SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS –
Eng. 101 - ITLS
(subject to revision)
ALL WRITTEN HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE READINGS BELOW CAN BE
FOUND ON E-RESERVES
WEEK ONE:
WEEK TWO:
Mon.
No Class – Labor Day
Fri.
Introduction to English 101 (ITLS)
Mon.
In-Class Writing: Diagnostic Writing Sample
Theme One: Our Quest for Happiness: The Conflict
Between Anticipation and Realization
Fri.
WEEK THREE: Mon.
Fri.
WEEK FOUR:
Read: The Declaration of Independence
Read: The Futile Pursuit of Happiness
Read: New York Times articles on the above theme:
1) “In New Book, Professor Sees a ‘Mania’ In U.S. for Possessions …”
2) “Our Basic Human Pleasures: Food, Sex and Giving”
In-Class Activity: Model Essay in preparation for Essay #1
Mon.` In-Class Activity: Video Affluenza
Theme Two: The Presence of Death
WEEK FIVE:
WEEK SIX:
Fri.
Due:
Essay One Discovery Draft
(See Essay Topics in your syllabus)
We will do Peer Critique in class on the above draft on this date
(Mandatory Attendance)
Mon.
Read/Study:
A Writer’s Reference (S, W, G, E, P, M)
In-Class Activity: Grammar Exam on the above sections of WR
Fri.
Due:
Mon.
Read: On the Fear of Death
Fri.
In-Class Activity: Video (Whose Life Is It, Anyway?, Part I)
Essay One Final Draft
(with Discovery Draft, Peer Critique, and Outline attached)
Read: Unspeakable Conversations
WEEK SEVEN: Mon.
WEEK EIGHT:
WEEK NINE:
In-Class Activity: Video (Whose Life Is It, Anyway? ,Part II)
Fri.
Due: Journal Check #1
Write: a one-paragraph journal reaction to above video
Mon.
Read: Emily Dickinson poems
Fri.
Library Lecture - Research Methods (room to be announced)
Mon.
Due: Essay Two (final draft only; with outline & video worksheet attached)
In-Class Activity: Guided Vocabulary
Fri.
to be announced
Theme Three: Identity, Self-Image, and Reality
WEEK TEN:
Mon.
Read: New York Times articles on the above theme:
1) “This Is Your Life (and How You Tell It)”
2) “Mirrors Don’t Lie. Mislead? Oh, Yes.”
Write: Begin to work on worksheet questions for #1 above (hand-out)
Fri.
Read: Mirrors, (personal essay by Lucy Grealy)
Read: The Cave, Plato
WEEK ELEVEN: Mon.
Fri.
Read: “Why All Indiscretions Appear Youthful”
Due: Essay Three (final draft only; with This Is Your Life…worksheet attached)
In-Class Activity : Model Essay Review
Theme Four: Love and Hate
WEEK TWELVE: Mon.
Fri.
WEEK THIRTEEN:
Mon.
Fri.
WEEK FOURTEEN:
Mon.
Fri.
Read: The Storm (short story by Kate Chopin)
In-Class Activity: Microtheme: Using Supporting Evidence in your essays
Read: Shakespeare’s Sonnets 29, 116, and 130 (hand-out)
Write: Answer homework questions on hand-out for the above sonnets
Read: The Cask of Amontillado (You must print and bring to class;
(see E-Reserves for website)
In-Class Activity: Continue review of The Cask of Amontillado
In-Class Activity Outlining for the above story
No Class – Happy Thanksgiving
WEEK FIFTEEN:
Mon.
Due:
Essay Four Discovery Draft
We will do Peer Critique of the above draft in class on this date
(Mandatory Attendance)
Journal Check #2
Fri.
Due:
Mon.
In-Class Activity: Final Exam Review
Fri.
FINAL EXAM ADMINISTERED (details to be announced)
Due: Essay Four Final Draft (with Discovery Draft and Peer Critique att.)
WEEK SIXTEEN: