English 1101.50 schedule, fall 2010
Updated 11/28/10
| Day/Date | Assignments due | Readings due | In class |
| Monday, August 16 | Introduction to course Persuasive format |
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| Wednesday, August 18 | Student info (online) |
Simple Stuff |
Criterion registration Writing exercise 1 |
| Thursday, August 19 | Drop/add ends |
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| Monday, August 23 | Golden
rules 6-10 Format sample essay |
In-class essay 1 (Criterion essay) |
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| Wednesday, August 25 | Writing exercise 3 | ||
| Monday, August 30 | Nuggets 1-5 Format sample 2 LBR: "The Heterosexual Revolution" 154-56 "Here Comes the Groom" 172-75 |
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| Wednesday, Sept. 1 | Nuggets
6-10 |
In-class essay 2 | |
| Monday, Sept. 6 | Labor Day holiday | Labor Day holiday |
Labor Day holiday |
| Wednesday, Sept. 8 | Class canceled | Class canceled | |
| Monday, Sept. 13 |
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Quotes
and documentation 1-3 Format sample 3 LBR: "Gay Marriage: Not a Very . . ." 176-78 Handout: "Marriage as a Restricted Club" |
Paper 1 assigned |
| Wednesday, Sept. 15 | Quotes/documentation
quiz QD quiz answers Paper proposal 1 |
Quotes
and documentation 4-5 Handout: "My Husband's Nine Wives" |
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| Friday, Sept. 17 | QD exam (online) | |
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| Monday, Sept. 20 | Paper 1 draft |
Word problems On plagiarism |
Peer response 1 |
| Wednesday, Sept. 22 | Introductions Conclusions LBR: "The Lessons I Didn't Learn . . ." 364-65 |
Writing exercise 4 Writing exercise 5 |
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| Monday, Sept. 27 | Paper 1 final draft In-class essay 2 corrections |
LBR: "Keep Online Poker Out . . ." 111-13 "Laptops in the Classroom?" 113-16 |
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| Wednesday, Sept. 29 |
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LBR: "Should Undergrads Specialize?" 358-61 "Letters Responding to . . ." 361-63 "Order in the Classroom" 316-22 |
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| Monday, October 4 | Handouts: "Japanese Education" "Why Do American Kids Learn So Little?" |
Paper 2 assigned | |
| Wednesday, October 6 | LBR: "Proposal to Abolish
Grading" 368-71 "In Defense of Testing" 371-72 "Two Cheers for Examinations" 373-76 |
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| Monday, October 11 | Paper 2 draft | Peer response 2 | |
| Wednesday, Oct. 13 | Last
day to withdraw with "W" grade |
Paper conferences | Conferences |
| Monday, October 18 | Paper
1 corrections Paper 2 final draft |
LBR: "Work" 382-87 "The Importance of Work" 389-93 Handout: "What You Do Is What You Are" |
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| Wednesday, Oct. 20 | LBR: "The Worker Next Door" 267-69 "What If We Deport Them All?" 270-72 "Socrates on Illegal Immigration" 272-74 |
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| Monday, October 25 | Handouts: "Obsessed with Sport" "It Isn't Just a Game" |
Paper 3 assigned | |
| Wednesday, Oct. 27 | LBR: "Shooting an Elephant" 540-46 |
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| Monday, November 1 | Paper proposal 3 | Handouts: "America, Look at Your Shame " "The Singer Solution to World Poverty" |
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| Wednesday, November 3 | Paper 3 draft | Writing exercise 6 Peer response 3 |
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| Monday, November 8 | Paper 2 corrections | LBR: "Why Boys Don't Play with Dolls" 215-17 | In-class essay 3 (Criterion essay) |
| Wednesday, November 10 | Paper 3 final draft |
Online: "Barbie
Doll" LBR: "I Want a Wife" 179-81 |
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| Monday, November 15 | LBR: "Women's Brains" 209-14 "You Are What You Say" 443-48 "The Second Shift" 166-71 |
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| Wednesday, November 17 | LBR: "The Male Myth" 218-20 Handout: "The 'Act Like a Man' Box" |
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| Monday, November 22 | Handouts: "Men as Success Objects" "The Men We Carry in Our Minds" Online: "Hard Rock" |
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| Wednesday-Saturday, November 24-27 |
Thanksgiving holiday | Thanksgiving holiday | Thanksgiving holiday |
Monday, November 29 |
Paper proposal 4 | Handout: "The Prisoner's Dilemma" | Discuss exam |
| Wednesday, December 1 | Optional paper conferences | Paper conferences | |
| Paper 4 draft | Peer response 4 | ||
| Final exam Monday, December 6 10:30-12:30 |
Paper
3 corrections Paper 4 final draft |
Note that this schedule of readings and assignments is tentative. I will make additions and adjustments as need arises, giving ample notice in class and on the web when making changes in the schedule.