Fall 2008
Writing I Calendar
|
36066 |
7501 |
ENG
101 |
3 |
Writing
I |
08:00 AM |
09:15 AM |
MW |
Aug
18 |
Dec
13 |
Jude
Roy |
JHG305 |
|
36079 |
7508 |
ENG
101 |
3 |
Writing
I |
08:00 AM |
09:15 AM |
TR |
Aug
18 |
Dec
13 |
Jude
Roy |
JHG305 |
|
36089 |
7513 |
ENG
101 |
3 |
Writing
I |
02:30 PM |
03:45 PM |
TR |
Aug
18 |
Dec
13 |
Jude
Roy |
JHG305 |
|
48933 |
7515 |
ENG
101 |
3 |
Writing
I |
09:30 AM |
10:45 AM |
TR |
Aug
18 |
Dec
13 |
Jude
Roy |
JHG219 |
(See below for TR
schedule)
Office Hours:
9:30-10:45 mw; 1:00-3:00 mw; 11:00-1200 tr;
8:00-10:00 fri; or by appointment
Instructor: Jude
Roy
Office: 345A
Office Telephone: 824-8624
Email: jude.roy@kctcs.edu
Webpage: http://www.madisonville.kctcs.edu/facstaf/jroy/
|
Note: This course calendar is subject to change,
(in fact, you can count on it) and students are responsible for noting any
changes.
Aug 18
Class work begins. Students may add class
with faculty approval only. |
Aug 18 Course introduction/student
introductions/diagnostic essay assigned.
- Reading for Aug
20 (All readings will be from your textbook unless otherwise stated):
pages 1-14; Chapter 27 “Working with Others” pages 840-845 (pay particular
attention to pages 842-844—also pages 846-847); pages H5-H10 (Be prepared to
complete exercises on all grammar readings)
- Exercise 1.1( p 3) due Aug 20
|
Aug 20 Last day to register for a class WITH
faculty approval.
Aug 22
Last to drop a course without a grade.
Sep 1 Labor Day – No
Classes. |
Aug 20 Class
work and Discussion
- Write diagnostic essay
(30 minutes)
- Discussions: Benefits
of writing well; Sentence Boundaries: comma splice
- Reading for Aug
25: Cueing the Reader pages 610-624 (know what thesis statement and topic
sentence are); Essay “Calling Home” Jean Brandt, pages 19-21; “An American
Childhood” Annie Dillard pages 21-24; from Sticks and Stones, Essay “True Worker” Erik Epple pages 34-37; From Critical Thinking to
Argument, Chapter 1, pages 3-24 (pay attention to essay, “Why Fear
National ID Cards?” Alan Dershowitz, pages 17-19 and Assumptions Checklist on page 21)
- Possible quiz on essay
reading Aug 25
Aug 25
Class work and Discussion
- Discussion: fused
sentences
- Grammar exercises on
comma splice
- Reading for Aug
27: Chapter 12 pages 584-609 (pay particular attention paraphrasing and
summarizing pages 595-598); from Sticks and Stones, Essay “How to Survive a Zombie Attack: A Guide
for Living,” Brian Reed, pages 72-76; From Critical Thinking to
Argument, Chapter 2, pages 25-44 (pay attention to Summarizing and
Paraphrasing, pages 30-37, essay, “A First Amendment Junkie,” Susan Jacoby,
pages 37-40 and the Summary Checklist on page 43)
- From Critical Thinking to
Argument, Exercise 4 on page 43 due Aug 27
- Possible quiz on essay
reading Aug 27
Aug 27 Class work and Discussion
- Discussion: fragments
- Grammar exercises on
fused sentences
- Reading for Sep 3:
Pronoun Reference pages H11-H13; from Sticks and Stones, Essay “Battered-Woman Syndrome” Hobi Reader pages 64-67
- Possible quiz on essay
reading Sep 3
Sep 03
Class work and Discussion
- Discussions: Pronoun
Reference; summary strategies
- Grammar exercise:
fragments
- Paraphrasing exercise
- Reading for Sep 8:
Pronoun Agreement pages H13-H15; from Sticks and Stones, Essay “File-Sharing: A David and Goliath Debate”
Adam Hood pages 79-82; “May I have this Dance” Robert Nava pages 133-138
- Summary #1: Summarize “May I have this Dance”
Robert Nava pages 133-138
- Possible quiz on essay
reading Sep 8
- Summary #1 first draft
due Sep 10
Sep 08
Class work and Discussion
- Discussion: pronoun
agreement: Summary
- Grammar exercise:
pronoun reference
- Reading for Sep 10: verbs pages H19-H29; Chapter
8 (Evaluation), pages394-453; from
Sticks and Stones, Essay “A Film Evaluation of Garden State,” Anna Marie Cruz pages
143-148
- Possible quiz on essay
reading Sep 10
Sep 10 Class
work and Discussion
- Discussion: verb
tense, mood, and voice; Evaluation Essay
- Grammar exercise:
pronoun agreement
- Workshop: Summary #1
first draft
- Summary #1 second draft
due Sep 15
- Reading for Sep 15: “Grading Professors,” Wendy
Kim, pages 397-401; from Stick and Stones, Essay “Buzzworm: The Superior Magazine,” Ilene Wolf,
pages 139-142
- Topic for Evaluation
essay due Sep 15
- Possible quiz on essay
reading Sep 15
Sep 15 Class work and Discussion
- Discussion: verb
agreement; Evaluation Essay
- Grammar exercise on
verb tense, mood, and voice
- Workshop: Summary #1
second draft
- Reading for Sep 17: “Library and Internet
Research, pages 702-779; From Critical
Thinking to Argument, Chapter 7, pages 175-218 & 224-242; Evaluating
Print Sources Checklist p 186; Evaluating Electronic Sources Checklist p 188;
Avoiding Plagiarism Checklist p 191; Quotations Checklist p 200; Sources
Checklist p 224; Sample MLA Format Paper pages 226-242
- Reading for Sep 22: “Arguing” pages 670-685;
essay “The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind” Jonah
Jackson pages 407-413; From Critical Thinking to
Argument, Chapter 3, pages 45-85 (pay attention to “Persuasion,
Argument, Dispute” page 45-47 & “Assumptions” page 55 – also essay, “Being
Green at Ben and Jerry’s,” George F. Will pages
81-83)
- Possible quiz on essay
reading Sep 22
- First draft Evaluation
essay due Sep 22
- Final draft of Summary
#1 due Sep 22
- Library Tour Sep 17
Sep 17 Library tour: Students will look up two sources
from a magazine or a book—no
Internet search engines (i.e. Google, Yahoo, etc)—but you can use the
library’s
data bases. Information on the sources due Sep 22
- Reading for Sep 22: Essay, “Working
at McDonalds” Amitai Etzioni pages 283-286;
- Review for Sep 22: “The MLA System
of Documentation” pages 750-763
- Possible quiz on essay
reading Sep 22
Sep 22 Class work and Discussion
- Discussion:
Evaluation Essay
- Grammar exercise:
verb agreement
- Second draft
Evaluation essay due Sep
24
- Final draft of Summary #1 due
Sep 24 Class work and Discussion
- In-class work with student
sources
- Workshop Second draft
Evaluation
- Reading for Sep 29: from Sticks and Stones, Essay, “eBay: The World’s Finest Online
Marketplace,” Duc Do, pages149-157; Chapter 9
“Speculating about Causes” pages 454-507; from Sticks and Stones, Essay,
“Pharmaceutical Advertising? Krista Gonnerman pages 179-182
- Possible quiz on essay
reading Sep 29
- Final draft Evaluation due Oct 1
- Summary #2: summarize “Pharmaceutical
Advertising” Krista Gonnerman first draft due Sep
29
Sep 29 Class
work and Discussion
- Reading for Sep
29: Essay “Why we Crave Horror Movies” Stephen King pages 461-463;
“Fitness Culture: A Growing Trend in America, pages 457-460;
- Topic and rough
outline of Cause and Effect Essay
due Oct 1
- Final draft Evaluation due Oct
1
- Workshop first draft
Summary #2
Oct 01 Class work
and Discussion
- Reading for Oct 6: Essay, “The Gorge-Yourself
Environment, Erica Goode, pages 465-471
- First draft of Cause
and Effect Essay due Oct 6
- Second draft Summary
#2 due Oct 6
- Final draft Evaluation due
Oct 06 Class work and
Discussion
- Workshop first draft of Cause and Effect
essay; Also, second draft Summary #2
- Reading for Oct 8: Essay “Why Fans and Players
are Playing so Rough,” Bill Saporito, pages 473-478
- Second draft Cause
and Effect due Oct 8
- Final draft Summary #
2 due Oct 8
|
Oct 06 Midterm: last day for students, at their
discretion, to officially withdraw from a class and record a grade of
W.
Oct 13-16
Spring Break – No classes |
Oct 08 Student Conferences—Students are required to meet individually
with me for
at least ten minutes. They will
need to bring the second draft of their Cause and Effect essay and the
final draft of Summary #2.
- Reading for Oct 20: Chapter 6 “Arguing a
Position” pages 273-324 (pay attention to “Anticipating Objections” pages
319-321): Essay “Sticks and Stones and sports Team Names” Richard Estrada
pages 280-281; From Critical Thinking to
Argument, Chapter 5, pages116-127; Analyzing Texts (pay attention to
essay, “For Environmental Balance, Pick up a Rifle,” Nicholas D. Kristof, pages 122-124)
- Third draft Cause and
Effect Essay due Oct 20
- Final draft Cause and Effect Essay due
Oct 22
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Oct 20
Oct 20 Class work and Discussion
- Reading for Oct 22: Essay “Children Need to Play,
not Compete,” Jessica Statsky, pages 276-279; Essay “Boys Here, Girls
There: Sure, if Equality’s the Goal,” Karen Stabiner, pages 288-291; From Critical Thinking to
Argument, Chapter 6, pages
133-174 (pay attention to Thesis Checklist page 143—Audience Checklist page
148—Audience Needs Checklist page 164—Review Checklist page 166 and essay,
“Why I don’t Spare ‘Spare Change,’” Emily Andrews, pages 170-172)
- Topic and rough
outline of Argument essay due Oct
22
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Oct 22
Oct 22 Class
work and Discussion
- Workshop: topic and rough outline Argument
essay
- First draft Argument essay due Oct
27
- Final draft Cause
and Effect Essay due
- Reading for Oct 27: Essay, “Banning Cell Phone Use While
Driving,” Thomas Beckfield, pages 85-88
- Summary #3
summarize “Banning Cell Phone Use While Driving,” Thomas Beckfield, pages 85-88 first draft due Oct 27
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Oct 27
Oct 27 Class work and
Discussion
- First draft Argument
essay due
- Reading for Oct
29: from Stick and Stones, Essay “Wolves in
Yellowstone” Keely
Cutts pages 93-98
- Second rough draft
Summary #3 due Oct 29
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Oct 29
Oct 29
Workshop: First draft Argument essay; Summary #3
- Reading for Nov 3; from Stick and Stones, Essay “Federal Amendment Defining Marriage: Is It
Discriminatory?” Aledandra
Carstensen, pages 103-108
- Library work for
Nov 3: Look up one source dealing with your
Argument essay topic and bring a copy to class.
- Third rough draft Summary #3 due Nov 3
- Possible quiz on essay reading
Nov 3
- Second draft Argument essay due
Nov 3
Nov 03 Class work and Discussion
- Workshop: Second draft Argument essay:
Summary #3 draft
- Reading for Nov 5: From Critical Thinking to
Argument, Chapter 8, pages
255-269 (pay attention to essay, “Raise Wages, Not Walls,” Michael S. Dukakis
and Daniel J.B. Mitchell, pages 265-267 & essay, “Is the College use of
American Indian Mascots Racist?” pages 321-323)
- Possible quiz on essay reading Nov
5
- Library work for
Nov 5: Look up one source dealing
with your Argument essay and bring a copy to class.
- Third draft Argument Essay due Nov 5
(include in-text citations and work cited page)
|
Nov 4 Presidential Election – No Classes. Go Vote!
Nov 6 Loman C. Trover Library Reading Series
(Sci fi
night) featuring Stephen Leigh (pseudonym S. L. Farrell), P. Andrew
Miller, and Scott Vander Ploeg.
The reading begins at 7:00 p.m. in the Loman C. Trover Library. Drinks and snacks will be provided.
Students are strongly encouraged to attend. |
Nov 05
Class work and
Discussion
- Workshop: Third draft
Argument essay
- Reading for Nov 10: Chapter 7 “Proposing a
Solution” pages 326-392; Essay “More Testing, More Learning” Patrick O’Malley;
pages 330-333
- Final Argument essay due Nov
17
- Final Summary #3 due Nov
12
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Nov 10
Nov 10 Class work
and Discussion
- Workshop: Possible
topics for Proposal essay
- Reading for Nov 12: from Sticks and Stones, Essay “Sexual Harassment in Meatpacking Plants,”
Susan Ly, pages 127-130; “High School Starting Time” Jeff Varley pages 111-114; From Critical Thinking to Argument,
Chapter 9, pages 270-310
- Summary #4
summarize essay “High School
Starting Time” Jeff Varley first draft due Nov
12
- Topics for Proposal
essay due Nov 12
- Possible quiz on essay reading Nov
12
- Final Argument
essay due Nov 17
Nov 17 Class work and Discussion
- Discussion: Proposal
topics
- Reading for Nov 19: Essay “Win-Win Flexibility,”
pages 333-338; from Sticks and Stones, Essay “Cracking
Down on Lighting Up” Monica Perez, pages 115-119; From Critical Thinking to
Argument, Chapter 10, pages 311-320
- Final Summary #3
due
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Nov 19
- First Rough draft
Summary #4 due
- Final Argument essay due
Nov 19 Class
work and Discussion
- Workshop: Rough draft
Summary #4
- Reading for Nov 24: Essay “Making Communities
Safe for Bicycles,” Gian-Claudia Sciara, pages 349-356
- Library work for Nov 24: Look up one
source dealing with your Proposal essay and bring a copy to class
- Third Rough draft Summary #4 due Nov
24
- Proposal outline due Nov 24
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Nov 24
Nov 24 Class
work and Discussion
- Discussion: library
sources
- Reading for Nov 26: “A New Deal for
Teachers,” Matt Miller, pages 341-346; from Sticks and Stones, Essay; “Quality Long-Term Care:
Our Elderly Deserve It” Kim Spencer Kline and Dana Jordan, pages 120-126
- Final draft Summary
#4 due Nov 26
- Possible quiz on essay reading Nov
26
Nov 26 Class
work and Discussion
- Workshop: Proposal essay
outlines
- Final Summary #4
due
|
Nov 27-29
Thanksgiving – No classes |
Dec 01 Class work
and Discussion
Dec 03 Write first draft of Proposing a Solution Essay (In class).
The Proposing a Solution Essay will be
written in class over two class periods. You will not
be allowed to work on the essay out of class. At the
end of each period, I will collect
what you have written and return it to you on the next period.
You can bring in sources and a general outline of your
essay, but you must first run them by
me. (See “Departmental Procedures and Policies for
Administering the Final Essay in ENG 101” attachment for
specifics.)
|
Dec 05 Last
day for a student, at the discretion of the
instructor, to officially
withdraw
from a class and receive a grade of W.
Dec 06 End
of Class Work
Dec 08-13
Final examinations |
Dec 08 (Final
Exam Day for Section 7501 Class # 36066)
Write final draft of
Proposing a Solution Essay (In
class).
Fall 2008
Writing I Calendar
|
36066 |
7501 |
ENG
101 |
3 |
Writing
I |
08:00 AM |
09:15 AM |
MW |
Aug
18 |
Dec
13 |
Jude
Roy |
JHG305 |
|
36079 |
7508 |
ENG
101 |
3 |
Writing
I |
08:00 AM |
09:15 AM |
TR |
Aug
18 |
Dec
13 |
Jude
Roy |
JHG305 |
|
36089 |
7513 |
ENG
101 |
3 |
Writing
I |
02:30 PM |
03:45 PM |
TR |
Aug
18 |
Dec
13 |
Jude
Roy |
JHG305 |
|
48933 |
7515 |
ENG
101 |
3 |
Writing
I |
09:30 AM |
10:45 AM |
TR |
Aug
18 |
Dec
13 |
Jude
Roy |
JHG219 |
Office Hours: 9:30-10:45 mw; 1:00-3:00 mw; 11:00-1200 tr; 8:00-10:00 fri; or by appointment
Instructor: Jude Roy
Office: 345A
Office Telephone:
824-8624
Email: jude.roy@kctcs.edu
Webpage: http://www.madisonville.kctcs.edu/facstaf/jroy/
|
Note: This course calendar is subject to change,
(in fact, you can count on it) and students are responsible for noting any
changes.
Aug 18
Class work begins. Students may add class
with faculty approval only. |
Aug 19 Course introduction/student
introductions/diagnostic essay assigned.
- Reading for Aug
21 (All readings will be from your textbook unless otherwise stated):
pages 1-14; Chapter 27 “Working with Others” pages 840-845 (pay particular
attention to pages 842-844—also pages 846-847); pages H5-H10 (Be prepared to
complete exercises on all grammar readings)
- Exercise 1.1( p 3) due Aug 21
|
Aug 20 Last day to register for a class WITH
faculty approval.
Aug 22
Last to drop a course without a grade.
Sep 1 Labor Day – No
Classes. |
Aug 21 Class
work and Discussion
- Write diagnostic
essay (30 minutes)
- Discussions: Benefits
of writing well; Sentence Boundaries: comma splice
- Reading for Aug
26: Cueing the Reader pages 610-624 (know what thesis statement and topic
sentence are); Essay “Calling Home” Jean Brandt, pages 19-21; “An American
Childhood” Annie Dillard pages 21-24; from Sticks and Stones, Essay “True Worker” Erik Epple pages 34-37; From Critical Thinking to
Argument, Chapter 1, pages 3-24 (pay attention to essay, “Why Fear
National ID Cards?” Alan Dershowitz, pages 17-19 and Assumptions Checklist on page 21)
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Aug 26
Aug 26
Class work and Discussion
- Discussion: fused
sentences
- Grammar exercises on
comma splice
- Reading for Aug
28: Chapter 12 pages 584-609 (pay particular attention paraphrasing and
summarizing pages 595-598); from Sticks and Stones, Essay “How to Survive a Zombie Attack: A Guide
for Living,” Brian Reed, pages 72-76; From Critical Thinking to
Argument, Chapter 2, pages 25-44 (pay attention to Summarizing and
Paraphrasing, pages 30-37, essay, “A First Amendment Junkie,” Susan Jacoby,
pages 37-40 and the Summary Checklist on page 43)
- From Critical Thinking to
Argument, Exercise 4 on page 43 due Aug 28
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Aug 28
Aug 28 Class work and Discussion
- Discussion: fragments
- Grammar exercises on
fused sentences
- Reading for Sep 2:
Pronoun Reference pages H11-H13; from Sticks and Stones, Essay “Battered-Woman Syndrome” Hobi Reader pages 64-67
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Sep 2
Sep 02
Class work and Discussion
- Discussions: Pronoun
Reference; summary strategies
- Grammar exercise:
fragments
- Paraphrasing exercise
- Reading for Sep 4:
Pronoun Agreement pages H13-H15; from Sticks and Stones, Essay “File-Sharing: A David and Goliath Debate”
Adam Hood pages 79-82; “May I have this Dance” Robert Nava pages 133-138
- Summary #1: Summarize “May I have this Dance”
Robert Nava pages 133-138
- Possible quiz on essay
reading Sep 4
- Summary #1 first draft
due Sep 09
Sep 04
Class work and Discussion
- Discussion: pronoun
agreement: Summary
- Grammar exercise:
pronoun reference
- Reading for Sep 09: verbs pages H19-H29; Chapter
8 (Evaluation), pages394-453; from
Sticks and Stones, Essay “A Film Evaluation of Garden State,” Anna Marie Cruz pages
143-148
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Sep 09
Sep 09 Class
work and Discussion
- Discussion: verb
tense, mood, and voice; Evaluation Essay
- Grammar exercise:
pronoun agreement
- Workshop: Summary #1
first draft
- Summary #1 second
draft due Sep 11
- Reading for Sep 11: “Grading Professors,” Wendy
Kim, pages 397-401; from Stick and Stones, Essay “Buzzworm: The Superior Magazine,” Ilene Wolf,
pages 139-142
- Possible quiz on essay
reading Sep 11
Sep 11 Class work and Discussion
- Discussion: verb
agreement; Evaluation Essay
- Grammar exercise on
verb tense, mood, and voice
- Workshop: Summary #1
second draft
- Reading for Sep 16: “Arguing” pages 670-685;
essay “The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind” Jonah
Jackson pages 407-413; From Critical Thinking to
Argument, Chapter 3, pages 45-85 (pay attention to “Persuasion,
Argument, Dispute” page 45-47 & “Assumptions” page 55 – also essay, “Being
Green at Ben and Jerry’s,” George F. Will pages
81-83)
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Sep 16
- First draft
Evaluation essay due Sep 16
- Final draft of
Summary #1 due Sep 16
Sep 16 Class work and Discussion
- Discussion:
Evaluation Essay
- Grammar exercise:
verb agreement
- Reading for Sep 18: “Library and Internet
Research, pages 702-779; From Critical
Thinking to Argument, Chapter 7, pages 175-218 & 224-242; Evaluating
Print Sources Checklist p 186; Evaluating Electronic Sources Checklist p 188;
Avoiding Plagiarism Checklist p 191; Quotations Checklist p 200; Sources
Checklist p 224; Sample MLA Format Paper pages 226-242
- Second draft
Evaluation essay due Sep 23
- Library Tour Sep 18
- Final draft of Summary #1 due
Sep 18 Library tour: Students will look up two sources
from a magazine or a book—no
Internet search engines (i.e. Google, Yahoo, etc)—but you can use the
library’s
data bases. Information on the
sources due Sep 23.
- Reading for Sep 23: Essay, “Working
at McDonalds” Amitai Etzioni pages 283-286;
- Review for Sep 23: “The MLA System
of Documentation” pages 750-763
- Second draft Evaluation due Sep
23
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Sep 23
Sep 23 Class work and Discussion
- In-class work with student sources
- Workshop Second draft
Evaluation
- Reading for Sep 25: from Sticks and Stones, Essay, “eBay: The World’s Finest Online
Marketplace,” Duc Do, pages149-157; Chapter 9
“Speculating about Causes” pages 454-507; from Sticks and Stones, Essay,
“Pharmaceutical Advertising? Krista Gonnerman pages 179-182
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Sep 25
- Final draft Evaluation due Sep 30
- Summary #2: summarize “Pharmaceutical
Advertising” Krista Gonnerman first draft due Sep
25
Sep 25 Class
work and Discussion
- Reading for Sep
30: Essay “Why we Crave Horror Movies” Stephen King pages 461-463;
“Fitness Culture: A Growing Trend in America, pages 457-460;
- Topic and rough
outline of Cause and Effect Essay
due Sep 30
- Final draft Evaluation due Sep 30
- Workshop first draft
Summary #2
Sep 30 Class work
and Discussion
- Reading for Oct 2: Essay, “The Gorge-Yourself
Environment, Erica Goode, pages 465-471
- First draft of Cause
and Effect Essay due Oct 2
- Second draft Summary
#2 due Oct 2
- Final draft Evaluation due
Oct 02 Class work and
Discussion
- Workshop first draft of Cause and Effect
essay; Also, second draft Summary #2
- Reading for Oct 7: Essay “Why Fans and Players
are Playing so Rough,” Bill Saporito, pages 473-478
- Second draft Cause
and Effect due Oct 7
- Final draft Summary #
2 due Oct 9
|
Oct 06 Midterm: last day for students, at their
discretion, to officially withdraw from a class and record a grade of
W.
Oct 13-16
Spring Break – No classes |
Oct 07 Class work
and Discussion
- Reading for Oct 9: Chapter 6 “Arguing a
Position” pages 273-324 (pay attention to “Anticipating Objections” pages
319-321): Essay “Sticks and Stones and sports Team Names” Richard Estrada
pages 280-281; From Critical Thinking to
Argument, Chapter 5, pages116-127; Analyzing Texts (pay attention to
essay, “For Environmental Balance, Pick up a Rifle,” Nicholas D. Kristof, pages 122-124)
- Third draft Cause and
Effect Essay due Oct 9
- Final draft Summary #2 due Oct 9
- Final draft Cause and Effect Essay due
Oct 21
Oct 09 Student Conferences—Students are required to meet individually
with me for at least ten minutes.
They will need to bring the third draft of their Cause and Effect essay
and the final draft of Summary #2.
- Final draft Cause and Effect Essay due
Oct 21
- Reading for Oct 21: Essay “Children Need to Play,
no Compete,” Jessica Statsky, pages 276-279; Essay “Boys Here, Girls
There: Sure, if Equality’s the Goal,” Karen Stabiner, pages 288-291; From Critical Thinking to
Argument, Chapter 6, pages
133-174 (pay attention to Thesis Checklist page 143—Audience Checklist page
148—Audience Needs Checklist page 164—Review Checklist page 166 and essay,
“Why I don’t Spare ‘Spare Change,’” Emily Andrews, pages 170-172)
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Oct 21
Oct 21 Class work and Discussion
- Discussion Argument
essay
- Reading for Oct 27: Essay, “Banning Cell Phone Use While
Driving,” Thomas Beckfield, pages 85-88
- Topic and rough
outline of Argument essay due Oct
23
- Summary #3
summarize “Banning Cell Phone Use While Driving,” Thomas Beckfield, pages 85-88 first draft due Oct 23
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Oct 23
Oct 23 Class
work and Discussion
- Workshop: topic and rough outline Argument
essay
- First draft Argument
essay due Oct 28
- Reading for Oct
28: from Stick and Stones, Essay “Wolves in
Yellowstone” Keely
Cutts pages 93-98
- Second rough draft
Summary #3 due Oct 28
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Oct 28
Oct 28 Class work and
Discussion
- Workshop: First draft Argument essay;
Summary #3
- Reading for Oct 30; from Stick and Stones, Essay “Federal Amendment Defining Marriage: Is It
Discriminatory?” Aledandra
Carstensen, pages 103-108
- Library work for
Oct 30: Look up one source dealing with your
Argument essay topic and bring a copy to class.
- Third rough draft Summary #3 due Oct 30
- Possible quiz on essay reading
Oct 30
- Second draft Argument essay due
Oct 30
Oct 30 Class work and Discussion
- Workshop: Second draft Argument essay:
Summary #3 draft
- Reading for Nov 6: From Critical Thinking to
Argument, Chapter 8, pages
255-269 (pay attention to essay, “Raise Wages, Not Walls,” Michael S. Dukakis
and Daniel J.B. Mitchell, pages 265-267 & essay, “Is the College use of
American Indian Mascots Racist?” pages 321-323)
- Possible quiz on essay reading Nov
6
- Library work for
Nov 6: Look up one source dealing
with your Argument essay and bring a copy to class.
- Third draft Argument Essay due Nov 6
(include in-text citations and work cited page)
|
Nov 4 Presidential Election – No Classes. Go Vote!
Nov 6 Loman C. Trover Library Reading Series
(Sci fi
night) featuring Stephen Leigh (pseudonym S. L. Farrell), P. Andrew
Miller, and Scott Vander Ploeg.
The reading begins at 7:00 p.m. in the Loman C. Trover Library. Drinks and snacks will be provided.
Students are strongly encouraged to attend. |
Nov 06
Class work and
Discussion
- Workshop: Third draft
Argument essay
- Reading for Nov 6: Chapter 7 “Proposing a
Solution” pages 326-392; Essay “More Testing, More Learning” Patrick O’Malley;
pages 330-333
- Final Argument essay due Nov 11
- Final Summary #3 due Nov 13
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Nov 6
Nov 11 Class work
and Discussion
- Workshop: Possible
topics for Proposal essay
- Reading for Nov 13: from Sticks and Stones, Essay “Sexual Harassment in Meatpacking Plants,”
Susan Ly, pages 127-130; “High School Starting Time” Jeff Varley pages 111-114; From Critical Thinking to Argument,
Chapter 9, pages 270-310
- Summary #4
summarize essay “High School
Starting Time” Jeff Varley first draft due Nov
13
- Topics for Proposal
essay due Nov 13
- Possible quiz on essay reading Nov
13
- Final Argument
essay due
Nov 13 Class work and Discussion
- Discussion: Proposal
topics
- Reading for Nov 18: Essay “Win-Win Flexibility,”
pages 333-338; from Sticks and Stones, Essay “Cracking
Down on Lighting Up” Monica Perez, pages 115-119; From Critical Thinking to
Argument, Chapter 10, pages 311-320
- Final Summary #3
due
- Possible quiz on essay
reading Nov 18
- First Rough draft
Summary #4 due
Nov 18 Class
work and Discussion
- Workshop: Rough draft
Summary #4
- Reading for Nov 20: Essay “Making Communities
Safe for Bicycles,” Gian-Claudia Sciara, pages 349-356
- Library work for Nov 20: Look up one
source dealing with your Proposal essay and bring a copy to class
- Third Rough draft Summary #4 due Nov
20
- Proposal outline due Nov 20
- Possible quiz on
essay reading Nov 20
Nov 20 Class
work and Discussion
- Discussion: library sources
- Reading for Nov 25: “A New Deal for
Teachers,” Matt Miller, pages 341-346; from Sticks and Stones, Essay; “Quality Long-Term Care:
Our Elderly Deserve It” Kim Spencer Kline and Dana Jordan, pages 120-126
- Final draft Summary
#4 due Nov 25
- Possible quiz on essay reading Nov
25
Nov 25 Class
work and Discussion
- Workshop: Proposal essay outlines
- Final Summary #4
due Nov 25
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Nov 27-29
Thanksgiving – No classes |
Dec 02 Class work
and Discussion
Dec 04 Write first draft of Proposing a Solution Essay (In class).
The Proposing a Solution Essay will be
written in class over two class periods. You will not
be allowed to work on the essay out of class. At the
end of each period, I will collect
what you have written and return it to you on the next period.
You can bring in sources and a general outline of your
essay, but you must first run them by
me. (See “Departmental Procedures and Policies for
Administering the Final Essay in ENG 101” attachment for
specifics.)
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Dec 05 Last
day for a student, at the discretion of the
instructor, to officially
withdraw
from a class and receive a grade of W.
Dec 06 End
of Class Work
Dec 08-13
Final examinations |
Dec 09 (Final
Exam Day for Section 7508 Class # 36079 & Section 7513 Class # 36089)
·
Write final draft of Proposing
a Solution Essay (In class).
Dec 11 (Final
Exam Day for Section 7515 Class # 48933)
- Write final
draft of Proposing a Solution Essay (In class)