ENGL 1101
Course Schedule (MW&TR)
*Please
note that all assignments are due based on the day of your class meeting. In
other words, if you meet on MW, then your assignments are due on a MW schedule.
Three
Tenets of Semiotics:
1. All
meaning is relational or contextual.
2. No
meaning is stable or universal.
3. All
signs and sign systems are ideological.
Three Cs
of Identity:
1.
Identity is contextual.
2.
Identity is contingent.
3.
Identity is contested.
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Date |
In-Class Activity |
Homework |
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W 8/18 R 8/19 |
review
syllabus & course overview; Icebreakers |
syllabus quiz;
Read Sundance
p. 1-42; “Freire” on course site |
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M 8/23
Q T 8/24 |
discuss
perceptual world; critical reading; grammar review |
Read Sundance p.
291-314; Harbrace
ch. 31-32; |
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W 8/25
Q R 8/26 |
identifying
exigency & getting started; the writing process; grammar review |
develop ideas
for essay #1; Read Sundance p. 249-262; |
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M 8/30
Q T 8/31 |
discuss
student narrative; discuss descriptions (obj. v. subj.) |
work on
essay #1; Read Harbrace
ch. 33 |
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W 9/1 R 9/2 |
discuss
writing/revising; assign essay #1; grammar
review |
work on
essay #1 |
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M 9/6 |
Labor
Day (no class) |
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T 9/7 |
Writing
Workshop; Narrative Rubric |
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W 9/8
Q R 9/9 |
Essay #1 due via Turnitin.com by 11:59 p.m.; Independent work day |
Read Harbrace 20e;
Sundance
p. 207-220 |
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M 9/13
Q T 9/14 |
discuss
definitions, purpose, & audience |
Read Sundance p.
221-234 |
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W 9/15 R 9/16 |
Exam #1
Review |
Study
for Exam #1 |
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M 9/20 T 9/21 |
Exam #1; assign
essay #2 |
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W 9/22 R 9/23 |
work on
clarifying definitions; address grammar issues from essay #1 |
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M 9/27
Q T 9/28 |
Discuss
definitions; discuss research questions |
Read Sundance p.
101-114, 133-146, 157-162 |
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W 9/29
Q R 9/30 |
Essay #2
due via Turnitin.com by FRIDAY OCTOBER 1, 2010, at 11:59 p.m.; discuss
cause/effect and analysis & New Rubric |
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M 10/4 T 10/5 |
Library
Instruction |
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W 10/6
Q R 10/7 |
Independent work day Midterm review posted to web (here) by 10/6 |
Study
for midterm; work on Performance Task #1 |
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M 10/11 T 10/12 |
Midterm Exam (Exam #2); discuss C/E essays |
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T 10/12 |
Midterm: Last day to
withdraw without penalty |
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W 10/13 R 10/14 |
Discuss
C/E essays |
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M 10/18 T 10/19 |
Begin
work on revisions (#3) WORD DOC w/ Chart |
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W 10/20 R 10/21 |
Workshop
on revision & “re-seeing” |
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M 10/25 T 10/26 |
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Harbrace 35;
Sundance 55-100 |
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W 10/27 R 10/28 |
Arguments
Performance Task |
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M 11/1 T 11/2 |
Essay
#4 due Sunday by 11:59 p.m. Discuss
ArgumentsArgument Performance Task |
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W 11/3 R 11/4 |
Independent Work Day |
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M 11/8 T 11/9 |
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W 11/10 R 11/11 |
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M 11/15 T 11/16 |
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W 11/17 R 11/18 |
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M 11/22 T 11/23 |
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W 11/24 R 11/25 |
Holiday:
Thanksgiving Break (no class) [Nov.24-28] |
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M 11/29 T 11/30 |
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W 12/1 R 12/2 |
Last
day of actual class meeting (MW has one more on schedule. On 12/6, we will
have student meetings, writing workshops, and exam reviews.) |
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M 12/6 |
Independent
work day Writing
Workshops |
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