ENGL 1101 Class Schedule and Assignments

Fall 2004 Ms. Walsh

M Aug 23  Freewriting
Introduce syllabus
W Aug 25 The College Writer (CW) Ch. 1&10
Directions for first essay assignment
syllabus and Writing Criteria
M Aug 30 CW Ch. 2,3, & 4
Bring a typed/double-spaced draft of your first essay to class.
Peer-review of drafts + work on revisions
W Sept 1 CW Ch. 5,6, & 7
Bring a typed/double-spaced revision of your first draft to class.
Final review.
Submit for grading.
M Sept 6 Labor Day--no class
W Sept 8  CW Ch. 8 + all of the Ch. 8 video clips
Get drafts back.
Writing Criteria Rating Grid
M Sept 13  CCSU Writing Criteria: a more thorough look (Bring your paper copy of the WC.)
Writing Criteria Rating Guide
How to do CD-ROM exercises
W Sept 15  Submit Personal Reflection revisions
2nd writing assignment: the expository essay
Instruction on agreement  CW 626.2 & 651-654 + CD-ROM exercises
M Sept 20  

Instruction on types of sentences CW p. 650 + CD-ROM exercises
Instruction on run-ons, comma splices, and fragments CW pp. 657.1&2 and 658.1&2 + video on comma splices and CD-ROM exercises

W Sept 22 Bring the typed, double-spaced paper copy of your expository essay to work on in class. 
CW Commas pp. 575-579 + videos and exercises on CD-ROM
CW Ch 27 pp. 399-404 on taking an essay test
Georgia Regents Test website
M Sept 27 Bring the final paper copy of your draft (expository essay) to submit in class.

Practice Georgia Regents' Essay Test in class (Essay #3)

W Sept 29  Get back expository essays.
CW Semicolons p. 580 + exercise on CD-ROM
CW Apostrophes pp. 591-592 + exercise and video on CD-ROM
M Oct 4 Get back Practice Regents Essays
Last day to submit Expository Essay revisions
Preview of topics on grammar test
W Oct 6 In class grammar test
M Oct 11 Midterm grades will be posted
Introduction to research-based argument assignment
CW Ch. 31 "Writing the Research Paper" (cover through p. 252 by next Monday)
W Oct 13 Library Orientations
All classes will be held in L-200 (immediately to your right at the entrance)
*Submit topics.
Thurs Oct 14 LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW WITHOUT ACADEMIC PENALTY
M Oct 18 CW finish Ch. 31 through p. 252
CW Ch. 32 "Primary, Library, and Internet Research"
Directions for Research-based argument (counts as essays four and five)
Approve topics for research-based argument paper.
Create a working thesis statement (in class).
W Oct 20 CW Ch. 17 "Strategies for Argumentation and Persuasion"
* Submit working thesis for approval.
M Oct 25 CW Ch. 18 "Taking a Position"
Start working on Position Paper, Essay #4
W Oct 27 CW Ch. 19 "Persuading Readers to Act"
CW Review Ch 31 pp. 465-476
Your research should be mostly finished by this point, and you should be drafting.
M Nov 1 *Position Paper is due
Film: A Lesson Before Dying
W Nov 3 End A Lesson Before Dying
Guest: Mary Ellen Doyle, Ernest Gaines' biographer
Essay #5: Summary and Response
M Nov 8 Possibility of Jury Duty
*Introduction for research-based argument is due.
CW Ch. 33 "MLA Documentation Form"
CW Review Ch 31 pp 453-464
W Nov 10 Possibility of Jury Duty
CW Ch. 20 "Arguing Against a Claim"
Work on Annotated Bibliography in class.
*Summary/Response is due.
M Nov 15 CW CH. 21 "Proposing a Solution"
*Preliminary Annotated Bibliography is due.
W Nov 17 *Developing section of research-based argument is due (hard copy + Turn-It-In).
Directions on using turnitin.com
M Nov 22 *Research-based Argument is due (Essays # 6&7).  (hard copy + Turn-It-In)
MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech, CW pp.290-293
Assignment: Essay #8 Summary/Response
W Nov 24 no class Thanksgiving Break
M Nov 29 *Final version of annotated bibliography is due.
film: MLK: The Man and the Dream
W Dec 1 *Essay #8 is due.
Discuss MLK's Nobel Lecture (See Final Exam for link).
M Dec 6 Film: Jimmy Carter: To the White House and Beyond
W Dec 8 Discuss Carter's Nobel Lecture and prep for exam
Final Exam 4:30 class Tues. Dec 14  3:30-5:30
3:00 class Wed. Dec. 15  3:30-5:30

İFlo Walsh, 2004

CW p. 19 & 461 on Summarizing

Readings due today:
                    The Emancipation Proclamation at http://www.illuminingtalks.org/political/abraham_lincoln/emancipation_proclaimation
                    a Selection of Jim Crow Laws  http://www.nps.gov/malu/documents/jim_crow_laws.htm
                    MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech http://www.mecca.org/~crights/dream.htm

Assignments below do not yet apply to Fall 2003.  
Please ignore.    


  
Reading your electronically evaluated paper

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                   Kiersey Temperament Sorter
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                   Learning Disabilities Resource Center Multiple Intelligence
                       Inventory (no password)
           Directions for Compare/Contrast Essay
Compare/Contrast
essay is due.

Introduction to fiction
CW Ch. 25  "Writing About Literature and the Arts" pp. 374-388
How to analyze conflict in a story 
How to write a complex analysis
How to write a character analysis

How to write a synthesis