ENG 1001
Tentative Course Schedule for MWF classes
Fall 2007
| Monday, Aug. 20 | Introduction to class. Assignment: Read IVCC Stylebook 1-14; Technology Orientation; Library Orientation |
| Wednesday, Aug. 22 | Introduction to Blackboard. Quiz 1. Journal 1.
Discussion of IVCC grading
standards Assignment: Complete Journal 1. Read Patterns Ch. 1-2, Reading to Write and Invention (1-35) |
| Friday, Aug. 24 | Writing Process Review (handout). Invention. Assignment: Read Patterns, Ch. 3 (37-49); Homework from chapter assigned in class. |
| Monday, Aug. 27 | More writing process. Thesis statements. |
| Wednesday, Aug. 29 | College Convocation. Assignment: Read Part 2 (81-82) and Ch. 7 (143-159) |
| Friday, Aug. 31 | Introduction to Essay 1. Analytical
description essay. Elements of description. Writing with similes and
metaphors, sensory images. Assignment: Read Wrigley Field handout and "Words Left Unspoken" (168-170) |
| Monday, Sept. 3 | Labor Day; College closed. |
| Wednesday, Sept. 5 | Quiz 2. Discuss readings. Assignment: Prewriting for essay and find picture |
| Friday, Sept. 7 | In-class description assignment. Organization
for Essay 1. Assignment: Initial draft of Essay 1 with self-assessment. Read Patterns. Ch. 4-5 (51-79) |
| Monday, Sept. 10 | Formatting essays. In-class work on
essay. Class grading, revising and editing
session. |
| Wednesday, Sept. 12 | Initial draft due for peer revision. Building better sentences. Sentence
structure. Assignment: Final draft of Essay 1. Read Patterns, Avoiding Run-Ons (88), Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers (151-152) and Hacker (48-54) |
| Friday, Sept. 14 | Sentence work from textbook Web site assigned
through Blackboard. Assignment: Read Patterns Ch. 11 (387-406) |
| Monday, Sept. 17 | Essay 1 due. Introduction to Essay
2. Comparison/Contrast. Quiz 3. Assignment: Read Hacker (5) and Patterns (394-395) on Parallelism and Hacker on colons (67) |
| Wednesday, Sept. 19 | Parallelism and colons exercises Assignment: Read "Glittering Alice and Sad Eleanor" |
| Friday, Sept 21 |
Discuss "Glittering Alice and Sad
Eleanor" organization and pattern. |
| Monday, Sept. 24 | Prewriting/Organization for Essay 2 |
| Wednesday, Sept. 26 | Transitions/Organization Assignment: Initial draft for Essay 2 |
| Friday, Sept. 28 | No class. Instructor at IAI meeting in Bloomington. Exercises assigned in Blackboard. |
| Monday, Oct. 1 | Initial draft for Essay 2 due for peer revision Assignment: Final draft of Essay 2. |
| Wednesday, Oct. 3 | In-class work on Essay; Essay 2 due by
end of class. Assign: Read Patterns, Ch. 10 (327-343) |
| Friday, Oct. 5 | TYCA Midwest; Jacobs Library Resources |
| Monday, Oct. 8 | |
| Wednesday, Oct. 10 | |
| Friday, Oct. 12 | No school. Fall break. |
| Monday, Oct. 15 | Introduce Essay 3, Cause/Effect Assign: Article |
| Wednesday, Oct. 17 | Quiz 4 on Ch. 10 and article. Group work with article; cause/effect |
| Friday, Oct. 19 | Avoiding faulty
constructions. Affect/effect. Database search. Assignment: Decide on topic. Read Hacker on MLA documentation (108-141) |
| Monday, Oct 22 | Writing summaries. Documentation. Discuss outlining with sample article |
| Wednesday, Oct. 24 | Writing paraphrases, quotes. Documentation. |
| Friday, Oct. 26 | Organization of
cause/effect essay Outline due by end of class. Assign: Initial draft of Essay 3 |
| Monday, Oct. 29 | Avoiding plagiarism |
| Wednesday, Oct. 31 | Initial draft of Essay
3 due for peer revision. Toward better writing. Writing workshop. Assignment: Final draft of Essay 3 and issue-based song. |
| Friday, Nov. 2 | Discuss songs. Begin
introduction to Essay 4. Assign: Read Patterns, Ch. 14 (555-573) |
| Monday, Nov. 5 | Essay 3 due. Quiz 5. Discuss essay assignment and more
songs. Assignment: Read Patterns Appendix: Using Research in Your Writing (753-784) |
| Wednesday, Nov. 7 | Evaluating sources. Workshop for sources. |
| Friday, Nov. 9 | Integrating sources. Bring sources to class.
Organization of Essay 4. Last day for student withdrawal. I |
| Monday, Nov. 12 | College closed. Veterans day. |
| Wednesday, Nov. 14 |
Logical fallacies |
| Friday, Nov. 16 | Workshop for Essay 4. Outlines due by end of class. Students must bring sources to class. |
| Monday, Nov. 19 | Works Cited workshop for Essay 4. Writing workshop. Assignment: Initial draft of Essay 4. |
| Wednesday, Nov. 21 & Friday, Nov. 23 |
No class. Thanksgiving Holiday. College closed |
| Monday, Nov. 26 | Writing workshop. Initial draft due for peer revision. Assignment: Final draft of Essay 4. |
| Wednesday, Nov. 28 | Final draft of Essay 4 due by end of class. |
| Friday, Nov. 30 | Discussion of final revision. |
| Monday, Dec. 3 | Hacker exercises/ Work on revision in class. |
| Wednesday, Dec. 5 | Hacker exercises/ Work on revisions in class. |
| Friday, Dec. 7 | Practice final exam. Revision due. |
| Monday, Dec. 10 | Review for final. |
| Wednesday, Dec. 12 | Part 1 of Final Exam (Writing) |
| Friday, Dec. 14 | Final exam for 9 a.m. class. |
| Monday, Dec. 17 | Final exam for 10 a.m. class. |