Course Schedule for English 101-20: Composition I Prairie State College Prof.

Lee-Schott Fall 2011 Semester Assignments submitted in Desire2Learn (D2L) will be due on each date by 1:30 p.m.
Week #/ Class Date: Week 1/ August 23 Assignments/Activities for the Class Period Course icebreaker and overview Classroom introduction Introduction to Desire2Learn (D2L) Students will write a diagnostic essay during class. Diagnostic essay Work Submitted by Student

Week 1/ August 25

Week 2/ August 30

Class topic: What is academic writing? Prior to class, read from They Say, I Say: Preface: Demystifying Academic Conversation, xvi - xxvi Class topic: Constructing a successful introduction Punctuation clinic: Using quotation marks Prior to class, watch: Five Minute Educast: Quotation Marks and MLA Long Quotes) (available in D2L) Essay 1 assigned Class topic: Establishing your dominant voice

Writing assignment due (D2L Dropbox)

Week 2/ September 1

Week 3/ September 6

Prior to class, watch Presentation: Establishing Your Dominant Voice (available in D2L) Prior to class, read from The Eater Reader, Nutritionism by Michael Pollan, pp. 11-16 Class topic: Tying your ideas together with a successful conclusion Grammar clinic: Run-on sentences Prior to class, watch: Subjects and Verbs Run-on Sentnences 1 Run-on Sentences 2 Run-on Sentences 3 (all are available in D2L)

Quiz: Using Quotation Marks (D2L Quizzes) Quiz: Pollan discussion/writing prompts (D2L Quizzes)

Week 3/ September 8

Week 4/ September 13

Class topic: Diving into your role of academic writer Grammar clinic: Run-on sentences

Quiz: Entering the Conversation (D2L Quizzes) Essay 1 (D2L Dropbox)

Prior to class, read from They Say, I Say, Introduction: Entering the Conversation, pp. 1-15 Essay 2 assigned (in-class essay): Later in the semester, this essay may be revised and submitted in your English 101 Portfolio. CONFERENCES: This week, you will meet with me for individual conferences in my office (Room 2225). This conference is mandatory (worth 20 points) and will be your opportunity to speak one-on-one about your writing abilities early in the semester. We will discuss your diagnostic essays and Essay 1. Quiz: Run-on sentences (D2L Quizzes) Essay 2

Week 4/ September 15

Week 5/ September 20

Week 5/ September 22

CONFERENCES: This week, you will meet with me for individual conferences in my office (Room 2225). This conference is mandatory (worth 20 points) and will be your opportunity to speak one-on-one about your writing abilities early in the semester. We will discuss your diagnostic essays and Essay 1.

Week 6/ September 27

Class topic: Eaters as consumers

Prior to class, read from The Eater Reader: Chapter 2: Consumerism by James Miller, pp. 33-36 Do You Want Lies With That? by Morgan Spurlock, pp. 36-42 Essay 3 assigned Class topic: Working with what They Say Grammar Clinic: Sentence fragments Prior to class, read from They Say, I Say, One: They Say: Starting with What Others Are Saying, pp. 19-29

Reading response assignment for Miller (D2L Dropbox) Reading response assignment for Spurlock (D2L Dropbox)

Week 6/ September 29

In-class assignment

Week 7/ October 4

Class topic: Indirectly quoting what They Say Grammar Clinic: Sentence fragments

Prior to class, watch: Fragments (available in D2L) Prior to class, read from They Say, I Say, Two: Her Point Is: The Art of Summarizing, pp. 30-41 Prior to class, read from The Eater Reader, Open for Business: Eating Out as Group Therapy in Post-Katrina New Orleans by Corby Kummer, pp. 47-53 Class topic: Directly quoting and documenting sources Prior to class, review: Presentation: MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide Web Link: MLA Style 7th Edition Document: MLA Paper Template These resources are available in D2L.

Quiz: The Art of Summarizing (D2L Quizzes) Reading response assignment for Kummer (D2L Dropbox) In-class assignment

Week 7/ October 6

Quiz: Sentence fragments (D2L Quizzes) Reading response assignment for Odell (D2L Dropbox)

Week 8/ October 11

Week 8/ October 13

Prior to class, read from The Eater Reader, The Deadly Little Secret: Candy Cigarettes by Patty Odell, pp. 53-55 Essay 4 assigned (in-class essay): Later in the semester, this essay may be revised and submitted in your English 101 Portfolio. Class topic: Responding so that your complexity shows Grammar clinic: Subject-verb agreement and maintaining consistent verb tense Prior to class, watch: Identifying Subjects Past Tense and Past Participle Verb Forms Regular Subjects and Verbs Subject-Verb Agreement Understanding Verbs Verb Tense List of Irregular Verbs in English (all are available in D2L) Prior to class, read from They Say, I Say: Four: Yes/No/Okay, But: Three Ways to Respond, pp. 55-67 Five: And Yet: Distinguishing What You Say from What They Say, pp. 68-77 Class topic: Responding so that your complexity shows Grammar clinic: Subject-verb maintaining consistent verb tense agreement and

Quiz: Using MLA Style (D2L Quizzes) Essay 3 (D2L Dropbox) Essay 4 Quiz: Distinguishing What You Say from What They Say (D2L Quizzes)

Week 9/ October 18

Prior to class, read from The Eater Reader: Chapter 3: Body Image by James Miller, pp. 57-63 Childhood by Marya Hornbacher, pp. 67-75

Reading response assignment for Miller (D2L Dropbox) Reading response assignment for Hornbacher (D2L Dropbox)

Week 9/ October 20

Class topic: Responding so that your complexity shows Prior to class, read from They Say, I Say, So What? Who Cares?: Saying Why It Matters, pp. 92-101

Prior to class, read from The Eater Reader, How to Address Obesity in a Fat-Phobic Society by Courtney E. Martin, pp. 63-66 Class topic: Dissecting others motivations to benefit your own Prior to class, read from They Say, I Say, Whats Motivating This Writer?: Reading for the Conversation, pp. 145-155 Prior to class, read from The Eater Reader, Chapter 4: Ethics by James Miller, pp. 83-87 Essay 5 assigned (longer documented essay) Class topic: When a five-paragraph essay becomes a full-grown college paper Grammar clinic: Commas, semicolons, em dashes, and colons Prior to class, watch: Punctuation Em Dashes How to Use Commas in English Writing (all are available in D2L) Class topic: Generating ideas Grammar clinic: Commas, semicolons, em dashes, and colons Prior to class, read from The Eater Reader: Whence the Beef?: The Gruesome Trip From Pasture to Platter by Laurie Snyder, pp. 87-92 Meatless Like Me: I May Be a Vegetarian, but I Still Love the Smell of Bacon by Taylor Clark, pp. 92-97 Class topic: Generating ideas Prior to class, read from The Eater Reader: Causes of Hunger Are Related to Poverty by Anup Shah, pp. 97-102 The Ethics of Eating: Consider the Farmworkers by Eric Haas, pp. 102-109

Week 10/ October 25

Quiz: Subject-verb agreement and maintaining consistent verb tense (D2L Quizzes) Quiz: Saying Why It Matters (D2L Quizzes) Reading response assignment for Martin (D2L Dropbox) Reading response assignment for Miller (D2L Dropbox)

Week 10/ October 27

Week 11/ November 1

Reading response assignment for Snyder (D2L Dropbox) Reading response assignment for Clark (D2L Dropbox)

Week 11/ November 3

Reading response assignment for Shah (D2L Dropbox) Reading response assignment for Haas (D2L Dropbox) Quiz: Commas, semicolons, em dashes, and colons (D2L Quizzes)

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Week 12/ November 8

Class topic: Sharing ideas

Essay Proposal (D2L Dropbox)

Week 12/ November 10

For this class session, students should prepare to report their theses and supporting ideas in class. Essay 6 (in-class essay): This essay will be submitted (as is) in your English 101 Portfolio.

Essay 5 (D2L Dropbox) Essay 6

Week 13/ November 15

CONFERENCES: During portfolio preparation, you will meet with me for individual conferences. This conference is mandatory (worth 20 points) and will be your opportunity to get a sense of your strengths and shortcomings leading up to the portfolio evaluation. English 101 Portfolio Preparation: We will meet in Room 3250. Please bring all of the materials you will need to work on your portfolio. CONFERENCES: During portfolio preparation, you will meet with me for individual conferences. This conference is mandatory (worth 20 points) and will be your opportunity to get a sense of your strengths and shortcomings leading up to the portfolio evaluation. English 101 Portfolio Preparation: We will meet in Room 3250. Please bring all of the materials you will need to work on your portfolio. CONFERENCES: During portfolio preparation, you will meet with me for individual conferences. This conference is mandatory (worth 20 points) and will be your opportunity to get a sense of your strengths and shortcomings leading up to the portfolio evaluation. English 101 Portfolio Preparation: We will meet in Room 3250. Please bring all of the materials you will need to work on your portfolio. English 101 Portfolio: Your portfolio should have: A cover letter An in-class essay A shorter revised essay (Essay 2 OR Essay 4, not both) A longer documented paper

Week 13/ November 17

Week 14/ November 22

Week 14/ November 24

Thanksgiving Holiday College closed! TBA In-class assignment

Week 15/ November 29

Week 15/ December 1

TBA

In-class assignment

Week 16/ December 6

English 101 Portfolio Evaluation No class this week!

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Week 16/ December 8 FINALS WEEK/ December 13 3:00 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. English 101 Portfolio Results: Students should come to my office (Room 2225) for your results.

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