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ENG 102 Daily Syllabus: Tentative Schedule of Readings and Assignments
#05014 meets 1:40 – 2:55 MW in PSA 113
This schedule is subject to change (changes will be announced in class, and it is your responsibility to keep up with them). Note: there will be a daily free writing assignment.

Abbreviations: Everythings’s An Argument (EA); Reading Cultures (RC); Easy-Writer (EW)

WEEK 1

Date

Class Discussion

Homework

1/17 M

Martin Luther King Day – No Class

 

1/19 W

Course introduction:

Course Policy / Syllabus

Discussion: goals and expectations

Reading: Course Policy / Syllabus

EA Chapter 1

Assignment sheet

1/21 F

Last day of Drop / Add

 

WEEK 2

Date

Class Discussion

Homework

1/24 M

Stasis Theory & Commonplaces

Wksp conjecture assignment

Reading: EA Chapter 2, RC "Split at the Root: An Essay on Jewish Identity"

p. 474-482.

1/26 W

Lines of Argument

Wksp issues

Reading: EA Chapter 4, 6, 7 & King from Webpage (bring to next class)

WEEK 3

Date

Class Discussion

Homework

1/31 M

Wksp issues

Choose a topic for assignment one and write up answers to questions 1 & 2 on invention sheet

2/2 W

Class meets in the library for research time.

Due: Invention 1 & 2

Conduct any interviews that may be helpful for your topic. Read written research and write down how people have conjectured the issue and what lines of argument they make

(invention 4, preliminary conjectures)

WEEK 4

Date

Class Discussion

Homework

2/7 M

Due: Preliminary Conjectures

Wksp conjectures

Read: EA Chapter 3

Write up the background of the issue (when/where begin, causes, effects) & complete question 5 (second set of conjectures) on invention sheet.

2/9 W

Due: Second Conjectures

Wksp Question 6 in class

Begin first complete draft of assignment one; Read EA chap 20 and bring EA & EW & a complete draft to class.

2/11 F

Unrestricted Withdrawal Deadline

 

WEEK 5

Date

Class Discussion

Homework

2/14 M

Peer Review As. 1

Using Sources in your draft

 

2/16 W

2nd Peer Review As. 1

Polished Draft (due next class)

WEEK 6

Date

Class Discussion

Homework

2/21 M

Due: Polished Draft of As. 1
Wksp evaluation assignment

Read assignment sheet; write a paragraph about how you will adapt your topic from assignment 1 for assignment 2
Read: EA Ch. 5 & 10.

2/23 W

Class meets in library;

Research (Question 1 on Invention Sheet)

Read: EA Ch. 14

Type up your answer to Question 2 on the invention sheet & bring this and your research to class.

WEEK 7

Date

Class Discussion

Homework

2/28 M

In class work on invention question 3

Reading: EA Ch. 17 & RC "Announcing a Public Campaign Against Select Day-time Television Talk shows" & "How Jenny Jones Saved My Life. Why William Bennett is Wrong about Trash TV" p. 28-33

Continue working on invention 3

3/1 W

Catch up

 

WEEK 8

Date

Class Discussion

Homework

3/6 M

Peer Review of As. 2

 

3/8 W

2nd Peer Review of As. 2

Complete draft (due next class)

WEEK 9

Date

Class Discussion

Homework

3/13 -3/17

Spring Break!

Have fun!

WEEK 10

Date

Class Discussion

Homework

3/20 M

Due: Polished Draft of As. 2
Wksp Proposal

Write up a description of the problem you wish to address.

Read As. 3 & EA Ch 12

3/22 W

Class meets in library

 

WEEK 11

Date

Class Discussion

Homework

3/27 M

Due: Description of Problem

Workshop problem

Read EA Ch. 11

3/29 W

Due: Description of Solution

Workshop Solution

Read EA Ch. 18. Bring an example of a fallacy to class.

3/31 F

Restricted Course Withdrawal Deadline

 

WEEK 12

Date

Class Discussion

Homework

4/3 M

Catch up

First Complete Draft (due next class)

4/5 W

Due: First Complete Draft

Peer Review: First Draft

Second Complete Draft (due next class)

WEEK 13

Date

Class Discussion

Homework

4/10 M

Due: Second Complete Draft

Peer Review: Second Draft

Polished Draft (due next class)

4/12 W

Due: Polished Draft of As. 3

Read your returned papers.

Bring your drafts to the next class

WEEK 14

Date

Class Discussion

Homework

4/17 M

Conferences

 

4/19 W

Conferences

 

WEEK 15

Date

Class Discussion

Homework

4/24 M

Wksp Revision

Draft of Revision & Reflection (due next class)

4/26 W

Due: Draft of Revision & Reflection

Peer Review: Draft of Revision & Reflection

Polished Draft (due next class)

4/27 Th

Restricted Complete Withdrawal Deadline

 

WEEK 16

Date

Class Discussion

Homework

5/1 M

Last day of Class!

Due: Polished Draft of As. 4

Reflection Letter (due as final)

WEEK 17

Date

Class Discussion

Homework

5/10 W

Due: Reflection Letter

Turn in the Reflection Letter in my office between 2:40 – 4:30 pm in lieu of a Final Exam

Have a great summer break!