Course Schedule: English Composition II

COURSE SCHEDULE: ENGLISH COMPOSITION II

Please review our course schedule to stay current on class discussions, course texts, and writing assignments. This schedule is subject to change. Here is the DCCC Academic Calendar.

Week 1

Tuesday, 8.28
- Introduction to course
- Review my website
- Check student email for course update
- Check that you can log into a campus computer and into Delegate. For assistance, review our Information Technology course page.
- Please read Life as Narrative (Jerome Bruner).
Thursday, 8.30
- Q&A about course.
- WOOP Steps
- Process of getting to know each other.
- Check student email for course update.
Weekly Readings
Weekly Writing Process:
- Begin working on blog posts #1 and #2. Save your work in a Word or Google document. No work is due next week.

Week 2

Tuesday, 9.4
- Continue process of getting to know each other.
- Weebly workshop. Click this link for Weebly resources.
- Continue working on blog posts #1 and #2.
- Work on your Weebly websites at home.
Thursday, 9.6
- Weebly workshop.
- Work on Weebly websites at home.
Weekly Writing Process:
- Blog posts #1 and #2 are due at 11:59 pm on Monday, 9.10.
- Create website content: writerly theme, home page, about page. None of this work is due next week. Click here for the student website project requirements.

Week 3

Tuesday, 9.11
- In-class commenting on classmate blog posts.
- Explore Marcel Proust and the madeleine scene.
- Explore writing process: comic strips.
Thursday, 9.13
- Explore creative nonfiction.
- Explore how to write a scene.
- In-class writing session: making a scene.
Weekly Readings/Texts
Weekly Writing Process
- Blog post #3 is due at 11:59 pm on Monday, 9.17.
- Website content for writerly theme, home, about, contact, and blog is due at 11:59 pm on Monday, 9.17. Click here for the student website project requirements.

Week 4

Tuesday, 9.18
- In-class drawing of a scene from Bullet in the Brain (Tobias Wolff).
- Explore literary analysis: context, text, and subtext.
- Explore literary devices: literary conflict, themes, motifs, and symbols.
Thursday, 9.20
- In-class interpretation of Bullet in the Brain (Video/Re-Genre).
- In-class writing session.
Weekly Readings/Texts
Weekly Writing Process
- Blog post #4 is due at 11:59 pm on Monday, 9.24.
- Comment on three classmate blog posts by 11:59 pm on Monday, 9.24.

Week 5

Tuesday, 9.25
- In-class literary analysis of The Yellow Wall-Paper (Charlotte Perkins Stetson)
Thursday, 9.27
- In-class writing session: narrative project web page content | composing a past scene.
Weekly Readings/Texts
Weekly Writing Process
- Blog post #5 is due at 11:59 pm on Monday, 10.1.
- Narrative project web page content (introduction, links, header image, etc.) due at 11:59 pm on Monday, 10.1. Click here for the student website project requirements.
- Comment on three classmate blog posts by 11:59 pm on Monday, 10.1.

Week 6

Tuesday, 10.2
- In-class writing workshop: present your scene to class.
- Student-Teacher Conferences (Schedule TBD).
Thursday, 10.4
- In-class writing workshop: present your scene to class.
- Student-Teacher Conferences (Schedule TBD).
Weekly Readings/Texts
- My Mother Gives me a Writing Lesson (Martin Lee)
Weekly Writing Process
- Blog post #6 is due at 11:59 pm on Monday, 10.8
- Comment on three classmate blog posts and three blog posts in another ENG 100 section (6 total) by 11:59 pm on Monday, 10.8.

Week 7

Tuesday, 10.9
- In-class writing session: Draft #1 of narrative project.
- Student-Teacher Conferences (Schedule TBD)
Thursday, 10.11
- In-class writing session: Draft #1 of narrative project.
- Student-Teacher Conferences (Schedule TBD)
Weekly Readings/Texts
Weekly Writing Process
- Draft #1 of narrative project is due on your assignment web page by 11:59 pm on Monday, 10.15.
- Blog post #7 is due by 11:59 pm on Wednesday, 10.17.

Week 8

Tuesday, 10.16 (No Class. DCCC Faculty In-Service).
Thursday, 10.18 (No Class).
Weekly Readings/Texts
Weekly Writing Process
- Blog post #8 is due at 11:59 pm on Monday, 10.22.
- Comment on three classmate blog posts by 11:59 pm on Monday, 10.22.

Week 9

Tuesday, 10.23
- Explore process for revising draft #1 of narrative project.
- Group exploration of Plato's Cave.
Thursday, 10.25
- In-class explorations of being present in life narratives and the power of counterfactuals.
- In-class workshop: revise draft #1 of narrative project.
Weekly Readings/Texts
Weekly Writing Process
- Draft #2 of narrative project is due on your assignment web page by 11:59 pm on Monday, 10.29.
- Blog post #9 is due at 11:59 pm on Monday, 10.29.

Week 10

Tuesday, 10.30
- Narrative project packet submission (stapled together in this order: draft #2, draft #1, completed assignment sheet). This submission is optional: only if you want my handwritten feedback.
- Explore research project: rhetorical situation and "three good things" writing process.
Thursday, 11.1
- Explore assignment sheet.
- Explore positive psychology.
- Explore "three good things" sources.
- Small group discussions and research.
Weekly Readings/Texts
Weekly Writing Process
- Blog post #10 is due at 11:59 pm on Monday, 11.5.
- Comment on blog post #10 for each member in your research group by 11:59 pm on Monday, 11.5.

Week 11

Tuesday, 11.6
- In-class writer's workshop: create content for research project web page. Click here for the student website project requirements.
- Explore the research process (which is part of the genre): research question | collecting data | evaluating sources.
Thursday, 11.8
- Connect the research process with the research product (both part of the genre): MLA style conventions | integrating source materials into your text.
Weekly Readings/Texts
Writing Process
- Blog post #11 due at 11:59 pm on Monday, 11.12.
- Comment on blog post #11 for each member in your research group by 11:59 pm on Monday, 11.12.
- Rolling deadline for narrative project.

Week 12

Tuesday, 11.13
- In-class writer's workshop: composing the introduction section and literature review section for your research project.
Thursday, 11.15
- In-class writer's workshop: composing the research findings section for your research project.
- In-class game show.
Weekly Readings/Texts
- Literature Review (Purdue OWL)
- Analyzing Primary Data (Purdue OWL)
Weekly Writing Process
- Draft #1 of research project is due on your assignment web page by 11:59 pm on Monday, 11.26.
- Blog post #12 due at 11:59 pm on Monday, 11.19.
- Comment on blog post #12 for each member in your research group by 11:59 pm on Monday, 11.26.
- Rolling deadline for narrative project.

Week 13

Tuesday, 11.20
- Research project packet submission (stapled together in this order: draft #1, completed assignment sheet). This submission is optional: only if you want my handwritten feedback.
- In-class presentations of research project findings.
Thursday, 11.22 (No Class. Holiday break.)
Weekly Writing Process
- No writing assignments are due. Enjoy the holiday break.

Week 14

Tuesday, 11.27
- In-class presentations of research project findings.
Thursday, 11.29
- In-class presentations of research project findings.
- In-class game show.
Weekly Writing Process
- Blog posts #13 and #14 are due at 11:59 pm on Monday, 12.3. *Optional assignments.
- Comment on blog post #13 and #14 for each member in your research group by 11:59 pm on Monday, 12.3. *Optional.
- Rolling deadline for narrative and research projects ends on Tuesday, 12.4.

Week 15

Tuesday, 12.4
- In-class writing workshop. Informal conferences on narrative and research projects.
Thursday, 12.6
- In-class writing workshop. Informal conferences on narrative and research projects.
Weekly Writing Process
- Final Portfolio is due at 11:59 pm on Sunday, 12.09
- Blog post #15 is due at 11:59 pm on Sunday, 12.09. Final blog assignment for the semester.
- Comment on blog post #15 for each member in your research group by 11:59 pm on Monday, 12.10.

Week 16: Finals Weeks

Student-Teacher Conferences (Schedule TBD).