Fall 2008

ENGLISH 108

Rebecca Whitus Longster

Schedule

This page may be accessed on the world wide web at
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~rebeccal/comp /108f07/schedule.html

"Don't tear up the page and start over when you write a bad line--try to write your way out of it.  Make mistakes and plunge on . . . .Writing is a means of discovery, always . . . ."  Garrison Keillor

go to Week:

One - Two - Three - Four - Five - Six - Seven - Eight - Nine - Ten - Eleven -Twelve - Thirteen - Fourteen - Fifteen - Sixteen - Seventeen

Note: Changes to the schedule in any productive class are almost inevitable, and this one is no exception. Such changes, additions, deletions, etc. will be announced in class, but you should get in the habit of checking the web schedule regularly and often for handouts, guidelines, and other links I will be adding as the semester goes on. 

Week One: 8/25-29

Tue.
--Introductions
--Fill out course cards
--Textbook assignment
--Discussion of syllabus, policies, schedule
--1st reading assignment

Thur.
--Discussion of course and student goals and objectives
--continued discussion of syllabus, policies, schedule

--in class writing (diagnostic exercise)

Assignments

 



(for Thursday)
--handout by Anne Lamott
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Week Two: 9/1 - 5

Tue.
--Paper One assignment
--Movie List

Thur.
--How you read, how you write
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Assignments

Tue.
--Kindred

Thur.
--Kindred

Week Three: 9/8 - 12

Tue.
--Film

Thur.
--Film
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Assignments

Tue.
--Kindred

Thur.
--Kindred
Writing due: first final draft of Paper One, 2 copies

Week Four: 9/15 - 19

Tue.
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Thur.
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Assignments

Tue.
Return Peer Reviewed Drafts of Paper One
--Kindred

Thur.
--Coursepack
Writing due: Final Draft of Paper One

Week Five: 9/22 - 26

Tue.
--Paper Two: Annotated bibliography
--Annotated Bibliography Example
--Time Travel Links (includes lists of books, stories, and tv series episodes)

Thur.
--
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Assignments

Tue.
--Coursepack

Thur.
--Coursepack

Week Six: 9/29 - 10/3

Tue.
--The Research Paper

--Time Travel Links (includes lists of books, stories, and tv series episodes)

Thur.
--
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Assignments

Tue.
--Lightning

Thur.
--Lightning

Week Seven 10/6 - 10

Tue.
--Film

Thur.
--Film

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Assignments

Tue.
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Writing due: first final draft of Paper Two, 2 copies

Thur.
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Return Peer Reviewed Drafts of Paper Two


Week Eight: 10/13 - 17

Tue.
--October Break

Thur.
--citing and documenting sources in MLA format
--integrating source material into your essays

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Assignments

Tue.
(Oct. Break) Have an Excellent time!

Thur.
--They Say, I Say

Writing due: Final Draft of Paper Two

Week Nine: 10/20 - 24

Tue.
--integrating source material into your essays

Thur.
--The Multimedia Presentation Assignment

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Assignments

Tue.
--They Say, I Say

Thur.
--Lightning

Week Ten: 10/27 - 31
Tue.
--Film?

Thur.
--Film?

Assignments

Tue.
--The Time Traveler's Wife

Thur.
--The Time Traveler's Wife
Writing due: first final draft of Research paper, 2 copies

Week Eleven: 11/3 - 11/7

Tue.
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Thur.
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Assignments

Tue.
--The Time Traveler's Wife
Return Peer Reviewed Drafts of Research Paper

Thur.
--The Time Traveler's Wife
Writing due: Final Draft of Research Paper

Week Twelve: 11/10 - 14

Tue.
--

Thur.
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Assignments

Tue.
--The Time Traveler's Wife

Thur.
--The Time Traveler's Wife


Week Thirteen: 11/17 - 21

Tue.
-- Presentation of Multi-media projects

Thur.
--Presentation of Multi-media projects

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Assignments

Tue.
-- The Time Traveler's Wife

Thur.
-- class meets for presentations in
Writing due: Multi-media projects

 

Week Fourteen: 11/24 - 28

In class activities:

Tue.
-- Presentation of Multi-media projects

Thur.
--Thanksgiving Holiday

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Assignments

Tue.
-- class meets for presentations in
Writing due: Multi-media projects

Thur.
--Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your break!


Week Fifteen: 12/1 - 5
Tue.
-- Presentation of Multi-media projects

Thur.
-- Presentation of Multi-media projects

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Assignments

Tue.
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Thur.
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Week Sixteen: 12/8 - 12

Tue.
-- Presentation of Multi-media projects

Thur.
-- Course and Instructor evaluation. Return Multi-media projects & grades

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Assignments

Tue.
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Thur.
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Week Seventeen: Finals Week Good luck with Finals!
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developed by Rebecca Whitus Longster, Fall 2008
page last updated: 08.18.08

corrections and suggestions to: RebeccaL@purdue.edu

return to 108 syllabus  http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~rebeccal/comp/108f08