English 101
Daily Schedule, Fall 2014
NOTE: The reading assignments should be COMPLETED by classtime on the day they
are scheduled for.
Mon., Sept. 22 – Intro. to course
Tues., Sept. 23 – For today's class, read pp. 20-30 in your text (begin at
"Revising", end at ESL); we will also be critiquing student
writing samples in class (not yours!).
Wed., Sept. 24 – pp. 12-14 (“Establish Your Thesis”; end at “Know Your
Audience”)
Continue with student writing samples.
Thurs., Sept. 25 – text, pp. 99-102 ("Unity") and the essay "My Favorite
Teacher", pp. 103-105; continue with student writing.
I will also be showing you how to save and attach a file
to e-mail and how to get rid of the extra spaces in MS
Word 2007 and higher.
Fri., Sept. 26 – First lab essay (edited and points given, but cannot be revised;
this is basically a trouble-shooting exercise): Please bring
your laptop for today. If you do not have access to one, you
may borrow one from the cart in the front of the room.
Mon., Sept. 29 – Read the chapter on Illustration, pp. 339-342, and the essay
by Pence on p. 349.
Tues., Sept. 30 – Read the Huttman essay (p. 343) and the section on Diction
and Tone (285-287); in class, we will apply diction and tone
to a handout I will provide.
Wed., Oct. 1 – I have an essay that you will access on the internet (the link
will be posted on the class website). It’s thought-provoking,
intriguing, and an example of excellent writing.
Thurs., Oct. 2 – Read "Figurative Language", pp. 314-315 and the Ramirez
essay (p. 316).
Fri., Oct. 3 – Illustration essay in lab; due at end of class period.
Mon., Oct. 6 – Division and Classification, pp. 461-464; "Organization",
119-123; King essay, 465
Tues., Oct. 7 – Winik, 470, and "Paragraphs", 172-175
Wed., Oct. 8 – Lutz, 477, and "Transitions", 193-196
Thurs., Oct. 9 – Gibbs, 208
Fri., Oct. 10 – Classification and Division essay in lab; due at end of class.
Mon., Oct. 13 – Read "Writing with Sources", pp. 238-254; I will be addressing
the topic of plagiarism. There will be a homework assignment dealing with paraphrasing, due tomorrow.
Tues., Oct. 14 – Paraphrasing homework due today.
Read the Comparison/Contrast intro, pp. 483-487
Wed., Oct. 15 – Twain, p. 488, and "Effective Sentences", 217-221
Thurs., Oct. 16 – Mukherjee, 493, and Britt, 499
Fri., Oct. 17 – Computer lab: work on comparison/contrast papers, due
Oct. 27, or revisions of previous essays.
Mon., Oct. 20 – Ripley, 505 (a LONG essay – don’t start on it too late!)
Tues., Oct. 21 – Definition, pp. 444-446; Friedman, p. 447; and Goodman,
p. 451
Wed., Oct. 22 – Porter, 456, and Cofer, 233; handout to be read by
class tomorrow
Thurs., Oct. 23 – handout (to be read by class today)
Fri., Oct. 24 – Computer lab: definition essay, due at end of class
Mon., Oct. 27 – Read Cause and Effect intro, pp. 517-520, and King, 524
Comparison/Contrast essay due by 11:59:59 tonight!
Tues., Oct. 28 – Gupta, p. 535
Wed., Oct. 29 – Gansberg essay, available on the class website
Thurs., Oct. 30 – Zinsser, p. 176, and Wolff, p. 189
Fri., Oct. 31 – Computer lab: work on cause and effect essay, due Nov. 10, or
on revisions of previous papers
Mon., Nov. 3 – Read introduction to Process, pp. 423-426, and essay by
Merrill, p. 427
Tues., Nov. 4 – Baker, 433, and Ackerman, 438; possibly some short handouts,
too.
Wed., Nov. 5 – Petrunkevitch essay, available on website
Thurs., Nov. 6 – Discussion of Mitford essay, either available on the class
website or as a handout. An example of a process essay
with an agenda, so that’s it’s basically argumentation.
Fri., Nov. 7 – Computer lab: Process essay, due at end of class
Mon., Nov. 10 – Argumentation, pp. 539-546, and King, p. 553
Cause and effect essay due tonight!
Tues., Nov. 11 – Veterans’ Day – no classes.
Wed., Nov. 12 – Zirin, p. 560, and Sherry, p. 564
Thurs., Nov. 13 – Read the three essays dealing with crime and punishment, pp. 569-584: Tangney, Kahan, and Cannon.
Fri., Nov. 14 – Computer lab: work on argumentation/persuasion essay, due
Nov. 21, or on revisions
Mon., Nov. 17 – Read the two longish essays on torture (one pro, one con),
pp. 616-640: Krauthammer and Sullivan.
Tues., Nov. 18 – Fri., Nov. 21 – MANDATORY conferences on your A/P paper;
you will each sign up for a slot (7-10 students per
day), but will not have to be here other than for your scheduled
conference. I will want to know your topic, how you are
organizing it, and what – if any – resources you are using.
Fri., Nov. 21 -- Argumentation/persuasion paper due today NLT midnight.
Mon., Dec. 1 – Mon., Dec. 8 – I will spend two or three days on grammar and
punctuation common problems: dangling and misplaced
modifiers, when to use who/whom, when to use the reflexive pronoun (“self” words), which vs. that, commas, etc. At
the end of this unit, I will spend a couple of days on logistics
and approach for the new version of the competency exam.
Thurs., Dec. 11 – Competency exam, 9:30-11:30 in this classroom. Bring a
laptop or borrow from cart. This is a TENTATIVE date, based
on last year’s exam schedule, so it could be changed.
Thurs., Dec. 11 – All revisions due to me electronically NLT 11:59:59.