English 101:MT9 — Course Schedule
Week 1 (Aug 30-Sept 1): Course Introduction.
Hacker section C1-3 (Planning, Drafting, Revising).
Week 2 (Sept 6-8): Hacker C4 (Writing paragraphs) and S1-7 (Sentence Style).
Week 3 (Sept 13-15): Hacker G1-6 (Grammatical
Sentences).
Thomas "Lives of a Cell" (3).
Week 4 (Sept 20-22): Hacker P1-7 (Punctuation).
Thomas "Autonomy" (64), "Organelles
as Organisms" (69)
Week 5 (Sept 27-29): Hacker R1 (Conducting
Research). GMU Library databases.
Essay 1 (Description) due Sept 29.
Week 6 (Oct 4-6): Hacker R2 9 (Evaluating
Sources)
Thomas "Societies as Organisms" (11), "Antaeus in Manhattan" (53).
Library Assignment due Oct 6
Week 7 (Oct 13): Columbus Day Recess (Monday
classes meet Tuesday; Tuesday classes do not meet).
Hacker R3 (Managing
Information; Avoiding Plagiarism)
Annotated Bibliography due Oct 13.
Week 8 (Oct 18-20): Hacker R4 (Documentation
Styles).
Peer Review Oct 20.
Week 9 (Oct 25-27): Thomas "Information" (91), "Computers" (111), "Social
Talk" (87)
Research Assignment (joint assignment with Bio 103) due.
Week 10 (Nov 1-3): Thomas "Music of This Sphere" (20), "Technology
of Medicine" (31), "Natural Science" (100), "Planning
of Science" (115)
Week 11 (Nov 8-10): Thomas "Natural
Man" (103), "Ceti" (42).
Essay 2 (Comparison) due Nov 10
Week 12 (Nov 15-17): Thomas "Germs" (75), "World's
Biggest Membrane" (145).
Smithsonian Trip
Week 13 (Nov 22): "On Various Words" (127), "Living
Language" (133).
Field Trip Report due Nov 22.
Thanksgiving Break.
Week 14 (Nov 29-Dec 1): Hacker C5 (Constructing
reasonable arguments) and C6 (Evaluating arguments).
Week 15 (Dec 6-8): Peer
Review Dec 6.
Essay 3 (Persuasion) due Dec 8
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