English 101 Fall 2017 Schedule
English 101 Fall 2017 Schedule
English 101 Fall 2017 Schedule
Schedule
Week 1-
Fri Sept 8 Discuss: Syllabus and Engl 144: Book club groups
Week 2-
Mon Sept 11 Finish book club groups and writing fellow Read: Shitty First Drafts (in readings on
website) Discuss: Reading
Wed Sept 13 Read: Rhetorical Analysis Handout from Howe Center (In readings on website)
Discuss: Audience, Purpose, Rhetorical Appeals, reading journals, and Essay #1
Fri Sept 14 Due: Reading Journal Read: Malcolm X excerpt (in readings on website)
Discuss: reading, narrative
Week 3-
Wed Sept 20 Read: Steve Jobs Commencement Address (in readings on website) Discuss:
reflection, Thesis statements
Week 4-
Mon Sept 25 Due: Reading Journal Read: Richard Rodriguez None of this is Fair (in
readings on website) Discuss: reading
Fri Sept 29 Due: Essay 1 for workshop (bring 2 copies printed out) Discuss: reading, Essay
#2 (preview)
Week 5-
Mon Oct 2 Visit from Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Dr. Rita Miller to discuss the Core
Curriculum and liberal arts Due: Essay 1
Wed Oct 4 Due: Reading Journal Read: Excerpt on Sciences from Writing in The Academic
Disciplines (emailed) and Distribution of Toxic Trace Elements (in readings on website)
Discuss: Sciences
Fri Oct 6 Due: Reading Journal Read: Excerpt on Humanities from Writing in The Academic
Disciplines (emailed) and My Fema People (in reading section on website) Discuss:
Humanities
Week 6-
Wed Oct 11 Due: Reading Journal Read: Excerpt on Social Sciences from Writing in The
Academic Disciplines (emailed) and Planning for New Orleans (in reading section on website)
Discuss: Social Sciences
Week 7-
Wed Oct 18 Class cancelled for conferences and Essay #2 due (Writing Day for those who do
not have conferences)
Fri Oct 20 Class cancelled for conferences and Essay #2 due (Writing Day for those who do not
have conferences)
Week 8-
Fri Oct 27 Library Research Day. Meet at Maxwell Library Reference Desk.
Week 9-
Wed Nov 1 Read: 9 Tips on Conducting Great Interview (in readings on website) Discuss:
Interviewing
Fri Nov 3 Writing and Research Day Class Will Not Meet
Week 10-
Wed Nov 8 Friday Class Schedule (Wed Classes will not meet) Due: Essay #3 draft for
workshop Discuss: Citation
Fri Nov 10 Veterans Day- No class
Week 11-
Wed Nov 15 Due: Audience Proposal and Reading Journal, Read: Excerpt from Audacity of
Hope (in readings on website) Discuss: Reading, evaluating sources, and small group research
meetings
Fri Nov 17 Small group research meetings (those not meeting work on draft of essay). Due:
Outlines (must be submitted via email by 5pm)
Mon Nov 20 Small group research meetings (those not meeting work on draft of essay)
Wed Nov 22 Due: Outlines and Reading Journal Read: When I grow up I want to Be
Childhood Dream (in readings on website) Discuss: reading and drafting
Week 13-
Mon Nov 27 Book Club Presentation Work Day. Discuss: Book Club Presentations
Fri Dec 1 Due: Essay #4. Discuss: Final Portfolio, Book Club presentation work day
Week 14-
Week 15
Wed Dec 13