Basic English 2
ENGL 002-008 |36900
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Montgomery
College – TP/SS
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"I dream I am the president. "You do your best, and if your
best isn't appreciated
When I awake, I am the beggar of the world."
you do your best anyway"
— Pashtun woman, Afghanistan — Jim Harbaugh, University of Michigan
Instructor:
Christopher Ankney
Mailbox: RC 111A
Office
& Office Hours: by appointment, M, M
Email: Christopher.Ankney@montgomerycollege.edu
Course
Duration: February 8, 2015 – May
15, 2015
Time
& Locations: Mondays, 1pm – 3:40pm–Pavilion Four (P4) 107
Wednesdays, 1pm – 3:40pm– Student
Center (SC) 329
Description:
ENGL002 (Basic English
II) is the second-level developmental course designed to improve writing
skills. This course emphasizes writing multi-paragraph essays, including the
study of grammar, mechanics, punctuation, and usage. ENGL002 is intended for
native speakers of English who need further preparation prior to taking credit
courses in English. PRE- or COREQUISITES: READ095 (which requires an Accuplacer reading
score of 53-65) except for those students exempted from this requirement by
initial placement testing. New and
continuing students with reading scores below the READ095 level are not
eligible for ENGL002. PREREQUISITE:
Completion of ENGL001 with a grade of C or an Accuplacer English score
of 80-89.9. Lecture hours will be used
for calculating student load and tuition (five hours lecture each week, plus
required laboratory work). NO
CREDIT.
Course
Outcomes:
Writing Process:
• Demonstrate
the recursive writing process (pre-writing, outlining, drafting, revising,
proofreading, and editing).
• Incorporate
feedback from instructors and tutors effectively when revising writing
assignments.
• Write
and edit sentences that observe the conventions of standard American English
(grammar, usage, mechanics, and punctuation).
Sentence and Paragraph Writing
•
Write sentences that correctly use a variety of
structures and combining techniques.
•
Write (both in and out of class) unified, coherent
paragraphs of 150+ words (containing a topic sentence in each paragraph).
Essay
Writing:
•
Write (both in
and out of class) multi-paragraph essays of 450+ words (containing an
introduction with a clear thesis statement, 2+ coherent body paragraphs, and a
conclusion).
• Fulfill
assignment expectations and meet all requirements (such as topic, organization,
and length).
• Use
rhetorical strategies, based on audience and purpose, to develop paragraphs and
essays.
College Reading Strategies:
• Recognize
the thesis statement (main idea) and the major supporting points in student and
professional essays.
College Success Strategies:
• Demonstrate
the ability to use word processing software to write, revise, and edit
documents according to a prescribed academic manuscript form.
• Use time
management and organizational strategies (both in and out of class) to meet
deadlines for reading and writing assignments
Course
Assessment Method (School-wide standard):
EN002 Portfolio
•
Two (2) heavily revised essays from Course Requirements, and one in-class
timed essay
•
Assessed Using Montgomery
College EN 002 Portfolio Assessment Rubric (see Grading below)
Course Requirements:
1. 4 multi-paragraph essays of 450+ words. (Portfolio made up of
these essays, revised.)
2. 2 paragraph assignments of 150+ words.
3. Exercises in grammar, usage, mechanics, and punctuation.
4. Tests and quizzes that cover assigned study material.
5. Reading assignments of college-level essays.
6. Writing Center or Lab assignments.
7. Assignments that cover college success strategies and student support services.
8. Homework for each class session, typically requiring two
out-of-class study hours for each hour spent in the classroom.
9. Additional course requirements as assigned by the instructor.
Required
Books and Technology:
·
Rules for Writers, 7th edition, edited by Diana Hacker
and Nancy Sommers (ISBN 9780312647957)
·
Access to our
course texts on Blackboard (Bb)
Required
Supplies:
•
Loose-leaf notebook paper for lecture notes
•
Portable USB storage device for saving work from
computers
•
Two
“English Composition Folders,” available in the bookstore at the end of the
semester.
•
Access to MyMC and your Montgomery College email
account.
•
Your Montgomery College ID so that you can use the
writing center, computer labs, library, etc.
Grading:
•
Requirements:
You must complete all in- and out-of-class work to a B or above (80%)
& pass the portfolio to pass into ENGL101A. Complete all coursework to an
90% or above & pass the portfolio to pass into ENGL101. Complete coursework
to a 90% or above & pass the portfolio to pass into EN101.
• Essay Standards: All
essays will be graded using the ENGL002 essay rubric. Any check mark in the unsatisfactory column
will result in a grade of “U” for the essay. The portfolio at the end of the
semester that determines whether you pass the class is scored the same way.
Essays are due in hard copy, printed out before the beginning of class on the
due date.
Final
Course Grades: Students who qualify to pass ENGL002 by fulfilling
the course requirements listed above will earn one of three final course grades
from their instructor:
A means
that a student may enroll in either ENGL101 or ENGL101A next if the reading
requirement has been met.
B means
that a student must enroll in ENGL101A next if the reading requirement has been
met.
U means
that a student must retake ENGL002.
Letter
grades in ENGL002 carry no college credit and do not affect GPA. Rather, they
reflect placement into the next class in the English composition sequence.
Portfolio: ENGL002 course grade is 100% based on the
portfolio score IF all other work is satisfactorily completed.
What is the portfolio? The portfolio, turned in at the end of the
semester, consists of three essays: any two of your class essays that you
choose and revise, plus the final in-class essay. It determines your final
placement into ENGL101A, ENGL101, or in ENGL002 again. There is no way to pass the course if your portfolio, including the
final in-class portfolio essay, is not completed on time. Late portfolios will
not be accepted without verifiable documentation of serious emergencies.
Who scores the portfolio? The portfolio is scored by the classroom
instructor and by one other English professor. If those two do not agree on the
score, the portfolio is given to a third professor to break the tie.
How is the portfolio scored? The portfolio is graded according to the EN002
portfolio rubric. All other essays of the course are also graded according to
the same rubric.
·
If the
portfolio is scored to place a student into ENGL101, the student receives an
“A” for ENGL002 and may register for ENGL101 next semester (if READ095 and READ099
have already been completed).
·
If the
portfolio is scored to place a student into ENGL101A, the student receives a
“B” for ENGL002 and may register for ENGL101A next semester (If READ095 and READ099
have already been completed).
·
If the
portfolio is scored to place a student into ENGL002, the student receives a “C”
for ENGL002 and must register for ENGL002 next semester.
·
If the
portfolio is scored to place a student into ENGL001 for another semester, the
student receives a “U” for the course.
You must also pass READ courses to proceed to ENGL101A
or ENGL101: Even if you pass ENGL002,
you must also pass or be exempt from READ095 and READ099 in order to enroll in
ENGL101A or ENGL101; if you are currently taking READ095, you must pass it and
then pass READ099 next semester before you can enroll in ENGL101A or ENGL101.
If you are currently taking READ099, you must pass it in order to proceed to ENGL101A
or ENGL101 next semester.
Final reminder: All other work of ENGL002 must also be
satisfactorily completed in order to pass the course, even if the portfolio is
passing.
Class Policies:
Attendance:
Students are expected to
attend all class sessions. Students may fail if they are absent more than the
equivalent of one week of class (for us, this is after a student misses 2
classes). If students must miss a class, they are responsible for any work
assigned or completed during their absence. If a student is late two times,
that counts as an absence. (Use e-mail
to contact your professor within in a reasonable time frame for missed work.
Check the course blog, but also do not rely on it for missed assignments. For
your own success, make course buddies, too, to keep yourself from falling even
a bit behind.)
Late
policy: All
assignments must be submitted at the beginning of class on the date requested. Any assignment submitted
after the start of class on the day the assignment is due will not be accepted
for full credit. Students
missing a class day, for whatever reason, should have their work placed in my
mailbox before the assignment is
due.
•
Essays must
be handed in, even late. I want to give you feedback to help you pass the Final
Portfolio.
•
Essays
more than a week late will receive no points, but still must be critiqued by
professor
•
Late/missing
homework or in-class work (short questions, grammar assignments, etc.) will not
be accepted by professor, nor will professor critique late/missing homework. The class must run like a finely-tuned ship at
sea. Be prepared, or be prepared to drown in failure!
Make-Up
Work: Since late work is not accepted, there will
be very little reason for make-up work.
However, if the professor determines that a particular student does
indeed need to complete some make-up work, the professor will decide the right
course of action in
consultation with the student. Meaning, dear student: If the professor
determines that your plight is extraordinary in comparison to every other
students in the classroom – who have their own trials and tribulations – then
you may get pardoned for some work. The professor will not seek you out for a pardon; you, dear
student, must actively and respectfully address your professor within an
appropriate time frame.
Codes of
Conduct: Regarding classroom
behavior, the Montgomery College Student Handbook states the following
information:
If a student behaves disruptively in the
classroom after the instructor has explained the unacceptability of such
conduct and the consequences that will result, the student may be asked to
leave the room for the remainder of the class time. If the student does not leave, the faculty
member [will] request the assistance of Security.
The faculty member and the student are
expected to meet to resolve the issue before the next class session. If, after a review of the situation and a
restatement of the expected behaviors, the student refuses to comply with the
stated standards of conduct required, then the faculty member should refer the
issue in writing to the dean of student development for action under the
Student Code of Conduct.
Additional
Codes of Conduct:
1.
The following
behaviors count the same as a missed class:
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Arriving late
to class two times
·
Leaving class
early two times
·
Taking
unscheduled breaks during class two times
·
Falling
asleep during class two times
·
Texting or
taking phone calls during class two times
2.
The following
behaviors will result in a student’s being excused from class & counted
absent for one full class period:
·
Any
disruption of the positive learning environment
·
Any
disrespectful or impolite behavior
·
Any use of
profanity or offensive language
·
Holding side
conversations that disrupt the learning environment for others
3.
Professors
reserve the right to amend this list at any time. As a class, students will be
notified about any amendments.
In addition to the classroom behavior statement found
in the Montgomery College Student Handbook, students in this class are expected
to respect the class as a whole by adhering to the class code of conduct, which
includes but isn’t necessarily limited to:
- Cell
phones, headphones, MP3 players and the like must be turned off and stored
away unless specifically used for a class related purpose.
- Constantly
leaving class is incredible distracting.
Obsessive coming and going in the middle of the class will result
in an absence for the day.
- Food
and drink are allowed in the classroom (but not the lab) as long as it is
not distracting (I will determine whether or not food is
distracting).
- All ESSAYS must be typed and
printed prior to class (NO use of our class Computer lab).
Academic
Honesty: The following is from
the Student Handbook, which you
should also review:
Academic Dishonesty. The maintenance of the highest standards of
intellectual honesty is the concern of every student, faculty and staff member at
Montgomery College. The College is committed to imposing appropriate sanctions
for breaches of academic honesty. The list below is not all-inclusive of
prohibited behavior. Nothing in this
section precludes an academic department from issuing supplemental guidelines
giving examples of plagiarism or other forms of academic dishonesty and
academic misconduct which are pertinent to the subject matter of the
class.
A. Academic Dishonesty or Misconduct can
occur in many ways. Some common forms include:
A.1 Cheating on assignments or examinations
A.2 Plagiarizing
from written, video, or Internet resources
A.3 Using tests or other material without
permission
A.4 Forgery
A.5 Submitting
materials that are not the student’s own
A.6 Taking
examinations in the place of another student, including assessment tests
A.7 Assisting
others in committing academic dishonesty
A.8 Failing
to use quotation marks for directly quoted material unless using block quotes
or other accepted formats.
A.9 Copying from another student during an examination
B. Sanctions to be imposed. Students who engage in any act that the
classroom instructor judges to be
academic dishonesty or misconduct are subject to the following sanctions:
B.1 The
minimum grade sanction imposed by a faculty member is to award and “F” on the
assignment or test in which the dishonesty occurred.
B.2
The maximum grade sanction is to award an “F” for the course in which
the dishonesty occurred.
B.3 In
addition, each faculty member has the prerogative of referring a case to the
campus Dean of Student Development or designated Instructional Dean of
Workforce Development and Continuing Education with a specific request that the
Dean consider imposing additional sanctions.
C. Case
Referrals.
The faculty member will:
·
Notify the
student of the allegation in writing, with a copy forwarded to the Dean of
Student Development or the designated Instructional Dean of Workforce
Development and Continuing Education.
·
Include the
grade sanction to be imposed, the reasons for it, and the appeals process. It
is expected that the instructor will take immediate action.
·
Send a letter
to the student’s last address of record via certified mail, return receipt
requested, if a student is no longer at the institution.
·
Hold a
conference with the student so that the student can present his/her
information, if the charge is contested.
The
student will inform the faculty member that he or she will contest the charge
within five business days after his or her receipt of the letter.
Academic Support:
The
Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus Writing, Reading, and Language Center (WRLC) (RC105; 240-567-1558) provides one-to-one
tutoring for Montgomery College students on a walk-in and appointment basis to
support writing, reading, and language learning. Students may sign in at the front desk for
tutoring. We will be receiving an orientation
at the WRLC in class.
Disability
Support: Any
student who may need an accommodation due to a disability, please make an
appointment to see me during my office hour. In order to receive
accommodations, a letter from Disability Support Services(R-CB122; G-SA175; or
TP-ST120) will be needed. Any student who may need assistance in the event of
an emergency evacuation must identify to the Disability Support Services
Office; guidelines for emergency evacuations are at: www.montgomerycollege.edu/dss/evacprocedures.htm.
Additionally: If you have any questions or concerns about this
course, please contact Lynn Roessner-Ankney, Developmental Coordinator @
240-567-3918/lynn.roessner-ankney@montgomerycollege.edu or Ellen Olmstead, Chair @ 240-567-1385/ ellen.olmstead@montgomerycollege.edu.
College Closings: In
case of inclement weather, students should check MyMC or call
240-567-5000.
Having
Enough Time for Academic Success
24 hours x 7 days a week = 168 hours a week
Basic Requirements of Daily Life
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Hours spent per week
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1. Must I sleep? For how long? Let’s
say 6 hours a night (I wish!)
2. Eat! I must eat! I’m stupid if I
don’t eat. We can’t live if we don’t eat!
We cannot think straight if we don’t eat! So, let’s say we give 2 hours a day to
eating (including debating what to eat, “cooking” and actually chowing down).
3. Good hygiene. Nobody wants to
stink up the classroom! Let’s give 1 hour a day to
grooming/primping/satisfying our egos.
4. Travel time. It takes time to
leave home or work or a friend’s and get down campus and park the car or rely
on the bus, then get to class and settle into one’s seat and get out one’s
books and writing utensil and paper! Then, there’s packing up and going home
or to work or to a friends or to some place where you can escape the world
and all its problems for just that tiny bit freedom. That’s about 1 hour each
weekday, right? At least 1 hour each day on campus for going and coming,
coming and going.
5. We haven’t even gotten to actual living yet, and we’ve already
lost 68 hours! Shut the refrigerator door. So, you are required (if you want
to pass) to actually show up to class. If you take four classes, that’s 12
hours a week. Let’s say that the average student takes between 9-15 hours of
class a week.
6. Most community college students
have at least a part time job. Many of you have full-time hours. That’s 20-40
hours a week, right there (and I won’t even add up the travel time for that,
just to drive my point home).
7.
Many of you may have family responsibilities, too. Kids? Cray-cray
parents? How much time do you have to devote to traveling to pick the kids up
from daycare? Finding emergency day care? Going to the emergency room?
Reading your kids stories? Keeping them out of cupboards, or keeping them
from jumping off the couch? How many of you have parents you must keep from
jumping off the couch? How many of you have your own car, and can easily get
where you need to be? How much time does this strip away from your daily
life? A few hours a day? Most of your day? For fun, let’s say 3 hours a day.
Forgive me if you hate your family enough that it is 0 hours a day!!!
8.
Which leaves us, with so many
other variables unaccounted for due to each of us having individual lives,
NOT MUCH TIME LEFT to due all of the necessary things we need to do to
succeed as college students: read your assigned readings, take notes on what
you read, write out assignments, and all of the things it takes to do well in
a class. Professors EXPECT you to spend 1-2 hours per credit hour each week
to complete all out of class work. (In a writing class, short essay drafts
normally take that alone, before all of the readings.) A 9-hour load=18 study
hours! 15=30, etc.
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1.
168 - (6 x 7) = 126 hours left
2.
126 – (2 x 7) = 112 hours left
3.
112 – (1 x7) = 105 hours left
4. 105 – (1x5)
= 100 hours left
5. 100 –
9=91 | 100 – 15=85
6.
91-20 = 71 | 91-40 = 51 |
85-20 = 65 | 85-40 = 45
7.
71 – (3x7) = 50 | 51 - (3x7) = 30
65 - (3x7) = 44 | 45 –
(3x7) = 24
8.
How many hours left do you have above? How many classes are you
taking? What time-taking activities were left off this chart, such as
hobbies? How are you going to accomplish quality academic work by managing
your available time?
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• Academic success
takes time, effort, and a willing to sacrifice other things in your life.
• Academic success
involves making education a priority, devoting your free time to your studies.
• Failure results
from poor time management. Take fewer classes if you have to, rather than
bombing one class to devote time to another one or two classes.
• Recognize quickly what you are capable of doing,
time wise.
• Realize that the standards are high. Realize
that all of us, even professors, have lives that extend beyond our time
together, and we all make sacrifices and must live up to the standards set.
Description of main assignments (Final Course
grade and Final Portfolio rely heavily on these):
In-class Editing Practice: On days when
drafts are due, you will be introduced to editing techniques for improving
common grammar errors. We will rely heavily on Rules for Writers for review and for helping complete these
assignments in class.
Essay In Parts: We will work on each essay assignment in small steps. Instead of working on writing each essay in its entirety in one long sitting, we will do sentence and paragraph writing exercises in class that will be drafts of content for parts of your essays. For instance, one level may be in developing a thesis statement for a specific essay; one level exercise may include drafting a conclusion with XY and Z requirements. It’s important that you read your textbooks each day so that you have an upper-hand in completing all of your assignments, especially these.
Complete Essay 1-4 Drafts (450+ words): You will put together four essays of at least four paragraphs, each having the basic structure of an academic essay: introduction, body, conclusion, thesis statement and topics sentences. Each will respond to a prompt on a theme of Shaping A Cultural Identity. Though some of the Essay In Parts will take place in class, you will develop, structure and write most of the outside of the classroom.
Complete Essay 1-4 Draft Revisions (450+ words): The second stage of our essays will be to revise the first draft. These revisions will give students the opportunity to make content changes (including thesis and topic sentences), correct grammar. Students must edit and revise non-marked mistakes in their writing, as well as edit and revise what the professor has critiqued. Little to no revision and editing will result in a lower grade from previous draft. Students are expected to develop each essay from the first draft, both in grammar (a must to pass course) and in critical thinking shown through the writing (a must to pass into EN101/A).
In-class Midterm (450+ words): At Midterm, you are given one-hour and forty-five minutes of class in the computer lab to practice writing a college-level essay exam, which will cover specific topics from our discussions of Carsten Jensen’s We, the Drowned. On the day of the exam you will be provided a specific prompt. The essay will be graded using the departmental standard rubric, and will be worth 100 points. (You may revise for no grade change, but count as one of two revised essays for Final Portfolio.)
In-class Final: At the end of the term, you will be given an entire class time to write a college-level final essay exam, which will cover specific topics from our discussions and lectures covered throughout the semester. On the day of the exam you will be provided a specific prompt to respond to. This unrevised essay will be graded using the departmental standard rubric, and will be worth 100 points. This unrevised essay exam is normally used as part of your Final Portfolio to determine your next placement in an English course.
Final Portfolio: All ENGL 001, 002, 101, and 101A students are required to submit a final portfolio consisting of two REVISED essays AND a final essay written in class the day the portfolio is due. This final portfolio is double graded, once by me and once by another professor. The assessment of your final portfolio determines your placement into your next English course. However, the final portfolio is also part of your final grade, and is worth 200 points.
Other In-class Writing &Reading Exercises: Based on assignments, you will be introduced to pre-writing, pre-reading, active
reading, and other activities that you should use for general idea development
and sharpening of rhetorical skills.
Date
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Work to be completed before class this day:
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Topics to be covered in class this day:
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Week 1
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Monday, 2/8
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Introductions.
Discuss college writing and college reading strategies. Discuss PRE and start
reading Citizen
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In-class: Unified Paragraph 1 (30
minutes)
Discuss
Unified Paragraphs & Active Reading
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Wednesday, 2/10
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“Facing It” and “Four-Letter Word”(on blog)
Rules for Writers, Chapter 1:
“Explore and Plan”
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Start Essay 1 Drafting & Revising Thesis Statements. Post Thesis to Blackboard (Bb)
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Week 2
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Monday, 2/15
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Read chapter 2 of Citizen
Rules
for Writers, Chapter 2:
“Draft the Paper” and Chapter 4: “Building
Effective Paragraphs”
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Post Topic Sentences to Bb
Revising Topic Sentences; body paragraphs
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Wednesday, 2/17
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Rules for Writers, Chapter 3: “Make Global Revisions…”
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Editing
Workshop. Due: Essay 1 draft.
Discuss
Reverse Outlining of drafts
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Week 3
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Monday, 2/22
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Read Landays:
Poetry of Afghan Women
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Wednesday, 2/24
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Read Landays:
Poetry of Afghan Women
Rules for Writers, TBA (editing
chapter)
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Editing
Workshop. Due: Revised Essay 1 | Start
Essay 2
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Week 4
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Monday, 2/29
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Read Landays: Poetry of Afghan Women
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Post Essay 2 introduction draft to Bb
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Wednesday, 3/2
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Read Landays: Poetry of Afghan Women
Rules for Writers, TBA
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Week 5
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Monday, 3/7
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Rules for Writers, TBA (editing
chapter)
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Editing
Workshop. Due: Essay 2 draft
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Wednesday, 3/9
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Study for Midterm
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In-class Midterm
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SPRING BREAK: College closed from
Monday, March 14 – March 20, 2016
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Week 6
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Monday, 3/21
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Rules for Writers, TBA (editing
chapter)
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Editing
Workshop Due: Revised Essay 2 Start
Essay 3
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Wednesday, 3/23
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Rules for Writers, TBA (conclusions)
Reading, Bourdain PDF
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Week 7
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Monday, 3/28
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Reading, Bourdain PDF
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Post Essay 3 conclusions draft to Bb
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Wednesday, 3/30
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Rules for Writers, TBA
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Post Essay 3 body paragraph
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Week 8
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Monday, 4/4
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Rules for Writers, TBA (editing chapter)
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Editing
Workshop Due: Essay 3 draft
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Wednesday, 4/6
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Reading, TBA
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Week 9
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Monday, 4/11
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Reading, TBA
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Wednesday, 4/13
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Rules for Writers, TBA (editing
chapter)
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Due: Revised Essay 3 |Start Essay 4
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Week 10
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Monday, 4/18
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Revising two strongest
essays from Essays 1-4 and Midterm for Portfolio. To be clear, these are
edits and revisions that you have done on your own SINCE YOU RECEIVED A
GRADE.
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Due on 4/18: Completed Essay 4 (First draft graded
to determine use for Portfolio. Work on
Portfolio – bring in Essays
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Wednesday, 4/20
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Continue to
work on Portfolio. Editing and Content Workshops.
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Week 11
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*** PORTFOLIO WEEK ***
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Monday, 4/25
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Study for Final Exam
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Wednesday, 4/27
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Polish up Portfolio Essays
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In-class Final Exam & Hand in Final Portfolio
of 2 revised essays
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Week 12
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Monday, 5/2
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Reading, TBA
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Discuss
Course Folder
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Wednesday, 5/4
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Schedule 1-on-1 conferences. Due: Course Folder
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In-class Unified Paragraph 2
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Week 13
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Finals Week
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Wednesday, 5/11
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1-on-1 placement conferences, May 11th
from 12:30pm – 2:30pm
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**Syllabus and schedule may be amended by the instructor as
necessary**
As a final reminder, keep
up with the course homework, lecture notes, writing activities, etc., by
following our course blog at: http://citizen002.blogspot.com
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