6/19
 Midterm - Essay #3 (In-class Essay)
Homework:
 Read The Little Brown Handbook: Chapter 10 (Writing an Argument)
 Read The Writer’s Presence: Jared Diamond, “The Ends of the World as We Know
Them” (648), and Nora Ephron, “The Boston Photographs” (676).
Wednesday, 6/20
 Discuss assigned readings
 Introduction to Research Paper
 Assign Essay 4 (Research Paper)
 Discuss MLA Style
Homework:
 Read The Little Brown Handbook: Chapter 41 (Planning a Research Project)
 Read The Writer’s Presence: John Taylor Gatto, “Against School” (682), and Gore
Vidal, “Drugs” (883).
Thursday, 6/21
 Research Paper Topic Due
 Library Orientation
Homework:
 Read The Little Brown Handbook: Chapter 42 (Finding Sources)
 Read The Writer’s Presence: Martin Luther king Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
(730).
Friday, 6/22
 Discuss Research Paper Outline
 Discuss assigned readings
 Discuss MLA Style
Homework:
 Read The Little Brown Handbook: Chapter 43 (Working with Sources) & Chapter 46
(MLA)
 Read The Writer’s Presence: George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language”
(510).
 Complete Research Paper Outline (See LBH 694).
Week Four
Monday, 6/25
 Research Paper Outline Due
 Discuss assigned readings
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 Discuss MLA Style
Homework:
 Read The Little Brown Handbook: Chapter 43 (Working with Sources) & Chapter 46
(MLA)
 Complete Research Paper Works Cited Page (including 6 entries: one primary source &
five secondary sources)
Tuesday, 6/26
 Research Paper Works Cited Page Due
 Discuss Annotated Bibliography
 Discuss MLA Works-Cited page
Homework:
 Read The Little Brown Handbook: Chapter 44 (Avoiding Plagiarism and
Documenting Sources) & Chapter 45 (Writing the Paper)
Wednesday, 6/27
 Library Visit
 Writing Workshop - Annotated Bibliography
 Discuss MLA style
Homework:
 Work on Research Paper Rough Draft & Annotated Bibliography
Thursday, 6/28
 TBA
Homework:
 Complete Research Paper Rough Draft (1,000 typed words - including a typed Works
Cited page); bring a hard copy to next class session for self/peer review
Friday, 6/29
 Rough Draft Research Paper Due
 In-class activity (Self/Peer Review Essay 4)
Homework:
 Complete Final Draft Research Paper (1,000-1,500 typed words, double-space, MLA
style)
 Complete Annotated Bibliography (5 entries).
Week Five
Monday, 7/2
 Final Draft Research Paper Due
 Annotated Bibliography Due
 In-class Group Work (Oral Presentation)
 Discussion of Final Exam (Essay 5)
Homework:
 Complete Research Paper Packet (see the list below)
 Complete Journal Folder -- must include 10 at-home journal entries to receive
full credit.
Please Note: Research Paper Final Draft (attached with Works Cited page) and five (5)
Annotated Bibliographies need to be posted in Eagle by midnight on 7/3/2012.
Tuesday, 7/3
 Last Day of Class
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Journal Folder Due
Research Paper Packets Due -Research Packets must include:
1. _____Typed Research Paper Outline
2. _____Typed Annotated Bibliography (5 Entries)
3. _____Typed Rough Draft
4. _____Peer Review Sheet
5. _____Copies of all outside sources used with passages highlighted clearly
6. _____Final Draft (Attached with MLA Works Cited page)
7. _____Final Draft Research Paper and five Annotated Bibliographies posted in
Eagle
Wednesday, 7/4
 Independence Day Holiday -- No Class
Thursday, 7/5: Final Exam Days
 Final Exam (Essay 5) – In-class Essay
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