English 1101.09 schedule, spring 2010
Updated 4/18/10
| Day/Date | Assignments due | Readings due | In class |
| Wednesday, January 6 | Introduction to course Persuasive format |
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| Monday, January 11 | Student
info (online) Drop/add ends |
Simple Stuff |
Criterion registration |
| Wednesday, January 13 | In-class essay 1 (Criterion essay) |
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| Monday, January 18 | MLK Holiday |
MLK Holiday | MLK Holiday |
| Wednesday, January 20 | Format
sample essay |
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| Monday, January 25 | Nuggets 1-5 Format sample 2 LBR: "The Heterosexual Revolution" 154-56 "Here Comes the Groom" 172-75 |
Writing exercise 3 | |
| Wednesday, January 27 | Nuggets 6-10 | Paper
1 assigned In-class essay 2 |
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| Monday, February 1 | Quotes
and documentation 1-3 Format sample 3 LBR: "Gay Marriage: Not a Very . . ." 176-78 Handout: "Marriage as a Restricted Club" |
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| Wednesday, Feb. 3 | Quotes
and documentation 4-5 Handout: "My Husband's Nine Wives" |
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| Monday, February 8 | QD
exam (online) Paper 1 draft |
Word problems On plagiarism |
Peer response 1 |
| Wednesday, Feb. 10 | Word problems quiz | Introductions Conclusions LBR: "Hollow Claims about Fantasy . . ." 105-7 |
Writing exercise 4 Writing exercise 5 |
| Monday, February 15 | Paper 1 final draft | LBR: "Keep Online Poker Out . . ." 111-13 "Laptops in the Classroom?" 113-16 "The Lessons I Didn't Learn . . ." 364-65 |
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| Wednesday, Feb. 17 | LBR: "Should Undergrads Specialize?" 358-61 "Letters Responding to . . ." 361-63 |
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| Monday, February 22 | In-class essay 2 corrections | LBR: "Order
in the Classroom" 316-22 Handouts: "Japanese Education" "Why Do American Kids Learn So Little?" |
Paper 2 assigned |
| Wednesday, Feb. 24 | LBR: "Proposal to Abolish
Grading" 368-71 "In Defense of Testing" 371-72 "Two Cheers for Examinations" 373-76 |
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| Friday, Feb. 26 | |||
| Monday, March 1 | Paper 2 draft |
Peer response 2 | |
| Wednesday, March 3 | Paper
1 corrections Paper 2 final draft Last day to withdraw with "W" grade |
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| Monday,
March 8- Saturday, March 13 |
Spring break | Spring break | Spring break |
| Monday, March 15 | LBR: "Work" 382-87 "The Importance of Work" 389-93 Handout: "What You Do Is What You Are" |
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| Wednesday, March 17 | LBR: "The End of Play" 408-14 | Writing exercise 6 | |
| Monday, March 22 | 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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| Wednesday, March 24 | Handouts: "Obsessed with Sport" "It Isn't Just a Game" |
Paper 3 assigned | |
| Monday, March 29 | LBR: "Shooting an Elephant" 540-46 |
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| Wednesday, March 31 | Paper proposal 3 | Handouts: "America, Look at Your Shame " "The Singer Solution to World Poverty" |
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| Monday, April 5 | Paper 3 draft Paper 2 corrections |
Peer response 3 | |
| Wednesday, April 7 | Paper 3 final draft | LBR: "Why Boys Don't Play with Dolls" 215-17 | In-class essay 3 (Criterion essay) |
| Monday, April 12 |
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Online: "Barbie
Doll" LBR: "I Want a Wife" 179-81 |
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| Wednesday, April 14 | Congratulations Blue Devils! | Class canceled: routine doctor visit |
Go Duke! |
| Monday, April 19 | LBR: "Women's Brains" 209-14 "You Are What You Say" 443-48 "The Second Shift" 166-71 |
Paper 4 assigned | |
| Wednesday, April 21 | LBR: "The Male Myth" 218-20 Handout: "The 'Act Like a Man' Box" |
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| Monday, April 26 | Paper proposal 4 | Handouts: "Men as Success Objects" "The Men We Carry in Our Minds" Online: "Hard Rock" |
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| Wednesday, April 28 | Handout: "The Prisoner's Dilemma" | Discuss exam | |
| Paper 4 draft | Peer response 4 | ||
| Final exam Friday, April 30 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.