ENG 100

Module 1: Weeks 1-5, Language Narrative

Week One: Jan.20-22

     Introduction & In-class Writing

Friday

Reading: Syllabus & Course Website

Writing: In-class assessment essay

Blog 1 - Introductions, due Jan. 22 @ 9:59 am

Quiz 1 - Syllabus, due Jan. 25 @ 9:59 am

Week Two: Jan.25-29

    Rhetoric & Writing as Process

      Presentation for the week

Blog 2 due Jan. 27 @ 9:59 am

Quiz 2 due Jan. 29 @ 9:59 am

Monday

Reading: EAA, Ch.1 - Thinking Rhetorically (5-17), Ch. 2 Rhetorical Situations (18-23) 

Writing: Your Rhetorical Situations (Your Englishes)

Wednesday

Reading: Shitty First Drafts, EAA, Ch. 3 - Writing Process

Writing: Your Strategies, 

Friday

Introduction to Project One

Reading: Writing your Way to Happiness

Week Three: Feb.1-5

     Genre of Personal Narrative

Blog 3 due Feb. 1 @ 9:59 am

Quiz 3 due Feb. 5 @ 9:59 am

Monday

Reading: EAA, Ch. 8 - Writing a Narrative (pg.101-117)

Writing: Description 

Wednesday

Reading: EAA, Ch. 8 - "Bidding Farewell to Arms" (118-121)

Writing: Practice structuring a narrative

Friday

Reading: EAA, Ch. 8 - Roadmap (122-127), ABDCE Story Structure, Slides 10-12

Writing: Brainstorming Language Encounters

Week Four: Feb.8-12

     Writing Our Stories

Blog 4 due Feb. 10 @ 9:59 am

Quiz 4 due Feb. 12 @ 9:59 am

Monday

*Feb. 8th - Mardi Gras Holiday

Wednesday

Reading: EAA, page 841 "Home Game", page 132 "Literacy: A Lineage"

Writing: Free writing Project One

Friday

Reading: EAA, Chapter 31, pages 591-615

Writing: Drafting of Project One

Presentation on Common Mistakes

Week Five: Feb.15-29

     Revising Rough Drafts

Blog 5 due Feb. 19 @ 9:59 am

Quiz 5 due Feb. 19 @ 9:59 am

PROJECT ONE DUE FEB 19TH

Monday

Reading: EAA, Chapter 31, pages 615-641

Writing: Shifting Perception

Presentation on Common Mistakes

Wednesday

PEER REVIEW - Global Issues, PROJECT ONE

Friday

PEER REVIEW - Sentence Level Issues, PROJECT ONE

Module 2: Weeks 6-10, Analytical Writing (Reviews)

Week Six: Feb. 22-26

Introduction to Project 2 - Writing a Review

Blog 6 due Feb. 24 @ 9:59 am

Quiz 6 due Feb. 26 @ 9:59 am

Monday

Decompression, Introduction to Project 2

PROJECT ONE DUE! Blackboard, by 9:59 am

Wednesday

Reading: EAA, Chapter 11, "Writing a Review" pgs. 229-245

Writing: Blog 6

Presentaion: Writing Reviews

Friday

Reading: Article on Tedtalks 

Writing: Parts of review, practice review

Week Seven: Feb. 29-Mar.4

Drafting a Review

Blog 7 due Feb. 29 @ 9:59 am

Quiz 7 due March 2 @ 9:59 am

Monday

Reading: EAA, Roger Ebert on 3-D, pg. 755

Writing: Dissecting Rotten Tomatoes 

Wednesday

Reading: Two online reviews of a movie of your choice (marked up and emailed to me by Wednesday at 10 am) = Quiz 7

Writing: Reviewing reviews

Friday

Reading: Structuring your review

Writing: Drafting and establishing criteria for your review

Week Eight: Mar. 7-11

Drafting Reviews / Conferences

Blog 8 due Mar. 9 @ 9:59 am

Quiz 8 due Mar. 11 @ 9:59 am

Monday

Class canceled for individual conferences

Reading: 

Wednesday

Class canceled for individual conferences

Reading: EAA, Chapter 

Writing: 

Friday

Review workshop

Reading: EAA, Chapter 

Writing: 

Week Nine: Mar. 14-18

Spring Break!

Project 2 Due, Monday March 14th by 10 am

Week Ten: Mar. 21-25

Decompression & Project 3

Blog 9 due Mar. 23 @ 9:59 am

Quiz 9 due Mar.23 @ 9:59 am - http://en.writecheck.com/plagiarism-quiz

Monday

Decompression of Project 2 / Common Errors and Plagiarism

Reading:

Wednesday

Introduce Project 3

Reading: EAA,"The Role of Argument" pg. 269-274, "Giving Credit, Avoiding Plagiarism," pg. 401-406

Writing: Argument ideas for Project 3

Friday

N0 CLASS, GOOD FRIDAY

Week Eleven: Mar. 28-April 1

Blog 10 due Mar. 30 @ 9:59 am

Quiz 10 due April 1 @ 9:59 am

Monday

Reading: EAA, "Analyzing Arguments" pg. 275-304

Wednesday

Reading: EAA, "The Joy of Texting" pg. 939, "2b or Not 2b?" pg. 745 

Writing: Analysis of Two Arguments

Friday

Reading: "At Airports, a Misplaced Faith in Body Language"

"Clues to US Relationships Can Be Seen in UN Body Language"

Writing: Exploring links between articles and talks

Week Twelve: April 4-8

Blog 11 due April 6 @ 9:59 am

Quiz 11 due April 8 @ 9:59 am

Monday 

Reading: "The Dark Side of Emotional Intelligence"

"Mixed Signals: Why People Misunderstand Each Other"

Wednesday

Reading: "Language Learning: What Motivates Us?"

"The Wrong and Right Way to Learn a Foreign Language"

Writing: Parts of argument

Friday -  Think Piece Due @ 10:00 am

Reading: "How the Brain Sees Music as Language"

"Is Music a Universal Language?"

Writing: 

Week Thirteen: April 11-15

Blog 12 due April 13 @ 9:59 am

Quiz 12 due April 15 @ 9:59 am - copy of argument essay

Monday 

Reading: EAA, Ch. 14, Strategies for Arguing

Writing: Freewriting potential strategies

Wednesday

Reading: EAA, Ch. 22, Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing

Writing: Incorporating selections from outside material

Helpful links: Incorporating Outside Sources

MLA formatting 

Friday - Peer Review of Argument Essay

Week Fourteen: April 18-22

Blog 13 due April 20 @ 9:59 am

Quiz 13 due April 22 @ 9:59 am

Monday - Argument Essay Due

Decompression / Discussion of Final Portfolio 

Wednesday

Reading: EAA, Assembling a Portfolio

Writing: Brainstorming on what to include, how to revise

Friday - 

Reading: Writing a Self-Assessment for your Portfolio

Writing: Drafting a Self-Assessment, preparing

for presentations on 4/25/2016 

Week Fifteen: April 25-28

Blog 14 due April 20 @ 9:59 am

Quiz 14 due April 22 @ 9:59 am

Monday 

Reading: EAA, Ch.31, Checking for Common Mistakes

Presentations on Chapter 31 count for Blog and Quiz 14

Wednesday

CLASS CANCELED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES

Friday 

CLASS CANCELED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES

Week Sixteen: May 4-8

Blog 15 due May 6 @ 9:59 am

Quiz 15 due May 8 @ 9:59 am

Monday 

Review Sample Cover Letters (Self-Evaluation Essays)

Reading: http://users.humboldt.edu/tduckart/SampleCoverLetter1.htm#Comment%201

Wednesday

Bring Draft of Cover Letter

PEER REVIEW - COVER LETTER

Friday 

Bring Revised Draft of Project One

PEER REVIEW - REVISIONS