Course+Syllabus


 * Course Description: ** English 101 is a course in writing emphasizing argument. Instruction and practice will focus on reading critically, thinking logically, responding to texts, developing research skills, writing substantial essays through systematic revision, addressing specific audiences and expressing ideas in standard English. A review of grammar and mechanics will also be included. Preq: Students must have an ACT English score of 20 or higher for placement in English 101. Notes: (a) Credit not available by special examination (b) ENG 101 and ENG 102 may not be taken concurrently. **Successful completion of this course satisfies DCHS English IV requirement.**

**Texts: ** Glenn, Cheryl, Miller, Robert Keith, Webb, Suzanne Strobeck, and Gray, Loretta. //Hodges’ Harbrace Handbook.// 15th ed. Boston: Thompson, 2004.

Holt, Rinehart and Wilson. //Holts Elements of Literature: Essentials of British and World Literature.// Sixth Course, Kentucky Edition. Orlando: Harcourt Education, 2007.

Ramage, John D., John C. Bean, and June Johnson. //Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings.// Brief ed. 8th ed. New York: Longman, 2010. **Suggested Supplies: * **Paper or Notebook *Pocket Folder or Binder *Highlighter **Course Objectives: **Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:
 * **This course is a web-enhanced course. To access assignments and resources on Blackboard, log on to [] ** Click on Discussion Board to post reading discussions and click on My Grades to access grades. ||
 * write with a style that is clear and expressive
 * summarize main points in a text and identify their importance
 * recognize arguments through work in logic, recognize fallacies in argumentation and how to avoid them
 * synthesize information into a logical essay
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt;">identify personal assumptions concerning selected issues in response to those embodied in written texts, clarify those beliefs, and express them lucidly both in oral and written form
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt;">choose a suitable restricted topic for an argument
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt;">gather information appropriate to the chosen topic
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt;">demonstrate awareness of ethical consideration in making value choices

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Course Requirements: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">All students are required to submit journal entries to Blackboard discussion board; to complete in-class writings, grammar and homework as assigned; to participate in group projects/ presentations; to complete all writings including the base requirements of an argument summary, a microtheme, and four argument essays with schema; and to take the course final exam.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Attendance Policy: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Regular attendance and class participation are expected from every student. More than three absences are considered excessive, and a penalty per absence will be assessed thereafter. Daviess County Public School attendance policy will apply. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Late Work Policy: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Assignments are to be turned in on the due date. Late papers will be assessed a ten point penalty per class meeting that they are late. __Papers more than two class meetings overdue will not be accepted.__ **IMPORTANT NOTE: NO papers accepted during Finals Week**

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Make-up Policy: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Daviess County High School policy for make-up work will apply. If you know you will not be in class on the date an assignment is due, please make arrangements to get your paper to me __before__ that date.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Withdrawal Policy: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students may choose to withdraw from the class at any time during the semester. Through midterm, those who withdraw will automatically receive a grade of “W”; however, after that date, the instructor will assign either a “W” or a “WE” at her discretion. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Plagiarism: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The use of another person’s work, ideas, papers, or other such materials without clearly acknowledging the source is an act of plagiarism and will be dealt with in accordance to the guidelines set forth in the Student Code of Conduct at [] **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Cross-Curricular General Education Competencies: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> In addition to the course-specific objectives listed above, coursework is also designed to develop in student the following cross-curricular general education competencies: **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">KCTCS General Education Competencies (QEP) __** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I. Communicate Effectively: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 1. Read and listen with comprehension. 2. Speak and write clearly using standard English. 3. Interact cooperatively with others using both verbal and non-verbal means. Assessment methods may include analytical essays (QEP-WE L4), small group exercises (QEP-OE L1), and brief class presentations (QEP-OE L2). **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">II. Think Critically: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 1. Make connections in learning across the disciplines and draw logical conclusions. 2. Demonstrate problem solving through interpreting, analyzing, summarizing, and/or integrating a variety of materials. Assessment methods may include research and documentation within papers (QEP-WE L4), small group exercises (QEP-OE L1), and writing assignments (QEP-WE L3). **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">III. Learn Independently: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 1. Use appropriate search strategies and resources to find, evaluate, and use information. 2. Make choices based upon awareness of ethics and differing perspectives/ideas. 3. Apply learning in academic, personal, and public situations. 4. Think creatively to develop new ideas, processes, or products. Assessments methods may include research (QEP-R L2), journal writing (QEP-WE L2), drafting (QEP-WE L2), small group exercises (QEP-OE L1), discussion (QEP-OE L1), and classroom presentations (QEP-OE L2). <span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1.5pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">IV. Examine Relationships in Diverse and Complex Environments **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: 1. Recognize the relationship of the individual to human heritage and culture. 2. Develop an awareness of self as an individual member of a multicultural global community. Assessments methods may include journal writings (QEP-WE L2), discussions (QEP-OE L1), and class presentations (QEP-OE L2).

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Grading: Assignments: Section 1 Section 2 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">A || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">90-100 ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Argument Summary || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">50 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Supporting Reason Essay || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">100 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">B || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">80-89 ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Microtheme || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">50 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Resemblance Argument Essay || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">100 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">C || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">70-79 ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Classical Argument Essay || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">125 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Causal Argument Essay || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">100 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">D || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">65-69 ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Definition Argument Essay || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">125 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">British Culture Presentation || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">100 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">F || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">64 and below ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Documentary Review || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">25 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Novel Discussion Board || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">100 ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Book Review Review || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">50 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Draft Peer Reviews || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">75 ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Grammar Presentation || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">50 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Causal Chain/Schema || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">25 ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Novel Discussion Board || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">100 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Grammar Final || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">100 ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Draft Peer Reviews || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">50 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">In-Class Essay Final || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">100 ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Grammar Mid and Final || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">100 ||   || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">TOTAL POINTS ** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">800 ||
 * ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">In-Class Essay (Midterm) || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">75 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">TOTAL POINTS ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">800 ** ||   ||   ||   ||

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Course Outline: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Word of the Day (Rhetorical Terminology)/Daily Grammar Practice **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Sign up for Grammar Presentation [50] ** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch.1 Argument: An Introduction (2-23) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Theory of Knowledge/Bias <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Assign Nonfiction Novel 1: Book of Choice from AP Reading List || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">(2) HHH: Semicolon (Ch. 14) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch.2 Argument as Inquiry (24-38) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">--Argument Summary (Option 1, pg. 50) || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Summary Practice: Comparison of Summary with Critique (Book/Movie Reviews) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Nonfiction Novel: Discussion Board 1 Due [25] ** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">(4) HHH: Quotation Marks (Ch. 16) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch.3 The Core of an Argument: A Claim with Reasons (60-71) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Documentary: Guidelines for Academic Review of Documentary **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Argument Summary Due [100] ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">--Assign Microtheme (Option 1, pg 104) || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Grammar Section Quiz [50] ** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch.5 Using Evidence Effectively (89-108) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Use of Online Survey Instruments to Gather Evidence <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Summary Practice **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Nonfiction Novel: Discussion Board 2 Due [25] ** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">(7) HHH: Sentence Fragments <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Appendix : Informal Fallacies <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Fallacy Project/Presentations (Print and Video Examples) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch. 6 Moving Your Audience: Ethos, Pathos, and Kairos (109-123) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Microthemes Due [100] ** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">(9) HHH: Adjectives and Adverbs (Ch. 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch. 7 Responding to Objections and Alternative Views (124-144) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">--Assign Essay 1: Classical Argument (Option 1, pg. 140) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch. 8 Analyzing Arguments Rhetorically (146-164) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">“Letter from Birmingham Jail” Argument Analysis || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">(11)HHH: Agreement (Ch. 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch. 9 Analyzing Visual Arguments (163-198) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">In-Class Writing: Analysis of Visual (ethos, pathos, logos) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">In class: Read “Half-Criminals…” pg. 141 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Bring to class a visual argument you have found **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Rough Draft Classical Argument Essay 1 Due—Peer Review [25] ** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">(13)HHH: Capitals/Italics (Ch. 9, 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Proposal for Classical Argument Essay 1: Claim and Because Clause, In-class presentation of rebuttals <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch. 10 An Introduction to Types of Claims (200-209) || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Discussion Board 4 Due [25] ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Discussion/Recommendation for Novel 1 ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Novel 2 (Choice from List) ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Assign Book Review Review ** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch.11 Definitional Arguments (210-228) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">--Assign Definition Argument Essay 2 (225) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch 11 Readings (229-236) || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Book Review Review Presentations Due || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Word of the Day (Literary Terminology)/Daily Grammar Practice <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Assign British Novel (Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, 1984, Brave New World, Jane Eyre, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Jude the Obscure, Tess of the D’Urbervilles, The Return of the Native, Far from the Madding Crowd, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, A Tale of Two Cities) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">HHH: Sentence Unity (Ch. 23) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Sign up for British Culture Presentation [100] ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Anglo-Saxon Culture //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Beowulf/Grendel //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;"> text and movie comparison **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">--Assign Supporting Reason Argument Essay 3 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch. 14 Evaluation and Ethical Arguments (284-309) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch.15 Proposal Arguments (310-331) || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch. 16 Finding and Evaluating Sources (344-367) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch.17 Using, Citing, and Documenting Sources (368-400) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Proposals for Supporting Reason Argument Essay 3 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Toulmin Schema for Essay 3:Supporting Reason Essay || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Class Seminar: Discussion of Essay Topics <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">(1) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Tues: England in the Middle Ages __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">(2) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Thurs: Chaucer __ //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">The Canterbury Tales //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">—General Prologue || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Supporting Reason Argument Essay 3 Due [100] ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">(3) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Tues: Renaissance England __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">(4) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Thurs: Shakespeare __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">The Ballad: Original and Contemporary **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">--Assign Resemblance Argument Essay (271) ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch. 13: Resemblance Arguments (264-283) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Analysis of Persuasive Speeches in Shakespeare Plays || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">(5) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Tues: British Monarchy (Tudors) __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">(6) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Thurs: Royal Family (Windsors) __ //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Macbeth // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Cause of Downfall of Macbeth, Cause of Shakespeare’s Writing of Play || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">(7) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Tues: Carpe Diem Poets/Poetry __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">(8) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Thurs: Metaphysical Poets/Poetry __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Causes of Poetic Movements/Poetry Conventions **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Resemblance Argument Essay Rough Draft Due: Peer Review [25] ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Novel 3: Discussion Board 3 Due [25] ** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">(9) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Tues: Romantic Poetry/Poets __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">(10) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Thurs: Victorian Writing/Conventions __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Causes of and Reactions to Previous Literary Periods **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Resemblance Argument Essay Final Due [100] ** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">(12) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Thurs: Contemporary British Society (Arts, Education, Social Structure, etc. __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">--Assign Causal Argument Essay (249) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch.12 Causal Arguments (237-253) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Victorian Poetry/Literature **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Novel 3: Discussion Board 4 Due [25] ** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">(14) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Thurs: British Television, Movies, Artists, etc. __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Connections between Current British Society and British History: Causal Chains <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Contemporary British Fiction || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Peer Review: Writer’s Workshop [25] ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Modern British Short Stories || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Modern British Short Stories <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Grammar Final Review ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 1 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Intro to Course, Intro to Blackboard, Diagnostic Grammar/Writing
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">HHH: Commas (Ch. 12)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">(1) HHH: Unnecessary Commas (Ch. 13)
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch.2 Reading to Believe an Argument’s Claims (38-58)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 3 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">(3) HHH: Apostrophe (Ch. 15)
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 * || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WA: Ch.4 The Logical Structure of Arguments (73-87)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 5 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">(6) HHH: Sentence Sense (Ch. 1)
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 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Nonfiction Novel: Discussion Board 3 Due [25] ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 7 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">(10)HHH: Pronouns and Case (Ch. 5)
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 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Classical Argument Essay 1 Due—Final draft and all rough drafts [100] **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 9 || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Grammar Section Quiz [50] **
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Proposals for Definition Argument Essay 2: In class discussion ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 10 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Research and Prep for Book Review Review ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Toulmin Schema for Definition Argument Essay 2 (217) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 11 || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Rough Draft Essay 2 Due—Peer Review [25] **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 12 || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Definition Argument Essay 2 Due [100] ** ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">In-Class Writing: Midterm Essay [50] ** ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Second Section ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 13 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Intro to Section 2, Diagnostic Grammar/Writing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 13 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Intro to Section 2, Diagnostic Grammar/Writing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 14 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">HHH: Subordination/Coordination (Ch. 24)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 14 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">HHH: Subordination/Coordination (Ch. 24)
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Novel 3 Discussion Board 1 Due [25] ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 15 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">HHH: Misplaced Modifiers (Ch. 25)WA: Ch. 12 Readings (254-263) ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Rough Draft Essay 3 Due: Supporting Reason—Peer Review [25] **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 16 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">HHH: Parallelism (Ch. 26)
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Novel 3 Discussion Board 2 Due [25] ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 17 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">HHH: Consistency (Ch. 27)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 18 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">HHH: Emphasis (Ch. 29)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 19 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">HHH: Variety (Ch. 30)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 20 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">(11) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Tues: WWII in England __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 21 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">(13) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Tues: British Political System __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 22 || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Causal Chain/Toulmin Schema Due [25] **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 23 || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Causal Argument Essay Due [100] **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Week 24 || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Grammar Final Exam and In-Class Writing Final [100] ** ||