English 1A
Calendar*
* This calendar is subject to change. Listen for announcements in class and check this website regularly for changes.
T 2/18 Syllabus Overview, Introductions, In-class Reading: "The Trophy Syndrome" by Robert Samuelson
Th 2/20 In-class writing assignment: SMG Ch.1 Reflection 1 and 2 Readings Due: "A Homemade Education" by Malcolm X www.smartercarter.com/Essays/Homemade%20Education.pdf
Homework Due: Malcolm X Reading Questions
T 2/25 Justifying an Evaluation Readings Due: Roger Ebert’s review of Avatar http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091211/REVIEWS/912119998; New York Magazine review of Avatar http://nymag.com/listings/movie/avatar/ Homework Due: WRC Assignment
Th 2/27 Justifying an Evaluation 2; Narrating Readings Due: "What’s Wrong with Cinderella?" http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/magazine/24princess.t.html Homework Due: Avatar review questions
T 3/4 E1 Preliminaries Readings Due: Restaurant review: http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-gold-20130126,0,325185.story Product review: http://www.wired.com/reviews/2013/02/wilson-steam/ Travel Review: http://www.sunset.com/travel/hawaii-mexico/kailua-hawaii-00418000078787/ Homework Due: "Cinderella" questions; WRC Assignment
Th 3/6 Peer review E1 introductions Homework Due: Reviews Reading Questions Assignments Due: Introduction to E1, including thesis statement and a forecasting statement. Bring 4 copies.
LAST DAY TO ADD--3/7
LAST DAY TO DROP WITHOUT A “W”--3/9
T 3/11 The importance of description; Revisiting reviews Homework Due: WRC Assignment; Write a paragraph describing, in detail, the subject that you have chosen to write on for E1. For example, if you have chosen to evaluate an amusement park, write a paragraph that vividly describes the best (or worst) aspects of the park. Be sure to use sense descriptions! Bring 3 copies to class.
Th 3/13 Peer Review E1 Assignments Due: E1 Draft (bring 3 copies of your paper)
T 3/18 Partner formation for Group Project; Idea generation for E2; Invention strategies; Arguing a position Readings Due: Gun Control Op Eds: http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2020268452_jennydurkanopedxml.html and http://washingtonexaminer.com/gun-control-fails-rationality-test/article/2519971 Assignments Due: E1 Final draft due by 5pm via the website's Turn It In page. Due in class: Peer-reviewed drafts, Instructor-reviewed draft and WRC Instructor Confirmation Sheet.
Th 3/20 Using research: Works Cited and annotated bibliographies; Homework Due: Annotated Bibliography entry for first E2 source. Find (and read) one source that you may use to help you in formulating your argument for E2. This should come from a source that scholars would consider relevant, such as a book, newspaper article, or article from a scholarly journal. Print and bring the source with you to class.
FRI 3/21 Homework Due: 5 hours in WRC!
T 3/25 Working with source material: quoting and paraphrasing; Outlines; Identify two additional sources for E2. Make an Annotated Bibliography citation and summary for each one. Identify 3 quotes or passages in them that you may wish to use for E2. Homework Due: Bring the sources and your Annotated Bibliography (with all 3 sources included) to class. WRC Assignment Due.
Th 3/27 Group work on introductions and body paragraphs. Readings Due: "Fast Food Nation" (download on Course Documents page) Homework Due: Outlines (composed in class) and peer-reviewed intro paragraph (also done in class on 3/25); Introduction (revised from hand written draft) and first paragraph of E2. Bring 3 type written copies.
T 4/1 Peer Review E2; Assignments Due: E2 Draft (bring 3 copies of your paper) Homework Due: Reading Questions: "Fast Food;" WRC Assignment
Th 4/3 Film: An Inconvenient Truth
T 4/8 Using Comparison/Contrast to highlight a position/argument; In-class: Reading questions: "Dinosaurs"
Readings Due: "Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of the Dinosaurs" Homework Due: WRC Assignment; Vocab list #1. Define each word and use it in a sentence that makes it clear that you understand its meaning and proper usage. Download a PDF of the course Vocabulary List here. A Word Doc format of the Vocab List is available here.
Th 4/10 Defining; (Handout) Working Class Hero; Creative in-class assignment Readings Due: (Handout) "Somebody’s Baby" Homework Due: Film Questions: An Inconvenient Truth
T 4/15 & Th 4/17 SPRING BREAK!! :)
T 4/22 Group meetings about projects; Outlines Assignments Due: E2 final draft due by 5pm via the website's Turn It In page. Due in class: Peer-reviewed drafts, Instructor-reviewed draft and WRC Instructor Confirmation Sheet.
(You must also provide your Group Paper partner with a copy of the final draft!)
Th 4/24 Group work continued
T 4/29 ; Group work continued; Peer reviewing Assignments Due: Complete draft of Group Paper (bring 2 copies to class) Homework Due: WRC Assignment
Th 5/1 Group presentations Assignments Due: Group papers and presentations due
T 5/6 Group presentations (continued) Homework Due: WRC Assignment; Vocabulary Quiz #1 Assignments Due: Printed copies of E1 rewrites due in class. (Reminder: You may not rewrite an A paper!)
Th 5/8 Group presentations (continued); Film: Food Inc.
T 5/13 Film: Food Inc. (cont.) Homework Due: WRC Assignment; Vocabulary List #2. Define each word and use it in a sentence that makes it clear that you understand its meaning and proper usage.
Th 5/15 Meetings about paper proposals; In class questions on Food Inc. and Columbine
Assignments Due: Final Research Paper Proposal
Readings Due: "Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?" http://www.antilife.org/files/marilyn.html
Due by the end of Class: Food Inc. and "Columbine" questions
LAST DAY TO DROP WITH A “W”--5/16
T 5/20 Peer Reviewing; Homework Due: WRC Assignment; Research Paper Outline (bring 3 copies); Research Paper Introduction Paragraph(s) (bring 3 copies)
Th 5/22 Film: Capitalism a Love Story Readings Due: 'The 2000 Election and the “War on Terror”' http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinn2000electionch25.html Homework Due: Research Paper Ountline revision (be sure to include the sources you will use in each section)
T 5/27 ; Research paper Peer Reviews Homework Due: WRC Assignment Assignments Due: Research paper draft #1 (bring 4 copies)
Th 5/29 Finish Film: Capitalism Homework Due: Reading questions: "War on Terror"
T 6/3 Peer Review Research Paper Draft 2; Homework Due: Discussion questions for Capitalism a Love Story; Vocabulary List #3. Define each word and use it in a sentence that makes it clear that you understand its meaning and proper usage. Assignments Due: Research Paper Draft #2 (bring 3 copies); Vocabulary Quiz #2
Th 6/5 Final Quiz on MLA and In-Class Essay Homework Due: PLEASE BRING A COPY OF EACH OF THE PAPERS YOU WROTE THIS SEMESTER TO CLASS AS YOU WILL NEED THEM FOR YOUR FINAL IN-CLASS ESSAY (DIGITAL COPIES OKAY); YOU WILL ALSO NEED YOUR MLA HANDBOOKS
Th 6/12 FINAL EXAM 2:00pm - 4:30pm Homework Due: Vocabulary Quiz #3 Assignments Due: Final draft research papers due by 2pm! WRC Instructor Confirmation and peer reviewed drafts due in class. 18 hours in WRC due by 2pm! Rewrites of Group Paper and/or E2 due in class (must bring a hard copy). Extra credit due in class.
Th 2/20 In-class writing assignment: SMG Ch.1 Reflection 1 and 2 Readings Due: "A Homemade Education" by Malcolm X www.smartercarter.com/Essays/Homemade%20Education.pdf
Homework Due: Malcolm X Reading Questions
T 2/25 Justifying an Evaluation Readings Due: Roger Ebert’s review of Avatar http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091211/REVIEWS/912119998; New York Magazine review of Avatar http://nymag.com/listings/movie/avatar/ Homework Due: WRC Assignment
Th 2/27 Justifying an Evaluation 2; Narrating Readings Due: "What’s Wrong with Cinderella?" http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/magazine/24princess.t.html Homework Due: Avatar review questions
T 3/4 E1 Preliminaries Readings Due: Restaurant review: http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-gold-20130126,0,325185.story Product review: http://www.wired.com/reviews/2013/02/wilson-steam/ Travel Review: http://www.sunset.com/travel/hawaii-mexico/kailua-hawaii-00418000078787/ Homework Due: "Cinderella" questions; WRC Assignment
Th 3/6 Peer review E1 introductions Homework Due: Reviews Reading Questions Assignments Due: Introduction to E1, including thesis statement and a forecasting statement. Bring 4 copies.
LAST DAY TO ADD--3/7
LAST DAY TO DROP WITHOUT A “W”--3/9
T 3/11 The importance of description; Revisiting reviews Homework Due: WRC Assignment; Write a paragraph describing, in detail, the subject that you have chosen to write on for E1. For example, if you have chosen to evaluate an amusement park, write a paragraph that vividly describes the best (or worst) aspects of the park. Be sure to use sense descriptions! Bring 3 copies to class.
Th 3/13 Peer Review E1 Assignments Due: E1 Draft (bring 3 copies of your paper)
T 3/18 Partner formation for Group Project; Idea generation for E2; Invention strategies; Arguing a position Readings Due: Gun Control Op Eds: http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2020268452_jennydurkanopedxml.html and http://washingtonexaminer.com/gun-control-fails-rationality-test/article/2519971 Assignments Due: E1 Final draft due by 5pm via the website's Turn It In page. Due in class: Peer-reviewed drafts, Instructor-reviewed draft and WRC Instructor Confirmation Sheet.
Th 3/20 Using research: Works Cited and annotated bibliographies; Homework Due: Annotated Bibliography entry for first E2 source. Find (and read) one source that you may use to help you in formulating your argument for E2. This should come from a source that scholars would consider relevant, such as a book, newspaper article, or article from a scholarly journal. Print and bring the source with you to class.
FRI 3/21 Homework Due: 5 hours in WRC!
T 3/25 Working with source material: quoting and paraphrasing; Outlines; Identify two additional sources for E2. Make an Annotated Bibliography citation and summary for each one. Identify 3 quotes or passages in them that you may wish to use for E2. Homework Due: Bring the sources and your Annotated Bibliography (with all 3 sources included) to class. WRC Assignment Due.
Th 3/27 Group work on introductions and body paragraphs. Readings Due: "Fast Food Nation" (download on Course Documents page) Homework Due: Outlines (composed in class) and peer-reviewed intro paragraph (also done in class on 3/25); Introduction (revised from hand written draft) and first paragraph of E2. Bring 3 type written copies.
T 4/1 Peer Review E2; Assignments Due: E2 Draft (bring 3 copies of your paper) Homework Due: Reading Questions: "Fast Food;" WRC Assignment
Th 4/3 Film: An Inconvenient Truth
T 4/8 Using Comparison/Contrast to highlight a position/argument; In-class: Reading questions: "Dinosaurs"
Readings Due: "Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of the Dinosaurs" Homework Due: WRC Assignment; Vocab list #1. Define each word and use it in a sentence that makes it clear that you understand its meaning and proper usage. Download a PDF of the course Vocabulary List here. A Word Doc format of the Vocab List is available here.
Th 4/10 Defining; (Handout) Working Class Hero; Creative in-class assignment Readings Due: (Handout) "Somebody’s Baby" Homework Due: Film Questions: An Inconvenient Truth
T 4/15 & Th 4/17 SPRING BREAK!! :)
T 4/22 Group meetings about projects; Outlines Assignments Due: E2 final draft due by 5pm via the website's Turn It In page. Due in class: Peer-reviewed drafts, Instructor-reviewed draft and WRC Instructor Confirmation Sheet.
(You must also provide your Group Paper partner with a copy of the final draft!)
Th 4/24 Group work continued
T 4/29 ; Group work continued; Peer reviewing Assignments Due: Complete draft of Group Paper (bring 2 copies to class) Homework Due: WRC Assignment
Th 5/1 Group presentations Assignments Due: Group papers and presentations due
T 5/6 Group presentations (continued) Homework Due: WRC Assignment; Vocabulary Quiz #1 Assignments Due: Printed copies of E1 rewrites due in class. (Reminder: You may not rewrite an A paper!)
Th 5/8 Group presentations (continued); Film: Food Inc.
T 5/13 Film: Food Inc. (cont.) Homework Due: WRC Assignment; Vocabulary List #2. Define each word and use it in a sentence that makes it clear that you understand its meaning and proper usage.
Th 5/15 Meetings about paper proposals; In class questions on Food Inc. and Columbine
Assignments Due: Final Research Paper Proposal
Readings Due: "Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?" http://www.antilife.org/files/marilyn.html
Due by the end of Class: Food Inc. and "Columbine" questions
LAST DAY TO DROP WITH A “W”--5/16
T 5/20 Peer Reviewing; Homework Due: WRC Assignment; Research Paper Outline (bring 3 copies); Research Paper Introduction Paragraph(s) (bring 3 copies)
Th 5/22 Film: Capitalism a Love Story Readings Due: 'The 2000 Election and the “War on Terror”' http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinn2000electionch25.html Homework Due: Research Paper Ountline revision (be sure to include the sources you will use in each section)
T 5/27 ; Research paper Peer Reviews Homework Due: WRC Assignment Assignments Due: Research paper draft #1 (bring 4 copies)
Th 5/29 Finish Film: Capitalism Homework Due: Reading questions: "War on Terror"
T 6/3 Peer Review Research Paper Draft 2; Homework Due: Discussion questions for Capitalism a Love Story; Vocabulary List #3. Define each word and use it in a sentence that makes it clear that you understand its meaning and proper usage. Assignments Due: Research Paper Draft #2 (bring 3 copies); Vocabulary Quiz #2
Th 6/5 Final Quiz on MLA and In-Class Essay Homework Due: PLEASE BRING A COPY OF EACH OF THE PAPERS YOU WROTE THIS SEMESTER TO CLASS AS YOU WILL NEED THEM FOR YOUR FINAL IN-CLASS ESSAY (DIGITAL COPIES OKAY); YOU WILL ALSO NEED YOUR MLA HANDBOOKS
Th 6/12 FINAL EXAM 2:00pm - 4:30pm Homework Due: Vocabulary Quiz #3 Assignments Due: Final draft research papers due by 2pm! WRC Instructor Confirmation and peer reviewed drafts due in class. 18 hours in WRC due by 2pm! Rewrites of Group Paper and/or E2 due in class (must bring a hard copy). Extra credit due in class.