English Composition I Spring 2008 Class Schedule
Date	In Class Activity	Complete These Assignments for the Next Class
January 14	Introductions and Course Orientation Diagnostic Essay Assignment	--Write Diagnostic Essay --Read Ch. 1-5, pp 3-17 NFG
16	Chapters 1-5: Purpose, Audience, Genre, Stance, Media/Design	--Read Ch. 6: Literacy Narrative, pp 21-38 NFG --Complete Diagnostic Essay
18	Chapter 6: Literacy Narrative Diagnostic Essay Due Today	--Read Frederick Douglass, “How I Learned to Read and Write,” pp 492-98 NFG
21	Martin Luther King Day – No classes today; college closed	--Begin writing Literacy Narrative --Read Ch. 22-23, Generating Ideas and Text; Drafting pp.199-207 NFG
23	Douglass; literacy narrative; drafting; Pre-writing	--Continue writing Literacy Narrative --Read Ch. 37: Narrating, pp. 302-312 NFG
25	Chapter 37: Narrating Draft of Literacy Narrative Due	--Read Ch. 24 & 25: Assessing Your Work and Response and Revising, pp. 208-218 NFG
28	Workshop	--Read Ch 28: Beginning and Ending, pp. 239- 249 NFG
30	Workshop	--Read Ch. 29: Guiding Your Reader, pp. 250- 254 NFG; --Read Ch. 35, Dialogue, pp. 295-98 NFG
February 1	The Essay and Its Structure	--Read Chapter 38: Reading Strategies, pp. 313-328 NFG
Feb 4	Essay Structure	Read Little, Brown Brief, Chapter 6, Paragraphs, pp. 48 – 58
6	Paragraphs	Read NFG, Chapter 16 Profiles, pp. 153-159
8	Profiles	Read NFG, Joan Didion, “Georgia O’Keeffe,” pp. 758 – 764
11	“Georgia O’Keeffe”	Read NFG, Chapter 34 Describing, pp. 285 – 293
13	Description	Read NFG, Dialogue, pp. 294 – 298 and read LB Brief, Quotation Marks, 378 – 382.
15	Dialogue	Finish draft of Essay 2: Profile
18	Draft of Profile Essay 2 Due
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25	Peer Review	Read LB Brief, pages 232-240; Usage: Look over LB Brief, pages 555-568
27	Grammar and Usage	Usage, Look over LB Brief, pages 555-568
29	Grammar and Usage Portfolio Guidelines	Read Chapter 7 in NFG in Analyzing a Text, page 44-49, “’Stay as Sweet as You Are’: An Analysis of Change and Continuity in Advertising Aimed at Women”
March 3	Chapter 7, Analyzing a Text	Read Chapter 7 NFG, pages 50-59
5	Chapter 7, Analyzing a Text	Read NFG Chapter 42, Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing
7	Chapter 42, Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing	Read Ch 43 NFG, Acknowledging Sources, Avoiding Plagiarism
10	Chapter 43, Acknowledging Sources, Avoiding Plagiarism	Read NFG Chapter 40, Finding Sources
12	Quiz on Plagiarism Chapter 40, Finding Sources	Read Chapter 41, Evaluating Sources
14	Mid-Term Portfolio Due Finding Sources
	Spring Break March 17-21
24	Return of Quizzes Writing a Summary		Read “In Defense of Boredom” by Carolyn Y. Johnson
26	“In Defense of Boredom” Practice Summarizing		Read and write Essay 3 on “How Dumb Can We Get?” by Susan Jacoby
28	From 1^st to 3^rd Person X-Ray Eyes for Critique Faculty/Staff Conversation Day – We do have class today. The college closes at 11:50 AM, when our class period ends.		Read Ch, 39, Developing a Research Plan in NFG
31	Developing a Research Plan (Chapter 39)		Read Ch 40, Finding Sources in NFG
April 2	Finding Sources (Chapter 40)		Read Ch. 41, Evaluating Sources in NFG Essay 3 is due on Friday
4	Essay 3 Due: Summary, Critique, Response Last Day to Withdraw with "W" on Transcript Evaluating Sources (Chapter 41)		Work on Developing a Research Plan for Essay 4
7	Library Research		Read Ch. 44, Documentation in NFG
9	Documentation (Chapter 44)		Read Ch. 45, MLA Style in NFG
11	MLA Style (Chapter 45)
14	Drafting of Essay 4
16	Drafting of Essay 4
18	Essay 4 Due: Arguing a Position		Read Ch. 14, Literary Analysis in NFG
21	Literary Analysis		Read “The Story of an Hour” Handout
23	Analyze Plot
25	Analyze Character
28	Analyze Setting
30	Final Portfolio Due Course Evaluation
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