ENG 1020 Composition
Tentative Course Schedule
Winter 2019-2020
TR 11:40-1:35
WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6
WEEK 7 WEEK 8 WEEK 9 WEEK 10 WEEK 11
NOTE: This schedule may change as needed. Your presence in class ensures correct assignments
Week 1
T 12/3 Review Syllabus and Course Overview; Discuss Reading
Critically & Why We Do Reader Responses/Blog Posts;
Watch Art21 Episode: S1 "Place"
HOMEWORK (Due T 12/5):
- Complete Syllabus quiz in Ulearn (see "quizzes" link)
- Set up your blog; email Prof. Harmon web address to your page.
- Read "Getting Started" in Lamott, 1-15
- Read "From the Mind of a Statistic" by
Tesha Harris & I'm Only Twenty by Brandon Wyatt
- Do Reader Response 1 for Harris & Wyatt Essays but include one
quote from Lamott; Which essay do you find most effective and why? DO
NOT SUMMARIZE PLOT
Submit to Ulearn: SUBMIT
ESSAYS/ASSIGNMENT READER RESPONSES> READER
RESPONSE 1
R 12/5 The Writing Process, Purpose, and Audience; Discuss Harris &
Read passage from "How to Tell A True War Story" and discuss
voice and tone (Team
-Based Learning).
Blog Post: What is "truth" in expressive writing (stories) and
how do we recognize it?
HOMEWORK (Due 12/10):
- Read "Finding Your Voice," 195-201 in Bird by Bird
- Read "Young and Dumb" by Ryan Abbott
- Do Reader Response #2 (Last name of author) but include one quote from
- Lamott; Submit to Ulearn: SUBMIT ESSAYS/ASSIGNMENT
- READER RESPONSES> READER RESPONSE 2
WEEK 2
T 12/10 Describing/Observing; Activity: Observing a Scene;
Class Meets in Uptown, Not Classroom; Top Writer(s) Win
Prize
HOMEWORK (Due 12/12):
- Read "Shitty First Drafts" & Perfectionism 21-32 in Bird by Bird by Anne
- Revise observing exercise from today's class. When you revise, make the
description a brief scene from a story that simply reveals the character's
conflict, this conflict doesn't need to be resolved. Post revised piece to your
blog. It must be a minimum of 600 words (but can be more).
R 12/12 Watch Art21: S2 "Stories"; Blog post: Did this video
expand/change your definition of the term story? Why or why
not? Explain. Begin discussing basic parts of speech?
HOMEWORK (Due 12/17):
- Read "Plot" in Bird by Bird, pp. 54-63
- Do Reader/Viewer Response 3 for the video we watched in class today and
include one quote by Lamott; post to Ulearn by class time.
WEEK 3
T 12/17 Why do Invention Work? Planning/Invention; Basic parts of speech; Review Basic Grammar; Independent & Dependent
Clauses (Team-Based Learning)
HOMEWORK (Due 12/19):
- 1st Version of Remembered Event Due; Upload to Ulearn: SUBMIT
ESSAYS/ASSIGNMENTS >ESSAYS>REMEMBERED
EVENT, FIRST DRAFT
- Also Upload draft to SmartThinking via JWU Link
R 12/19 1st Version of Remembered Event Due; Submit to Ulearn;
Why and How Do You Respond to a Peer's Paper?
HOMEWORK (Due 1/7):
- Typed Peer Critique of Remembered Event Due; Submit to Ulearn
- Complete SmartThinking Report and Revision Plan; Upload the
tutor's feedback/report and your revision plan as ONE MS Word
file to Ulearn
WEEK 4
T 1/7 ST Report & Revision Plan Due; Peer Critique remembered
event with partner; Continue work on Commas (Team-Based
Learning); Discuss Why We Do Reflections; Discuss What is
Due with Final Draft
HOMEWORK (Due 1/9):
- Final Draft of Remembered Event Due w/Reflection
- Upload both to Ulearn as ONE MS Word file.
Discuss purpose of assignment and begin exploration phase
of project.
HOMEWORK (Due 1/14):
- Read "Learning from Leonardo" by Walter Isaacson & "This is
Your Brain On Creativity" by Jeffrey Klugger
- Complete Reader Response 4 for Isaacson & Klugger: What did
you find particularly interesting or fascinating about these two
articles? Identify an idea from each that you would like to learn
more about; What piques your curiosity? Submit to Ulearn:
SUBMIT ESSAYS/ASSIGNMENT > READER RESPONSES>
READER RESPONSE 4
WEEK 5
T 1/14 Discuss Isaacson & Kluger; Watch Your Elusive Creative Genius
by Elizabeth Gilbert
HOMEWORK (Due 1/16):
- Read "A Fine Madness" by Kay Redfield Jamison & "Under the
Hood of Creativity by Anthony Brandt & David Eagleman (See
Course Readings)
Do Reader response 5 by posting a 300 word response to
the following questions: What did you find particularly interesting
or fascinating about these two articles? Identify an idea from each
that you would like to learn more about; What piques your
curiosity? Submit to Ulearn.
R 1/16 Generating Research Questions; How should I use my
research question to develop a tentative thesis and an outline?
bibliography; Discuss Introducing Sources, Signal Phrases, &
Databases (Explore); Preview Annotated Bibliography
HOMEWORK (Due 1/21):
International Multimedia Success" by Maurice Davis
- Do Reader Response 6 by posting a 300 word
response to Ulearn :
What is the thesis of this essay? Identify the specific sentence.
Does the author correctly introduce sources, use author tags
and qualifiers? Does the author fully develop her ideas and
provide good examples? Were there places you wanted more
information? Was this author credible to you? Why
or why not?
- Begin work on Annotated Bibliography;
WEEK 6
T 1/21 CLASS MEETS ONLINE!!!!!!! Watch Understanding MLA
words for two videos combined); upload notes
to Ulearn & complete Understanding MLA quiz before
10:30am; Research Topic Proposals Due;
HOMEWORK (Due 1/23):
- Librarian will be at our next class meeting; take lots of notes!
- Complete Midterm Evaluation; Bring to Class; Don't
put your name on the evaluation;
Take notes as you watch both videos; notes should be 600 words total for both
videos combined.
- Upload notes to Ulearn and take Most Common MLA Citations
quiz in Ulearn
- work on Annotated Bibliography;
R 1/23 Library Instruction; Time for Research
HOMEWORK *Due 1/28):
- Work on Annotated Bibliography;
- Complete Academic Voice and MLA Citation Quiz in Ulearn
WEEK 7
T 1/28 Discussion of MLA format; group exercise: The
Correct Use of Borrowed Information (Team-Based Learning)
HOMEWORK (Due 1/30): - Begin work on Outline of Research Paper
(Team-Based Learning Exercise)
HOMEWORK (Due 2/4):
- Complete Outline of Research Paper
WEEK 8
T 2/4 Outline of Research Paper due; Analyze 2nd painting; Choose
Groups for project
HOMEWORK (Due 2/6):
- First Draft of Academic Research Project due; Upload to Ulearn
- Also submit draft to SmartThinking before class
- Locate THREE Images to use for Visual Rhetorical Analysis;
bring to class
- Read “Visual Analysis of ‘The Gulf Stream’" by Jennifer
Story"
- Do Reader Response 7: Story by posting a 300 word response to the following
questions by class time : Does Story adequately address each of
- the Strategies for Understanding Visual Representations? Do you
agree with her interpretation? Why or why not? Explain your reasoning.
Do you have a different interpretation? Explain .
R 2/6 First Draft of Academic Research Project due; Exchange papers
with partner for critique; Why We Critique?; complete invention
HOMEWORK (Due 2/11): - Complete Typed Peer critique of partner's research
paper; upload to Ulearn
- Upload SmartThinking Report and Revision plan to Ulearn
- Submit tutor's report and your revision plan as one MS Word document
Between Good & Evil" by Javin Sterner
- Do Reader Response 8: Sterner by posting a 300 word
response to Ulearn: Does Sterner adequately address each of
Where did he need more detail or a better explanation? Did
you agree with his interpretation? Did you see aspects of the
painting differently? Explain.
WEEK 9
T 2/11 Peer Critique; Work Day for Group Project
HOMEWORK (Due 2/13):
- Upload final draft & refelction to Ulearn as ONE MS Word file
R 2/13 Final Draft of Academic Research Project Due;
Meet with groups: drafting
HOMEWORK (Due 2/18):
- Set up Pages for Portfolio on blog
- Work on Portfolio & Group Project
WEEK 10
T 2/18 Meet with Groups: Drafting & Revising; Work on Portfolio
HOMEWORK (Due 2/20):
- First Full Draft of Group Project Due; Upload One Copy to
Ulearn for Group; Each Group Member's Name on Document
Each group member submits to SmartThinking
- Work on Portfolio
R 2/20 First Draft of Visual Analysis Due; Meet with Groups: Drafting
& Revising; Work on Portfolio
HOMEWORK (Due 2/25):
- Submit ST Report and Revision plan to Ulearn
- Continue to work on group project
- Work on Portfolio
Week 11
individual reflection with group member grading; READING
DAY;Work on Portfolio
T 2/27 Portfolio Due
