SCHEDULE / CALENDAR
English 1302 (SUMMER I -- 2016)
The professor reserves the right to make appropriate changes in the syllabus and this
schedule. He may even assign additional readings!
Hence, it is your responsibility to keep up-to-date on course material--even if you miss part of a single class!
And: you should clearly bring the book, the readings, and note-taking materials to every class.
MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL: There is a significant quiz every single day of class (except when we have a major test or exam!). That means: when you come to class, you should have read, re-read, and analyzed all the readings required for that date. After all, there will be a quiz over them that same exact day!
ABBREVIATIONS BELOW:
AAL= Arguing about Literature
LW=Learning Web (Brenner faculty page)
REMINDER OF GRADING CRITERIA:
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35% Quizzes: quizzes will be daily (25 minutes) and will consist of short answer questions, written in complete sentences. All but two will count toward the final quiz grade. These quizzes alone require you to write 1250+ words!
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20% Researched Argumentative Essay (i.e., “Term Paper”): Four stages, including a rough draft
(i.e., a 1500+ word essay) using MLA documentation/citation throughout. The fourth stage of the “term paper” assignment requires you to perfect – or at least revise radically!--your rough drafts.
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15% Critical Rhetorical Analysis of a Text – a 1000+-word in-class [pre-midterm] analysis in which students critically assess the primary writing strategies (here, “rhetorical appeals”) that an author uses to effectively communicate his or her point (or “thesis”).
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10% Written In-Class Final Essay: a 650+ word in-class argumentative paper that requires you to interpret a text and refute opposing ideas after making concessions to them. This essay will allow you to exhibit your ability to argue a clear thesis about a text and persuade your audience of it.
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10% Class Participation/Professionalism: here quality “trumps” quantity. (For details, consult the rubric for grading this aspect of the course.)
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10% Group Projects/Presentations (For details, consult the assignment sheet / rubric for grading this aspect of the course.)
Any time you are/will be absent, you owe the instructor an email explaining why you
were absent!
WEEK 1
DAY 1 (June 6)
Introduction to Course Syllabus
Course Questionnaire (in-class writing exercise)
DAY 2 (June 7)

Quiz on Syllabus
Course Questionnaire (in-class writing exercise)
DAY 3 (June 8)
READ: Assignment Sheet for Rhetorical Appeals Analysis Essay!
READ: MLK “Letter from the Birmingham Jail” (annotated version)
READ: All the sample “rhetorical appeals analyses” (on Learning Web, under
“Rhetorical/Critical Analysis Essays” folder)
READ: Chapter ONE of AAL (pp. 1-24)
DAY 4 (June 9)
RE-READ: Assignment Sheet for Rhetorical Appeals Analysis Essay!
RE-READ: All the sample “rhetorical appeals analyses” (on Learning Web, under
“Rhetorical/Critical Essays” folder)
GROUPS TO BE ASSIGNED TODAY!
WEEK 2
DAY 5 (June 12)
Chapter FIVE (pp. 121-192) in AAL—first half
READ Group Assignment Sheet
Group meetings
DAY 6 (June 13)
Chapter FIVE (pp. 121-192) in AAL—second half
RE-READ Group Assignment Sheet
Group meetings
DAY 7 (June 14)
DAY 1 of IN-CLASS RHETORICAL ANALYSIS ESSAY (1 st DAY of 2)
DAY 8 (June 15)
DAY 2 of IN-CLASS RHETORICAL ANALYSIS ESSAY (2 nd DAY of 2)
WEEK 3
DAY 9 (June. 20)
READ Chapter TWO of AAL (especially 34-37; 43-60)
Paragraph Writing (from OWL) (LW)
DAY 10 (June. 21)
READ Chapter THREE of AAL

“Contexts for Research: Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ and Mental
Illness” (pp. 778-803 in AAL)
DAY 11 (Jun. 22)
READ Chapter FOUR of AAL
READ All four interpretations in Chapter Six of “Yellow Wallpaper” (208-224 in AAL)!
DAY 12 (June 23)
READ “Counterparts” and all interpretations in Chapter Nine of “Counterparts”
(1094-1114 in AAL)!
Stage ONE of Research/Term Paper DUE in class
WEEK 4
DAY 13 (June 27)
GROUP ONE presents on almost everything in the section entitled “Families” (pp. 231-363 in AAL);
DAY 14 (June 28)
GROUP TWO presents on almost everything in the section entitled “Love” (pp. 378-588 on
AAL)
STAGE TWO OF Research/Term Paper DUE in class
DAY 15 (June 29)
GROUP THREE presents on almost everything in the section entitled “Freedom and
Confinement” (i.e., pp. 589-803 in AAL);
DAY 16 (June 30)
Preparation for Final Exam
Stage THREE of Term Paper Assignment (“Rough Draft”) is DUE AT TURNITIN.COM website [1500 words](but only at the turnitin.com website!!)
WEEK 5
DAY (July 4 th HOLIDAY)
DAY 17 (July 5 th )
Preparation for Final Exam
DAY 18 (July 6 th )
IN-CLASS FINAL-EXAM ESSAY (2 nd DAY OF 2)
DAY 19 (July 7 th ) LAST DAY
IN-CLASS FINAL-EXAM ESSAY (2 nd DAY OF 2)