English 0950 Schedule - Spring 2005

Anoka Ramsey Community College -- Coon Rapids Campus
English 0950: Elements of College Writing
Spring 2005 / Sections 1 and 2
Tentative Schedule -- REVISED #2

M 4/11 -- Final Q & A for Essay #3 / New Schedule / Prewriting for Essay #4 -- A Multiple-Source Essay

W 4/13 -- Due: Final Draft and Portfolio of Summary-Response Essay / No Class -- Reading Day

Th 4/14 -- Due: Read these four essays before class and be ready for a quiz and discussion:

George Orwell -- pages 15-20
N. Scott Momaday -- pages 21-25
Virginia Woolf -- pages 26-28
Jessica Mitford -- pages 46-50

F 4/15 -- No Class / Professor at a Conference

M 4/18 -- Due: Read these four essays before class and be ready for a quiz and discussion:

Annie Dillard -- pages 9-12
Langston Hughes -- pages 13-14
Judith Ortiz Cofer -- get handout from Scott
E.B. White -- get handout from Scott

W 4/20 -- Due: Read these four essays before class and be ready for a quiz and discussion:

Stephen King -- pages 76-78
Susan Allen Toth -- pages 92-94
Two more articles to be determined -- get handouts from Scott

Th 4/21 -- Lab -- Write First Draft of Essay #4

F 4/22 -- Due: Two (2) Copies of Multiple-Source Essay -- First Draft / PEER REVIEW #1

M 4/25 -- Due: ______________________________ / Thesis, Structure, and Frequently Asked Questions

W 4/27 -- Due: ______________________________ / Paraphrasing and MLA Citations

Th 4/28 -- Lab -- Write Second Draft of Essay #4

F 4/29 -- Due: Three (3) Copies of Multiple-Source Essay -- Second Draft / PEER REVIEW #2

M 5/2 -- Due: Read TPH, chapter 16, pages 74-80 / Make Revision Plans / Discuss Editing Strategies -- Commas

W 5/4 -- Due: One (1) Copy of Multiple-Source Essay -- "Almost-Final" Draft / EDITING SESSION

Th 5/5 -- Lab -- Revising and Editing Essay #4

F 5/6 -- Due: Final Draft and Portfolio of Multiple-Source Essay / Course Evaluations

W 5/11 -- English 0950 Final Exam / 4:10-6:10 p.m. / Individual Conferences in H 131 to Return Essay #4

NOTE: According to college policies and the faculty contract, we are required to meet for the final exam; consequently, if you fail to appear during this time period, unless you've made prior arrangements with me due to extraordinary circumstances, the grade on your final essay will be lowered one letter.