Syllabus SyllabusPlease Note: This syllabus is a plan for the semester. However, either I or we as a class may decide to modify the schedule as the term unfolds, adding readings, providing additional time for assignments, or changing due dates.
| Date | Readings | Assignments |
| January | ||
| 21 W | Expository Writing Diagnostic Essay Course Introduction Letter of Introduction: Personal Goals for EN 105 |
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| 23 F | Literacy, Cultural Literacy, and News Literacy |
Letter of Introduction Due |
| 28 W | Reading: Illiterate America (excerpt) by Jonathan
Kozol (handout) Reading the News Critically Thesis Statements |
News Literacy: A Personal Assessment Due |
| 30 F | Thesis Statements Organization |
Draft Thesis Statements Due |
| February | ||
| 4 W | Peer Critique Exchange | Working Draft of Paper 1 Due |
| 6 F | Peer Group Meetings Writing Workshop |
Peer Critique Letters Due |
| 11 W | Paper 2: The Message of the Medium of the News |
Paper 1 Due |
| 13 F | ||
| 18 W | "The Medium is the Message" (McLuhan) Summaries Media and their Messages. . .and the News |
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| 20 F | ||
| 25 W | Peer Critique Exchange | Working Draft of Paper 2 Due |
| 27 F | Peer Group Meetings Writing Workshop |
Peer Critique Letters Due |
| March | ||
| 4 W | ||
| 6 F | Paper 2 Due | |
| 7-15 | Spring Break | |
| 18 W | Paper 3 The Best Way to Get the New: An Argument | |
| 20 F | ||
| 25 W | ||
| 27 F | Working Draft of Paper 3 Due | |
| April | ||
| 30 M | Peer Group Meetings | Peer Critique Letters Due |
| 1 W | ||
| 3 F | Paper 4: | Paper 3 Due |
| 8 W | ||
| 9 Th | Withdrawal Deadline | |
| 10 F | Working Draft of Paper 4 Due | |
| 13 M | Peer Group Meetings | Peer Critique Letters Due |
| 15 W | ||
| 17 F | Paper 4 Due | |
| 22 W | Portfolio Writing Workshop | |
| 24 F | Portfolio Writing Workshop | |
| 29 W | Course Evaluations |
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| May | ||
| 4 M | Portfolios Due | |