COMP 200-01: Advanced Composition (CRN 768)
MWF 9:00-9:50, SCHU 207
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| 16 Jan—Intro to class | 18 Jan—Diagnostic | |
| 21 Jan—Read Ross-Larson Intro & Ch. 1 (17-25) and Seagull 19-32 (Baldwin) | 23 Jan—Read Ross-Larson Ch 2 (26-9); Bring Seagull to class | 25 Jan—Sign up for grammar and mechanics presentation |
| 28 Jan—Observation Journal due; Read Ross-Larson Ch. 3 (30-9); Bring Seagull to class | 30 Jan-- Read Ross-Larson Ch. 4 (40-4) and Seagull 268-75 (White; 369-76*) | 1 Feb—Physical Description draft due |
| 4 Feb—Physical Description final draft due by 5; Read Ross-Larson Ch. 5 (45-8); Bring Seagull to class | 6 Feb—Read Ross-Larson Ch. 6 (49-53) and Seagull 290-8 (Zinsser; 396-404) | 8 Feb—Profile 1 draft due |
| 11 Feb—Profile 1 final draft due by 5; Read Ross-Larson Ch. 7 (54-7); Bring Seagull to class | 13 Feb—Read Ross-Larson Ch. 8 (55-66) and Seagull 225-31 (Tan; 308-14) | 15 Feb-- Read Ross-Larson Ch. 9 and Exemplary Sentences (67-80); Bring Seagull to class |
| 18 Feb—Break | 20 Feb—Break | 22 Feb—Break |
| 25 Feb—Nick & Allie (parallelism) | 27 Feb—Profile 2 draft due | 29 Feb—Profile 2 final draft due by 5; presentations |
| 3 Mar—Dara (gerunds); Lisa & Shari (acronyms) | 5 Mar—Dana & Ashley (APA); Michele & Emily (comma splices) | 7 Mar—Final Profile and Self-Evaluation due by 5; Read Seagull 186-90 (Pollitt; 253-6) and 231-8 (Tannen; 314-20) |
| 10 Mar—Conferences in my office, 313 Netzer (no class) | 12 Mar—Conference in my office, 313 Netzer (no class) | 14 Mar—Nicki & Danielle (sentence types); Phil & Theresa G (homonyms) |
| 17 Mar—Library Instruction Meet in Library 108 | 19 Mar—Preliminary Research | 21 Mar—Preliminary Research |
| 24 Mar—Break | 26 Mar—Break | 28 Mar—Break |
| 31 Mar—Preliminary Research due by 5; presentation; Read Seagull 38-41 (Carson; 66-8) | 2 Apr—Michelle & Beth (semi-colons); Kim (apostrophes) | 4 Apr—Description of Problem draft due |
| 7 Apr—Description of Problem final draft due by 5; Read Seagull 32-8 (Buckley; 60-6) | 9 Apr—Charles, Christine, & Theresa R (commas with restrictive/non-restrictive elements); Michel & Kayla (subject-verb agreement) | 11 Apr—Solution draft due |
| 14 Apr—Solution final draft due by 5; Read Seagull 222-5 (Brady; 57-9) and 208-12 (Staples; 294-7) | 16 Apr—Jordan (hyphenation); Tess & Ryan (colons) | 18 Apr—Alternative Solution(s) draft due |
| 21 Apr—Alternative Solutions final draft due by 5; Read Seagull 113-23 (Kozol; 186-95) | 23 Apr—Read Seagull 158-72 (Orwell; 242-50) | 25 Apr—Read Seagull 212-25 (Swift; 297-307) |
| 28 Apr—Problem-Solution Essay with Self-Evaluation due by 5 | 30 Apr—Conferences in my office (no class) | 2 May—Conferences in my office (no class) |
| 5 May—Best Work Submission due by 5 (in preparation of final exam). | *Numbers in parentheses correspond to 2nd edition of The Seagull Reader: Essays |
Final Exam: Monday, 12 May 8:00-10:30
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