ENGLISH 53
Spring 2013
Students are responsible for noting changes in assignments.
Major assignments and due dates
1. student services problem solving essay - week 3
2. Cognitive Surplus (CS) essay- week 7
3. Monique and the Mango Rains (MMR) project - week 10
4. Replenishing the Earth (RE) in class essay - week 12
5. Cognitive Surplus and Replenishing the Earth essay - week 15
6. research project on MMR and RE - week 15/16
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week one, January 14, 2013
Monday
class: intro to the course
start student services problem solving project
goal setting and time management
reading strategies
home: read handout, read chapter 1 of CS, type thesis and response
Wednesday
class: thesis and response due, discuss article, finish conducting interviews, discuss campus
resources
discuss chapter 1 of CS,
writing process, essay structure
home: read chapters 2- 3 of CS, type thesis and response
write outline and first draft of problem solving paper
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week two, January 21, 2013
Monday
class: Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday
home
Wednesday
class: discuss chapters 2-3 CS, turn in thesis and response
peer edit first draft of problem solving paper
My Pearson, sentence types
home: read chapters 4-5 of CS, type thesis and response
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week three, January 28, 2013 (last day to drop with a "w")
Monday
class: turn in thesis and response, discuss chapters 4- 5 of CS
peer edit second draft, grammar workshop
citing sources
home: read chapters 6-7 of CS, type thesis and response,
type third draft of problem solving paper
Wednesday
class: turn in problem solving paper
turn in thesis and response, discuss chapters 6-7 of CS
start discussing themes for OCE on CS
home: prepare for in class essay on CS.
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week four, February 4, 2013
Monday
class: short answer in class essays on CS
home: type outline for OCE on CS
Wednesday
class: outline due for peer edit on CS OCE
home: type first draft of OCE on CS
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week five, February 11, 2013
Monday
class: first draft due for peer edit of OCE on CS
home: type second draft, prepare conference sheet, write or type letter to professor introducing
yourself and telling how your semester is going
Wednesday
class: conferences
home:
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week six, February 18, 2013
Monday
class: President's Day holiday
home
Wednesday
class: conferences
home: read chapters 1-6 in MMR, type outline for MMR project, part A
type third draft of OCE on CS
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week seven, February 25, 2013
Monday
class: OCE on CS due, discuss MMR chapters 1-6, quiz
outline due for MMR project, part A
home: read chapters 7-10 of MMR, type MMR project, part A
Wednesday
class no class
home
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week eight, March 4, 2013
Monday
class: discuss chapter 7-10 in MMR, quiz
first draft of MMR project, part A, due for peer edit
home: read chapters 11- post script, type outline for MMR project, part B
Wednesday
class: discuss chapters 11- post script in MMR, quiz
outline due for MMR project, part B
discuss themes
home: type first draft of MMR project, part B
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week nine, March 11, 2013
Monday
class: watch movie Women with Open Eyes (52 minutes)
peer edit first draft of MMR project, part B
home: type outline and first draft of MMR project, part C, revise parts A and B,
read chapter 1 and 2 of RE
Wednesday
class: peer edit MMR project, parts A, B, and C
discuss chapter 1 and 2 of RE, quiz
home: finish MMR project
read chapters 3 - 6 of RE
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week ten, March 18, 2013
Monday
class: MMR project due
discuss RE chapters 3 - 6, quiz
home: read chapters 7 - 8 RE, type thesis and response
Wednesday
class: discuss chapters 7-8 RE, turn in thesis and response
home: finish book RE
SPRING BREAK March 25 - March 29
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week eleven, April 1, 2013
Monday
class: discuss chapters 9 - 11 RE, quiz
home:
Wednesday
class: watch movie Taking Root (TR)
discuss themes in RE
home: prepare for in class essay on RE and TR
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week twelve, April 8, 2012
Monday
class: in class essay on RE and Taking Root
discuss OCE on MMR and CS
home: type outline for OCE
Wednesday
class: outline due for MMR and CS
home: type first draft of OCE on MMR and CS
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week thirteen, April 15, 2013
Monday
class: peer edit first draft of OCE on RE and CS
home
Wednesday
class: start research project on MMR and RE, groups assigned and topics decided
home: type second draft of RE and CS OCE, prepare conference sheet and letter to professor on
how your semester is going and plans for the future
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week fourteen, April 22, 2013
Monday
class: conferences on final OCE in library
research time for groups
home
Wednesday
class: conferences on final OCE
research and writing time for groups
home: type final draft of RE and CS OCE
type first draft of group project on MMR and RE, work on oral presentation
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week fifteen, April 29, 2013
Monday
class: final paper due on CS and RE
peer edit group project
home: finalize oral presentations
Wednesday
class: start oral reports
home: finalize written projects
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week sixteen, May 6, 2013 Final exam week
Wednesday
10:30 class meets at 10 a.m.
1:00 class meets at noon
class: finish oral reports
group projects due
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