ENGLISH 550 UPDATED MATERIALS/UTSLER/2/17/10
ANNOUNCEMENTS
WHERE WE HAVE BEEN
College Success
Active Reading
Critical Thinking
Writing
WHERE WE ARE GOING
Please refer to the updated schedule, distributed today, for information about homework deadlines and class topics. Continue to refer to the Supplemental Learning form for information about Supplemental Learning assignments and deadlines.
CHECKLIST
To help you organize your work, you will receive a checklist before each folder is due.
NEW ASSIGNMENT: MAJOR PROJECT ONE
Refer to the new assignment sheet, not the original assignment sheet, when completing Major Project One.
EXTRA CREDIT: ORIGINAL ASSIGNMENT
The original project one assignment may be completed for up to 25 points of extra credit, toward your final point total. No other extra credit is applied to your final point total this semester; all other optional activities are considered in conjunction with folder participation scores.
OFFICE HOURS
Tuesdays: 10:30 – 12:30 Wednesdays: 8:30 – 9:30
Thursdays: 10:30 – 12:30 & by appointment
TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE (UPDATED: 2/17)
The following schedule is tentative. Updates will be announced in class and posted on-line (www.writingintheie.info). The professor reserves the right to make changes to the schedule and other parts of the syllabus.
DAY TEN (2/17)CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o Read: “Exemplification” (35 - 41)
o Complete: Practice using idea generation strategies; use at least two strategies from pgs. 16-27. / DAY ELEVEN (2/22)
Essay Structure Overview
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o Read: “The Characteristics of an Essay” (2–15)
o Complete: (turn in at the start of class)
Name & Address of Essay Location
DAY TWELVE (2/24)
Organizing Ideas Effectively
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o Read: “How Do I Get My Ideas to Fit Together?” (28 - 34)
o Complete: As discussed in class, use at least two strategies from pgs. 16-27 and/or other approved options to develop ideas for your essay. /
DAY THIRTEEN (3/1)
Exemplification
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o Complete: Project One Outline
(directions provided in class)
o Review: “Exemplification” (35 - 41)
DAY FOURTEEN (3/3)
Description
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o Complete: As discussed in class, use at least one strategy from pgs. 16-27 and/or another approved option to develop ideas for your essay / DAY FIFTEEN (3/8)
Narration
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o Complete: As discussed in class, use at least one strategy from pgs. 16-27 and/or another approved option to develop ideas for your essay.
o Read ”The Jacket” (206- 210)
o Complete: Response to “The Jacket” (directions provided in class)
DAY SIXTEEN (3/10)
Feedback / Introductions & Conclusions
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o Complete: Rough Draft (Project One)
o Bring four copies of your draft. / DAY SEVENTEEN (3/22)
Readings for Projects Two & Three
Bring the textbook/In-Class Reading:
“Wait Divisions” (211-213)
“Whose Grave Is This Anyway?” (185-186)
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o Folder One Due (Major Project + Participation Materials)
DAY EIGHTEEN (3/24)
Major Project Two:
Critical Response
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o Read: “Classification” (42 - 48)
o Read “Thinking Critically” (pgs. 147-165)
o Complete: Chapter Review Cards (163-165) / DAY NINETEEN (3/29)
Major Project Two:
Critical Response
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o Read: “Territorial Behavior” (216-223)
o Complete: Assigned Reading Response (directions provided in class)
DAY TWENTY (3/31)
Major Project Two:
Idea Generation
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o Read: “Whose Grave Is This Anyway?” (185-186)
o Read: “White Lies” (225-227)
o Read: “Wait Divisions” (211-213)
o Complete: Assigned Responses (directions provided in class) / DAY TWENTY-ONE (4/5)
Major Project Two:
Idea Generation (continued)
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o Complete: As discussed in class, use at least two strategies from pgs. 16-27 and/or other approved options to develop ideas for your essay.
DAY TWENTY-TWO (4/7)
Developing Your Classification Essay:
Classification, Narration, Exemplification, & Description
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o Complete: As discussed in class, use at least two strategies from pgs. 16-27 and/or other approved options to develop ideas for your essay.
o Complete: outline (Review: “How Do I Get My Ideas to Fit Together?” (28 - 34)) / DAY TWENTY-THREE (4/12)
Feedback: Higher Order Concerns
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o Complete: Rough Draft (Project Two)
o Bring four copies of your draft.
o Bring: Graded Copy of Project One
DAY TWENTY-FOUR (4/14)
Editing Workshop
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o Complete & Bring: Revised Draft
(Newest Draft of Project Two/one copy)
o Bring: Graded Copy of Project One / DAY TWENTY-FIVE (4/19)
Introduction to Major Project Three: Argumentation
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o Folder Two Due (Major Project + Participation Materials)
DAY TWENTY-SIX (4/21)
Critical Response: Project Three
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o Read: “”Argumentation-Persuasion” (49-55)
o Read: Assigned Reading
(directions provided in class)
o Complete: Response to Assigned Reading (directions provided in class) / DAY TWENTY-SEVEN (4/26)
IN-CLASS ESSAY: PROJECT THREE
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o COMPLETE/BRING:
Project 3 Outline & In-Class Essay Notes
o FOLDER THREE (PROJECT THREE & PARTICIPATION MATERIALS/Project Three will be written during class.)
DAY TWENTY-EIGHT (4/28)
PORTFOLIO BOOT-CAMP: HOCS
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o BRING: ALL GRADED PROJECT MATERIALS / DAY TWENTY-NINE (5/3)
PORTFOLIO BOOT-CAMP: LOCS
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o BRING: ALL GRADED PROJECT MATERIALS
o Complete: Assigned Notebook Entry (Higher Order Concerns)
DAY THIRTY (5/5)
PORTFOLIO BOOT-CAMP
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o BRING: ALL GRADED PROJECT MATERIALS
o Complete: Assigned Notebook Entry (Lower Order Concerns) / DAY THIRTY-ONE (5/10)
FOCUS ON: PROJECT ONE
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o UPDATED PROJECT ONE
DAY THIRTY-TWO (5/12)
FOCUS ON: PROJECT TWO
CHECKLIST: WORK DUE TODAY
o UPDATED PROJECT TWO / COURSE FINAL
9:30 Class: 8:45-11:15 on 5/19/10
11:00 Class: 11:30-2:00 on 5/17/10
IN-CLASS ESSAY: PROJECT THREE REVISED
TURN IN TODAY:
FINAL PORTFOLIO
Portfolio Checklist
o Project One: Originally Graded Version
o Project One: Final Portfolio Version
o Project Two: Originally Graded Version
o Project Two: Final Portfolio Version
o Project Three: Original In-Class Essay
o Project Three: Updated In-Class Essay
(Project Three will be updated today and added to the portfolio.)