November 2019
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
Read Evaluating Sources if we don’t finish it in class.
Write either an acrostic poem or a parody of the Tell Tale Heart. Upload to Quip.
Work on Rough Draft
Bring the outline for the paper to class on Monday with your Thesis Statement
American Literary Translators Association Conference
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Library Day: Work on Rough Draft
American Literary Translators Association Conference
Read “Classifying and Dividing”, Norton (374-379).
Read “Analyzing Texts”, Norton (94-128).
Work on your Rough Draft
11
Review: Acrostic Poems and Murder Thesis Statements
Peer review Research Paper Outlines
Veterans Day
Finish reading “Classifying and Dividing”, Norton (374-379).
Finish reading “Analyzing Texts”, Norton (94-128).
Read “Problem Solving” by Albert Upton
Work on your Rough Draft
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Essay 2 Assignment: Collect and read 10 news articles online about a type of music, the most imminent concerns for the US government, or about the Hispanic cultures' contributions in the US. Analyze and classify these articles. Use your classification and research as the basis for Essay 2
Analysis and Classification (1)
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Reading 1: Analyzing Texts - How texts function // Fashion statement (context, thesis, analysis, conclusion) / Declaration (method of analysis, step-by-step ) / Stupid games (phases analysis with definition of games as a reflection of oneself, walls to choices) // Larger context, Focus // Obama and image craft (thesis, analysis diagram) // Writing an analysis is a mirror of analysis (larger context, focus, thesis, how text functions) + draft + feedback + editing
Reading 2: Classification & Dividing = organization / need for clear categories
“Problem Solving” by Albert Upton / Example "Said" or "Measurement" vs. "Hunt" / Another look at classification / Synthesis
Rough Draft
Read "The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe. Then, draw an outline of the plot. Bring to class
Work on Essay 2
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Admin: Essay 2, Quip, and 2nd Chance
Example "Said" or "Measurement" vs. "Hunt" / Synthesis
In groups: Plot analysis: “The Cask of Amontillado”
Brainstorm alternative plots in group. (See homework)
Brainstorm alternative plots in group. Write a new version together on Quip.
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Feedback Quip: Best Contribution
Review: Bibliographic Practice / MLA Style
Subject Verb Agreement (1,2,3) / Pronoun Agreement (1,2,3) / More / Verb Tense and Writing About Literature (1,2, 3)
InQuizitive: Misplaced/Dangling Modifiers, Finding Sources, Evaluating Sources, Integrating Sources, Synthesizing Ideas, and Documenting Sources (MLA) –Due Dec. 1st
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Evaluating Sources:Practice exercise
Review: Bibliographic Practice / MLA Style
Essay 2
Rough Draft
(2nd Chance)
Enjoy the Fall Break
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Fall Break
Fall Break
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Fall Break
Fall Break
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Fall Break
Fall Break
December 2019
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
2
No class
Snow Day
Last Chance to finish anything missing in Quip
Finish the Final Draft of the Research Paper. Print and Bring to class on Monday for Peer Revision.
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11
SPA-1101-02 - 10:15 am
SPA-1101-01 - 1:00 pm
12
13
ENG-1112-01 - 8:00 am
Final Paper Due
WLC-2520-01 - 1:00 pm
Fall Commencement
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Grades Due by Noon
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