COMP 100-16: Composition (CRN 115)
MWF 9:00-9:50, SCHU 107

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This syllabus is subject to change, and you are responsible for changes announced in class.

14 Jan—Intro to class 16 Jan—diagnostic (bring pencil and paper to class)
19 Jan—1st Caught’ya (bring text,  paper, red pen/pencil and blue/black pen/pencil) 21 Jan—Caught’Ya 1 due 23 Jan—Library day—meet in Milne Library 108
26 Jan—Types of sources; Caught’Ya 2 due 28 Jan—Library day—meet in Milne Library 108 30 Jan—Library day—meet in Milne Library 108
2 Feb—Grammar and Mechanics policy 4 Feb—Grammar and Mechanics policy 6 Feb—Exploring arguments—Caught’Ya 3 due
9 Feb—Timeline discussion 11 Feb—Library day—meet in Milne Library 108 13 Feb— Narrowing your topic—Caught’Ya 4 due
16 Feb—Research Narrative rough draft due by 5—Caught’Ya 5 due 18 Feb—conferences (no class) 20 Feb—conferences (no class)
23 Feb—Break 25 Feb—Break 27 Feb—Break
2 Mar—MLA format (Works Cited)—Research Narrative final draft due by 5 4 Mar—Works Cited—In-text citations 6 Mar—Organizing the comparison—Caught’Ya 6 due
9 Mar—Integrating sources and avoiding plagiarism 11 Mar—Rough draft Source Comparison due in class (3 copies) 13 Mar—Peer revision—Caught’Ya 7 due
16 Mar—Informational Paper overview—Source Comparison final draft due by 5 18 Mar—Formatting the paper 20 Mar—Sentence Variety—Caught’Ya 8 due
23 Mar—Informational Paper and Timeline draft due by 5—Caught’Ya 9 due 25 Mar—conferences (no class) 27 Mar—conferences (no class)         
30 Mar—The Researched Argument—Final draft Informational Paper and Timeline due by 5 1 Apr—Punctuation (esp. commas) 3 Apr—More with punctuation—Caught’Ya 10 due
6 Apr—Break 8 Apr—Break 10 Apr—Break
13 Apr—Break 15 Apr— Creating Arguments—Electronic revised and edited version of Informational Paper and Timeline due by 5 17 Apr—Organizing your final paper—Caught’Ya 11 due
20 Apr—MLA reminders 22 Apr—Works Cited reminders 24 Apr—Research Paper Rough Draft (min. 5 pages) due by 5—Caught’Ya 12 due
27 Apr—conferences (no class) 29 Apr—conferences (no class) 1 May—conferences (no class)          
4 May—Revising the final paper 6 May—Final exam discussion—Portfolio due by 5—Caught’Ya 13 due

Final Exam: Monday, 11 May, 8:00-10:30

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