ENG 1020  Composition

Tentative Course Schedule

Fall 2022

MTWR 3:30-4:45

Week 1    Week 2    Week 3    Week 4    Week 5    Week 6    Week 7    Week 8

Week 9    Week 10    Week 11    Week 12    Week 13    Week 14    Week 15    Week 16

NOTE:  This schedule may change as needed.  Your presence in class ensures correct assignments

Week 1

M 8/29           Intro to Course; Begin thinking about topic for Essay 1; Review Guiding

                          Principles

                          HOMEWORK (Due 8/31):  

•                 Review Syllabus and Complete quiz in Ulearn (see Week 1 folder)
  

•                 Set up your blog; email Prof. Harmon web address to your page.  
  

•                 Watch How to Find Your Brand Voice            
  

•                 Watch 5 Easy Tips for Writing Social Media Posts
  

W 8/31​          The Rhetorical Situation; Purpose and Audience; Purpose and Audience 

                         Exercise; Connecting with a Specific Audience (Group Social Media 

                         Exercise): Describe your brand's personality (as if you are describing a 

                         person); Describe your relationship with the customer (or group you're 

                         attempting to connect with); Similar company personalities (i.e., like people

                         you are friends with); Adjectives describing what our brand is NOT; Post 

                         answers to Blog by end of Class;  Set up group and shared doc on Google 

                         Drive; Scenarios:  Company attempting to sell a commodity good; Company 

                         selling a service; a publication of some type attempting to grow its audience 

                         base; a nonprofit attempting to persuade an audience about a topic; a 

                         political campaign promoting the election of a candidate; A PAC attempting 

                         to change public opinion about a current political issue or attempting to 

                         elect a particular candidate

                         HOMEWORK (Due W 9/7)

                          In one MS Word Document.  Page 1:  Finish Group Exercise:  Write

                         social media post and include image.;  Indicate social media platform 

                         where you intend to post (IG, Twitter, FB, etc.).       

                         Page 2: Explain the following:  Who was your audience?  What did you 

                         hope this post would achieve? How did ensure you achieved your 

                          purpose?  Explain choices and provide examples/evidence. Min. 300 

                          words.

•                 Submit ONE COPY of the group exercise for your group to ulearn and be
  

                          sure all group member names are on document.

•                 Stock image websites you can use:  Unsplash; Pexels; Pixabay
  

Week 2

M 9/5             NO CLASS, LABOR DAY

W 9/7              Review The Writing Process, Purpose, and Audience; Share Group Social

                          Media Exercises; Blog Post: What did you learn about Audience, Purpose, 

                          and Voice from the group exercise? What is your biggest "takeaway?"

                          HOMEWORK (Due 9/12):   

•                 Read  "Old Damn Gaines" by Kindaka Jamal Sanders and be prepared to
  

                          discuss in detail

•                 Do Reader Response 1, Sanders: What is the dominant impression that 
  

                          Sanders conveys about  his grandfather? What kind of man does Sanders 

                          portray him to be and how do you know this (use quotes from the piece to 

                          support your argument)?

•                 Submit to Ulearn: See Week 2 folder
  

Week 3

 M 9/12           Discuss Essay 1; Discuss Sanders Essay;  Freewrite:  Who is someone that

                          has made a huge  impact and impression on you in your life? How did 

                          knowing them change you?  How would you describe them to someone that 

                          has never met them?  What adjectives would you use and why?

                          HOMEWORK (Due 9/14):

•                 Read "Kitty's Smile" by Pat Macenulty and be prepared to discuss in detail
  

•                 Do Reader Response #2 : What is the dominant impression that the author
  

                          conveys about her friend, Kitty? How does the author offer readers a peek 

                          into Kitty's heart and mind? Point to specific examples/quotes from the 

                          text.

                          Submit to Week 3  folder in ulearn.

                          Make an appointment for interview; must be completed by M 9/19

W 9/14             Discuss Macenulty Text; Blog Post in Class; Group exercise 

                           Practice Interview & Open-Ended Questions (The Art of the Interview)

                           HOMEWORK (Due 9/19):

•                  Read "Terry Stevens: The Man Behind the Art" by Louis Gilmore (Student 
  

                           Draft)

•                  Do Reader Response 3:  Using the grading rubric for essay 1, score how 
  

                           well you think Gilmore performed in each category.  Identify strengths 

                           and weaknesses.  Aruge why you scored it the way you did by pointing to 

                           specific examples and quotes from the essay. It must be a minimum of 600 

                           words (but can be more).

•                  Interview must be completed before Monday.  Upload Transcript or Notes;
  

                          min. 2 pages; submit to week 3 folder

Week 4

M 9/19            NO CLASS MEETING, CONTINUE TO WORK ON FREEWRITES BASED ON

                         CONTENT OF INTERVIEW; POST TO ULEARN BY 5PM TODAY

                           HOMEWORK (Due 9/21):

•                  Work on First Draft of Essay 1
  

W 9/21           Invention Work and Organizing Ideas

                           HOMEWORK (Due 9/26):

                         First Draft of Essay 1; Upload to Ulearn AND Submit to Smarthinking; 

                         Draft must meet all minimum requirements

Week 5

M 9/26            First Version of Essay 1 Due;Why Critique? Critique Process; 

                          CONFERENCES

                          HOMEWORK (Due 9/28): 

•                 Typed Peer Critique of Essay 1 Due (both parts); Submit BOTH PARTS to 
  

​                           Ulearn AS ONE MS WORD FILE

•                 Complete SmartThinking Report and Revision Plan; Upload the tutor's
  

​                           feedback/report and your revision plan as ONE MS Word file to Ulearn in 

​                          the Week 5 folder

•                Continue to revise Essay 1
  

W 9/28           CONFERENCES; Peer Critique

                          HOMEWORK (Due 10/3):

•                 Revise Essay 1
  

                

Week 6

M 10/3            CONFERENCES

                          HOMEWORK (Due 10/5):

•                  Final Draft of Essay 1 Due with Reflection
  

W 10/5             Final Draft of Essay 1 Due with Reflection;

                           Intro to Investigating & Explaining;  Academic Research Paper;

                           Discuss purpose of assignment and begin exploration phase 

                           of project. Watch a TED Talk; Discuss Importance of Curiosity

                           and How to Develop a Research Question and Why; How can I

                           Find a Possible Academic Topic? Do Blog Post in Class

                          HOMEWORK (Due 10/10):                                                  

•                 Explore Possible Topics for Research; Develop 3 Research Questions and
  

                          Post to Your Blog; 

Week 7

M 10/10        NO CLASS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY

W 10/12          How should I use my research question to develop a tentative thesis and an 

                          outline?

                          Intro to Annotated Bibliography;  See example annotated

                          bibliography;  Discuss Introducing Sources, Signal Phrases, & 

                         Databases (Explore); 

                          HOMEWORK (Due 10/17):

•                 Read Integrating Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism   
  

•                 Read  "Homoerotic Photography  & Imagery In 21st
  

                          Century Pop Culture:  From Cult Status To Mainstream

                          International Multimedia Success" by Maurice Davis

•                 Do Reader Response 4 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?

•                  Research Topic Proposals Due 
  

•                  Click here for a model topic proposal.
  

•                  Begin work on  Annotated Bibliography; 
  

Week 8

M 10/17          Library Instruction; Research Topic Proposals Due; Gather Research

                          HOMEWORK (Due 10/19):    

•                 Watch Understanding MLA Video Lecture part 1 and part 2 
  

•                 Take Notes (mini. 600 words for two videos combined); upload notes to   
  

                          Ulearn

•                 Complete Understanding MLA Quiz in Ulearn
  

•                 Work on Annotated Bibliography; 
  

•                 Work on Library Module and Quiz; DUE M 10/24
  

W 10/19         Work Day for Annotated Bibliography/Research

                          HOMEWORK (Due 10/24):   

•                 Work on  Annotated Bibliography; First Three Annotations Due 
  

•                 Watch Most Common Citations Video, part 1
  

•                 Watch Most Common Citations Video, part 2
  

•                 Take notes as you watch both videos; notes should be 600 words total for
  

                          both videos combined.

•                 Upload notes to Ulearn
  

•                 Complete Most Common MLA Citations Quiz in Ulearn 
  

•                 Complete Academic Voice and MLA Citation Quiz in Ulearn
  

•                 Library Module Due M 10/24
  

Week 9

M 10/24          Annotated Bibliography, First Three Citations Due; Creating an Outline; 

                           Review MLA (sample paragraph)

                           HOMEWORK (Due 10/26):  

•                  Annotated Bibliography Due, Last Three Annotations;   
  

•                 Begin work on Outline of Research Paper
  

W 10/26         Annotated Bibliography Due, Final 3 Annotations; Discuss Outline

                          HOMEWORK (Due 10/31):  

​                          Complete Outline of Research Paper; Upload to Ulearn by class time.

Week 10

​M 10/31           Outline of Research Paper due; Work day for Outline (Due by 5pm)

                          HOMEWORK (Due 11/2):   

•                 First Two Pages of Academic Research Project due; Upload to Ulearn
  

W 11/2             First TWO PAGES of Academic Research Project due;

                           SUMMARY VS. ANALYSIS: What's the difference? 

                          HOMEWORK (Due 11/7):   

•                 Continue to Work on Research Paper
  

​Week 11               

M 11/7            Practice Analysis in Class (2nd article, same topic); Submit to Ulearn 

                         by End of Class 

                         HOMEWORK (Due 11/9):  

•                First FULL Draft of Research Paper Due; submit to Ulearn
  

•                Upload draft to Smarthinking Tutor via JWU Link
  

W 11/9            First Draft of Academic Research Project Due; Exchange Papers

                          for Critique; Why do we Critique? CONFERENCES

                           HOMEWORK (Due 11/14):  

•                  Complete Peer Critique for Partner's Research Paper (both parts); Submit
  

                          BOTH PARTS to ​ Ulearn AS ONE MS WORD FILE

•                   Complete SmartThinking Report and Revision Plan; Upload the tutor's
  

​                          ​ feedback/report and your revision plan as ONE MS Word file to Ulearn in 

​                         the Week 11 folder

•                Continue to revise research paper
  

Week 12  

M 11/14           Peer Critique; CONFERENCES

                          HOMEWORK (Due 11/16):  

•                 Smarthinking Report and Revision Plan Due for Research Paper; upload to
  

                          Ulearn

•                 Continue to revise Research Paper
  

W 11/16          Smarthinking Report and Revision Plan Due; Review Strategies for 

                         Understanding Visuals; Analyze Image; Blog Post; Meet Group for Group

                         Project and Create Shared Google Docs

                          HOMEWORK (Due 11/21): 

•                 Final Draft of Academic Research Paper due with Reflection
  

Week 13

M 11/21          Final Draft of Academic Research Paper Due with Reflection; 

                         Analyze Image; Blog Post; Preview Portfolio

                          HOMEWORK (Due 11/7): 

•                Locate Image to Use for Visual Analysis; bring to next class; 
  

•                Possible Search Terms:  Michael Cheval; Duy Huynh; Julie Heffernan;
  

•                Surrealism and Art; surreal art
  

•                MUST KNOW TITLE OF PIECE AND ARTIST'S NAME, no exceptions
  

•                Begin working on Portfolio; Setup Portfolio Pages
  

W 11/23         NO CLASSES, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY  

                         HOMEWORK (Due 11/28):

•                Locate Image to Use for Visual Analysis; bring to next class; 
  

​                           Possible Search Terms: Michael Cheval; Duy Huynh; Julie Heffernan;

​                           Surrealism and Art; surreal art; absurdist art

​                          MUST KNOW TITLE OF PIECE AND ARTIST'S NAME, no exceptions

                        Begin working on portfolio

Week 14

M 11/28         CLASS MEETS ON ZOOM; LINK IN ANNOUNCEMENTS/EMAIL;

                          Choose Topic for  Visual Analysis and Complete Invention Work in Class

                           HOMEWORK (Due 11/28):

•                 Begin working on Draft
  

•                 Continue to work on Portfolio
  

W 11/30         Work Day for Group Project; make sure portfolio pages visible to visitors

                           HOMEWORK (Due 12/5):

                          First full draft of Visual Analysis Due; one copy per group; everyone's

                          name on document; upload one copy to ulearn

                          Each group member uploads a copy of paper to Smarthinking

Week 15

M 12/5          First Draft,Visual Analysis Due; Exchange for Critique; portfolio pages 

                        visible to visitors?

                        HOMEWORK (Due 12/7):

•               Complete Typed Critique of partner's paper (BOTH parts); Submit BOTH 
  

•               PARTS to ​ Ulearn AS ONE MS WORD FILE
  

•               Complete SmartThinking Report and Revision Plan; Upload the tutor's
  

                       ​ feedback/report and your revision plan as ONE MS Word file to Ulearn in 

• ​              the Week 15  folder
  

W 12/7          Share Peer Critiques; Workday for Group Project

                         HOMEWORK (Due 12/12):

                        Course Portfolio Due; add content to pages and make sure visible to visitors

                        Submit ONE copy of final draft of Visual Analysis for Group; all group 

                        member names on document

                        Each group member completes their own individual, separate reflection per

                        instructions in class; 2 pages

Week 16

M 12/12        Portfolio Due; Final Draft of Visual Analysis Due with Reflection; Due by 

                        3:30PM