ENGL 1301: Fall 2017 Syllabus

Students are responsible for keeping up with all assignments on the syllabus. The instructor will not remind students
of homework assignments in class. Any reading assignment that is missed will be taken into account as part of the
homework/participation portion of each students grade.

Please note that the Homework/Assigned Reading(s) column is the assignment for the following class period. For
example, pages 912-915 of a text appears on the 8/29 date; therefore the reading assignment must be complete by
8/31, the following class period.

Week Date Discussion/In-Class Homework/Assigned Reading(s)

Activities
1 8/29 Course Introduction; EAA (Everyones An Author): pp. 159-174 Writing a Narrative; 912-915
Socratic Seminar: The Money
McCarthys The Road
8/31 Lesson: EAA: pp. 1078-1087 My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant
Narrative/Reflection Seagull: pp. 252-272 Sentences
Writing (Audience &
Purpose)
2 9/5 Lesson: Writing Process EAA: pp. 1088-1092 Oppressed Hair Puts a Ceiling on the Brain
(Arrangement) Stories (The Seagull Reader): pp. 469-478 Walkers Everyday Use
Mini-Seminar: My Life Assignment: Written Response to EEA p. 1092, Question 5
as an Undocumented
Immigrant
9/7 Lesson: Style Seagull: pp.17-29 Developing Paragraphs; 324-344 Punctuation
Socratic Seminar: Alice Assignment: Seagull Exercises pp. 362 (S-2a) & 363 (S-2b)
Walker (Audience & *Note: All Seagull Exercises assigned are for odd-numbered problems only.
Style) Please use the even-numbered problems as review.
3 9/12 Lesson: Revising and EAA: pp. 340-351 Making a Proposal; 366-372 Readings: Two Model
Editing Proposals
20 min: Conferencing Seagull: pp. 75-78 Reading Strategies; 272-282 Subject-Verb
for Essays Agreement and Pronouns
9/14 Begin New Unit: EAA: pp. 868-875 How a National Food Policy Could Save Millions of
Problem/Solution American Lives; 931-951 How Junk Food Can End Obesity
Writing
*Reflection Essay Due
4 9/19 Lesson: Academic Seagull: pp. 282-288 Parallelism/Coordination, Subordination/ Shifts;
Writing pp. 345-354 Hyphens/Capitalization/Italics/Abbreviations/Numbers
Socratic Seminar:
Proposal Essays
Audience &
Arrangement Revisited
9/21 Seminar: Proposal Assignment: Seagull Exercises p. 374-375 (S-5 Exercise 1); p. 376 (S-6a); p.
Essays cont. 380 (S-7); p. 404 (P-1a-b); p. 415 (P-5a)
*Note: All Seagull Exercises assigned are for odd-numbered problems only.
Please use the even-numbered problems as review.
5 9/26 Seminar: Proposal EEA: pp. 505-534 Synthesizing Ideas; Quoting, Paraphrasing,
Essays cont. Summarizing; Giving Credit, Avoiding Plagiarism

9/28 Usage Quiz EEA: pp. 201-206 Writing Analytically; pp. 840-854 Should Everybody
Lesson: Integrating Write?
Sources/Avoiding
Plagiarism
 Optional: Conferencing
for Essays
6 10/3 Begin New Unit: EEA: pp. 221-224 Happy by Pharrell Williams: Why This Song Has
Analytical Writing Grabbed the Nation; pp. 231-239 Writing Analytically: A Roadmap;
Mini-Seminar: Should 240-245 Calvin and Hobbes: The Voice of the Lonely Child
Everybody Write?
*Proposal Essay Due
10/5 Mini-Seminar: Happy EEA: pp. 33-38; 225-230
and Calvin & Hobbes
Lesson: Visual Analysis
7 10/10 Stories (The Seagull Reader): pp. 98-101 Chopins The Story of an Hour;
Lesson cont.: Visual pp. 448-458 Steinbecks The Chrysanthemums
Analysis
7 10/12 Lesson: Literary Stories: pp. 228-230 Kincaids Girl; pp. 150-167 Gilmans The Yellow
Analysis Wallpaper
Socratic Seminar:
Chopin & Steinbeck
Purpose & Style
Revisited
8 10/17 Lesson: Literary EEA Online:
Analysis cont. http://everyonesanauthor.tumblr.com/post/160243829150/conversation-
Socratic Seminar: language-hookup Conversation: Language hookup *Note that this is an
Kincaid & Gilman online reading assignment. You will need to read the directions posted on
this hyperlink. Two readings and a video are included; you will need to
read both articles and view the video in preparation for class.
10/19 Socratic Seminar: EEA Online:
Language Hookup http://everyonesanauthor.tumblr.com/post/154548680140/conversation-
fake-truth-real-life Conversation: fake truth, real life *Note that this is
an online reading assignment. You will need to read the directions posted
on this hyperlink. Four sources are included; you will need to read/view all
pieces in preparation for class.
9 10/24 Socratic Seminar: Fake * Check in with groupAre you ready to present your analysis Tuesday,
Truth, Real Life 10/24?
10/26 Group EEA: pp. 252-266 Reporting Information; EEA Online: Maybe College
Projects/Presentations: http://everyonesanauthor.tumblr.com/tagged/report
Visual Analysis New York Times source:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/education/edlife/voices-from-
rural-america-on-why-or-why-not-go-to-college.html
*Note that this is an online reading assignment.
10 10/31 Begin New Unit: EEA: pp. 267-272 Reporting Information cont.; 293-296 The Right to
Informational Preach on a College Campus
WritingPurpose &
Audience Revisited
Discussion: Maybe
College
*Analysis Essay Due
11/2 Lesson cont.: EEA Online: Press the Button
Informational Writing http://everyonesanauthor.tumblr.com/tagged/report
Discussion: The Right Lucky Peach source: http://luckypeach.com/press-the-button/ *Note that
to Preach on a College this is an online reading assignment.
Campus
11 11/7 Lesson cont.: EEA Online: Caucasian. Is that a thing?
Informational Writing http://everyonesanauthor.tumblr.com/tagged/report
 Discussion: Press the Sapiens source:
Button https://www.sapiens.org/column/race/caucasian-terminology-origin/
*Note that this is an online reading assignment.
11/9 Socratic Seminar: EEA: pp. 273-279 Heart and Sole: Detroiter Walks 21 Miles in Work
Caucasian. Is that Commute
thing?
12 11/14 Lesson cont.: Continue working on Informational Synthesis Essay
Informational Writing
Discussion: Heart and
Sole
Peer Review:
REQUIREDBring your
essay drafts.
11/16 Student Conferencing: Continue working on Informational Synthesis Essay
REQUIRED--Bring your
essay drafts.
13 11/21 Thanksgiving Break EEA Online: Envy Much
11/23 No Classes http://everyonesanauthor.tumblr.com/tagged/analysis
New York Times Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/fashion/instagram.html?_r=0

14 11/28 Discussion: Envy Stories: pp. 143-150 Mrquez A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
Much
*Informational
Synthesis Essay Due
Absolutely NO late
essays accepted for any
reason
11/30 Socratic Seminar: Stories: pp. 316-333 Oates Where Are You Going; Where Have You
Mrquez (Symbolism & Been?
Purpose)
15 12/5 Socratic Seminar: Oates Poems (The Seagull Reader): p. 16 Atwoods You Fit Into Me; pp. 114-
(Style) 117 Finneys Left; pp. 270-271 Roethkes My Papas Waltz
12/7 Lesson: Literary N/A
AnalysisPoetry
16 12/11- Finals Week: In Class N/A
12/17 Essay Date TBA