Class Outline 1A Spring '07

Outline - MtSAC 1A # 097357 Freshman Composition 8-12:15 Saturday

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• 3/3 - Procedures, parameters, overviews, signups.
  READ - "Harlem" at http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=640
  READ OR HEAR - William Jennings Bryant - http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/wjbryanimperialism.htm
  START READING Heart of Darkness (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/219/219.txt or pick up a copy at the library or bookstore).
  
• 3/10 - Statements, sentences. Discuss readings, critical reading, idea generation. Pre-Write Essay 1.
  Continue Heart of Darkness.
  Read Margaret Sanger: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/margaretsangermoralityofbirthcontrol.htm
  
• 3/17 - Essay #1 Due with pre-writing. Proofreading. Punctuation handouts. Modifiers vs statements; commas vs semicolons.
  Sources (View Nukes in Iraq montage). Discuss readings. Search critical sources. Thesis development for Essay 2.
  Continue Heart of Darkness.
  
• 3/24 - Commas & Semicolons, reprise. Bring 5 Theses. Thesis revision.
  FINISH READING Heart of Darkness.
  Read Achebe : http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/wyrick/debclass/achcon.htm
  
• 3/31 - Essay 2 due, complete. Pronouns, paragraphs, outlines, transition.
  
• 4/7 - View Apocalypse Now
  
• 4/14 - Discuss Apocalypse Now.
  Interjections, dashes and parentheses. Outline.
  
• 4/21 - Due Essay 3, complete with outlines.
  Parallels, time, research documentation. |
• 4/28 - Debate topics, teams, discuss research project propositions
  
• 5/5. . Research propositions. Documentation basics. ESSAY 4 DUE - TO BE WRITTEN IN CLASS.
  
• 5/12.Conferences, debate prep
  
• 5/19. Conferences, debate prep.
  
• 5/26 Group conferences. MLA Excercises.
  
• 6/2 Debates. LAST BLOG ENTRIES!!
  
• 6/9 Debates. DUE: Research Projects, completed, with MLA Works Cited.
  
• 6/16 Final Test - REQUIRED!!