Spring 2009

ENGLISH 108

Rebecca Whitus Longster

Schedule

This page may be accessed on the world wide web at
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~rebeccal/comp /108s09/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: 1/12-16

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 essay)

Assignments

 



(for Thursday)
--handout by Anne Lamott
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Week Two: 1/19 - 23

Tue.
--Paper One assignment
--Movie List

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

Tue.
--Kindred

Thur.
--Kindred.
-- bring to class one professionally written movie review for discussion

Week Three: 1/26 - 30

Tue.
--Film

Thur.
--Film.
--Peer Review Guide - Paper One

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Assignments

Tue.
--Kindred

Thur.
--Kindred
Writing due: First Final Draft of Paper One (two copies for peer review)

--also due: list of three time travel novels, with synopses, and information one would use for a Works Cited entry.

Week Four: 2/02 - 06

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: 2/09 - 13

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: 2/16 - 20

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 2/23 - 27

Tue.
--
Film

Thur.
--Film

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Assignments

Tue.
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Thur.
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Week Eight: 3/02 - 06

Tue.
--citing and documenting sources in MLA format

Thur.
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Assignments

Tue.
--
Lightning
--They Say, I Say

Thur.
--
Lightning
--They Say, I Say

Week Nine: 3/09 - 13

Tue.
--integrating source material into your essays

Thur.
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Assignments

Tue.
--The Time Traveler's Wife
--They Say, I Say

Writing due: First Final Draft of Annotated Bibliography (two copies for peer review)

Thur.
--Return Peer Reviewed Drafts of the Annotated Bibliography.
--The Time Traveler's Wife

Week Ten: 3/16 - 20

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Spring Break

Assignments

-- Enjoy!

Week Eleven: 3/23 - 27

Tue.
--
The Multimedia Presentation Assignment

Thur.
--integrating source material into your essays

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Assignments

Tue.
--The Time Traveler's Wife

Thur.
--The Time Traveler's Wife

Writing due: Final Draft of Annotated Bibliography

Week Twelve: 3/31 - 4/03

Tue.
--The Research Paper ~ last minute hints, tips, etc.

Thur.
--Peer Review guide - Research Paper

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Assignments

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

Thur.
--The Time Traveler's
Wife
Writing due: First Final Draft of Research Paper (two copies for Peer Review)

Week Thirteen: 4/06 - 10

Tue.
--Film

Thur.
--
Film

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Assignments

Tue.
-- The Time Traveler's Wife

Thur.
-- The Time Traveler's Wife

Writing due: Final draft of Research paper

 

Week Fourteen: 4/13 - 17

In class activities:

Tue.
--Workday on Multi-media projects

Thur.
--Workday on Multi-media projects

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Assignments

Tue.
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Thur.
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Week Fifteen: 4/20 - 24
Tue.
-- Presentation of Multi-media projects

Thur.
-- Presentation of Multi-media projects

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Assignments

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

Thur.
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Week Sixteen: 4/27 - 5/1

Tue.
-- Presentation of Multi-media projects

Thur.
-- Course and Instructor evaluations. 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: 01.09.0

corrections and suggestions to: RebeccaL@purdue.edu

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