Class schedule*

*Note: The class schedule may be revised and amended during the semester due to circumstances,

e.g. where more time appears to be needed to complete a particular assignment, etc.

 

Week 1. Sept. 4, 6 

Assigned: The Autobiographical Sketch assignment.

Assigned: The Email Listserv assignment.

Assigned: The Thursday Worksheet is assigned every Tuesday.

Read Chapter 14: "Editing and Proofreading" and Chapter 43: "Spelling" in the Longman Textbook.

 

Week 2. Sept. 11, 13 

Assigned: The Film, Music, or Restaurant Review assignment

First Draft Due: of The Autobiographical Sketch (3 copies and an original). These copies will be used in the Editing Practice/
Peer Review session on Tuesday. Bring one rewritten copy incorporating your peer's recommendations to class on Thursday for
the Pre-Grading Workshop.

The Email Listserv Assignment is due on Tuesday.

The Tuesday Quiz will be on last week's reading i.e., Chapter 14: "Editing and Proofreading" and Chapter 43: "Spelling." The
Tuesday Quiz occurs every Tuesday starting this week.

 

 

Week 3. Sept. 18, 20

Assigned: The Letter to the Editor assignment.

First Draft of The Film, Music, or Restaurant Review is due.

Final Draft of The Autobiographical Sketch is due for grading by the instructor.

The Tuesday Quiz: Ch. 54 pp. 790-813 "Writing Argumentative Papers" 

 

Week 4. Sept. 25, 27

Assigned: The Resume and Cover Letter assignment. 

First Draft Due: The Letter to the Editor assignment.

Final Draft Due: The Film, Music, or Restaurant Review 

The Tuesday Quiz: Ch. 54 pp. 813-835 (Finish the chapter on Writing Argumentative Papers)

 

Week 5. Oct.2, 4

Assigned: The Siegel and Harner Articles Summary.

First Draft Due: The Resume and Cover Letter assignment. 

Final Draft Due: The Letter to the Editor assignment.

The Tuesday Quiz: Ch. 57: "Business Writing" and Ch. 31 "Avoiding Sexist and Discriminatory Language"

 

Week 6. Oct. 9, 11

Assigned: The "Hallucinations" Article Summary.

First Draft Due: The Siegel and Harner Articles Summary.

Final Draft Due: The Resume and Cover Letter assignment. 

The Tuesday Quiz: Ronald Siegel's "Sheila and the Swastikas" and Michael Harner's "The Role of Hallucinogenic Plants in
Medieval Witchcraft"

 

Week 7. Oct. 16, 18

Assigned: The Personal Editing List assignment and The Library Research Tutorial

First Draft Due: The "Hallucinations" Article Summary.

Final Draft Due: The Siegel and Harner Articles Summary.

The Tuesday Quiz: Ronald Siegel's "Hallucinations" and Ch. 41: "Numbers"

 

Week 8. Oct. 23, 25

Assigned: The Prospectus and Annotated Bibliography assignment.

First Draft Due: The Personal Editing List assignment and The Library Research Tutorial

Final Draft Due: The "Hallucinations" Article Summary.

The Tuesday Quiz: Ch. 33: "Commas"

 

Week 9. Oct. 30, Nov. 1

Assigned: The Title Page, Abstract, References, and Appendix assignment.

First Draft Due: The Prospectus and Annotated Bibliography assignment.

Final Draft Due: The Personal Editing List assignment and The Library Research Tutorial

The Tuesday Quiz: Ch. 33: "Semicolons and Colons" and Ch. 34: "Apostrophes"

 

Week 10. Nov. 6, 8

Assigned: First 3 pages of the Body of the Text of the Major Research Paper

First Draft Due: The Title Page, Abstract, References, and Appendix assignment.

Final Draft Due: The Prospectus and Annotated Bibliography assignment.

The Tuesday Quiz: Ch. 50: "Documenting APA Style"

 

Week 11 Nov. 13, 15

Assigned: Second 3 pages of the Body of the Text of the Major Research Paper

First Draft Due: First 3 pages of the Body of the Text of the Major Research Paper

Final Draft Due: The Title Page, Abstract, References, and Appendix assignment.

The Tuesday Quiz: Ch. 35 "Quotation Marks" and Ch. 36 "Periods, etc." 

 

Week 13 Nov. 20, NO CLASS ON NOV. 22 (Thanksgiving Holiday)

There is only one class meeting this week.

First Draft Due: Second 3 pages of the Body of the Text of the Major Research Paper

The Tuesday Quiz: Ch. 35: "Special Punctuation Marks" and Ch. 20: "Sentence Fragments"

 

Week 14 Nov. 27, 29

Assigned: The Short Story assignment.

Final Draft Due: The finished Major Research Paper including the second 3 pages of the Body of the Text of the Major
Research Paper.

The Tuesday Quiz: Ch. 21: "Comma Splices and Fused Sentences" and Ch. 22 "Pronoun Reference"

 

 

Week 15 Dec. 4, 6

First Draft Due: The Short Story assignment.

The Tuesday Quiz: Ch. 25: "Mixed and Incomplete Sentences" and Ch. 26 "Parallelism"

 

Week 16 Dec. 11, 13

Final Draft Due: The Short Story assignment.

The Tuesday Quiz: Ch. 18: "Agreement" and Ch. 24: "Shifts

Last Class: Summary and Class Evaluations

 

Finals Week: There is no Final Exam in this course.