DATE / DAY / TOPIC/ACTIVITY
AUGUST
31 / TUES / DISCUSSION OF SYLLABUS, CLASS RULES
SEPTEMBER
2 / THURS / Chapter 1
Determining Purpose, Audience and Approach
7 / TUES / Chapter 2: Shaping your essay
9 / THURS / Chapter 2: Shaping your essay
14 / TUES / Chapter 3: Developing Strong Paragraphs
16 / THURS / Chapter 3: Developing Strong Paragraphs
21 / TUES / Chapter 4: Reshaping Your Essay
23 / THURS / Chapter 5: Description
28 / TUES / Chapter 6: Narration
Essay Due October 5th
30 / THURS / Essay peer review
OCTOBER
5 / TUES / College Night – Class does not meet
7 / THURS / Chapter 7: Exemplification
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF CLASS ACTIVITIES
DATE / DAY / PAGE / TOPIC/ACTIVITY
OCTOBER
12 / TUES / Chapter 8: Process Analysis
Essay due by October 18th
14 / THURS / Library Tour
19 / TUES / Lecture/discussion of Narrative essay techniques, Cause and Effect structure, and MLA Format
21 / THURS / Chapter 9: Causal Analysis
Essay due October 28th
26 / TUES / Chapter 9: Causal Analysis
28 / THURS / Chapter 10: Definition
NOVEMBER
2 / TUES / Chapter 12: Comparison and Contrast
Essay due November 8th
4 / THURS / Chapter 12: Comparison and Contrast
Essay due November 8th
9 / TUES / Chapter 13: Argument
Essay due November 15th
11 / THURS / Chapter 13: Argument
16 / TUES / Portfolio Instruction
Class writing session
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF CLASS ACTIVITIES
DATE / DAY / PAGE
18 / THURS / Class writing session
23 / TUES / Class writing session
24 / WED / COLLEGE CLOSED
25 / THURS / COLLEGE CLOSED
26 / FRI / COLLEGE CLOSED
30 / TUES / Class writing session
DECEMBER
2 / THURS / PORTFOLIO DUE
Chapter 14: Blended Essay
7 / TUES / Chapter 16: Writing Critiques, Reviewing, Evaluating, and Persuading
9 / THURS / Review for Final
LAST CLASS SESSION FOR THIS GROUP
I reserve the right to change the class schedule in order to accomplish the class objectives.