REVISED Assignment Schedule: English 80; Spring 2016, MWF Section
All readings and assignments are DUE on the day for which they are listed. READ THE SYLLABUS!
Week / Date / Topics, Readings, Assignments, and Deadlines forEnglish 80: Preparatory Composition
Understanding Success / Successful Understanding
Reading Unit 1: Stories that Don’t Make Sense (Part A: The Self-Made Man)
Reading Unit 1: Stories that Don’t Make Sense
(Part B: “I’m not Really a [Math, English, School, Book] Person”)
Reading Unit 2:
YOU – What is the Role of the Individual in Defining and Finding Success?
Reading Unit 3: INFLUENCE AND ENVIRONMENT –
What is the Role of Your Family, Background, Educational Experience and Access, Strangers on the Bus and other Community Influences and “Inputs” in Defining and Finding Success?
11 / April 25 / CLASS IS CANCELLED
PROVIDED VIA EMAIL: Prep for Frankl;
11 / April 27 / Book club meeting
Viktor Frankl excerpt from Man’s Search for Meaning
(Start at beginning of “Logotherapy in a Nutshell” chapter;
stop before “Noö-Dynamics”)
In class: practice thesis due for CRC #3 workshop; Prep for Frankl
11 / April 29 / Viktor Frankl excerpt from Man’s Search for Meaning
(Start at “Noö-Dynamics”; stop before “The Essence of Existence”)
In class: Prep for Frankl
Reminder: all TP4 activities must be complete by the end of this week;
TP4 with all supporting papers are due in class on Monday, May 2
In class: Introduction with thesis and first body paragraph;TP #5 assigned
12 / May 2 / DUE: WRC TP #4
DUE: Summary Sentence #9: Frankl
Viktor Frankl excerpt from Man’s Search for Meaning
(Start at “The Essence of Existence”; stop before “Meta-Clinical Problems”)
Book Club Meeting
In class: open questions review for Thoreau and Frankl quiz;
complete draft of CRC #3 due for organizing workshop
12 / May 4 / Quiz #4: Thoreau and Frankl
DUE: Summary Sentence #10: Gladwell, Chapter 8
Gladwell Chapter 8
In class: complete draft due for workshop on sentence craft and any remaining organizational issues
12 / May 6 / Gladwell Chapter 9; Book club Meeting
DUE: Summary Sentence #11: Gladwell, Chapter 9
In class: workshop day for CRC #3 – final workshop for last minute edits
13 / May 9 / DUE: Critical Response Composition #3
Gladwell Epilogue; Book Club Meetings
Reading Unit 4:
Stories that Make Sense: Understanding Success as Successful Understanding
13 / May 11 / Quiz #5: Gladwell Part 2 (Chapters 6 – Epilogue)
In class: Book Club Critical Response Composition discussed
(you were given this assignment when we formed book clubs, but now it is due in two weeks and our future meetings can include some continued book club time, but they will mostly be spent talking about your papers).
Week 13
May 13
(Last day to drop; all students still enrolled after today must receive a grade.) / Book Club Meetings – Last Reading Meeting
Book Club CRC Meetings – Thesis statement due
Reminder: all TP5 activities must be complete by the end of this week;
TP5 with all supporting papers are due in class on Monday, May 16
In class: TP #6 assigned
14 / May 16 / DUE: Questions for Book Club Quiz game
DUE: WRC TP #5
Book Club CRC Meetings:
Introduction paragraph with thesis and first body paragraph due
14 / May 18 / Book Club CRC meetings – organization and editing workshop
14 / May 20 / Quiz #6: Book Club Quiz
15 / May 23 / Book Club CRC meetings: final edit and review workshop
In class: Assign Revision assignment for CRC 2 or 3
15 / May 25 / DUE: Book club CRC and Book Club Group Work Prep Packet
In class: self-reflection essay
15 / May 27 / Ken Bain, “Making the Hard Choices” from What the Best College Students Do
Reminder: all TP6 activities must be complete by the end of this week;
TP6 with all supporting papers are due in class on Wednesday, June 1
In class: TP #6 assigned
16 / May 30
/ Memorial Day Holiday
16 / June 1 / Ken Bain, “Making the Hard Choices” from What the Best College Students Do (continued)
DUE: Summary Sentence #12: Bain essay
DUE: WRC TP #6
DUE: Optional Revision Essay for Replacement Grade (Choose 1 from CRC 2 or 3; no grace period – due in class with graded original; papers that were originally not turned in cannot be revised.)
Final Exam / Monday June 6 / 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Final Exam: In-class essay response to Bain
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