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English 101 Calendar Winter 2010 8:30Fischer

WEEK 6: February / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12
Pre-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
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  • Portfolio collection
  • Group work for essay 3
Homework:
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
Homework:
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
Homework:
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
President’s Day /
  • Begin workshop on essay 3 works cited
  • Impromptu prompts
Homework:
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
Homework:
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
Homework:
Complete revision of essay 3; post 2nd draft to Angel before noon on Saturday /
  • Sign up for essay 4 groups—start research
Homework:
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
Homework:
Begin research for essay 4 /
  • Essay 4 group discussions and research
Homework:
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
Homework:
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
Homework:
Make final revisions to essay 3. Final draft packet will contain:
  1. Brainstorm if you did not post it to Angel
  2. Final draft
  3. Annotated copies of all source material with all quotes and paraphrases highlighted.
Begin writing plan for essay 4 /
  • Impromptu revision
  • Meet in 117
  • Turn in final draft packet essay 3
Homework:
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
Homework:
  • Revise writing plan
  • Fill gaps in research as needed
  • Begin drafting essay 4
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  • Group work for essay 4
to brainstorm final presentation
Homework:
Draft essay 4 including works cited page
Post to Angel before class tomorrow
 /
  • workshop works cited page and ( ) notations for essay 4
Homework:
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
Homework:
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
Homework:
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
/ Editing workshop; read aloud and backwards from the bottom up. Post to Angel before leaving class
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
Homework:
Prepare your portfolio for Monday
WEEK 11: / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19
Portfolio collection
Group Work
Homework:
  • Work on presentation
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  • Portfolio reading Engl&101 does not meet today
Homework:
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
Homework:
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