Composition IFall 2005 Calendar

Date / In Class Topic / Homework
M 8/22 / Introduction to Comp. I
Syllabus
Core overview / Read xx-xxxv for Mon.
W 8/24 / Grading rubric overview: Content and Organization, Diction
Audience and purpose
F
8/26 / Grading rubric overview: Sentence Structure, Grammar & Mechanics
Diagnostic essay
M 8/29 / What makes “good” writing
Rhetorical context
How to read / Read pgs. 431-37 for Fri. 9/2
W
8/31 / Using your QA guide
F
9/2 / Genres
Intro. To Core I / Read pgs. 1-23 for Wed.
M
9/5 / Labor Day—
No Class / Don’t labor.
W
9/7 / “How I Lost the Junior Miss Pageant”
“The Aloha Spirit: A reminiscence” / Read pgs. 24-57 for Mon.
F
9/9 / Overview of Core I assignment
Denotation and connotation
From telling to showing / Submit a one paragraph summary of your memory and its significance on Mon. 9/12
M
9/12 / Core I paragraphs due
“The Thrill of Victory. . .The Agony of Parents”
Finding a topic to write about, pgs. 26-29
W
9/14 / The Wonder Years
Finding the significance, pgs. 30-31
Brainstorm memory details: who, what, how, where, when?
F
9/16 / Allusions: Time Capsule
“The Grapes of Mrs. Roth”
M
9/19 / Core I Thesis Statements, pgs. 36-37
Things to identify before you write: subject, audience, purpose, thesis
Hot to organize your memoir
Introduction and conclusion strategies
W
9/21 / Writing dialogue
Voice and tone
F
9/23 / Grammar Presentation #1 (me)
Core I rough draft due for Peer Review / Read pgs. 58-75 for Wed.
M
9/26 / Figurative language and literal language
Revising, editing, and proofreading
Top Eleven Sins of Undergraduate Writing
W 9/28 / Core I due
Intro. To Core II
“The Ring of Truth”
Examining your relationship with your parents
F
9/30 / Grammar Presentation #2
Finding relationships
Examining your relationship to your job: Office Space / Read pgs. 76-101 for Wed.
M
10/3 / “American and the Land”
What is your relationship to the land, an area, animals, strangers, UCF?
What is your relationship to technology?
Overview of Core II assignment
W 10/5 / For 45 minutes, visit the Student Union, the cafeteria, the bookstore, the gym, a computer lab, or the honors college and investigate with your questions. Do not talk on your phone or talk to friends. Observe.
F
10/7 / Grammar Presentation #3
Report back about relationships
“Friend or Foe?”
M 10/10 / “What the Honey Meant”
Examining relationship: What is your relationship to violence?
W
10/12 / One paragraph summary of relationship due
Public resonance: Why does your topic matter to others?
F
10/14 / Grammar Presentation #4
Map it!
Thesis statements
Paragraph organization
Transitions
Essay organization
M
10/17 / Punctuation
(Yes, a whole class on punctuation! Can you believe it? What fun!) / Write “I love semi-colons” 50 times on the back of your Core II folder.
W
10/19 / Rough draft due for Core II Peer Review / Read pgs. 320-342 for Mon.
F
10/21 / Core II due
Grammar Presentation #5
Introduction to Core III
Establishing criteria / Start reading Kite Runner, pgs. 1-213 by Fri.
M 10/24 / The AlligatorRiver Problem
“Someday” by Nickelback
Overview of Core III assignment
W 10/26 / “Pulp Fiction”
“Whales R Us”
F
10/28 / Grammar Presentation #6
Evaluate your relationship with your mom or dad: what do you like and not like about the relationship? What do you think is healthy or problematic? What would you do differently with your kids? / Read Kite Runner, pgs. 213-371 by Fri.
M 10/31 / General and specific words
Abstract and concrete examples
W 11/2 / Kite Runner quiz
Discovering criteria for your evaluation:
What do you think of Amir’s relationship with his father? Is it a good one? Why or why not?
F
11/4 / Grammar Presentation #7
Kite Runner quiz
Core III organization
Supporting your criteria with specific examples
Summarizing, paraphrasing, and direct quoting
M
11/7 / Core III outline and rough draft due
W
11/9 / Core III due
Introduction to Core IV
Finding local issues / Read pgs. 208-229 for Mon.
F
11/11 / Veteran’s Day--
No Class. / Honor a veteran!
M
11/14 / “Cruelty, Civility, and Other Weighty Matters”
Conducting preliminary research
W
11/16 / Research questions due
Conducting library research: what to look for and what to do with it once you have it.
Annotating sources
Summarizing, paraphrasing, and direct quoting
MLA documentation / Find a source on your topic for Fri.
F
11/18 / MLA documentation cont. / Print out sample argument essay (online), read, and bring to class Mon. Read pgs. 230-263 for Wed.
M
11/21 / Analyzing a sample argument
W
11/23 / Thesis statements
Organization of Core IV
F
11/25 / No class-
Thanksgiving break. / Thank Ms. I
M
11/29 / Negotiating differences--concessions
W
11/31 / Core IV outlines and rough drafts due for Peer Review
F
12/2 / Core IV due

* Calendar may be changed if we have too much or too little time for something.

Final Exam Schedule

ENC 1102 MWF 10:30-11:20 / M 12/5 10:00-12:50
ENC 1101 MWF 11:30-12:20 / W 12/7 10:00-12:50
ENC 1102 MWF12:30-1:20 / F 12/9 10:00-12:50
ENC 1101 MWF 1:30-2:20 / M 12/5 1:00-3:50
ENC 1101 MWF2:30-3:20 / W 12/7 1:00-3:50