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     English 1301-Composition 1 || room 271 T   Th 10.50 am - 12.05 am
                                                room 274   01.40 pm - 02.55 pm
 
     Syllabus || Instructor reserves the right to make changes to Course Outline with advanced notice.
 
 
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  Week Seven
  Tuesday || 03.01
N. Scott Momaday, "The Way to Rainy Mountain" handout
  Plagiarism Defined
          .: demo
  Summary - Paraphrase - Analysis
            .: demo
   
 
  Thursday || 03.03
Brent Staples, “Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space” p 236
  Introduction to Library Databases: SIRS
  Citations
            .: demo
  Works Cited Page Overview
            .: demo
  Signal Phrases
            .: demo
   
  In-Text Citations
Bedford: Variations, p 518-527, sections: 1-4, 6, 23
  Creating a Thesis Statement Based on Supportive Evidence
            .: demo
  MLA Changes • Guidelines for Works Cited Page
            .: demo
   
  Week Eight
  Tuesday || 03.08
  Process Essay Pattern
            .: demo
Bread Making
Process Pattern Example
Arthur Miller, “Get it Right: Privatize Executions” p 299
Essay 1: Process or Exemplification Essay Pattern, due 03.04
   
Final Research Project Expectations
  Choose topic of interest for final essay, due 03/22
   
 
  Thursday || 03.10
Midterm
 
  Week Nine || Spring Break 03.14 - 03.20
  Tuesday || 03.15
  Spring Break
   
 
  Thursday || 03.17
  Spring Break
   
  Week Ten
  Tuesday || 03.22
  Essential Rhetorical Elements
            .: demo
  Cause / Effect Essay Pattern
            .: demo
Essay 2: Cause / Effect Essay part 1
   
 
  Thursday || 03.24
  Library Orientation
  Why Not to Use Wikipedia for Academic Research 1
  Why Not to Use Wikipedia for Academic Research 2
  How to Start Liking Libraries
Essay 2: Cause / Effect Essay part 2
   
  Week Eleven
  Tuesday || 03.29
Review Final Research Project Expectations
  Comparison / Contrast Essay Pattern
          .: demo
  John Berger, "Francis Bacon and Walt Disney"
Formal Thesis for Final Project due 03.31.11 || Continue Research
  Mapping Out Introduction Paragraph Based on Evidence
   
 
  Thursday || 03.31
Deborah Tannen, “Sex, Lies, and Conversation” p 436
Essay 3: Comparison/Contrast due 04/07
   
  Week Twelve
  Tuesday || 04.05
  Division / Classification Pattern 
            .: demo
Stephanie Ericsson, “The Ways We Lie” p 485
   
 
  Thursday || 04.07
Ann McClintock, “Propaganda Techniques in Today's Advertising” —supplemental
  Conclusions
  Research and Biased Sources
  Statistics
 
   
  Week Thirteen
  Tuesday || 04.12
  Definition Essay Pattern
            .: demo
José Antonio Burciaga, “Tortillas” p 524
   
 
  Thursday || 04.14
Harry Frankfurt, “On B.S.” —supplemental
            .: Interview
Essay 4: Definition or Division/Classification Essay due 04/19
   
 
  Friday || 04.15
 

Last Day for Dropping Courses with Grade of “W”

   
  Week Fourteen
  Tuesday || 04.19
  Review MLA Work Cited page expectations
            .: demo-Guidelines for Works Cited Page
  Proper presentation of article titles / In-class exercise
Tentative Works Cited Page due 04.26.
   
 
  Wednesday || 04.20 - 04.24 Easter Break
   
 
  Thursday || 04.21
  Easter Break
   
  Week Fifteen
  Tuesday || 04.26
  Combining patterns
Virginia Woolf, “The Death of the Moth”supplemental
Works Cited Page due.
   
 
  Thursday || 04.28
  Combining patterns
Jean-Paul Sartre, “Existentialism is a Humanism” —supplemental
   
   
  Week Sixteen
  Tuesday || 05.03
  Teacher Student Conferences
   
 
  Thursday || 05.05
Final Project Due: any day later than Thusday points will be deducted.
   
  Week Seventeen
  Tuesday || 05.10
  Teacher-Student Conferences
   
 
  Thursday || 05.12
  Teacher Student Conferences
   
  Final Exams Week
  Tuesday || 05.17
Final Departmental Exam