Course Calendar
This calendar is tentative and subject to change. Changes will be announced in class.
Reading and Writing Assignments are due on the dates scheduled below.
WEEK ONE
1/21
 Introduction to Course/Review of Syllabus
 Discuss Reading/Writing Assignments
 Write Diagnostic Essay
Homework:
 Purchase textbooks & course materials
 The Little Brown Handbook: Read Chapter 1 & 2 (2-45)
WEEK TWO
1/28
 Discuss Eagle Online
 Review of writing process
 Discuss Journals
 Discuss MLA Style
Homework:
 The Little Brown Handbook: Read Chapter 46: Using MLA Documentation and
Format: 46C - Using MLA document format (689-691)
 The Writer’s Presence: Read Langston Hughes, “Salvation” (142), Judith Ortiz Cofer,
“Silent Dancing” (64), and Garry Trudeau, “My Inner Shrimp” (295).
WEEK THREE
2/4
 Discuss readings
 Assign Essay 1
 Discuss Memoir Strategies
 Review of MLA Style
Homework:
 The Little Brown Handbook: Read Chapter 3 & 4: Drafting/Revising and
Paragraphs, Chapter 17: Sentence Fragments, and Chapter 18: Comma Splice,
Fused Sentences.
 The Writer’s Presence: Read Bernard Cooper, “A Clack of Tiny Sparks:
Remembrances of a Gay Boyhood” (75), and E. B. White, “Once More to the Lake”
(270).
 Complete Rough Draft Essay 1 (750 typed words, double-spaced, MLA style); bring a
hard copy to the next class session for in-class workshop.
WEEK FOUR
2/11
 Rough Draft Essay 1 Due
 Discuss readings
 In-class activity
Homework:
 The Little Brown Handbook: Read Chapter 21: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers,
and Chapter 22: Mixed and Incomplete Sentences
 The Writer’s Presence: Read Richard Rodriguez, “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual
Childhood” (210), and Alice Walker, “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self”
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(258).
Complete Final Draft Essay 1 and have it ready to submit at the start of next class
session (including Final Draft, Rough Draft, Self/peer critique sheet)
WEEK FIVE
2/18
 Final Draft of Essay 1 Due
 Assign Essay 2
 Discuss Criticism & Analysis (see LBH 731)
 Discuss readings
 In-class activity (sample student essay)
Homework:
 The Little Brown Handbook: Read Chapter 37: Appropriate Language, Chapter 38:
Exact Language
 The Writer’s Presence): Read Brent Staples, “Just Walk on by: A Black Man Ponders
His Power to Alter Public Space” (240), and George Orwell, “Shooting an Elephant”
(203).
 Complete Rough Draft Essay 2 (750 typed words, double-spaced, MLA style); bring a
hard copy to the next class session for in-class workshop.
WEEK SIX
2/25
 Rough Draft Essay 2 Due
 Discuss MLA parenthetical citation (644) & MLA work-cited page (653)
 In-class activity (Self/Peer Review Essay 2)
 Discuss readings
Homework:
 The Little Brown Handbook: Read Chapter 7: Forming a Critical Perspective
 The Writer’s Presence: Read Maxine Hong Kingston, “No Name Woman” (447), and
Nancy Mairs, “On Being a Cripple” (157).
 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)
WEEK SEVEN
3/3
 Final Draft of Essay 2 Due
 Discuss readings
 Review of Criticism & Analysis
 Discuss Essay 3
Homework:
 The Little Brown Handbook: Read Chapter 39: Writing Concisely, and Chapter 8:
Writing in Academic Situation
WEEK EIGHT
3/10
 Discuss readings
 Midterm Essay 3 - In-class Essay
Homework:
 The Little Brown Handbook: Read Chapter 10: Writing an Argument
 The Writer’s Presence: Read Nora Ephron, “The Boston Photographs” (676), Bill
McKibben, “Worried? Us?” (761).
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*** Spring Break - 3/12/2012 – 3/18/2012 - No Classes ***
WEEK NINE
3/24
 Assign Essay 4 /Introduction to Research Paper
 Discuss Research Paper Outline (See LBH 694)
 Discuss Works Cited Page
 Discuss readings (in-class activity)
Homework:
 The Little Brown Handbook: Read Chapter 41: Planning a Research Project
 The Writer’s Presence: Read Cormac Cullinan, If Nature Had Rights” (641), and John
Taylor Gatto, “Against School” (682),
WEEK TEN
3/31
 Research Paper Topic Due
 Library Orientation
Homework:
 The Little Brown Handbook: Read Chapter 42 (Finding Sources)
 The Writer’s Presence: Read Martin Luther king Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
(730).
 Complete Research Paper Outline.
 Complete Research Paper Works Cited Page (including 4 entries).
*** Spring Holiday – April 6- 8, 2012 - No Classes ***
WEEK ELEVEN
4/14
 Research Paper Outline Due
 Research Paper Works Cited Page Due
 Discuss readings
 Discuss Annotated Bibliography (in-class activity)
Homework:
 The Little Brown Handbook: Read Chapter 43: Working with Sources, Chapter 46:
MLA, Chapter 44: Avoiding Plagiarism and Documenting Sources, and Chapter
45: Writing the Paper
 The Writer’s Presence: Read Flannery O’Connor, “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”
(947).
 Complete Research Paper Rough Draft (1,000 typed words - including a typed Works
Cited page); bring a hard copy to next class session for in-class workshop.
WEEK TWELVE
4/21
 Research Paper Rough Draft Due
 In-class activity (Self/Peer Review Essay 4)
 Review of MLA Documentation
 Discuss readings
Homework:
 Read The Writer’s Presence: Jamaica Kincaid, “Girl” (926).
 Complete Final Draft Research Paper (1,000-1,500 typed words, double-space, MLA
style)
 Complete Annotated Bibliography.
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Complete Journal Folder (must include 10 at-home journal entries to receive full
credit).
WEEK THIRTEEN
4/28
 Journal Folder Due
 Final Draft Research Paper Due
 Annotated Bibliography (5 Entries) Due
 Discuss Final Exam – Essay 5
 In-class Group Work (Oral Presentation)
Homework:
 Complete Research Paper Packet (see the list below)
Please Note: Research Paper Final Draft (attached with Works Cited page) and 5 Annotated
Bibliographies need to be posted in Eagle Online by midnight on 5/5/2012.
WEEK FOURTEEN
5/5
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Last Day of Class
Research Paper Packet Due -Research Packet must include:
o Typed Research Paper Outline
o Typed Annotated Bibliography (5 Entries)
o Typed Rough Draft (with Peer Review)
o Copies of all outside sources used with passages highlighted clearly
o Final Draft (with MLA Works Cited page)
Final Exam (Essay #5) – In-class Essay
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