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English 101.080 -- Fall 2007
Course Schedule
Reading assignments are from Having Your Say (HYS), Animal, Vegetable, Mineral (Animal) and Everyday Writer (EW).
Some essays (E-Res) are online via the library's Electronic Reserve option (http://oscr.gmu.edu, password = paper).
Some readings are on our WebCT site at http://webct41.gmu.edu (Web). You will be expected to bring a printout of these essays to class.
All Quizzes are open-notebook. Quizzes, homework, and Friday Writings generally may not be "made up" or turned in late. Please read the Assignments Packet carefully for details on the content and grading of these assignments.
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In-class topics |
Reading due for class |
Writing due for class |
Writing due IN class
(Writing Due Online) |
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A29 |
Intros; thinking like a writer
Local & Beyond |
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A31 |
Essay #1 Assignment
Reading for details
Annotating vs. assuming |
Course Info. Packet
HYS: Chapter 1
Animal: Chapter 1 (opt.: pp. 316-333)
Web: Free Time Calculator |
WebCT: Introduction post |
Open-note Quiz #0
Friday Writing #0 |
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S5 |
Audiences and purposes
Spans and Stases
Pre-writing: beyond outlines |
E-Res: Lamott, "SFD"
HYS: Chivers p. 129 & Castleman p. 159
HYS: Chapters 2 & 3 |
Folder/Text: Annotate & Respond
Essay 1: Three-topic list |
Open note Quiz #1
(K-Blog Group 1: W/F) |
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S7 |
Rants & Judgments
Three sides to a story |
Animal: Ch. 2 & 3
Web: Greener by Miles |
Folder/Topic: Believing & Doubting |
Friday Writing 1 |
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S12 |
Reading as a writer
Appeals and alternatives |
HYS: Ch. 4, 5, & 21 |
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Open Note Quiz 2 |
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S14 |
Workshop
Conference sign-ups |
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Compl. Early Draft #1
three copies, typed |
Friday Writing 2 |
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In-class topics |
Reading due for class |
Writing due for class |
Writing due IN class
(Writing Due Online) |
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Conferences |
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Folder/Writer: Conf. Intro |
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S17 |
Revision strategies |
HYS: pp. 411-415
EW: Ch. 1 & 2, skim 3 |
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S19 |
A look ahead |
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Essay #1 + Folder |
Friday Writing 3 |
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S26 |
Research prep
Criteria and evaluation |
HYS: Choose two articles
HYS: p. 229-234 (eval text)
EW: Ch. 18 |
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Open Note Quiz 3
(K-Blog Group 2: W/F) |
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S28 |
Computer Classroom
Beginning research
Source Idols and trees |
Animal: Ch. 5 (opt. Ch. 4) |
Research Prep sheet
Bring first source |
Friday Writing 4 |
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O3 |
Using source material
MLA Citation |
EW: Ch. 19
Web: Great Crow Fallacy |
Bring one more source |
Open Note Quiz 4
(K-Blog Group 3: W/F) |
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O5 |
Virtual Class: Simon, Paula, Randy |
Animal: Ch. 8 (opt. Ch. 9) |
AnnoBib: 50% Draft Post to WebCT |
Friday Writing 5
Online Source Judging |
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O10 |
I say, they say: quotations, paraphrases, summary, citation |
HYS: Ch. 12 & 15
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Folder/Text: Annotated Bibliography |
Open-note Quiz 5 |
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O12 |
Computer Classroom
Organizational strategies
Rich, thorough paragraphs |
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Folder/Topic: Synthesis Tree + synth parag. |
Friday Writing 6 |
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In-class topics |
Reading due for class |
Writing due for class |
Writing due IN class
(Writing Due Online) |
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O17 |
Computer Classroom
Workshop |
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Compl. Early Draft #2:
3 copies (or online) |
Peer Review
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O19 |
Computer Classroom
Beginnings and Endings |
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Friday Writing 7 |
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O24 |
Animal Vegetable Speakout
Topics, subtopics, angles |
Animal review |
Folder/Writer: Peer review redux (Tuesday 11pm, Wed. 11pm)
AVM Sketch 1: Macro |
Wednesday Writing 8 |
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O26 |
Computer Classroom
Immodest proposals
Audience & Evidence |
HYS: Ch. 10, 11, 13
Web: Clarence Darrow
Online: Library Basics, Info Cycle, Find Article |
Folder/Topic: Three Rants |
Open Note Quiz 6 |
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O31 |
Choosing stases & tools
Storyboards & structures |
HYS: Ch 16, 17 & 20 |
Essay #2 + Folder |
Open Note Quiz 7
(K-Blog Group 4: F/M) |
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N2 |
Argue well: analysis, response, tone, counter-argument |
Animal: Ch. 14
EW: Skim Ch. 39, 40, 41 |
AVM Sketch 2: Micro |
Friday Writing 9 |
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N7 |
Choosing the key moments
Integrating evidence
Schedule conferences |
EW: Skim Ch. 22, 25, 26, 27 |
Folder/Text:
Argument Analysis |
Take-Home Quiz 8: Opt.
Creative Sentencing |
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N9 |
Writing in the 21st century: Beyond text 1 |
EW: Ch 4, 5, 13, 15 |
Compl. Early Draft #3: Post to WebCT |
Friday Writing 10 |
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In-class topics |
Reading due for class |
Writing due for class |
Writing due IN class
(Writing Due Online) |
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N14 |
Computer Classroom
Macro Workshop 1
Beyond text 2
What's next |
Peers' draft(s) |
Initial responses to peer drafts |
Peer Review A |
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N16 |
Online Class:
Macro Workshop 2 |
EW: Skim Ch. 42, 43, 45, 47 |
Folder/Writer: Revision Plan (post to WebCT) |
Friday Writing Bonus (Opt)
Peer Review B
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N21 |
No Class: Thanksgiving |
Opt: Animal Ch. 17 |
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(Optional Bonus: New KBlog Posts) |
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N23 |
No Class: Thanksgiving |
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N28 |
Micro Workshop 1 |
HYS: Ch. 6 style
Bring EW |
Advanced Draft #3 (x1)
Grammar Guru Exercise |
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N30 |
Computer Classroom
Micro Workshop 2 |
Bring EW
Have Adv. Draft (e-copy)
Bring another writing asgt.
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K-Blog sketch |
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D5 |
Moving Up:
Writing in school |
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Folder/Writer: Strategy Letter (double credit) |
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D7 |
Moving Out:
Writing in public |
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Essay #3 + Folder |
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NO FINAL EXAM
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