Class Schedule
English 145, Section 5
Spring 2006
NOTE TO STUDENTS: This is a PROVISIONAL schedule for the semester. Please check for frequent changes and updates. The most detailed and recent information about assignments—what’s due, when it’s due, and how to do it—can always be found in the Daily Notes. Thanks! J
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Prepare for Class |
In Class Work/Activities |
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Week Two |
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1/23 |
Letters to Instructor and Classmates Topic ideas for Humanities Paper |
Introductions (New Instructor) |
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1/25 |
Read Mieland, “Humanities” Read, “Revised Syllabus” |
Review: Audience Review: The Humanities Focusing topics |
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1/27 |
Write, “Paper 1, Discovery Drafts 1 & 2” |
Small Groups: Narrowing Topics |
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Week Three |
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1/30 |
Read, “Strangers from a Distant Shore” (historical perspective) Read, “Saving the Life that is Your Own” (literary perspective) Read, “I Listen to My Parents . . .” (philosophical perspective) Write, Paper 1, Draft 1 |
Peer Response, Paper 1, Draft 1 Shaping Research Questions |
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2/1 |
Begin revising Paper 1, Draft 1 based on your own and your classmates’ responses to it. Prepare a “research agenda” for class on Wednesday |
Research Day: Library Consultations w/Instructor (Floor 6) |
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2/3 |
Write, Paper 1, Draft 2 |
Review: Documentation Styles |
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Week Four |
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2/6 |
Prepare Paper 1,Draft 2 for Instructor Response Read Mieland, “Social Sciences” |
Identifying Topics in the Social Sciences |
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2/8 |
Write “Paper 2, Discovery Drafts 1 and 2” |
Review: Purpose Focusing Topics |
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2/10 |
Read “Children of Gay Fathers” (psychology) Read “Toward Revels or a Requiem for Family Diversity” (sociology) Read “Kyllo v. United States . . .” (law/criminal justice) |
Review & Practice: Integrating Outside Sources |
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Week Five |
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2/13 |
Write Paper 2, Draft 1 |
Peer Response: Paper 2, Draft 1 Shaping Research Questions |
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2/15 |
Read more about your topic, trying to find answers to research questions |
Research Day: Library Consultations w/Instructor (Floor ) |
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2/17 |
Write Paper 2, Draft 2 |
Peer Response, Paper 2, Draft 2 |
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Week Six |
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2/20 |
Prepare Paper 2, Draft 2 for Instructor Response Read Mieland, “Arts” |
Visit the University Gallery |
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2/22 |
Write Paper 3, Discovery Drafts 1 & 2 |
Review: Forum Focusing Topics |
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2/24 |
Read “What’s American about American Poetry” (poetry) Read “Imprisoning Time in a Rectangle” (photography) Read “ “ |
Writing Day |
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Week Seven |
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2/27 |
Write Paper 3, Draft 1 |
Peer Response: Paper 3, Draft 1 Shaping Research Questions |
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3/1 |
Read more about your topic, trying to find answers to research questions |
Research Day: Library Consultations w/Instructor (Floor 6) |
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3/3 |
Write Paper 3, Draft 2 |
Peer Response, Paper 3, Draft 2 |
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Week Eight |
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3/6 |
Prepare Paper 3, Draft 2 for Instructor Response Read Mieland, “Natural Science” |
Identifying Topics in the Natural Sciences |
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3/8 |
Write Paper 4, Discovery Drafts 1&2 |
Review: Genre and Format Focusing topics |
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3/10 |
Read “ |
Writing Day |
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SPRING BREAK |
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Week Nine |
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3/20 |
Write Paper 4, Draft 1 |
Peer Response: Paper 4, Draft 1 Shaping Research Questions |
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3/22 |
Read more about your topic, trying to find answers to research questions |
Research Day: Library Consultations w/Instructor (Floor ) |
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3/24 |
Write Paper 4, Draft 2 |
Peer Response, Paper 4, Draft 2 |
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Week Ten |
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3/27 |
Prepare Paper 4, Draft 2 for Instructor Response |
Identifying Topics in Our Majors |
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3/29 |
Write Paper 5, Discovery Drafts 1&2 |
Focusing topics Writing |
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3/30 |
Find and article in your major |
Article Sharing/Convention Discovery |
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Week Eleven |
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4/3 |
Write Paper 5, Draft 1 |
Peer Response, Paper 5, Draft 1 Shaping Research Questions |
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4/5 |
Read more about your topic, trying to find answers to research questions |
Research Day: Library Consultations with Instructor (Floor 2) |
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4/7 |
Write Paper 5, Draft 2 |
Peer Response, Paper 5, Draft 2 |
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Week Twelve |
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4/10 |
Prepare Paper 5, Draft 2 for Instructor Response |
Introduction to Workshop Days |
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4/12 |
Write, Revise, Edit |
Workshop Day |
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4/14 |
Write, Revise, Edit |
Workshop Day |
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Week Thirteen |
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4/17 |
Write, Revise, Edit |
Workshop Day |
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4/19 |
Write, Revise, Edit |
Workshop Day |
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4/21 |
Write, Revise, Edit |
Workshop Day |
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Week Fourteen |
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4/24 |
Write, Revise, Edit |
Workshop Day |
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4/26 |
Write, Revise, Edit |
Workshop Day |
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4/28 |
Write, Revise, Edit |
Workshop Day |
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Week Fifteen |
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5/1 |
Re-Read Journal Entries from Semester |
Begin Final Analytical Essay |
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5/3 |
Work on Final Analytical Essay |
Workshop Day |
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5/5 |
Work on Final Analytical Essay |
Workshop Day |
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FINAL EXAM WEEK: PORTFOLIO DUE No Later Than Final Exam Day/Time |
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