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English 101 Calendar Winter 2010 8:30Fischer
WEEK 6: February / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12Pre-portfolio conferences
Final workshop on Portfolio essay – in class
Cover sheets
Q&A as needed
Homework:
- Prepare portfolio essay w/ cover—due tomorrow
- Begin drafting essay 3; bring 3 copies to class on Thursday for workshop – MUST have works cited included
- Portfolio collection
- Group work for essay 3
Work on essay 3; bring 3 copies to class on Thursday for seminar and workshop – MUST have works cited included
Seminar Thurs. Bring printed & annotated sources and writing plan as ticket / Portfolio reading Engl&101 does not meet today
The Vagina Monologues 24/110 today! /
- Seminar 2:
- grp 1 meets at 8:30
- grp 2 meets at 8:55
- Your writing plans & printed sources are your ticket
Revise writing plan—do more research as needed
Review the Argument section in your CWH
Have art stuff? Crayons, markers, etc.? bring them tomorrow. /
- Logical Fallacy
- Return portfolios
- Candy Bar Wars
Draft essay 3—post to Angel beforeclass on Tuesday—Works cited required.
Bring your printed/annotated research for MLA workshop and your CWH on Tuesday
WEEK 7: / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19
- NO School
- Begin workshop on essay 3 works cited
- Impromptu prompts
Comment on your peer essays using first draft commenting handout on online syllabus (same as before)
Remember, this draft is all about content: thesis, solid topic sentences, lots of evidence, conclusion
Post to Angel before class on Wednesday /
- Impromptu 1
- Meet in 117
Respond to comments from your peers per your handout on the online syllabus. Post to Angel before tomorrow
Begin to revise essay 3; post 2nd draft to Angel before noon on Saturday
Do you need a little more research? /
- Group work for essay 3
- Assign essay 4—just to get thinking about it
Complete revision of essay 3; post 2nd draft to Angel before noon on Saturday /
- Sign up for essay 4 groups—start research
After noon on Saturday, comment on your groups’ revised essays. Post to Angel before class on Tuesday.
Remember, this time we are looking for paragraph level issues: transitions between and within paragraphs, topic sentence claim in control, lots of quality evidence, and a conclusion/tie-back sent.
WEEK 8: / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26
- Impromptu 2
- Meet in 117
Begin research for essay 4 /
- Essay 4 group discussions and research
Revise essay 3 using comments from Angel postings. Post before class tomorrow.
Continue research for essay 4
Post audience discovery and proposal toessay 4 discussion board on Angel before class tomorrow /
- Read aloud workshop essay 3
Essay 3 editing workshop; read 2 of your peers’ essays backwards from the bottom up. Offer suggestions.
Post to Angel by tomorrow before class
Remember, this time we are looking at sentence level issues: word choice, usage errors, punctuation, sentence boundaries and style. /
- Work day in class
Make final revisions to essay 3. Final draft packet will contain:
- Brainstorm if you did not post it to Angel
- Final draft
- Annotated copies of all source material with all quotes and paraphrases highlighted.
- Impromptu revision
- Meet in 117
- Turn in final draft packet essay 3
Prepare for seminar Monday: Bringessay 4 writing plan and copies of your sources are your ticket into class
Post writing plan to Angel before noon on Sunday
WEEK 9: March / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
- Seminar 3:
- grp 1 meets at 8:30
- grp 2 meets at 8:55
- Your writing plans & printed sources are your ticket
- Revise writing plan
- Fill gaps in research as needed
- Begin drafting essay 4
- Group work for essay 4
Homework:
Draft essay 4 including works cited page
Post to Angel before class tomorrow
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- workshop works cited page and ( ) notations for essay 4
comment on essays for your group using the same procedure for global drafts as in the past 3 essays (content)
Post to Angel before class tomorrow /
- Begin revision in class:
- Q&A as needed
Respond to comments from your peers
Continue to revise essay 4
Post both items to Angel before class tomorrow.
Finishing touches on any essays you want regarded that will NOT be final collection essays /
- In-class workday to use as your group sees fit
- Last day to turn in revisions of essays NOT included in Final Collection
Comment on peer essays: paragraph level issues; post to Angel before Monday’s class
WEEK 10: / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12
Revise essay 4
Presentation group work
Q&A as needed
Homework:
- Revise essay 4—using peer & Kel’s comments; post to Angel before class tomorrow
Remember, this time we are looking at sentence level issues: word choice, usage errors, punctuation, sentence boundaries and style.
Homework:
Make final revisions to essay 4. Final draft packet will contain:
Brainstorm if you did not post it to Angel
Final draft
Annotated copies of all source material with all quotes and paraphrases highlighted. / Final draft packet of essay 4 due
Homework:
Are there extra credit events you still need to respond to? / last day to turn in extra credit
Homework:
whatever best serves your needs for the class
bring your choice of essay for portfolio for read aloud workshop tomorrow /
- Final workshop on Portfolio essay – in class
- Cover sheets
- Q&A as needed
Prepare your portfolio for Monday
WEEK 11: / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19
Portfolio collection
Group Work
Homework:
- Work on presentation
- Portfolio reading Engl&101 does not meet today
Work on presentation
Put final collection together due Thursday / Portfolio reading Engl&101 does not meet today
Homework:
Work on presentation
Put final collection together due Thursday /
- Return portfolios
- Group work
- Final Collection due
Finish up your group presentations / Dead Day: No Classes
Homework:
Finish up your group presentations
Final exam day: Monday, March 22 8:30 – 10:30 Group Presentations
This calendar represents a best effort at planning; however, things can and do happen, so changes may occur. Be sure to take notes!
Decoding the calendar:
CWH (9-59): The Concise Wadsworth Handbook pages 9-59
WT: The White Tiger