Lone Star College English 1301 week 1 Monday, August 27th, 2012
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- Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
- Watch, listen to, and annotate one of the Republican National Convention speeches
- Friday, September 7th, 2012
- Quiz on Tuesday;
- Summative grade: Test over Chapters 1-3
- WEEK 4
- Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
- Friday, September 21st, 2012 Fallacies of Argument quiz
- Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 Unit 1 vocabulary quiz;
- Friday, September 28th, 2012
- WEEK 6 Monday, October 1st, 2012
- Strunk and Whites Elements of Style; Little, Brown Handbook Chapters 18-21;
- Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 Descriptive essay due; Unit 3 vocabulary quiz Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
- Friday, October 12th, 2012
- WEEK 8
- Friday, October 19th, 2012
- Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 Unit 4 vocabulary quiz
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English 1301 WEEK 1 Monday, August 27th, 2012 Introduction to Introduction to class and syllabus; issue class texts; student introductions; an introduction to rhetoric. Homework: READ: pp. 1-34 in The Language of Composition for Wednesday’s class
Diagnostic grammar test
Writing workshop; diagnostic writing assignment: (pp.9-10 Language of Composition)
Return Einstein writing assignment; discuss rhetorical strategies Homework: Watch, listen to, and annotate one of the Republican National Convention speeches
Present rhetorical analysis of Republican convention speeches
Complete presentation of RNC speeches; analyze the rhetorical strategies in Mrs. Obama's DNC speech http://www.npr.org Meet with counselors in LGI 4212
Analysis of Democratic National Convention speeches; Chapter 1: Everything's an Argument; exploring visual texts. Assignment: Read pp. 66-68 in The Language of Composition and answer questions 1-7 on p.68 Homework: Study glossary of 20 selected tropes and schemes on pp. 58-59 in The Language of Composition. Quiz on Tuesday; read chapter 3 in The Language of Composition. Test on Wednesday
Monday, September 10th, 2012 Review Chapter 3 of The Language of Composition
Summative grade: Test over Chapters 1-3 of The Language of Composition and material covered in analysis of RNC and DNC conventions
Read "I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read" on pp. 89-99; Answer attached questions: Questions
Monday, September 17th, 2012 Read pp. 923-929 in Everything's an Argument. Answer questions 1-5 on pp. 929-930
Fallacies in Argument: pp. 491-512 in Everything's an Argument; Study appeals for Friday's quiz; Fallacies of Argument; Read today's David Brooks' New York Times Opinion page: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/18/opinion/brooks-thurston-howell-romney.html
Complete Fallacies in Argument assignment; Discuss David Brook's commentary; Assign Essay: Choose speech from the following link: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html; Rhetorical Analysis of Speech paper
Monday, September 24th, 2012 Return Fallacies of Argument quiz; The Language of Composition pp. 52-77: Analysis rhetorical strategies in JFK's 1961inaugural address: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/languageofcomp; Chapter 5 of Everything's an Argument pp. 102-115: Composing a Rhetorical Analysis; Begin grammar unit: Chapter 3 of The Little Brown Handbook; HOMEWORK: Exercises 12.4 and 12.5 on pp. 241.
Return Unit 1 vocabulary quiz; Peer edit rhetorical analysis essay; Grammar: The Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed; Strunk & White's Elements of Style Friday, September 28th, 2012 I am attending a funeral today. Ms. Townsend will substitute for me. Turn in your rhetorical analysis paper to Ms. Townsend. There will be a grammar activity for you to complete and turn in to Ms. Townsend. Description paper instructions: Descriptive Essay
Unit 2 vocabulary study; Review answers to grammar packet
Grammar test: Strunk and White's Elements of Style; Little, Brown Handbook Chapters 18-21; Writing Workshop: the descriptive essay: Objective Description Directions; Editing Instructions; Homework: Watch the first presidential debate.
Peer edit descriptive paper
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 Descriptive essay due; Unit 3 vocabulary quiz
Units 1-3 vocabulary test preparation: A, B, C technique; The Language of Composition: "A Talk to Teachers" - James Baldwin pp. 123-29; Answer questions 1-3 on p.129
Discuss the Baldwin essay; * I realize quite a few of you will out today. Please read the following essay and focus on why this speech is so effective. What point is Postman making in constructing this hypothetical graduation speech? Athenians vs. Visigoths: Neil Postman's hypothetical graduation speech
Monday, October 15th In-class essay: Baldwin response
Meet in library for research orientation; begin initial research and find and annotate one source: 21012 Research Paper
Collect research paper proposals; Return Baldwin argument essay and make revisions; Unit 4 vocabulary study (quiz on Tuesday)
WEEK 9 Monday, October 22nd, 2012 Counselor meeting in my room; read pp. 139-173 in Everything's an Argument - focus on the Toulmin method of argumentation
Summary of third presidential debate; return vocabulary quizzes; Unit 5 definitions; Everything's an Argument: What Toulmin Teaches; the research paper: requirements, due dates: 2012 Research Paper Directory: cms -> lib2 -> TX01001414 -> Centricity -> Domain Domain -> General Scholarships Domain -> Lesson One Expository Essay Domain -> Synthesis Essay: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The Good Domain -> Response to Literature Essay Transition, Lead-in, Quote (tlq) Domain -> Warm Up Which ad appeals to you the most? Why? Reminder: Unit 10 Vocabulary Quiz on Friday Picturing Argument Domain -> English 1301 Dual Credit Second Nine Weeks Mrs. Beard/Ms. Pennington Domain -> Guide to assign a score (dash 9) to each. Make sure that you can justify your scores with specific evidence Domain -> Death penalty essay Domain -> Revising Practice #1 Download 19.51 Kb. Share with your friends:
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