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English 1301 Fall 2012 Pacing Guide -- 1st Six Weeks (subject to revision)
Readings
Activiteis & Due Dates of Readings & Assignments
Books:
Monday 8/27/2012
On Writing by Stephen King
“C.V.” #38 pp. 100-101
Class Activity: KFHS Webpage; Discussion of Syllabus – Class Expectations; College
“What is Writing” pp. 103-107
Ruled Composition Notebook due 8/28; Discussion of Required Books; Discussion of
“Toolbox” pp. 111-137
Stephen King’s On Writing due 9/4 & The Scarlet Letter due 9/17; Begin “Getting to
“On Writing” pp. 141-249
Know You” Activity
Angel:
ENGL 1301 Syllabus
Tuesday 8/28/2012
Alternative Reading to Stephen
King’s On Writing
Class Activity : ”Getting to Know You” Activity; Introduction due 8/29; Modeling
Article of the Week: AOW#1 “Book Lovers Fear Dim Future for Notes in the Margins”
Writer’s Response due 8/31
All Distributed Handouts
Wednesday 8/29/2012
Handouts:
AoW # 1 “Book Lovers Fear Dim
Future for Notes in the Margins” by
Dirk Johnson
Class Activity: Timed Grammar Diagnostic Test; “AoW # 2 “How Handwriting Trains
the Brain” by Gwendolyn Bounds’s
Annotation and Writer’s Response due 8/31
Thursday 8/30/2012
Class Activity : PICTURE DAY; Distribution of WRAC ; Seven Deadly Sins of Writing
Toolbox Activity
Friday 8/31/2012
Class Activity : Seven Deadly Sins of Writing : Writer’s Toolbox Activity
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WRAC:
Summary: Ch. 1: pp. 3-23;
Plagiarism: Ch 1 45-47; Critical
Reading & Critique Ch 2 pp 48-65
Tuesday 9/04/2012
Books:
On Writing by Stephen King
Wednesday 9/05/2012
Angel:
All Distributed Handouts
Handouts:
AoW # 2 “American Identity:
Ideas, Not Ethnicity” by Michael J.
Friedman; “On the Necessity of
Fostering American Identity After
Independence” by Noah Webster;
Lazarus/Shakur Handouts; Poetry
Handout; “Perspectives on Myths and
Sacred Texts”
Class Activity: Quiz over Stephen King’s On Writing; Discussion of King’s Work; AoW
# 2 “American Identity: Ideas, Not Ethnicity” by Michael J. Friedman due 9/7
Class Activity: Discussion of“On the Necessity of Fostering American Identity After
Independence” by Noah Webster; Discuss Summary & Plagiarisim Readings from
WRAC; Writing a Summary Summary of “On the Necessity of Fostering American
Identity After Independence” by Noah Webster due Friday 9/07
EXTRA CREDIT: Bring a personal printed copy of the essay to class on 9/05 and have
it fully annotated for 10 points on your essay.
Thursday 9/06/2012
Class Activity : Discussion of “What is America?”; “What is America to Me” Video;
“Chomsky on American Identity” Video; Discuss “New Colossus” & “Lady Liberty
Needs Glasses”; Comparison Essay of Poems due 9/12
Friday 9/07/2012
Class Activity : Discuss “ Perspectives on Myths and Sacred Texts” & Joseph Campbell
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WRAC:
Paraphrase: Ch. 1 pp.33-36
Quotations: Ch. 1 pp. 36 - 45
Ethos, Pathos, Logos: Ch. 5 pp. 132140
Monday 9/10/2012
TAE:
“The Earth on Turtle’s Back” pp. 2023; “When Grizzlies Walked Upright”
pp. 24-26; “The Navajo Origin
Legend” pp. 27-28;
Tuesday 9/11/2012
Angel:
All Distributed Handouts
Wednesday 9/12/2012
Class Activity : Discuss Paraphrase & Quotations from WRAC; AoW # 3 “How
Handwriting Trains the Brain” by Gwendolyn Bounds due 9/14
Class Activity : Discussion – What is an Indian?; Discussion of Native American Origin
Myths (“The Earth on Turtle’s Back”; “When Grizzlies Walked Upright”; “The Navajo
Origin Legend”); Paraphrase of Myth Article due 9/14
Class Activity : Discussion of Ethos, Pathos, & Logos in WRAC; Identifying Ethos,
Pathos, & Logos in Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture
Handouts:
AoW # 3 “How Handwriting Trains
the Brain” by Gwendolyn Bounds
“The Puritans and Sex” (Class Set
Only) – See Class Activity on 9/13 for
personal copies
Last Lecture Passages
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Thursday 9/13/2012
Class Activity: In class reading of Edmund S. Morgan’s “The Puritans and Sex”;
EXTRA CREDIT: Bring a personal printed copy of the essay to class both on 9/14 &
9/17 and submit a thoroughly annotated copy on 9/17 for 10 points on your essay.
Friday 9/14/2012
Class Activity: In class reading of Edmund S. Morgan’s “The Puritans and Sex” &
discussion of Ethos, Pathos, & Logos
Monday 9/17/2012
WRAC:
Introductions, Theses, and
Conclusions Ch. 3 pp. 72-90
Class Activity: Discuss excerpt of Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an
Angry God” & Identify Ethos, Pathos, & Logos ; AOW # 4 “Peace, Love, and Puritans”
by David D. Hall due 9/21
TAE:
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry
God” pp.
Tuesday 9/18/2012
Class Activity: Discuss Introductions, Theses, and Conclusions
Books:
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel
Hawthorne
Wednesday 9/19/2012
Angel:
All Distributed Handouts
Thursday 9/20/2012
Class Activity: The Mythos of The Scarlet Letter “The Custom House”
Class Activity: Socratic Seminar Chapters 1-5 of The Scarlet Letter
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Handouts:
AOW# 4 “Peace, Love, and Puritans”
by David D. Hall
Friday 9/21/2012
WRAC:
Obedience to Authority Ch. 13
Introduction pp. 680- 682
“Disobedience as a Psychological and
Monday 9/24/2012
Class Activity: Socratic Seminar Chapters 6-10 of The Scarlet Letter
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Moral Problem” by Erich Fromm pp.
683 – 687
“The Perils of Obedience” by Stanley
Milgram pp. 692 – 704
“Group Minds” by Doris Lessing pp.
723 - 725
“Opinions and Social Pressure” by
Solomon Asch pp. 726- 730
Class Activity: AOW #5 “Still Puritan After All These Years” due 9/28; Socratic
Seminar Chapters 11-20 of The Scarlet Letter
Explanatory Synthesis Ch. 4 pp. 91131
Class Activity: Discuss Obedience to Authority Chapter Introduction , “Disobedience as
a Psychological and Moral Problem” & “The Perils of Obedience”
Angel:
All Distributed Handouts
Thursday 9/27/2012
Tuesday 9/25/2012
Class Activity: Socratic Seminar Chapters 21-24 of The Scarlet Letter
Wednesday 9/26/2012
Class Activity: Discuss “Group Minds”, & “Opinions and Social Pressure”
Handouts:
AOW #5 “Still Puritan After All
These Years” by Matthew Hutson
Friday 9/28/2012
Class Activity: Discuss Explanatory Synthesis
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Angel:
Monday 10/01/2012
Handouts:
Class Activity: AOW #6 “Decades Later, Still Asking: Would I Pull That Switch?” by
Benedict Carey due 10/05; Create Thesis and Outline; Explanatory Synthesis Paper due
10/10
AOW #6 “Decades Later, Still
Asking: Would I Pull That Switch?”
by Benedict Carey
Tuesday 10/02/2012
Class Activity: Writing Workshop – Rough Draft
Wednesday 10/03/2012
Class Activity: Writing Workshop – Rough Draft
Thursday 10/04/2012
Class Activity: Writing Workshop – Rough Draft
Friday 10/05/2012
Class Activity: Writing Workshop – Peer Editing
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