alternate formats (for students with visual impairments or learning disabilities), tutorial assistance, and individual adaptive assistance as needed. If you have a disability for which you are or may be requesting an accommodation, you are encouraged to contact both your instructor and the Disabled Students Program in room L-105 as early in the semester as possible Course Schedule: The course schedule is subject to change to suit the needs of the class. The syllabus, including the course schedule below, is our contract and you are responsible for knowing what is on it from week to week. I will post your homework assignment on our course websiteplease be sure to log in and check the “homework due” page as it will tell you what you need to do before the next class and what you need to bring to the next class. As a general rule, if there is reading or writing due, bring it to class. Week Day 1 (Tu) Homework Day 2 (Th) Homework Week 1 1/27 Introductions: overview of course Complete double entry journal on Ways of Reading: our approach 1/29 Enlace Counselor Visit (Orientation); return to course requirements: discuss/work with journals and our approach Complete double entry journal on Baldwin Reading Week 2 2/3 Introduce PPPC;; explain working with difficulty (Baldwin); Assign Difficulty Essay; Read Freire Write “Difficulty Essay” on Freire 2/5 Introduce PPPC; Begin work with Freire Graphic organizer: Difficulty Essay Due Week 3 2/10 Return to Freire Graphic organizer; Assign Essay 1 Applying Freire; Prewriting for Essay 1 Write Essay 1; Read Selection from CC Success on Mentoring and Print Mentoring Assignment Handouts 2/12 What is a thesis statement? And Topic Sentences/focused paragraphs (blog); Discuss reading on mentoring. Introduce Mentor Assignment. Assign report; Finish writing Essay 1 Week 4 2/17 Essay 1 Applying Freire Due; in-class workshop focus thesis statements Revise Essay 1; review your handouts on thesis statement and paragraphs 2/19 Student Profiles for Mentor Project DUE! Second Essay 1 workshop focus Topic Sentences and focused paragraphs Complete final revision of Read “Shitty First Drafts” and Murray Selection Week 5 2/24 Final ; Essay 1 Process Journal; Discuss Read for Essay 2 2/26 Reading QUIZ Work with reading for Write Essay 2 Draft 1
writing as process; Discuss Revising vs. Editing/Proofreading Essay 2; Assign Essay 2; Week 6 3/3 Finish Work with reading for Essay 2; Assign Essay 2; Write Essay 2 3/5 First Workshop Essay 2 Revise Essay 2 Read Murray on The Craft of Revision Week 7 3/10 Second workshop for Essay 2 Finish final revision of Essay 2 3/12 1st Library Orientation:meet at the library in the lobby at the entrance Reading for Essay 3: Read how to write mentor letter; write mentor letter for Tuesday 3/17 Week 8 3/17 Final Essay 2 Due Work with reading for Essay 3. Assign Essay 3 Re-read and write Draft 1 of Essay 3 3/19 2nd Library Orientation:meet at the library entrance Week 9 3/24 Letter Mailed to Your Mentor by Today 1st Workshop Essay 3: Focus PIE paragraphs & The Art of Quoting 3/26 Second Essay 3 workshop: focus revising; the writing process; process journal in class Week 10 3/31 Spring Break!:) 4/2 Spring Break!:) Week 11 4/7 FINAL Essay 3 Due Deadline to schedule mentor meeting & Work w/students, add to key words page; Introduce and assign Essay 4:Research Decide on your topic; on-line preliminary research; use keywords page on blog 4/9 From topic to research paper in-class work; developing a research question Find your first 3 scholarly sources and bring them to our next class; also bring your narrowed topic and research