English 101 schedule, fall 2003
Sections 101.04 and 101.07
Day/Date | Assignments due | Readings due | In class |
Wednesday, August 27 | Introduction to course Persuasive format |
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Friday, August 29 | Personal info (online) | Persuasive
format Simple Stuff Golden rules 1-5 Format sample essay |
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Monday, September 1 | Golden
rules 6-10 Little, Brown Reader (LBR): "Short Views" 249-50 "The Family" 251-52 |
In-class exercise 1 | |
Tuesday, September 2 | Drop/add ends | ||
Wednesday, Sept. 3 | Golden
rules quiz GR quiz w/ answers |
Format
sample 2 LBR: "Rituals of Passage" 252-56 |
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Friday, September 5 | Golden rules exam (online) | Nuggets
1-5 LBR: "Intermarriage" 256-61 |
On plagiarism |
Monday, September 8 | Nuggets
6-10 LBR: "The Second Shift" 283-88 |
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Wednesday, Sept. 10 | Nuggets
quiz Nuggets quiz w/ answers |
LBR: "The Dying Family" 6-10 | |
Friday, September 12 | Nuggets exam (online) | Quotes
and documentation 1-3 LBR: "Political Economy. . . ." 266-76 |
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Monday, September 15 | Quotes
and documentation 4-5 Format sample 3 LBR: "Here Comes the Groom" 278-82 On Reserve: "Marriage as a Restricted Club" |
Essay 1 assigned | |
Wednesday, Sept. 17 | Quotes/documentation
quiz QD quiz w/ answers |
LBR: "Erstwhile Child" 261-65 | |
Friday, September 19 | Quotes/documentation exam (online) | On Reserve: "My Husband's Nine Wives" | |
Monday, September 22 | LBR: "Girl"
305-6 "Those Winter Sundays" 307 |
In-class exercise 2 | |
Wednesday, Sept. 24 | Essay 1 draft | Peer response 1 | |
Friday, September 26 | Essay 1 final draft | Word
problems LBR: "Short Views" 418-22 "Zen and the Art of Burglary" 505 |
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Monday, September 29 | LBR: "Why Do American Kids. . . ?" 435-38 | Word problems quiz | |
Wednesday, October 1 | LBR: "Japanese Education" 446-59 | ||
Friday, October 3 | LBR: "Order in the Classroom" 440-45 | ||
Monday, October 6 | LBR: "Public
and Private Language" 430-34 "Classroom . . . Wider Culture" 468-77 |
Essay 2 assigned | |
Wednesday, October 8 |
LBR: "Proposal to Abolish
Grading" 478-80 |
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Friday, October 10 | LBR: "Feng
Shui of Schools" 485-89 "Unplugged" 490-92 |
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Monday, October 13 | Essay 2 draft | Peer response 2 | |
Wednesday, October 15 | LBR: "The Lesson" 498-504 | In-class exercise 3 | |
Thursday, October 16 | Mid-term grades turned in | ||
Friday, October 17 | Essay 1 corrections | LBR: "Short Views" 523-25 | |
Monday, October 20 | Essay 2 final draft | LBR: "Work"
526-31 "Work, Labor, and Play" 532-33 |
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Wednesday, October 22 | Last
day to withdraw with "W" grade |
LBR: "The
Shoeshine Boy" 534-36 "The Importance of Work" 539-43 |
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Friday, October 24 | LBR: "Delusions
of Grandeur" 558-60 "Playing to Win" 561-63 |
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Monday, October 27 | On
Reserve: "Winning Isn't Everything" |
Essay 3 assigned | |
Wednesday, October 29 | On
Reserve: "Obsessed with Sport" LBR: "It Isn't Just a Game" 585-89 |
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Friday, October 31 | LBR: "War
Games" 140-41 "The End of Play" 571-77 "The Play's the Thing" 582-84 |
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Monday, November 3 | Topic sentence outline
& Essay 3 draft |
Peer response 3 | |
Wednesday, Nov. 5 | LBR: "Short
Views" 326-28 "Women's Brains" 329-34 "A Woman's Land" 193-96 |
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Friday, November 7 | Essay 2 corrections | LBR: "Casebook on Barbie" 308-19 | |
Monday, November 10 | Essay 3 final draft | LBR: "Why
Boys . . . Dolls" 335-37 "You Are What You Say" 633-38 |
Essay 4 assigned |
Wednesday, Nov. 12 | LBR: "The
Male Myth" 353-56 "The Men We Carry. . . ." 350-52 |
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Friday, November 14 | On Reserve: "Why Are Gay Men. . . ?" | In-class exercise 4 | |
Monday, November 17 | Topic sentence outline
& Essay 4 draft |
Peer response 4 | |
Wednesday, Nov. 19 | On reserve: "The Prisoner's Dilemma" | ||
Friday, November 21 | Worship of Maddux | ||
Monday-Friday,
November 24-28 |
Thanksgiving Leave | Thanksgiving Leave | Thanksgiving Leave |
Monday, December 1 |
Essay
3 corrections |
LBR: "The Case for Torture" 776-78 | |
Wednesday, Dec. 3 | On plagiarism | Essay 5 assigned | |
Friday, December 5 | |||
Monday, December 8 | Avoiding
plagiarism exercise part II |
Discuss exam | |
[Peer response 5] | |||
Final exams 101.07 (MWF 10:00): Thursday, Dec. 11, 8:00-11:00 101.04 (MWF 9:00): Saturday, Dec. 13, 1:00-4:00 |
Essay
4 corrections Essay 5 final draft |
Note that this schedule of readings and
assignments is tentative. I will make additions and adjustments as need
arises, giving ample notice in class and on the web when making changes in the
schedule.