Week 1
Tuesday, January 13th—Introduction, Blogs, Writing Assessment,
Homework: Read, “A Modest Proposal,” by Jonathan Swift
Thursday, January 15th—How to write a summary response, Discuss reading assignment
Homework: Write example summary response
Week 2
Tuesday, January 20—Swift response due; Logical fallacies
Homework: Read, “I Want a Wife,” by Judy Brady; write
summary/response
Thursday, January 22—Brady response due; Writing to a specific audience
Homework: Read “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” by Martin
Luther King, Jr.; write summary/response
Week 3
Tuesday, January 27—MLK response due; Begin research unit
Thursday, January 29—Brainstorming topics, tentative theses, narrowing the thesis
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Week 4
Tuesday, February 3—In-class Library orientation
Thursday, February 5—Outlining, structuring, in-text citations, works cited
Week 5
Tuesday, February 10—The writing process, revising
Thursday, February 12—NO CLASS
Week 6
Tuesday, February 17—In-class research day
Thursday, February 19—Research Paper Rough Draft Due
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Week 7
Tuesday, February 24—Conferences
Thursday, February 26—Conferences
Week 8
Tuesday, March 3—Conferences
Thursday, March 5—Research Paper Final Draft Due
Week 9
SPRING BREAK
Week 10
Tuesday, March 17—Begin Multi-Genre Research Project Unit
Thursday, March 19—TBD
Week 11
Tuesday, March 24—TBD
Thursday, March 26—TBD
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Week 12
Tuesday, March 31—TBD
Thursday, April 2—Multi-Genre Research Project Due
Homework: Read, “The American Male at Age 10,” by Susan
Orlean
Week 13
Tuesday, April 7—Discuss homework, work on in-class writing prompt
Homework: Read, “The Boy,” by Diana Joseph
Thursday, April 9—Discuss homework, work on in-class writing prompt
Homework: Read, “Black Hair,” by Gary Soto
Week 14
Tuesday, April 14—Discuss homework, work on in-class writing prompt
Homework: Read, “Me Talk Pretty One Day,” by David Sedaris
Thursday, April 16—Discuss homework, work on in-class writing prompt
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Week 15
Tuesday, April 21—Conferences
Thursday, April 23—Conferences
Week 16
Tuesday, April 28—Conferences
Thursday, April 30—Personal Narrative Final Draft Due
Finals Week
Tuesday, May 5 12:30pm–2:30pm
Location TBD
