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1A: Composition and Analytical Reading: Course Outline

 

Tuesday

Thursday

Week 8

Oct 11/13

 

MI group presentation

Evaluating website assign. due

Prompt for midterm

Midterm exam in lab

HW: think about research topic

 

 

Week 9

Oct 18/20

 

WA#4 Research unit intro; brainstorm activities; essay organization;

WA#3 c/c Final draft due

 

 

WA#4 Research tasks: thesis statement

HW: collect 6 sources/fill in summary; working thesis statement due Tuesday

Week10

Oct 25/27

 

Due: 3 sources summary; working thesis statement; outlining an essay

HW: write an outline and bring Thursday; find 3 more sources this week

 

Library research workshop

Outline due

Research tasks: drafting and outlining essay

HW: draft essay

 

Week 11

Nov 1/3

 

Organization workshop

 

Steinbeck lecture and video biography

WA #5 Cannery Row assignment

Begin Cannery Row  1-6 chapters and handout

Week 12

Nov 8/10

 

WA#4 draft due

Cannery Row 1-6 discussion

 Read Cannery Row 7-13 worksheet

Steinbeck
Return WA #4 Research  draft

Week 13

 Nov 16/18

 

 

Discuss CanRow  7-13

HW: continue rewrite of WA#4

 

CanRow  Read 14-21 and do worksheet

HW: Pick focus for WA#5 literary analysis;

Peter Lisca essay and worksheet

Week 14

Nov 22

 

Discuss CR 14-21; topic for analysis

Discuss Lisca

Read  CR 22-32 and do worksheet

Thanksgiving Holiday, No School

Week 15

Nov 29Dec1

 

Final draft WA#4 Research due

Discuss CR 22-32

WA#5 CR  draft activity

Extra credit: present your paper to the class assignment

 

Movie review format and worksheet

 

HW: Watch movie

Week 16

Dec 6/8

 

discuss movie

Extra credit: present your paper to the class

WA# 5 CR due

discuss film

Week 17

Dec 15

finals

 No class, finals week

Final exam  movie review

Meet in ESL lab