Schedule

Course Outline

Note: All unit assignments are due by beginning of class. All work is submitted via email to: tonyraymorris@gmail.com. The assignments may be completed and turned in earlier in the week.

For reading assignment responses, refer to Reading Responses page. Turn in all assignments as attachments (Microsoft Word or RTF) to tonyraymorris@gmail.com. Include ENGL1101 in subject header of your email submission.

Week 1
01/10: Introduction(s)

Students familiarize themselves with course textbooks and requirements.

Assignments

  • Discuss Online Syllabus
  • Writing Assessment
  • Homework:
    • Read: “Reading Essays,” pg. 9.
01/12: Getting Started

Importance of reading and memory. Access to our deepest held beliefs about self and the world around us.

Assignments

  • Discuss “Reading Essays”
  • Discuss Essay One (Childhood Memory)
    • Homework: Read and respond in writing to Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “Casa: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood.” NOTE: Be sure to read and follow instructions on Reading Response page.
Week 2
01/17: Invention

Writing is a process, not an event. The first step in that process is to free ourselves from the internal critic that stifles our creative thought process. Invention exercises help us to find topics and subjects appropriate for the writing assignment and for our own interests.

  • Discuss “Casa: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood.”
  • Invention Techniques
    • Homework: Read and respond to John McPhee’s “Silk Parachute,” pg. 358. Due 01/19
  • Presentation on Reading and Writing Essays
01/19: Rough Draft

In process writing, we work through our ideas one step at a time. In this course, you will use a multiple-draft writing process to help you to more fully take advantage of your editorial/proofing and reading abilities as a tool for shaping your essay.

Assignments:

  • Discuss “Silk Parachute”
  • Discuss Drafting method
  • Regent’s Practice Essay
    • Homework: Read: “Writing Essays,” pg 14.
Week 3
01/24 & 26: Revision

Revision is the essence of process writing. Given the ability to read, and re-read our essays, we inevitably produce essays that are more fully realized and free from stylistic and grammatical problems.

Assignments:

  • Discuss “Writing Essays”
  • Discuss Revision Process
    • Homework: Finish first (rough) draft of Essay One
Week 4
01/31 & 02/02: Essay One, draft 1

Assignments:

  • Workshop Essay One, Draft 1
    • Homework: Work on Essay One, Draft 1
Week 5
02/07: Continue Essay One, Draft 1

Assignments:

  • Continue Workshop
  • Homework: Find a bumpersticker you like, write it down and bring to class
02/09: Details, Details, Details & Active/Passive Voice

Assignments:

  • In-class exercise (bumperstickers)
    • Homework: Read and respond in writing to Ralph Ellison’s “Living with Music,” pg. 167.
Week 6
02/14: Details, Details, Details & Active/Passive Voice

Assignments:

02/16: Workshop Essay One, Draft 2

Assignments:

  • In-class workshop of Essay 1, draft 2
    • Homework: Continue working on Essay 1, draft 2
Week 7
02/21: Final Draft

Assignments:

  • Continue Workshop
    • Homework: Final Draft of Essay One. Make sure to review A Checklist for Essays before submitting essay for final grade.

02/23: Final Draft Essay One/Discuss Essay Two

Assignments:

Week 8
02/28: Library Day

Assignments:

  • Meet in Lame Library Room 130: Filter Bubbles on Internet
    • Homework: Work on Essay 2, draft 1
03/02: Workshop Essay 2, draft 1

Assignments:

  • Workshop Essay Two, draft 1 (group work)
    • Homework: Continue to work on Essay 2, draft 1
Week 9
03/07 & 09: Workshop Essay Two, Draft 2

Assignments:

  • Workshop Essay 2, draft 2
WEEK 10 – SPRING BREAK (03/13-03/17)
Week 11 – No Class: Meet in Conference with Dr. Morris
Week 12:
03/28 Workshop Essay Two, Draft 2

Assignments:

  • Workshop Essay 2 draft 2
    • Homework: Essay 2 final draft
03/30: Final Draft Essay 2/Discuss Essay Three

Assignments:

  • Submit Final Draft of Essay Two
  • Submit Self-assessment of Essay Two
  • Discuss Essay Three
    • Homework: Read and respond in writing to Mary Gordon’s “More than just a Shrine–Ellis Island.”
Week 13
04/04: Discuss Reader Response

Assignments:


04/06: Workshop Essay Three

Assignments:

  • Workshop Essay Three, Draft 1
    • Homework: Continue to work on Essay Three, Draft 1
Week 14
04/11: Workshop Essay Three

Assignments:

  • Continue Workshop
    • Homework: Work on Final Draft Essay Three,
04/13: Final Draft Essay Three/Discuss Essay Four

Assignments:

Week 15
04/18: Workshop Essay Four, draft 1

Assignments:

  • Workshop Essay Four, draft 1
    • Homework: Continue to workshop Essay 4, Draft 1
04/20: Workshop Essay Four, draft 1
  • Continue Workshop
    • Homework: Work on Essay 4, Draft 2

Week 16
04/25: Workshop Essay Four, draft 2

Assignments:

  • Workshop Essay 4, draft 2
    Take Online Regent’s
    Work on Final Draft Essay 4
04/27: Final Draft of Essay Four/Conclusions

Assignments:

  • Submit Final Draft of Essay 4
  • Turn in Self-assessment Essay 4
    • Homework:
      Course Assessment