ENG 120 REVISED READING AND ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE
Subject to Change
Week Five: Research Lab
Orientation & Overview
Understanding Research: An Introduction
T 9/13: Morrison Nobel Lecture (432-438)
TH 9/15: Orwell Politics and the English
Language (484-495)
Week Six: Research Lab
Define Your Research Strategy
Integration of Sources
T 9/20: Ellison On Becoming a Writer
(191-197)
Woolf If Shakespeare Had Had a Sister
(675-678)
Essay #2 Prompt
TH 9/22: Essay #2 Outline/Thesis Statement
Due
Week Seven: Research Lab
Locating Research for Various Types of Information
T 9/27: Essay #2 Rough Draft Due
Bring 2 Copies to class
Peer Workshop
TH 9/29: Essay #2 Due
Swift Modest Proposal (558-565)
Twain Was The World Made for Man (635-639)
Week Eight: Research Lab
Comprehending & Assessing the Appropriateness of Resources
T 10/4: O’Connor, Flannery Total Effect and
the 8th Grade (460-465)
Godden An Imaginary Correspondence
(232-239)
TH 10/6: Carver A Small, Good Thing (77-96)
Week Nine: Research Lab
Critically Assessing the Credibility and Validity of Sources
T 10/11: Carver Errand (105-114)
TH 10/13: Welty A Worn Path (653-660)
Essay #3 – In Class
Week Ten: Research Lab
Correct Paraphrasing and Summarizing
T 10/18: Booth Watch Out for Traffic Jams
(72-75)
Boorstin The Pseudo-Event (65-71)
TH 10/20: Thoreau Civil Disobedience (595613)
Week Eleven: Research Lab
Online Research
T 10/25: Reed America: The Multinational
Society (515-519)
Staples Just Walk On By (535-538)
Essay #4 Prompt
Week Twelve: Research Lab
Quotation Proficiency
T 11/1: Essay #4 Rough Draft Due
Bring 2 Copies to Class
Peer Workshop
TH 10/27:
Essay #4 Outline/Thesis Statement Due
TH 11/3: Stafford A Way of Writing (529-534)
Bierce Some Devil’s Definitions (52-55)
Essay #4 Due
Research Prompt
Week Thirteen: Research Lab
Respect Academic Ethics
T 11/8: Research
TH 11/10: Research
Week Fourteen: Research Lab
Avoid Plagiarism
T 11/15: Research Proposal Due
TH 11/16: Research
Week Fifteen: Research Lab
MLA Document Format Proficiency
T 11/22: Source Analysis Due
Week Sixteen
T 11/29: Research
Week Seventeen
T 12/6:
Week Eighteen
T 12/13:
Research Paper Due
TH 11/24: THANKSGIVING
NO CLASS
TH 12/1: Intro Rough Draft Due
Bring 2 Copies to Class
Peer Workshop
TH 12/8: Body/Conclusion Rough Draft Due
Bring 2 Copies to Class
Peer Workshop