Fall 2017

Please consider registering for the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program located in the Learning Resourse Center (LRC). The half-unit WAC class gives you one-on-one or small group time with English instructors who will help you keep up with the demands of your college writing assignments. WAC has a proven track record of helping students be more successful in all their classes. You can register for WAC by visiting the program desk in the LRC.

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Assignment Schedule
 

August
September
October
November
December

Writing Assignments—
   
Week Tuesday Thursday
1

8-22

  • Introduction to class
  • Interactive reading

8-24

  •  Read—A Nation at Risk (1983)
  • Summaries
  • In-class writing
2

8-29

  • A Nation at Risk, cont.
  • In-class writing
  • Paraphrasing and referencing sources

8-31

  • Ansary—"Education at Risk" and
  • Levine & Levine—"Charters and Foundations"
  • In-class writing
3

9-5

  • Focus and analysis
  • Moving from summary to opinion—identifying significance
  • Independent clause & quiz

9-7

  • Waiting for "Superman" (2010)
  • Response assignment
4

9-12

  • Waiting for "Superman," cont.
  • Responses due
  • Merrow—"Whose Side is Superman on, Anyway?"
  • In-class writing

9-14

  • Ravitch—"The Myth of Charter Schools"
  • In-class writing
  • Critiques & Discussion of Essay #1
5

9-19

  • Critique discussion—you should bring notes
  • Discuss Essay #1—finding a focus
  • Compound sentences

9-21

  • Discuss Essay #1
  • Thesis & map
  • Understanding the course rubric
6

9-26

  • Sommers—Revision strategies
  • Drafts for Essay #1 due in D2L drop box
  • Bring 2 copies to class

9-28

  • Distinguishing summary & opinion
  • MLA page setup & parenthetical referencing
  • Quoting & paraphrasing
7

10-3

  • Essay #1 due
  • Compound Sentences—review & quiz

10-5

  • Read Ripley—chapters 1 & 2
  • In-class writing
  • Dependent clauses
8

10-10

  • Read Ripley—chapters 3 & 4
  • In-class writing
  • Complex sentences

10-12

  • Read Ripley—chapters 5 & 6
  • In-class writing
9

10-17

  • Read Ripley—chapters 7 & 8
  • In-class writing

10-19

  • Read Ripley—chapters 9 & 10
  • In-class writing
  • Complex sentences—review & quiz
10

10-24

10-26
11

10-31

  •  Drafts for Essay #2 due in D2L drop box
  • Bring 2 copies to class
  • Peer critique workshop

11-2

  • MLA—Formatting works-cited page
12

11-7

11-9

  • Read Pai & Adler—"Culture, Education, & Schooling"
  • In-class writing
13

11-14

  • Freire—"The 'Banking' Concept of Education"
  • In-class writing

11-16
14

11-21

11-23

  •  Thanksgiving—No Classes
15

11-28

  • Drafts for Essay #3 due in D2L drop box
  • Bring 2 copies to class
  • Peer critique workshop

11-30

  • Discuss letter of introduction
  • In-class writing
16

12-5

  •  Portfolio workshop
  • Draft of letter of introduction
  • Bring copies of essays to workshop
  • Sentence pattern review

12-7
17

12-12

  • Finals—No Classes

12-14

  • Portfolio pick up 10:15 to 11:15 a.m.
 
     
   

Portfolios are due at the beginning of class on December 7. If you do not turn in a portfolio, you will fail the course. PLEASE plan ahead—I cannot and will not accept late submissions!