English 101- EGCC
Class Schedule – Fall 2010
Instructor: Savannah Guz
Email: sguz@egcc.edu
Class Time: T/TH 1:00 p.m. -2:15 p.m.
Course Website: www.savannahschrollguz.com/egccstudents.html
(notes and updates available here)
WEEK I –
Tues, Aug 24 Syllabus; Schedule; Process; select your peer reviewers;
Prologue of book (p-1-p-8); Let’s look at: 207-208 “Dad”
paragraph about you; Respond to an image
Thurs, Aug 26 Read 354-355 “Thanksgiving”
346-348 “Bigger is Better”
209-211 “Show Don’t Tell”
In-class assignment: Timed writing
WEEK 2 –
Tues, Aug 31 Read 215-218 “My Mother”
183-187 “Punctuation” up to “The Semicolon”
In-class assignment: Timed writing
Thurs, Sept 2 Descriptive Essay Due: Describe Someone You Know
Read 117-118 “Transitions & Connectors”
128-138 “Making the Draft Longer or…”
WEEK 3 –
Tues, Sept 7 NO CLASS - Savannah is away
Even though we’ll be away, please Read pp. 54-64 for Thursday.
Thurs, Sept 9 Read 113-114, Outlines A, B, & C
Read 378-381 “Galaxy Quest”
In-class assignment: Timed writing
WEEK 4 –
Tues, Sept 14 Focused Paragraph Due
Read p. 344-346 “Ya Gotta Get a Gimmick”
and 397-400 “Cooking my Way to Mexican”
Thurs, Sept 16 Read 350-352 “Graduation Theater”
(in class: “Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant”)
In-class assignment: Timed writing
WEEK 5 –
Tues, Sept 21 Read 352-354 “How to Talk to Your…”
108-112 “Outlining”
In-class assignment: Timed writing
Thurs, Sept 23 Narrative Essay Due
Read 221-225 “Invitation to Beheading”
and “Your First Kill”
WEEK 6–
Tues, Sept 28 Read essay sample available website
Read 146- 154 “Beginning, Ending...”
Thurs, Sept 30 Read essay sample available on website
Read 187-193 “Semi-colons” up to “Spelling”
In-class assignment: Timed writing
(Use Exercises 1a & 1b on 156-157)
WEEK 7 –
Tues, Oct 5 Read 166-172 “Legalize Hemp…”
176-181 “Grammar” up to “Rules of Clarity”
Thurs, Oct 7 Compare/Contrast Essay Due
Read 365-367 “Why Falling in Love…”
181-183-“Rules of Clarity” up to “Punctuation”
In-class assignment: Timed writing
WEEK 8-
Tues, Oct 12 Read 367-369 “Why I never cared for…”
Read 393-395 “Pasts and Repasts…”
Thurs, Oct 14 Read 369-370 “A Moral Victory?”
242-248 up to “Examining your Assumptions”
In-class assignment: Timed writing
WEEK 9-
Tues, Oct 19 Read 373-376 “Rescue Dogs”
248-252 “Examining your Assumptions”
up to “Seven Cleanup Tasks”
In-class assignment: Timed writing
Thurs, Oct 21 Response Essay Due
Read T. Hardy “The Ruined Maid”
(link to text on website)
R. Browning “My Last Duchess”
(link to text on website)
Skim 253-256 up to “Seeing the Mode”
WEEK 10—
Tues, Oct 26 Read R. Gay “Gravity at the End of the World”
(link to text on website)
F. O’Connor “Good Country People”
(link to text on website)
Thurs, Oct 28 Read J.C. Oates “Where are you Going…”
(link to text on website)
Discuss MLA citation format
In-class assignment: Timed writing
WEEK 11—
Tues, Nov 2 Literary Analysis Essay Due
Read 309-316 “Documentation”
Read 385-389 “Jack Kerouac…”
Thurs, Nov 4 Read 362-363 “The Sprout Route”
118-123 “Writing Abstracts”
In-class assignment: Timed writing
WEEK 12—
Tues, Nov 9 Read 336-341 “Lucy, You Have Some…”
Look at Student Essay Example
(download from website)
Thurs, Nov 11 Read 329-335 “Cure or Control: The Lobotomy”
In-class assignment: Timed writing
WEEK 13—
Tues, Nov 16 Read short essays on 142-145
In-class assignment: Timed writing
Thurs, Nov 18 1-page description of Research Paper Due
Read 261-267 up to “Find a Dramatic Structure”
WEEK 14—
Tues, Nov 23 Discuss content of 2 editorials (provided in class)
In-class assignment: Timed writing
Thurs, Nov 25 NO CLASS (THANKSGIVING BREAK)
WEEK 15—
Tues, Nov 30 One-on-One Meetings with instructor (15 appt. slots)
(No scheduled lecture)
Thurs. Dec. 2 Research Paper Due by 1:30 p.m.– NO LATE PAPERS ACCEPTED
FINAL EXAM DATE: December 7th @ 1 p.m. (do not be late; no make-ups possible)
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