English 1113.007 schedule, fall 2005
Updated 12/12/05
| Day/Date | Assignments due | Readings due | In class |
| Monday, August 22 | Introduction to course Golden rules 1-5 |
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| Wednesday, August 24 | Student info (online) | Common
syllabus Guide to College Writing 1-10 Golden rules 6-10 |
Assessment tests |
| Monday, August 29 | Golden
rules quiz Golden rules quiz w/ answers |
Persuasive
format Simple Stuff Guide to College Writing 63-67 Handout: "The Prisoner's Dilemma" |
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| Wednesday, August 31 | Golden
rules exam (online) ***Drop/add ends*** |
Format
sample essay Nuggets 1-5 Handouts: "The Family" "The Dying Family" |
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| Monday, September 5 |
Labor Day Holiday |
Labor Day Holiday | Labor Day Holiday |
| Wednesday, Sept. 7 |
Nuggets
quiz |
Format
sample 2 Nuggets 6-10 Making Sense: "Why I Want a Wife" (591-93) Handout: "Menaces to Society?" |
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| Monday, September 12 |
Nuggets exam (online) |
Quotes
and documentation 1-3 Guide to College Writing 169-82 Handout: "My Husband's Nine Wives" |
In-class essay 1 |
| Wednesday, Sept. 14 |
Quotes/documentation
quiz |
Quotes
and documentation 4-5 Guide to College Writing 183-96 Handout: "Political Economy and Family Policy" |
Paper
1 assigned Writing exercise 2 |
| Monday, September 19 | QD exam (online) | Format
sample 3 Handouts: "Here Comes the Groom" "Marriage as a Restricted Club" |
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| Wednesday, Sept. 21 | Paper 1 draft | Word
problems On plagiarism |
Peer response 1 |
| Monday, September 26 | Word
problems quiz Paper 1 final draft |
Making Sense:
"Black Hair" (190-97) Handouts: "What You Do Is What You Are" "Work, Labor, and Play" |
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| Wednesday, Sept. 28 | Handouts: "Work" "The Importance of Work" |
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| Monday, October 3 | In-class essay 1 corrections | Making Sense: "Berlitz Guide . . ." (422-23) "The No-Book Report" (522-27) Handout: "Why Do American Kids Learn So Little?" |
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| Wednesday, October 5 | Handouts: "Order in the Classroom" "Japanese Education" |
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| Monday, October 10 | Handouts: "A Proposal to Abolish Grading" "In Defense of Testing" |
Paper 2 assigned | |
| Wednesday, October 12 | Handouts: "A Liberating Curriculum" "A War Against Grade Inflation" |
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| Monday, October 17 | Paper 2 draft | Making Sense: "Sonnet 18" (420) "Alpha Girl" (310-17) |
Peer response 2 |
| Wednesday, October 19 | Making Sense: "The Deer at Providencia" (98-102) Online: "Barbie Doll" "Siren Song" Handout: "Femininity" |
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| Monday, October 24 | Paper 1 corrections | Making Sense: "Cross Talk" (371-75) Handout: "There Is No Unmarked Woman" |
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| Wednesday, October 26 | Paper 2 final draft | Making Sense: "About Men" (223-26) "Guys vs. Men" (399-406) |
Writing exercise 3 |
| Monday, October 31 | Making Sense: "Being a Man" (596-99) "The American Man, Age Ten" (68-78) Handout: "The 'Act Like a Man' Box" |
Paper 3 assigned | |
| Wednesday, Nov. 2 | Handouts: "Men as Success Objects" "The Men We Carry in Our Minds" Online: "Hard Rock" |
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| Monday, November 7 | Topic sentence outline
& Paper 3 draft |
Guide to College
Writing 69-77 Making Sense: "Laura Bush: Bitch or Victim?" (335-38) |
Peer response 3 |
| Wednesday, Nov. 9 | Writing
exercise 4 |
Making Sense: "College Pressures" (292-99) "Why Not a Football Degree?" (669-72) "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" (413-17) |
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| Thursday, November 10 | Last day to withdraw w/ "W" | ||
| Monday, November 14 | Paper 2 corrections | Guide to College
Writing 77-85 Making Sense: "A Jury of Her Peers" (551-65) |
In-class essay 2 |
| Wednesday, Nov. 16 | Paper 3 final draft | The Thirty-Nine Steps vii-xxii, 7-36 | |
| Monday, November 21 | The Thirty-Nine Steps 37-82 | ||
| Wednesday-Friday,
November 23-25 |
Thanksgiving Break | Thanksgiving Break | Thanksgiving Break |
| Monday, November 28 |
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The Thirty-Nine Steps
83-111 Making Sense: "Classification and Division" (271-90) "My Circle of Friends" (306-8) |
Paper 4 assigned |
| Wednesday, Nov. 30 | In-class essay 2 corrections | Making Sense: "Comparison and Contrast" (353-70) "Ali and Jordan" (383-85) |
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| Monday, December 5 | Topic sentence outline |
Making Sense: "Cause-and-Consequence Analysis" (485-501) "Credit Card Debt . . ." (509-15) |
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| Wednesday, Dec. 7 | Making Sense: "Definition" (573-88) Handouts: "Obsessed with Sport" "It Isn't Just a Game" |
Discuss exam | |
| Paper 4 draft | Peer response 4 | ||
| Final exam Monday, Dec. 12, 12:45-2:45 |
Paper
3 corrections Paper 4 final draft |