Schedule

English Comp. II
Professor Flanagan
Fall 2008
Schedule: Sept. 8 - Dec. 22

Note: This schedule is subject to change from week to week.

Week 1: Sept. 8

Introductions
Review of syllabus
Introduction to/discussion of textbook
Critical thinking exercises and review of chapter 1
HW: Read p. 31-51. Do questions #1-8 pg. 50.

Week 2: Sept. 15

Review reading and questions.
Review p. 31-51.
Parts of Speech
Sentence Types
Identifying Subjects
Identifying Verbs

Myth quiz?
Essay Assignment 1: due week 4 (9/29)
Hw: Read p.177-191. Questions #1-5 on p.184. Grammar review.

Week 3: Sept. 22

Review reading and questions.
Go over grammar review.
Go over prewriting/questions about essay assignment.
Thesis statements, types of intros.
Developing ideas.
ROs, clauses, semicolons v. colons.
Sentence Types & parts of speech?
HW: Read p. 221-255. Do exercise on p.255. Grammar review.

Week 4: Sept. 29

Review homework.
Homework Quiz #1?
Review reading.
Research project (Due Dec. 1).
Essay assignment #2.
Intro to ethos, pathos, logos.
Semicolons.
Essay Assignment 2: due week 6 (10/13)
HW: Read p.75-103. Work on MLK analysis. Work on Final Research Paper.

Week 5: Oct. 6

Library Tutorial at Robeson Library (meet in regular classroom first)
Review reading and questions.
HW: Read p. 337-355. Grammar review.

Week 6: Oct. 13

Review reading.
Review papers.
Apostrophes.
Direct and Indirect Statement.
Plurals.
HW: Read p. 325-355. Grammar review?
Revisions due Monday, Oct. 20.

Week 7: Oct. 20

Review reading and questions.
Homework Quiz #5
Evidence
Parallelism
Comparison
Essay Assignment 3: due week 9 (11/3)
HW: Read p. 381-389. Grammar review.

Week 8: Oct. 27

Review reading and questions.
Homework Quiz #6
Refutation
Clarity
Wordiness
HW: Read p. 417-424. Grammar review.

Week 9: Nov. 3

Review reading and questions.
Homework Quiz #7
Documentation
Research project group work
Citations
Works Cited Page
Sample Research Paper
Agreement Errors
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement
Essay Assignment 4: due week 12 (11/24)
HW: Read p. 453-461. Grammar review.

Week 10: Nov. 10

Review reading and questions.
Homework Quiz #8
Research project group work
The Brief
Single Word Modifiers
Phrase Modifiers
HW: Read p. 465-470. Grammar review.

Week 11: Nov. 17

Review reading and questions.
Homework Quiz #9
Selections from arguments
Research Paper Samples
Pronouns
Case
Research Project: due week 13 (12/1)
HW: Work on final paper(s).

Week 12: Nov. 24

Review reading and questions.
Homework Quiz #10
Departmental Essay Examination Preparation
Pronoun Reference
Mixed Constructions
HW: Grammar review.

Week 13: Dec. 1

Review reading and questions.
Homework Quiz #11
Departmental Essay Examination
Logic
Deduction
Induction
Fallacies

Week 14: Dec. 8

Review reading and questions.
Homework Quiz #12
Indirect Argument

Week 15: Dec. 15

Oral Presentations