Important Dates and Deadlines

ENC 1101 Spring 2017 Schedule MW

Important Dates and Deadlines:

Withdrawal deadline, Friday, March 31, 11:59pm

How to Read the Calendar Homework is to be completed prior to the next class meeting. Example: If the homework listed on 1/9 is to read “Purpose” it should be read before coming to class on 1/11.

Assignments are due by the date and time listed in the calendar.

Week / In-Class / Homework/ Assignment Due Dates
Week 1 / 1/9 / -Get to Know You
-What the course is about
-What makes a positive learning community? / §  Check Atlas email and read syllabus
1/11 / -Syllabus quiz
-Blackboard scavenger hunt / §  Complete Diagnostic Essay in Blackboard by 11:59pm, Monday 1/16 (Week 1 folder)
Week 2 / 1/16 / MLK DAY- NO CLASS / §  Read lecture “Writing Basics” (Week 2 folder)
§  Complete “Writing Basics” Reflection (Week 2 folder). Due before class 1/18.
§  Read “Fragments, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences” (Week 2 folder)
1/18 / -Writing basics, Thesis, Topic sentences, major/minor details
-Intro to Essay #1
-Example student essay
-Fragments, comma splices, and fused sentences / §  Read lecture “Narration” (Week 3 folder)
§  Complete “Narration” reflection (Week 3 folder). Due before class 1/23.
§  Read “Misplaced Modifiers” (Week 3 folder)
Week 3 / 1/23 / -Narration
-Example essay “The Cat’s Meow”
-Activity
-Intro to Outline
-Misplaced Modifiers / §  Read “Grandmother’s Victory” by Maya Angelou, (pg 14-19) in 75 Readings Plus.
§  Complete “Grandmother’s Victory” reflection (Week 3 folder). Due before class 1/25.
§  Read “Verb Forms” (Week 3 folder)
1/25 / - “Grandmother’s Victory”
- Verb forms
Week 4 / 1/30 / Justice Week / §  Complete Justice Week Reflection #1 for first workshop (Week 4 folder). Due 1/31 by 11:59 pm
2/1 / Justice Week / §  Read lecture on Description (Week 5 folder)
§  Complete reflection on Description (Week 5 folder). Due before class on 2/6.
§  Complete Justice Week Reflection #2 for second workshop (Week 4 folder). Due 2/2 by 11:59 pm
Week 5 / 2/6 / -Description
-Example Student Essay
-Activity / §  Read “Marrying Absurd” by Didion (61) in 75 Readings Plus.
§  Complete “Marrying Absurd” reflection (Week 5 folder). Due before class on 2/8.
§  Read “Tense Shift” (Week 5 folder)
2/8 / - “Marrying Absurd”
- Tense Shift / §  Complete Outline for Essay #1 and submit to Blackboard (“Assignments” folder). Due 2/10 by 11:59 pm.
§  Read lecture on Cause and Effect (Week 6 folder)
§  Complete reflection on Cause and Effect (Week 6 folder). Due before class on 2/13.
§  Read Subject-Verb Agreement (Week 6 folder)
Week 6 / 2/13 / -Cause and Effect
-Intro Essay #2
-Example Student Essay
-Subject-Verb Agreement / §  Read “Integrating Sources” lecture (Week 6 folder)
§  Complete “Integrating Sources” reflection (Week 6 folder). Due before class 2/15.
§  Read “Pronoun Agreement” (Week 6 folder)
2/15 / -“Integrating Sources”
-Revisit Student example essay
-Cause and Effect Outline
-Pronoun Agreement / §  Essay #1 due in Blackboard 2/16 by 11:59 pm
§  Read “Agency Theory—The Milgram Experiment” (Week 7 folder)
§  Complete “Agency Theory” reflection (Week 7 folder). Due before class on 2/20.
§  Read “Punctuation” (Week 7 folder).
Week 7 / 2/20 / -“Agency Theory”
-Punctuation / §  Read “Herd Mentality” (Week 7 folder)
§  Complete “Herd Mentality” reflection (Week 7 folder). Due before class 2/22.
2/22 / -Herd Mentality
-“The Lottery” / §  Read “Discipline and Punish, Panopticism” (Week 8 folder) and “Shooting an Elephant, 75 Readings (pg 2) in 75 Readings Plus.
§  Complete “Panopticism and ‘Shooting an Elephant’” reflection (Week 8 folder). Due before class 2/27.
Week 8 / 2/27 / -Panopticism and “Shooting an Elephant” / §  Complete Outline for Essay #2 and submit to Blackboard (“Assignments” folder). Due 2/28 by 11:59pm
§  Read Argument lecture and Example lecture (Week 8 folder)
§  Complete Argument reflection (Week 8 folder). Due before class 3/1.
3/1 / -Argument and Example
-Intro to Essay #3
-Example Student Issue Essay
-Brainstorm topics
-Argument Activity / §  Choose a topic to research in the Library next week.
Week 9 / 3/6 / Library Research / §  Essay #2 due in Blackboard 3/7 by 11:59pm
3/8 / Library Research
Week 10 / 3/13 / Spring Break
3/15 / Spring Break / §  Re-read “Integrating Sources” document (Week 6 folder)
§  Read MLA section of Little Seagull Handbook
§  Complete reflection on MLA (Week 11 folder). Due before class 3/20.
Week 11 / 3/20 / -MLA and Integrating Research
-Example Student Essay / §  Read “An Indian Father’s Plea” (422) in 75 Readings Plus.
§  Complete “An Indian Father’s Plea” reflection (Week 11 folder). Due before class 3/22.
3/22 / -“An Indian Father’s Plea” / §  Read “On Liberty” by Mill (434) in 75 Readings Plus.
§  Complete Reflection for “On Liberty” (Week 12 folder). Due before class 3/27.
Week 12 / 3/27 / -“On Liberty” / §  Essay #3 Due 3/28 by 11:59 pm
§  Read “Space Tourism” (Week 12 folder)
§  Complete “Space Tourism” reflection (Week 12 folder). Due before class 3/29.
3/29 / -“Space Tourism” / §  Research the topic of Colonizing Mars.
Week 13 / 4/3 / -Colonizing Mars Team Debate / §  Read “Group Project Debate Assignment Guidelines” (“Assignments” folder)
4/5 / -Form Group Project Teams
-Choose Group Project Topics / §  Research debate topic
Week
14 / 4/10 / -Work on debate project—Arguments
4/12 / -Continue to work on debate project—Arguments / §  Research possible counter-arguments against your own side and the opposing side.
Week
15 / 4/17 / Debates begin. Half of the groups present Initial Arguments / §  Initial Arguments due in class on day of presentation.
4/19 / Debates continue.
The rest of the groups present Initial Arguments
FINAL
EXAM
WEEK / 4/24 / M/W 1:00 class meets today from 1:00pm-3:30pm
-Deliver Counter-Arguments
-Counter Arguments due
4/26 / M/W 8:30 class meets today from 7:00am-9:30am
-Deliver Counter-Arguments
-Counter-arguments due