Week #1 (Aug. 22-25)
Syllabus
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Journal #1: What is your writing history?
Study habits
Writing as process
Week #2 (Aug. 29-Sept. 1)
Elements of description
Collage essay discussion
Elements of body paragraphs
Journal #2: What is your most pronounced personality characteristic?
S: 271-273, 43-51
Letter of introduction
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Collage essay work
Punching up verbs
Journal #3: Detail your first driving experience.
Fragments and run-ons
S: 112-116, 24-27
Week #3 (Sept. 5-8)
No class Monday, Sept. 5
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Peer revision
Journal #4: What was your most difficult challenge with the essay?
Week #4 (Sept. 12-15)
Collage essay due
Movie
Journal #5: Describe Astrid and Ingrid.
S: 98-100, 103-108
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Movie
Theme analysis essay discussion
Journal #6: Brainstorm two possible themes of the movie.
S: 197-198, 182-187
Week #5 (Sept. 19-22)
Introductions and Conclusions
Theme essay work
Journal #7: What is the best song and why?
S:317-318
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Theme essay work
Possessive vs. Plural presentation
Journal #8: How will you approach this assignment differently than the last?
Week #6 (Sept. 26-29)
No class Monday, Sept. 26
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Peer revision
Journal #9:
Homonyms presentation
Week #7 (Oct. 3-6)
Theme essay due
Journal #10: Out of the two, which essay did you prefer writing?
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Conferences
Journal #11: What are some of the patterns that you notice in your writing?
Ellen Foster: chs. 1-3
Week #8 (Oct. 10-13)
Conferences
Journal #12: What are the similarities between Ellen Foster and Astrid?
Ellen Foster: chs. 4-7
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Conferences
Journal #13:
Ellen Foster: chs. 8-11
Week #9 (Oct. 17-20)
Generating a developed thesis
Elements of the novel (style, character, theme, plot)
Journal #14: Brainstorm possible themes of the novel.
Ellen Foster: chs. 12-15
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Comparison/contrast essay discussion
Capitalization presentation
Journal #15: Which did you like better, the movie or the novel?
Brainstorms due
S: 126-128, 282-285
Week #10 (Oct. 24-27)
Comparison/contrast discussion
Incorporating outside references
Journal #16: Which scenes and sections could you reference in your essay?
S: 193-194, 139-142
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Week #11 (Oct. 31-Nov. 3)
Essay review
Colons/semicolons presentation
Journal #17:
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Peer revision
Journal #18: What is your feedback on your partner’s draft?
Week #12 (Nov. 7-10)
Movie
Comparison/contrast essay due
Journal #18: What is the mood of the movie?
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Movie
S: 227-235
Journal #19: Do you agree with the author’s point of view in the essay?
Week #13 (Nov. 14-17)
In-class essays
Journal #20:
Run-ons and fragments presentation
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In-class essay
Research essay outline
Week #14 (Nov. 21-24)
Library orientation and research
Research essay discussion
Journal #21: What are your thoughts about reality television?
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library research
No class Thursday, Nov. 24
Week #15 (Nov. 28-Dec. 1)
Summary and paraphrase discussion
Documentation
Incorporating sources
Thesis due
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library research
Journal #22: Compare your last journal entry with the information you have gained through research.
Week #16 (Dec. 5-8)
Summary/paraphrase due
Research essay work
Group conferences
Week #17 (Dec. 12-15)
Peer revision
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Research essay due
Conferences
Week #18 (Dec. 19-22)
Conferences
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Final exam date and time:
Week #1 (Aug. 22-25)
Syllabus
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Elements and tools of poetry
Due: favorite poem
Week #2 (Aug. 29-Sept. 1)
Versification
Due: 2027-2039
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Versification
Terms
Due:
Week #3 (Sept. 5-8)
No class Monday, Sept. 5
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Themes
Explication assignment outline
Due:
Week #4 (Sept. 12-15)
Writing about poetry
Due:
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Writing about poetry
Due:
Week #5 (Sept. 19-22)
Medieval poetry
Due: Essay #1
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Medieval poetry
Due:
Week #6 (Sept. 26-29)
No class Monday, Sept. 26
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Elizabethan/Renaissance
Due:
Week #7 (Oct. 3-6)
Elizabethan/Renaissance
Due:
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Midterm review
Due:
Week #8 (Oct. 10-13)
Midterm
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Early 17th century
* The Cavalier poets*
Due:
Week #9 (Oct. 17-20)
Early 17th century
Due:
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Restoration and 18th century
*The Metaphysical poets*
Due:
Week #10 (Oct. 24-27)
Restoration and 18th century
Due:
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Romantic poetry
Due:
Week #11 (Oct. 31-Nov. 3)
Visiting Poet: Wednesday, Nov. 2
Romantic poetry
Due:
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Romantic poetry
Due:
Week #12 (Nov. 7-10)
Victorian poetry
Due:
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Victorian poetry
*American Transcendentalist poets*
Due:
Week #13 (Nov. 14-17)
Modernism
*French Symbolism and Imagism*
Due:
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Modernism
Due:
Week #14 (Nov. 21-24)
Modernism
Due:
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Modernism
Due:
No class Thursday, Nov. 24
Week #15 (Nov. 28-Dec. 1)
Modernism
Due:
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Contemporary poetry
*Confessional poetry*
Due:
Week #16 (Dec. 5-8)
Contemporary poetry
Due:
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Contemporary poetry
*Beat poetry*
Due:
Week #17 (Dec. 12-15)
Contemporary poetry
Due:
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Contemporary poetry
*Def poetry*
Due: Essay #2
Week #18 (Dec. 19-22)
Final review
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Final exam date and time:
Week #1 (Aug. 22-25)
Syllabus
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essay structure review
H: Who Are You Really?
Annotating a Text
Week #2 (Aug. 29-Sept. 1)
Book groups
In-class essays
Paraphrasing
Signal/acknowledgement phrases
3 titles
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In-class essay prep
To Be of Use
The Company Man
NP: 22, 23-24
Week #3 (Sept. 5-8)
No class Monday, Sept. 5
In-class essay prep
Career essay discussion
NP: 25-28, 29-30, 31-35
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In-class essay prep
DOT page due
H:
Week #4 (Sept. 12-15)
In-class essay #1
Career essay discussion
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Library orientation
Interviewing
V: 162-177, NP: 4-6
Week #5 (Sept. 19-22)
Career essay research
Library scavenger hunt due
V: 132-160
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Career essay outlining
V:116-127
Week #6 (Sept. 26-29)
No class Monday, Sept. 26
Peer revision
Outline due
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Career essay due
Conferences
Week #7 (Oct. 3-6)
Conferences
NP: 36-41, 42-43, 44-46
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In-class essay prep
NP: 47-49, 50, 51-52, 53-57
Week #8 (Oct. 10-13)
In-class essay prep
NP: 57-64, 65-66, 67-69
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In-class essay prep
NP: 70-75
Week #9 (Oct. 17-20)
In-class essay #2
Community issue essay discussion
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Library orientation/guide
Internet researching
Evaluating online sources
V: 89, 179-181, NP: 17, 18
Week #10 (Oct. 24-27)
Writing a prospectus
Library research
Internet articles due
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Conferences
Researching
Week #11 (Oct. 31-Nov. 3)
Conferences
Researching
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Researching
Prospectus due
Week #12 (Nov. 7-10)
Peer revision
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Community issue essay due
Week #13 (Nov. 14-17)
In-class essay prep
H:
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In-class essay prep
H:
Week #14 (Nov. 21-24)
In-class essay prep
H:
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No class Thursday, Nov. 24
Week #15 (Nov. 28-Dec. 1)
In-class essay #3
Book group discussion
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Book group prep
Week #16 (Dec. 5-8)
Book group prep
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Book group prep
Week #17 (Dec. 12-15)
Book group presentations
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Book group presentations
Week #18 (Dec. 19-22)
Book group presentations
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Final exam date and time:
NP: Notes packet
V: Research: A Student’s
Guide to Writing
Research Papers
H: Handout