Tentative English 101Reading Schedule (Subject to change)
Fall 2012 Aug. 20-Dec. 17 CRN 67433 (Fully online)
Professor Karen Lim
Bold dates in black indicate due dates (Sunday midnight) for assignments worth credit. Not purchasing a handbook and failing to read the assignments will lead to a poor grade on your essays!
Textbooks: Little DK Handbook = DKH Caitlin Rother, Lost Girls = LG
MyCompLab Course ID: lim43353
Supplies: Notebook to organize syllabus and schedule; post it flags to mark important pages in the handbook
Week Date Assignment
1 Aug. 20
· Take Orientation Session online (directions on syllabus)
· Read syllabus and reading schedule; make copies for your binder
· Purchase books for the class
· Read DKH pp. 2—7, 10
· Post introduction on Discussion Board (DB) and attach student contract to my Blackboard email
· Read article for Essay #1 in Learning Module (LM)Week 1
Richtel, Matt. “Attached to Technology and Paying a Price”
· Answer questions to Richtel article posted in Learning Module
2 Aug. 27
· Register to MyCompLab with access code bundled with DK Handbook
· Read DKH pp. 46-49 Analyzing Thesis Statements
· Read DKH pp. 55-58 Using Analysis to Develop a Thesis Statement
· Read DKH pp. 84-87 Styling Paragraphs
· Read article for Essay #1 in LM Week 2 Gendreau, Richard. “The New Techno Culture in the Workplace and at Home.”
Aug. 31st Last Day to receive, process and pay for add codes
Sept. 3 Holiday – no class
3 Sept. 4
· Read DKH pp. 60-67 Understanding Your Audience/Purpose
· Read DKH pp. 104-105 Summarizing and Paraphrasing
· LG, Epilogue: Five-hour Conversation w/ J. Gardner pp. 352-369.
· http://www.caitlinrother.com/endorsements.htm
p. 2
· LG, Look through all the pictures and captions from Ch. 19
· Journal #1/DB due Sept. 9 (10 pts.)
4 Sept. 10
· Read DKH pp. 72-78 A Rough Draft
· Read DKH pp. 100-103 Quoting and When to Quote
· DKH pp. 196-197 Editing and Proofreading
· Essay #1 due Sept. 16 (100 pts.)
· LG, Ch.1-5
5 Sept. 17
· Read DKH pp. 89-98 Styling Sentences and Words
· Read DKH pp. 116-125 MLA format paper/Works Cited
· Journal #2 /DB due Sept. 23 (10 pts.)
· LG, Ch. 6-12
6 Sept. 24
§ Tutoring for Essay 1 due Sept. 29 (5 pts.)
§ Read DKH pp. 126-129 MLA Doc. In-Text Citations
§ Portfolio Part I Rewrite Essay 1 due Sept. 30 (20 pts.)
§ LG, Ch. 13-19
7 Oct. 1
§ LG, Ch. 20-26
§ Read DKH pp. 32-40 Working Bib./Evaluating Sources
· Read article in LM, Week 7
Zinczenko, David. “Don’t Blame the Eater.” New York Times.
23 Nov. 2002. Web.
§ MyCompLab exercises Oct. 7 (50 pts.)
8 Oct. 8
· Read DKH pp. 50-54 Analyzing to Ask Questions/Critical Reading & Writing/What Counts as Evidence
§ Tutoring for Essay 2 due Oct. 13 (5 pts.)
§ Essay #2 due Oct. 14 (100 pts.)
9 Oct. 15
§ Journal #3/DB due Oct. 21 (10 pts.)
§ LG, Ch. 27-30
p. 3
§ DKH p. 134 Online MLA Works Cited Scholarly Journal,
§ pp. 138-139 Books
p. 151 Newspaper & Magazine
10 Oct. 22 LG, Ch. 31-37; Journal #4/DB due Oct. 28 (10 pts.)
Oct. 26th Last day to withdrawal and receive “W” Thereafter, you will receive a failing grade if you do not log in and submit assignments.
11 Oct. 29
· Tuesday, October 30 Caitlin Rother Lost Girls presentation at
9:40 a.m. in the Saville Theatre City College
· Portfolio Part I Rewrite Essay 2 due Nov. 4 (20 pts.)
· Narrow research topic and post in DB
12 Nov. 5
· Book Project due Nov. 11 (95 pts.)
· Post in DB Works Cited page for research paper, must use MLA format(encyclopedia, magazine, newspaper, scholarly journal, book)
Nov. 12 Holiday – no classes
13 Nov. 13
· Submit introduction/thesis statement to DB for classmates to review
· MyCompLab Avoiding Plagiarism Tutorials due Nov. 17 (50 pts.)
Nov. 19-23 Thanksgiving week off – no classes!
14 Nov. 26
· Review what you should know in Learning Modules
§ Tutoring 3 for research paper due Dec. 1 (5 pts.)
§ Argumentative Research Paper due Dec. 2 (100 pts.)
15 Portfolio Part II Rewrite two Journals Dec. 9 (30 pts.)
16 Journal #5/DB due Dec. 16 (10 pts.)
End of semester Dec. 17 Portfolio Part III Reflective Essay (30 pts.)
Grades will be available Jan. 7, 2013