Tentative Course Calendar
Notes: 	
1-	After I grade your essay and hand it back to you, I strongly encourage you to revise it.  You have one full week to re-submit the revised essay.
2-	Never underestimate the importance of the revision process or your ability to 	develop a better essay.

Week No		Areas to be Covered			Assignment
Week One	Orientation/ introduction/syllabus		Write a textbook review	
(8/22-24)	Gathering Ideas, Writing about Reading	Read 11-32	
		
Week Two	The Writing Theory& Process		Read 88-103
(8/29-8/31)	Thesis Statement                                            Do the exercises
Introductory Techniques			Write first draft essay # 1 
		Illustration					Topics: The Unwanted
		
Week Three	Peer review evaluation illustration		Review Intro Techniques
(9/5-7)		The narration essay				Write final draft first essay				Concluding Techniques			Read 125-140
Sentence Variety				Answer questions on page 131

Week Four	Final Draft first essay/illustration/		Read 141-43 Answer 143
(9/12-14)	narration/description due					 
English verbs/ troublesome verbs/		Read 160-162 Answer 163-64	
		Chapters 20 and 21				
								
Week Five	Preparing for Research Writing		Read 171-173
(9/19-21)	Process analysis				Answer questions for discussion                               “In the Kitchen” pages 179-185		page 173
		“Marrying Absurd” pages 186-89		Read the novel- Tuesdays
Sentence Variety Continued			Read pages 203-212
Answer questions page 213

Week Six 	Methodology/ Balance/ Outlining/		Read 222-228 Answer 228
(9/26-28)	Objectives/Definition of Comp/Cont             	Read 250-255 Answer questions for

Revising thesis statement			discussion on page 256
Coordination and subordination		Write first draft comp/cont essay		Chapters 22 & 23				Topics on Tuesdays

Week Seven	The third step in essay writing: coherence	Read 258-264
(10/03-05)	Chapters 24 and 25				Read 265-268 Answer 269	            Peer review evaluation of first draft		Write final draft comp/cont essay
Comp/cont essay Tuesdays
Sentence Variety Continued

Week Eight	Preparing for the in-class essay		Continue reading the novel 
(10/10-12)	Final Draft Comp/cont 			Read pages 281-289
		Tuesdays					Answer questions 289-90
More on research: Chapters 18 and 19	
                    
Week Nine	Mid-semester review				Read 297-300 Answer questions
And ten)	The four steps in effective writing		for discussion on page 300-01
(10/17-10/26)	Unity/ Coherence/ Support/ Sentence Skills	Prepare for individual conferences
Types of run-on sentences			Write your literary evaluation of	
						the novel Song
In-class ess comp/cont 
Note: You will not earn credit if you do not take the in-class essay on Oct.26
Individual conferences
		Cause and effect writing
		Peer Review Eval cause/effect on Oct. 24

Week Eleven   Definition					Read 313-23 Answer questions 
(10/31-11/02)	Research writing				for discussion on pages 319
Final Draft cause/effect due			Continue working on your research 

Week 		Research writing				Read 352-360 Answer questions 
Twelve 	Argument					for discussion on page 360
(11/07-11/09)	Sentence variety				Continue working on your research                          Debate

Week 	 	The Rogerian Model in Research		Read 397-405 Answer page 400
Thirteen	Debate						Read 406-409 Answer 409-10 
&Fourteen	First Draft Research due 11/23						
(11/14-11/23							Write first draft research paper							Read 415-419 Answer 419               

Week 		More research writing				Read 427-438
Fifteen		Dealing with references			Answer  438 
(11/28-30)  Final Draft Research Due 11/30		

Week 		Debate 
Sixteen		Prepare for final in-class essay		Prepare for the final in-class essay
(12/05-07)		

Week Seventeen
(12/12)		FINALS from 9:30-11:30 a.m.