COMP 100-03: Composition (CRN 167)
MWF 9:00-9:50, SCHU 110

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27 Aug—intro to class 29 Aug—Diagnostic (bring pen/pencil and paper)
1 Sept—Start Caught’Yas (bring lined paper, blue or black and red pen/pencil) 3 Sept—Overview and ideas for project; Caught’Ya 1 due 5 Sept—Library day—Meet in Milne Library 108
8 Sept—Introduction to Prospectus 10 Sept—Grammar and mechanics policy 12 Sept—plans for library; Caught’Ya 2 due
15 Sept—Library day—Meet in Milne Library 108 17 Sept—Library day—Meet in Milne Library 108 19 Sept—Intro to MLA formatting (bring Raimes book); Caught’Ya 3 due
22 Sept—Rough Draft of Prospectus (2 copies) due in class 24 Sept—Revising vs. Editing 26 Sept—Intro to Annotated Bib; Prospectus due by 5; Caught’Ya 4 due
29 Sept—Bring 2 sources and Raimes book to class 1 Oct—Evaluating sources 3 Oct—draft of 1st 2 annotations due; sign up for conference; Caught’Ya 5 due
6 Oct—Conferences (no class) 8 Oct—Conferences (no class) 10 Oct—No Class
13 Oct—Annotated Bibliography 15 Oct—Q & A for Annotated Bib; Informational paper introduction 17 Oct—Part 1 of Annotated Bibliography due by 5 (5 sources); Caught’Ya 6 due
20 Oct—source integration (bring 2 sources to class) 22 Oct—avoiding plagiarism 24 Oct—Practice paraphrasing (bring a source to class); Caught’Ya 7 due
27 Oct—Rough draft informational paper due (2 copies) 29 Oct—revising informational paper 31 Oct—Informational Paper due by 5; sign up for conference; Caught’Ya 8 due
3 Nov—Conferences (no class) 5 Nov—Conferences (no class) 7 Nov—Caught’Ya 9 due
10 Nov—Final paper intro 12 Nov—arguments 14 Nov—Part 2 of Annotated Bibliography due by 5 (5 sources); Caught’Ya 10 due
17 Nov—Drafting (organizing the paper) 19 Nov—drafting 21 Nov—Q & A about final paper; Caught’Ya 11 due
24 Nov—Thanksgiving Break 26 Nov—Thanksgiving Break 28 Nov—Thanksgiving Break
1 Dec—Rough Draft final paper due; sign up for conferences; Caught’Ya 12 due 3 Dec—Conferences (no class) 5 Dec—Conferences (no class)
8 Dec—Conferences (no class) 10 Dec—Q & A about Portfolio, revising the Argumentative Paper 12 Dec—Portfolio due by 5; Caught’Ya 13 due

Final Exam: Wed 17 Dec., 8:00-10:30

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