Schedule

WEEK 1: 28-Aug
INTRO TO CLASS
SYLLABUS
QUIZ A: SYLLABUS
ASSIGNMENT #1
READ “ENGLISH,” BY MARJORIE AGOSIN (205)
DISCUSSION OF TEXT
SMALL GROUP WORK ON PARAPHRASING THE POEM

WEEK 2: 4-Sep
ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE
ESSAY STRUCTURE: GENERAL REVIEW
FRAGMENTS: DISCUSSION AND EXERCISE
TRANSITIONS: DISCUSSION AND EXERCISE
READ “MOTHER TONGUE,” BY AMY TAN (243)

WEEK 3: 11-Sep
QUIZ B ON “MOTHER TONGUE”
CLASS DISCUSSION OF TEXT
ASSIGNMENT #2
INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH: DISCUSSION
THESIS STATEMENT: DISCUSSION AND EXERCISE
WORKSHOP: DEVELOPING THE THESIS STATEMENT

WEEK 4: 18-Sep
ROUGH DRAFT: DUE
WRITING WORKSHOP
CHOOSING EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT YOUR THESIS
TOPIC SENTENCE: DISCUSSION AND EXERCISE
BODY PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT: DISCUSSION AND EXERCISE

WEEK 5: 25-Sep
ASSIGNMENT 2 DUE
SENTENCE TYPES: POTENTIAL PROBLEMS – RUN-ONS (COMMA SPLICES AND FUSED SENTENCES)
SENTENCE TYPES: DISCUSSION AND EXERCISE
WHY THE STATIC “TO BE” VERB SHOULD BE ELIMINATED: DISCUSSION AND EXERCISE
ASSIGNMENT #3
READ "HE FIGHTS TERROR WITH BOOKS" BY KEVIN FEDARKO
READ "AFGHANISTAN: A WAR THAT'S STILL NOT WON" BY ARYN BAKER AND KAJAKI OLYA

WEEK 6: 2-Oct
QUIZ C ON FEDARKO AND BAKER ARTICLES
DISCUSSION OF THE TEXTS
THE THESIS STATEMENT: REVIEW AND EXERCISE
TO INFER AND TO IMPLY: DISCUSSION AND EXERCISE
SMALL GROUP WORK ON THESIS DEVELOPMENT

WEEK 7: 9-Oct
ROUGH DRAFT: DUE
WRITING WORKSHOP
SMALL GROUP DEVELOPMENT OF POTENTIAL EVIDENCE
COMMA SPLICE AND FUSED SENTENCE REVIEW
DISCUSSION ON USING QUOTATIONS: USING THE MLA FORMAT TO CITE YOUR SOURCES
QUIZ D: COMMA SPLICES AND FUSED SENTENCES

WEEK 8: 16-Oct
ASSIGNMENT #3 DUE
ASSIGNMENT #4 (IN-CLASS ESSAY)
READ BIZARRO, BY DAN PIRARO (366) AND “IF THIS CAR COULD TALK” (368)
DISCUSSION OF TEXTS
CLASS DEBATES
STRATEGIES FOR IN-CLASS WRITING

WEEK 9: 23-Oct TORREY CONFERENCE
FRIDAY OF 9TH WEEK
LAST DAY TO DROP CLASSES

WEEK 10: 30-Oct
IN-CLASS WRITING OF ASSIGNMENT #4
ASSIGNMENT #5
BRAINSTORMING RESEARCH QUESTION
READ “WHY A GLOBAL LANGUAGE?” BY DAVID CRYSTAL (504)

WEEK 11: 6-Nov
MID-TERM GRADES
QUIZ E: ON WHY A GLOBAL LANGUAGE?
RESEARCH QUESTION: DUE
DISCUSSION OF TEXT
SMALL GROUP DEVELOPMENT OF QUESTION
SMALL GROUP DEVELOPMENT OF POTENTIAL EVIDENCE
CONDUCTING RESEARCH

WEEK 12: 13-Nov NO CLASS

WEEK 13: 20-Nov
FIVE SOURCES: DUE
STUDENT SKETCH
DEVELOPING THE DRAFT/ORGANIZING THE DRAFT
MOVING FROM SKETCH TO DRAFT
USING MLA IN RESEARCH PAPERS: EXERCISE

27-Nov THANKSGIVING BREAK

WEEK 14: 4-Dec
ROUGH DRAFT: DUE
WORKSHOP ON ROUGH DRAFT
REVIEW OF USING MLA IN RESEARCH PAPERS
"SHITTY FIRST DRAFTS" BY ANNE LAMOTT

WEEK 15: 11-Dec
ASSIGNMENT #5 DUE
FINAL TOPIC DISCUSSION
LITERATURE FOR THE EYES: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING
REVIEW

WEEK 16: 18-Dec
FINALS
REF #: 1893 DAY: Thursday, December 18th TIME: 7:00 – 9:00pm