English 1101.22 schedule, fall 2011
Updated 11/27/11
| Day/Date | Assignments due | Readings due | In class |
| Monday, August 15 | Introduction to course Persuasive format |
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| Wednesday, August 17 | Student info (online) | Simple Stuff |
Criterion registration |
| Thursday, August 18 | Drop/add ends |
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| Monday, August 22 | Golden
rules 6-10 Format sample essay |
Writing exercise 1 In-class essay 1 (Criterion essay) |
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| Wednesday, August 24 | Writing exercise 3 | ||
| Monday, August 29 | Nuggets 1-5 Format sample 2 LBR: "Eminem Is Right" 171-84 |
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| Wednesday, August 31 | Nuggets
6-10 |
In-class essay 2 | |
| Monday, Sept. 5 | Labor Day holiday | Labor Day holiday |
Labor Day holiday |
| Wednesday, Sept. 7 | Quotes
and documentation 1-3 Format sample 3 LBR: "We Have No 'Right to Happiness'" 26-30 "What If Marriage Is Bad for Us?" 160-63 |
Paper 1 assigned | |
| Monday, Sept. 12 |
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On
plagiarism Quotes and documentation 4-5 Handout: "My Husband's Nine Wives" |
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| Wednesday, Sept. 14 | Quotes/documentation
quiz |
Class canceled | Class canceled |
| Saturday, Sept. 17 | QD exam (online) | |
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| Monday, Sept. 19 | Word problems | Peer response 1 | |
| Wednesday, Sept. 21 | Introductions Conclusions |
Writing exercise 4 Writing exercise 5 |
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| Monday, Sept. 26 | Paper 1 final draft | LBR: "Keep Online Poker Out . . ." 269-71 "Laptops in the Classroom?" 271-74 |
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| Wednesday, Sept. 28 |
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LBR: "Class Dismissed" 294-96 Handout: "Why Do American Kids Learn So Little?" |
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| Monday, October 3 | Handouts: "Japanese Education" "Order in the Classroom" |
Paper 2 assigned | |
| Wednesday, October 5 |
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LBR: "Proposal to Abolish
Grading" 312-14 "In Defense of Testing" 315-16 "Two Cheers for Examinations" 317-20 |
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| Friday, October 7 | Paper proposal 2 | Submitted as email, due by 5:00 p.m. | |
| Monday, October 10 | Paper 2 draft | Peer response 2 | |
| Wednesday, Oct. 12 | Last
day to withdraw with "W" grade |
Paper conferences | Conferences |
| Monday, October 17 | Paper
1 corrections Paper 2 final draft |
LBR: "Work" 331-36 Handout: "What You Do Is What You Are" |
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| Wednesday, Oct. 19 | LBR: "Brains as Well as Brawn" 337-38 "Case for Working with Your Hands" 338-47 |
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| Monday, October 24 | LBR: "Eat Food: Food Defined" 492-500 "Against Meat" 510-17 "The Carnivore's Dilemma" 553-56 |
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| Wednesday, Oct. 26 | Handouts: "Obsessed with Sport" "It Isn't Just a Game" |
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| Monday, October 31 | LBR: "Salvation" 236-37 |
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| Wednesday, November 2 | Paper proposal 3 | Handouts: "America, Look at Your Shame " "The Singer Solution to World Poverty" |
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| Monday, November 7 | Paper 3 draft | Writing exercise 6 Peer response 3 |
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| Wednesday, November 9 | LBR: "Why Boys Don't Play with Dolls" 232-35 | In-class essay 3 (Criterion essay) |
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| Monday, November 14 |
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Online: "Barbie
Doll" LBR: "I Want a Wife" 150-51 |
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| Wednesday, November 16 | Paper 3 final draft | LBR: "Women's Brains" 223-28 "You Are What You Say" 368-73 "The Second Shift" 144-49 |
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| Monday-Saturday, November 21-26 |
Thanksgiving holiday | Thanksgiving holiday | Thanksgiving holiday |
Monday, November 28 |
LBR: "The Male Myth" 229-31 Handout: "The 'Act Like a Man' Box" |
Paper 4 assigned | |
| Wednesday, November 30 | Handouts: "Men as Success Objects" "The Men We Carry in Our Minds" Online: "Hard Rock" |
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Monday, December 5 |
Paper proposal 4 | Handout: "The Prisoner's Dilemma" | Discuss exam |
| Paper 4 draft | Peer response 4 | ||
| Final exam Wednesday, December 7 1:00-3:00 |
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.