2. 8.26 Turn in essay #1(Autobiographical Incident); take quiz 1 (35 questions on The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet); discuss “Problem Words” (Letter A) and “Parts of Speech.”
3. 9/2 Take quiz 2 (21 questions on The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, 25 questions on the “Letter A,” 8 questions on “Parts of Speech” = 54 questions total) hand back essay 1; go over prominent errors; talk about rewrite of essay #1; discuss “Problem Words” (Letters B & C) and “Parts of Speech.”
4. 9/9 Turn in rewrite of essay #1; take quiz 3 (25 questions on The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, 20 questions on the “Letters B & C,” 13 questions on “Parts of Speech” = 58 questions total); talk about “Interpretation” essay; read “Mr. Rose” and “The Doorway.”
5. 9/16 Turn in essay #2 (Interpretation); take quiz #4 (46 questions on The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet); discuss “Mr. Rose” and “The Doorway”; hand out and go over “From Student Essays on ‘Mr. Rose’ and ‘The Doorway’”; discuss “Problem Words” (Letters D & E) and “Noun Use.”
6. 9/23 Take quiz #5 (32 questions on The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, 25 questions on the “Letters D & E,” 8 questions on “Noun Use” = 65 questions total); hand back essay #2; go over prominent errors; talk about rewrite of essay #2; discuss “Problem Words” (Letters F-L) and “Noun Use.”
7. 9/30 Turn in rewrite of essay #2; take quiz 6 (23 questions on Stubborn Twig, 25 questions on the “Letters F-L,” 8 questions on “Noun Use” = 56 questions total); talk about “Evaluation” essay.
8. 10/7 Turn in essay #3 (Evaluation); take quiz #7 (16 questions on Stubborn Twig); discuss “Problem Words” (Letters M-R) and “Verb Qualities.”
9. 10/14 Take quiz #8 (31 questions on Stubborn Twig, 25 questions on the “Letters M-R,” 8 questions on “Verb Qualities” = 64 questions total); hand back essay #3; go over prominent errors; talk about rewrite of essay #3; discuss “Problem Words” (Letters S-T) and “Verb Tense.”
10. 10/21 Turn in rewrite of essay #3; take quiz 9 (27 questions on Stubborn Twig, 25 questions on the “Letters S-T,” 8 questions on “Verb Tense” = 60 questions total); talk about “Controversial Issue” essay.
11. 10/28 Turn in essay #4 (Controversial Issue); take quiz 10 (21 questions on Stubborn Twig); discuss “Problem Words” (Letters U-Z).
12. 11/4 Take quiz #11 (14 questions on Stubborn Twig, 11 questions on the “Letters U-Z,” 22 questions on “Verbs” = 47 questions total); hand back essay #4; go over prominent errors; talk about rewrite of essay #4; discuss “Usage Problems.”
13. 11/11 Turn in rewrite of essay #4; take quiz 12 (19 questions on Stubborn Twig, 33 questions on the “Usage Problems” = 52 questions total); talk about “Reflective” essay; read “Lest We Forget.”
14. 11/18 Turn in essay #5 (Reflective); discuss “Apostrophes, Brackets, Bullets, Colons, Ellipses, Em Dash, En Dash, Exclamation Points, Hyphens, Parentheses, Periods, Quotation Marks, and Semicolons”
11/25 No class – Thanksgiving break.
15. 12/2 Take quiz #13 (20 questions on “Apostrophes, Brackets, Bullets, Colons, Ellipses, Em Dash, En Dash, Exclamation Points, Hyphens, Parentheses, Periods, Quotation Marks, and Semicolons”); hand back essay #5; go over prominent errors; talk about rewrite of essay #5; discuss “Commas.”
16. 12/9 Turn in rewrite of essay #5; take quiz #14 (20 questions on “Commas”); discuss upcoming final.
17. 12/16 Final Exam – a hand-written in-class essay.
English 1A (Willis) Rules
2. You must take the final exam to pass the class.
3. On your fourth absence, you will be dropped from the class.
4. I will eliminate your four lowest quiz scores.
5. You are required to attend the ILC one hour per week.
6. Your semester grade will be determined as follows:
b) Each quiz will count 5% of your grade (10 quizzes x 5% = 50%).
c) Your in-class final essay will be used to move your grade slightly up or down.
d) Your attendance (or lack of) at the ILC will also be figured into your grade.
e) Your grade will be dropped 10% if you do not complete the ILC requirements.