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Spring 1999 Dear Student: Welcome to the English 101 weekender at Andrews Air Force Base. We will meet four weekends: January 29-30, February 12-13, 26-27, and March 12-13. Friday night class is from 6:30 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.; Saturday we meet from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Please be on time. The weekend class actually begins before the first class sessions with your doing several writing assignments which should be completed before the first weekend. Read the textbook chapters carefully because the writing assignments ask you to apply the advice in the chapters to the assigned tasks. The weekend English 101 is an ideal way to get three college credits fast and improve your writing. But it is not for everyone. Some students find this concentrated format frustrating and a waste of their money. If you have weak grammar and punctuation skills, have trouble meeting deadlines, are too busy to do all the homework assignments, or will miss a class, then this course is not for you. You will attend classes Friday and Saturday for four weekends, do assignments during the week between classes, then finish your last paper and mail it to me two weeks after the last class. But for other students the concentration on writing for eight weeks is very helpful. In class we will use a workshop format to get started on papers, discuss writing assignments, critique classmates' writing, and have one-on-one conferences with the instructor. Outside class you rewrite and polish your papers and read and apply the advice in the textbook chapters. You will need to review grammar and punctuation on your own outside class (although several hours will be spent on this in class also). Other papers in this packet tell you the assignment schedule--including the assignments you should complete before the first class--and provide information on the course requirements. Weekend courses keep you busy. All assignments must be done on time, and you can't miss a class or part of a class. You'll notice on the assignment schedule that writing assignments have two deadlines: a rough draft deadline and a final deadline the following class session. I look forward to meeting you on the first night. Call me if you have any questions at work (202-874-5359), or e-mail me Gwyn.Robson@occ.treas.gov Sincerely,
Gwyn Robson, Ph.D. English 101 Weekender, Fall 1998, Assignment Schedule 1 Before first class: Buy textbooks: Strategies for Successful Writing, 4th Edition by James Reinking, Andrew Hart and Robert Von Der Osten Rules for Writers, by Diana Hacker.
Read: Strategies: pp. 3-11, Do Exercise, p. 9. pp. 12-32, Do Exercise, pp. 28-29. pp. 33-42, Do Exercise, pp. 42-43. pp. 43-52, Do Peer Response of Captive Breeding in 2002, p.52 Rules: Read Rules 9-13 and 19-27. Do Punctuation Sheet (1-30) Write an introduction of yourself to me; instructions are in this packet. Read all the material in this packet and jot down some questions to ask at the first class. FIRST WEEKEND January 29 Friday, 6:30 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. Introduction to the course Assign Essay One Review completed homework assignments January 30 Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Start Essay One Sentences Grammar work Critique drafts of Essay One Start Essay Two Before second weekend (due February 12) Finish: Essay One; turn in all notes and drafts. Read: Strategies: pp. 60-71, Do Discussion Questions 1-4, p. 71. pp. 74-85, Do Exercise (1-10), pp. 76-77; Exercise (1-10), pp. 77-78; Discussion Questions 1-4, p. 84-85. pp. 99-105, Do Discussion Questions 1-6, p. 105. pp. 107-115, Do Discussion Questions 1-4, p. 115. pp. 118-127, Do Discussion Questions 1-4, p. 127. Rules: Sections 14-16, Section 8, Section 9, Section 5, Sections 6 and 7 continued Assignment Schedule continued 2 FIRST WEEKEND continued Prepare: for midterm test Write: a plan and complete the draft of Essay Two.
SECOND WEEKEND February 12 Friday, 6:30 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. Sentence work Sample midterm on handbook Conference with instructor on Essay One February 13 Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Midterm test (no makeup) Conference with instructor on Essay One and Two Critiques of Essay Two by classmates Start Essay Three, Comparison/Contrast Before third weekend (due February 26) Finish: Essay Two Read: Strategies: pp. 130-141, Do Exercises 1-2, p. 132-133; Exercises 1-2, p. 134; Discussion Questions, 1-4, p. 140. pp. 143-153, Do Discussion Questions 1-2, p. 147; Discussion Questions 1-5, p. 153. pp. 156-164, Do Exercise (1-4), p. 164. pp. 165-171, Do Exercise (1-11), p. 171. pp. 172-179, Do Discussion Questions 1-4, p. 179.
Rules: Sections 48, 49, 50, 51 Do comma exercise (handout). Get my approval (by telephone 301-794-8771) of your purpose, thesis, and audience for the Comparison/Contrast paper (Essay Three). Do prewriting and detailed planning for Essay Three before class. Try to finish rough draft. continued THIRD WEEKEND 3 February 26 Friday, 6:30 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. Essay Two due, with all notes and drafts Punctuation review Introduce research paper February 27 Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Punctuation review Organizing the research paper Conferences and critiques of past, present, and future essays Select research topic Work on Essay Three
Before fourth weekend (due March 12) Finish: Essay Three: Comparison/Contrast. Read: research material from Congressional Digest. Plan: research paper. Write: rough draft of research paper. Read: Strategies: pp. 182-187, Do Exercise (1-4). p. 184. pp. 190-195, Do Exercise (1-4), pp. 195-196. pp. 197-204, Do Discussion Questions 1-2, p. 204; Exercise (1-7), p. 204. pp. 205-212, Do Exercise (#1), p. 212. pp. 230-241, Do Exercise (1-3), pp. 240-241.
Rules: Sections 52, 53, 54, and 55. FOURTH WEEKEND March 12 Friday, 6:30 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. Essay Three due Sample final exam on punctuation Persuasion techniques Conferences with instructor March 13 Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Persuasion techniques Go over documentation and plagiarism Final exam and final in-class essay in afternoon. Accepted after fourth weekend (must be postmarked __________, 1999 [instructor will advise]. Research paper with xeroxes, notes, and drafts. |