This schedule represents the ideal outline for our study this semester. Yet, like all best-laid plans, we may not be able to keep up with our agenda. Please be flexible and try to look and read ahead whenever possible.
We will do our best to stick by this schedule, but I will inform you verbally, via an email, and/or a literal change to the schedule below whenever there is a deviation. Getting these updates is solely your responsibility. Therefore, this schedule is tentative and subject to change contingent upon the needs of the students and the professor, and dictated by time and other constraints which may affect the course. For face-to-face classes, this schedule reflects only an overview of the assigned reading and other major course assignments. It may not indicate specific class session assignments or activities. Specific in-class assignments may not be reflected on the schedule.
All journal readings may be downloaded from my file server.
| Week |
Date |
Assignments
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| 1
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August 10, 2022 |
- Class Introduction
- Journal Explanation
- Read syllabus completely and bring questions next week
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| 2
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August 15, 2022 |
- Read Didion “On Keeping a Notebook”
- Write Journal Entry #1
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| August 17, 2022 |
- Read “Writing Today”
- Introduce collaborative project
- Sign up for LitWiki
- Finding quality sources
- Assignment: Add bio to your user page, including
[[Category:Fall 2022]] at the bottom of the page; add your user page link to the ENGL 1101 page.
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| 3
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August 22, 2022 |
- Read Sagan “Does Truth Matter”
- Write Journal Entry #2
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| August 24, 2022 |
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| 4
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August 29, 2022 |
- Read Hitchens, “The New Commandments”
- Write Journal Entry #3
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| August 31, 2022 |
Peer Editing Workshop
- Print your rough draft and bring it with you to class.
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| 5
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September 5, 2022 |
Labor Day — No Class
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| September 7, 2022 |
Essay #1 Due
- Print your essay and bring it with you to class.
- Upload final draft to D2L.
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| 6
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September 12, 2022 |
- Read Baldwin, “Notes of a Native Son”
- Write Journal Entry #4
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| September 14, 2022 |
- Library Orientation with Samantha Wilcox (Meet in Library Lab 2, First Floor)
- Research Primer
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| 7
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September 19, 2022 |
- Read Vonnegut, “Dispatch from a Man without a Country”
- Write Journal Entry #5
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| September 21, 2022 |
- Wiki Work, Writing
- Adding sources and content.
- Work in your sandbox and post polished additions to the article.
|
| 8
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September 26, 2022 |
- Read Ephron, “A Few Words about Breasts”
- Write Journal Entry #6
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| September 28, 2022 |
Workshop; bring your essay drafts printed.
|
| 9
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October 3, 2022 |
- Wiki Work, Writing
- First evaluation: be sure you have contributed to our collaborative article by the end of the day. At minimum: each student should have contributed some writing and a solid source in the bibliography. You must have at least one edit of the wiki article dated 10/03.
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| October 5, 2022[1] |
Essay #2 Due on D2L.
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| 10
|
October 10, 2022 |
- Read Graeber, “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs”
- Write Journal Entry #7
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| October 12, 2022[2] |
- Wiki Work
- Cleanup current citations.
- Get everything currently on the article correctly sourced.
- Edit and revise at least one sentence.
- Add two sentences that are properly sourced.
- Post what you have done on the article’s talk page.
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| 11
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October 17, 2022 |
- Read Wallace, “Consider the Lobster”
- Write Journal Entry #8
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| October 19, 2022 |
- Wiki Work, Writing
- Banner: fixing multiple issues.
- Citations Needed.
- Neutrality, tone and active voice.
- Flow and structure.
- Post what you have done on the article’s talk page (only edits to the article count in evaluation).
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| 12
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October 24, 2022 |
Workshop; bring your essay drafts printed.
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| October 26, 2022 |
Essay #3 Due on D2L.
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| 13
|
October 31, 2022 |
- Read Orwell, “Shooting an Elephant”
- Write Journal Entry #9
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| November 2, 2022 |
- Writing Workshop
- Final exam prep
|
| 14
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November 7, 2022 |
- Read Beard, “The Fourth State of Matter”
- Write Journal Entry #10
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| November 9, 2022 |
- Writing Workshop
- Final exam prep (#2)
|
| 15
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November 14, 2022 |
Workshop; bring your essay drafts printed.
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| November 16, 2022 |
Essay #4 Due on D2L.
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| 16
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November 28, 2022 |
Rewrite Week[3]
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| November 30, 2022
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| 17
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December 2, 2022 |
In-class Final Exam, 10:30–12:30 - Rewrite Due (upload on D2L)
- LitWiki Assignment Due
- Complete Journal Due (this will include your final essay exam that you will write on 12/02)
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notes
- ↑ Midterm grades due.
- ↑ Drop day.
- ↑ You may rewrite one of your formal essays for a grade replacement. Follow the instructions via the link and upload your rewrite to D2L. No class this week, but I will be available in the classroom during our normal time if you need to see me.
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| Prerequisite |
- Satisfactory placement test score or successful completion of Learning Support English and Reading.
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| Description |
- ENGL 1101 teaches skills required for effective writing in a variety of contexts, with emphasis on exposition, analysis, argumentation, and research.
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