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

W 8/18

R 8/19

review syllabus & course overview; Icebreakers

syllabus quiz; Read Sundance p. 1-42; “Freire” on course site

M 8/23 Q

T 8/24

discuss perceptual world; critical reading; grammar review

Read Sundance p. 291-314; Harbrace ch. 31-32;

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;

M 8/30 Q

T 8/31

discuss student narrative; discuss descriptions (obj. v. subj.)

work on essay #1; Read Harbrace ch. 33

W 9/1

R 9/2

discuss  writing/revising; assign essay #1; grammar review

work on essay #1

M 9/6

Labor Day (no class)

 

T 9/7

Writing Workshop; Narrative Rubric

 

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

M 9/13 Q

T 9/14

discuss definitions, purpose, & audience

Read Sundance p. 221-234

W 9/15

R 9/16

Exam #1 Review

Study for Exam #1

M 9/20

T 9/21

Exam #1; assign essay #2

Definition Rubric

 

W 9/22

R 9/23

work on clarifying definitions; address grammar issues from essay #1

Read Harbrace 34; Read Booth 3, 4, 7&8 on course site

M 9/27 Q

T 9/28

Discuss definitions; discuss research questions

Read Sundance p. 101-114, 133-146, 157-162

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

 

M 10/4

T 10/5

Library Instruction

 

W 10/6 Q

R 10/7

Independent work day

Midterm review posted to web (here) by 10/6

C/E Performance task #1

 Study for midterm; work on Performance Task #1

M 10/11

T 10/12

 Midterm Exam (Exam #2); discuss C/E essays

Assign Essay #3

 

T 10/12

Midterm: Last day to withdraw without penalty

 

W 10/13

R 10/14

 Discuss C/E essays

 

M 10/18

T 10/19

 

Begin work on revisions (#3) WORD DOC w/ Chart

 

W 10/20

R 10/21

 Workshop on revision & “re-seeing”

 

M 10/25

T 10/26

 

 

 Harbrace 35; Sundance 55-100

W 10/27

R 10/28

 Arguments Performance Task

 

M 11/1

T 11/2

 Essay #4 due Sunday by 11:59 p.m.

Discuss ArgumentsArgument Performance Task

 

W 11/3

R 11/4

Independent Work Day

 

M 11/8

T 11/9

 

 

W 11/10

R 11/11

 

 

M 11/15

T 11/16

 

 

W 11/17

R 11/18

 

 

M 11/22

T 11/23

 

 

W 11/24

R 11/25

Holiday: Thanksgiving Break (no class) [Nov.24-28]

 

M 11/29

T 11/30

 

 

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.)

 

 

M 12/6

Independent work day

Writing Workshops