English 101:MT7 / MT9
Course Schedule
| English Class | IT 103 Position papers | |
| Week 1 (Aug 28-30) | Class Intro Handbook: Sections C1-3 (Composing, Drafting, Revising) Online Exercise C2-1 |
Topic assignments |
| Thurs Aug 30, 4-5 pm: Mason Topics Mixer, Eisenhower TV Lounge. | ||
| Week 2 (Sept 4-6) | Exploratory essay on assigned IT 103 topics) Handbook: Sections C4-5 (Paragraphs, Designing Documents) Online Exercise C4-1 |
Green Computing paper |
| Week 3 (Sept 11-13) | Response topic: Green Computing Handbook: Sections A2-3 (Arguments) |
Software and Music Piracy paper |
| Week 4 (Sept 18-20) | Response topic: Software and Music Piracy Handbook: Sections S1 (Parallelism) Online Exercises S1-1, S1-3 (Parallelism) |
RFID paper |
| Thursday Sept. 20: Micron Tour (details TBA) | ||
| Week 5 (Sept 25-27) | Response topic: RFID chips Handbook: Sections R1-3 (Researching) |
Digital Divide paper |
| Wednesday Sept 26, 7:00 pm: Movie night-- Enemy of the State Eisenhower G101 | ||
| Week 6 (Oct 2-4) | Response topic: Digital Divide Handbook: MLA-4, APA-4 Enemy of the State paper |
Outsourcing and Offshoring paper |
| Week 7 (Oct 11) Columbus Day Recess
(Monday classes meet Tuesday; Tuesday classes do not meet). |
Response topic: Outsourcing and Offshoring Handbook: Section S-3 (Modifiers) Online Exercises S3-1, S3-3 (Modifiers) |
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| Week 8 (Oct 16-18) | Begin Tim Berners-Lee Weaving the Web Handbook: Section S6-7 (Sentences Variety and Emphasis) Online Exercise S6-3 (Subordination) |
Social Networking paper |
| Week 9 (Oct 23-25) | Response topic: Use of Social Networking Sites by School Administrators Continue WtW
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Blog paper |
| Week 10 (OCT 30-Nov 1) | Response topic: Blogs Finish WtW Online Exercises G5-1 (Fragments), G6-1 (Run-ons)
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Robotics paper |
| Week 11 (Nov 6-8) | Response topic: Robotics Research Paper (based on IT 103 Website)
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Internet Addiction paper |
| Week 12 (Nov 13-15) | Response topic: Internet Addiction Handbook: Sections W1-3 Online Exercise W2-1 (Wordy Sentences), W3-1, W3-2 (Active and be verbs) |
Internet Predator paper |
| Week 13 (Nov 20) |
Response topic: Internet Predators Handbook: Sections P1-2 |
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| Week 14 (Nov 27-29) | Writing for the web
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USA Patriot Act paper |
| Week 15 (Dec 4-6) | Response topic: USA Patriot Act Field Trip report
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