Overview of Assignments and Due Dates

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Assignments Calendar

Assignments & Grade Distribution

Due

Assignment

Val.

All

Class Participation (includes Workshops [WS])

Evaluation based on preparation and meaningful input that adds to our community

10%

1/31
2/7
2/14
3/2
3/14
3/28
3/30
4/6

Web Log Entries (Blogs): Blogs are online journals. For this course, I ask that you write a blog entry for each sequence of readings for this course. composed of two main parts: the MLA citation (the information as to author, title of work, date and place of publication, and publisher) and an annotation (which contains, as you may notice, the word “note” within). The annotation is also composed of two parts: a summary and an analysis. Your analysis should consider the validity of the author’s arguments, relevance to other texts we’ve read, and perhaps the greater relevance to the course in general. Blogs are posted online, and yours may be chosen to share in class.

10%

 

Oral Presentation I: A presentation on one of the units we’re covering. You will work with a group to prepare a 15-20 minute presentation concerning various facets of the text. You are encouraged to use a variety of media and sources in your presentation. The group also will submit an outline of the presentation, an overview of the concepts and sources, and an MLA Works Cited listing. If an extended writing assignment is due on the date of your presentation, your group may submit your writing assignment the following class session.

5%

 

Tutorials (SMH Online and BILT/TILT)

5%

2/16

Essay I Proposal (250 words)

2%

3/9

Essay I (1750 wds. plus outline and Works Cited)

10%

4/4

Essay II Proposal (250 words)

3%

4/18

Essay II (2000 wds. plus outline and Works Cited)

15%

 

Research Project:

0%

4/25

Research Project Proposal (500 words, plus prospective outline of project)

5%

5/2

Annotated Bibliography for your specific topic. Minimum 10 sources.

10%

5/11

Researched Analysis (2500 words minimum plus Works Cited and Outline). Min. 7 sources (not including reference materials)

20%

Fin.

Oral Presentation: Final Research Project (5-10 mins.)

5%

Class Calendar

For the course readings (non-tutorial), please bring the texts with you to class, preferably printed out so that you may annotate the texts and/or refer to the source(s) in class discussion.

1/24

Course Introduction. Overview of themes and goals of course. Review access to Buley databases. Set up your blog (see eng101.cundrie.com/blog/creating.htm). Email me the link to your blog! Create account for St. Martin’s Handbook web site (http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/smhandbook/). When creating your SMH account, make sure that a copy of your completed work goes to beaudina1(AT)southernct.edu.

1/26

Definitions due (hand in). SMH Online: Go to the SMH web site; scroll down to “Other Resources” and click on “The St. Martin’s Tutorial on Avoiding Plagiarism.” Under student resources, click on Introduction. Read “Introduction” and “Managing a Project” (note: there are no exercises to be submitted in this section).
In Class: Oral presentations overview and signup. Discussion of definitions and concepts of norms. Review SMH 11, “Analyzing Arguments.”

1/31

Sign up for listserv (see eng101.cundrie.com/listserv)[1] and BILT (mylibrary.ccsu.edu/TILT/) (complete Intro. and Module I; print out results [don’t forget to write in your name] to submit). Read & Blog: Scientific Perspectives. (Stumped for ideas? Consider discussions of argument from last class.) Last Day to Add/Drop.

2/2

SMH Online: “The St. Martin’s Tutorial on Avoiding Plagiarism: Taking Notes.” Read section and complete the following exercises: “Recognizing Summaries,” “Recognizing Paraphrases,” and “Recognizing Integrated Quotations.” In Class: Continue discussion of Scientific Perspectives.

2/7

Read & Blog: Historical Perspectives.

2/9

BILT (mylibrary.ccsu.edu/TILT/) (complete Module II; print out results—don’t forget to write in your name—submit). Freewrite to consider your topic for Essay I; see SMH 3a, “Exploring a topic,” and SMH 13a-h to review and reflect upon purpose, whether your statement can be argued, formulating your thesis, and developing support. Bring in chaos/ ideas/ clusters. In Class: Historical Perspectives Presentations. Overview of Essay I.

2/14

Read & Blog: Religious Perspectives. Draft Essay I Proposal (One printout; one digitally accessible; don’t worry; it will be rather brief!). In Class: Discussion and Workshop.

2/16

SMH Online: “The St. Martin’s Tutorial on Avoiding Plagiarism: Knowing Which Sources to Acknowledge.” Read tutorial and complete exercise, “Acknowledging Sources.”

In Class: Religious Perspectives Presentations. Essay I Proposal Due (250 wds.)

2/21

Presidents Day: No Class/ No Office Hours

2/23

BILT (mylibrary.ccsu.edu/TILT/) (complete Module III; print out results—don’t forget to write in your name—submit). Draft of Essay I (One printout; one digitally accessible): Bring in working thesis and general outline. In Class: Workshop: research and development.

2/28

SMH Online: “The St. Martin’s Tutorial on Avoiding Plagiarism: Documenting Sources.” Read tutorial and complete exercises, “MLA Documentation for In-Text Citations.” and “MLA Documentation for Works Cited.”

Draft of Essay I (One printout; one digitally accessible). You are expected to have continued to work on your draft and considered both input from the previous workshop and the response(s) to your proposal.
In Class: Workshop: effective organization, analysis, and use of source materials.

3/2

Read & Blog: Contemporary Cultural Perspectives. Draft of Essay I (One printout; one digitally accessible). You are expected to have continued to work on your draft and considered both input from the previous workshop and the response(s) to your proposal. In Class: Workshop.

3/7

Finished Draft of Essay I. Workshop: Format/Design and proofing.

In Class: Contemporary Cultural Perspectives Presentations. Overview of Wednesday.

3/9

Prepare 1 specific for each speaker; prepare 2 general questions for the group.

Guest Speakers (tent.). Looking ahead to final project, you may “uncover” your topic through this meeting. Prepare thought-provoking and pertinent questions. BE ON TIME! Essay I Due (1750 wds. min.).

3/14

Read & Blog: Written Lives

3/16

SMH Online: “The St. Martin’s Tutorial on Avoiding Plagiarism: Avoiding Plagiarism.” Read tutorial and complete exercise, “Avoiding Plagiarism.” How did you do? Do you feel that you now have a better understanding of the concepts of academic honesty and proper citation practices?

In Class: Written Lives Presentations. Overview of Final Project. Uncovering your topics. Freewrite to consider your topic for your final project; see SMH 3a, “Exploring a topic,” and SMH 13a-h to review and reflect upon purpose, whether your statement can be argued, formulating your thesis, and developing support. Bring in chaos/ ideas/ clusters.

3/21-27 Spring Break (No Classes)

3/28

Read & Blog: Sacrifices and Standards. In Class: Essay II Proposal. Last Day to Withdraw from Class

3/30

Blog: Speakers visit. Sacrifices & Standards Presentations.

4/4

In Class: Continue discussions of Sacrifices & Standards. Essay II Proposal Due.

4/6

Read & Blog: Reverberations and Metaphors

4/11

Reverberations & Metaphors Presentations. Draft of Essay II (One printout; one digitally accessible).
In Class: Workshop.

4/13

Draft of Essay II (One printout; one digitally accessible). Workshop.

4/18

Essay II Due (2000 words minimum). In Class: Final Project Preparation: Considering the Possibilities (and making the possibilities realities). Writing the Research Project Proposal.

4/20

In Class: Evaluating sources review; working with your proposal. What is an Annotated Bibliography (AB)?

4/25

Research Project Proposal (500 words) Due. Research Project Annotated Bibliography (AB) Workshop. Considering types of sources and their value.

4/27

Bring in at least three prospective sources for your research project. In Class: Research Project AB Workshop. Bringing together the Research Project.

5/2

AB for Research Project (min. 10 entries) Due. Creating your Research Project rough draft (bring in clusters/notes/outlines)

5/4

Develop working thesis and outline for your Research Project (One printout; one digitally accessible). Workshop: Development.

5/9

Final Draft of Research Project (One printout; one digitally accessible). YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET CLASS INPUT! Workshop.                                                                                              

5/11

Last Class. Research Project Due (2500 words minimum plus outline and works cited). Course Evaluations. Overview of Final Presentations.

5/16

6-8 pm: Tentative Final Exam time for section 26. Project Presentations.       

5/18

7:30-9:30 pm: Tentative Final Exam time for section 27. Project Presentations.

[1] A listserv (LS) is an online discussion list. This LS is open only to students of the classes that I teach at SCSU. Once you’ve subscribed, any email that you send to eng101ab@ lists.southernct.edu forwards your email to everyone else who is subscribed to the list. You are required to subscribe to the listserv. You are not required to post to the listserv; you are, however, encouraged to do so. It is an open-ended extra credit opportunity to engage in additional participation outside of the classroom. The LS is your opportunity to discuss, consider, refine, and rethink what we have read and discussed in class.  Also, by posting to the LS, you continue to hone your writing skills in a medium that requires a different type of writing, one that needs to be precise yet brief.

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