ENG101:
First-Year Composition
Online version
Fall
2007
MCC at
Red Mountain
Linda
Evans
480-654-7725
Office
hours: 9:00-10:00 AM daily and by appointment
Course Schedule
August
20 – December 7, 2007
Date
Activity
Assignment
8/20
Syllabus and schedule
Collage
assignment
8/22
The aims of writing
Due
8/24: Collages
The
writing situation
8/24
Sharing of collages
Due 8/27:
Reading exercise #1
Reading
exercises
8/27
The writing process:
Due 8/29: Reading exercise
#2
Prewriting, writing, rewriting
8/29
Thesis and support
Due 8/31:
Reading exercise #3
General --
specific
8/31
Freewriting practice
Due 9/5: Bookjacket
assignment
Forming
editing groups
9/3
Happy Labor Day!
9/5
A community of writers
9/7
The anatomy of an essay
The power of
detail
9/10
Unit 1: Scars
Due 9/12: Choose one
interesting scar—
physical or emotional—to write about.
Reading exercise #4.
9/12
Setting up essay #1
Due 9/14: Working
draft of essay #1—
From
freewriting to essay
can be handwritten
9/14
Writing workshop
Sample essays
Introductions
and conclusions
9/17
Group editing: how to do it
Due 9/19: Typed copies of
rough
and what to
look for
draft
of essay #1 for group editing.
Counts 10 points toward final grade.
9/19
Group editing
9/21
Group editing
Due 9/24: Final draft of essay #1 with
rough draft and editing sheets
9/24
Feather circle
9/26
Feather circle
Due 9/28: Thank you notes for gifts
given in feather circle
9/28
Unit 2: A Place You Know
Due 10/1: Reading
exercise #5
10/1
Setting up essay #2
Due 10/3: Working draft of
essay #2
10/3
Writing workshop
Due
10/5: Typed copies of
Middles of
essays
rough draft of essay #2 for group editing.
Supporting
your thesis
Counts 10 points toward final grade.
10/5
Group editing
10/8
Group editing
Due 10/10: Final draft of essay #2 with
rough draft and editing sheets
10/10
Feather
circle
10/12
Feather
circle
Due
10/15: Thank you notes for gifts
given in feather circle
10/15
Unit 3:
Goals and Journeys Due
10/17: Reading exercise #6
List of 50 lifetime
goals
10/17
Analyzing
lifetime goals
10/19
Setting up
essay #3
Due
10/22: Rough draft essay #3 for
Closing an
essay
group editing. Counts 10 points toward
final
grade.
10/22
Group editing
10/24
Group
editing
Due
10/26: Final draft of essay #3 with
rough
draft and editing sheets
10/26
Feather
circle
10/29
Feather
circle
Due 10/31:
Thank you notes for gifts
given
in feather circle. Bring ghost stories
and goodies to share!!!
10/31
Ghost stories and goodies!!
Due 11/2: Reading exercise #7
11/2
The
power of words (diction)
11/5
Unit
4: Someone You Love
11/7
Setting
up essay #4
Due
11/9: Working draft of essay #4
11/9
Writing
workshop
Due 11/14: Copies of rough
draft of
essay #4
for group editing. Counts 10
points
toward final grade.
11/12
Happy Veterans
Day!!
11/14
Group editing
11/16
Group
editing
Due
11/19: Final draft of essay #4 with
rough
draft and editing sheets
11/19
Feather
circle
11/21
Feather
circle
Due 11/26:
Thank you notes for gifts
in
feather circle. Reading exercise #8.
11/23
Happy
Thanksgiving!!
11/26
Readability
Due 11/28: Reading exercise #9
Do’s and don’ts
11/28
Superstitions
in writing
Due 11/30: Reading exercise #10
11/30
Punctuation
made easy!
12/3
Breathing room
12/5
Breathing room
Due 12/7: Bring favorite
holiday
goodies
to share!!
12/7
Looking
back and looking ahead
Course evaluation
Email
me!
Go home!