Class/

Date

Course Calendar: In-Class Topics and Reading Homework

Class ENC 1101

8/19 M Introduction- Syllabus & Course Outline

Student Introductions

8/21 W

In Class Assignment: Personal Essay- Goals

8/23 F Complete Personal Essay

Essay 1 Assignment: Description Essay Due 9/9

Power Point: Essay Guidelines 1101

8/26 M Library Visit

Power Point – Paragraphs 1101

Bad Paragraph/Good Paragraph

In Class Descriptive Paragraphs

HW: Lake Chapter 5- Description (121-172)

8/28 W

Review Chapter 5 (Student Power Point)

Peer Edit Descriptive Paragraphs/ Read to Class

Review Writing Process

8/30 F Creating Thesis Statements/ Work on Descriptive Essay Outlines

MLA Scavenger Hunt * Bring Thesaurus for Wednesday

HW: Bring Essay Outlines

Read Lake- Chapter: 2 The Writing Process & Handbook (6-13)

& Chapter 6: Examples (173-221)

9/2 M Labor Day

Holiday

9/4 W

Review Chapter 6 (Student Power Point)

Descriptive Essay Outlines Due * Bring 2 hard copies

Diction Workshop (Bring Thesaurus)

HW: Bring Rough Draft of Essay 1

9/6 F Description Essay Rough Draft Due

Diction Workshop (Bring Thesaurus)

HW: Work on the final draft of Essay 1.

9/9 M Essay 1 Description Due

Essay 2 Assignment: Compare and Contrast Films Due 10/7

Using the Library Databases

HW: Lake- Chapter 8 Comparison and Contrast

9/11 W Review Chapter 8 (Student Power Point)

MLA Worksheets:

MLA In Text Citations

Integrating Sources Smoothly

*Bring a book from home for Friday

9/13

Practice Integrating Sources

Practice Works Cited

Films: Three Act Structure

9/16 M

Film: Psycho

9/18 W Film: Psycho

9/20 F

Power Point: Writing about Film

Work on Psycho Film Technique or Character Comparison Outlines

9/23 M

In Class Film Critique of Psycho / Read aloud to class

Exploring Social Messages

Film: Gattaca or Contagion

9/25 W

Film: Gattaca or Contagion

HW: Bring in Outside sources on the film.

9/27 F Work on Character Comparison or Social Message Outline with Topic

Sentences and Intro Paragraph

HW: Bring Outlines for Essay 2

9/30 M Peer Review Essay 2 Outlines/ Works Cited * Bring 2 hard copies

Research Essay Vs. Personal Opinion Essay

Film Critique: Movie of your choice

10/2 W Finish Film Critique/ Read to class

Plagiarism- Discussion and MLA Review

Flawed Works Cited

Common Errors in Research Papers

HW: Bring Rough Draft of Essay 2

10/4 F

Peer Review Essay 2

Film Critique/ Read to class

10/7 M Essay 2: Compare and Contrast Films Due

Essay 3 Assignment: Argumentation Due 11/18

Possible Topics

Power Point: Logical Fallacies

Fallacies Worksheet

HW: Lake- Chapter 12 Argument

10/9 W Review Chapter 12 Essays (Student Power Point)

HW: Bring in Two Current Events Articles

10/11 F Review Current Events Articles

Practice Citation

10/14 M

Grammar Groups Assignment

Complete Sentences/Sentence Fragments

HW: Lake- Chapter 11 Cause and Effect

10/16 W Review Chapter 11 Essays (Student Power Point)

Grammar Group Work Time

10/18 F Review Chapter 11 Essays

Grammar Group Work Time

HW: Bring Outlines for Essay 3

10/21 M Peer Review Essay 3 Outlines/Works Cited * Bring 2 hard copies

Grammar Group Work Time

HW: Lake- Chapter 13- Combining the Methods

10/23 W Group Discussions Chapter 13 (Student Power Point)

10/25 F Group Discussions – Lake- Chapter 13 continued

Debate Assignment Description

10/ 28 M Grammar Group Work Time

Debate Assignment Groups Work Time

10/30 W Review elements of Argumentation

Power Point- Writing Appeals

Debate Assignment Groups Work Time

11/1 F Parallelism- Examples- John F. Kennedy & Winston Churchill

Practice writing with parallelism

Debate Assignment Groups Work Time

11/4 M

Common Errors Power Point

Debate Assignment Groups Work Time

Grammar Group Work Time

HW: Bring Rough Draft of Essay 3

11/6 W Peer Review of Essay 3

Debate Assignment Groups Work Time

Grammar Group Work Time

11/8 F Grammar Group Presentations Begin

Debate Assignment Groups Work Time 11/11 M

Veteran’s

Day

Holiday

11/13 W Grammar Group Presentations

In class writing – Personal Experience Essay

11/15 F Grammar Group Presentations

In class writing – Personal Experience Essay

HW: Work on Final Draft of Essay 3

11/18 M Essay 3: Argumentation Due

Debate Assignment Groups Work Time

11/20 W Debate Group Presentations Begin

11/22 F Debate Group Presentations

HW: Lake- Chapter 4 Narration

11/25 M

Review Chapter 4 (Student Power Point)

Debate Group Presentations

Notebooks Due

11/27 W Work on Narration Essay Outlines

Debate Group Presentations

11/29 F Thanksgiving

Holiday

12/2 M Peer Review Narration Essay

12/3 Final Exam

E-mail me your Final Exam Assignment by Midnight on 12/3.