ENG 102 Course Schedule

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Week Date Topic Reading Due Assignment Due

1 Tues Intro to research-  English 102 Syllabus Diagnostic Essay

Jan 22 based writing (WebCampus)
Thurs Reading  “Chapter 3: The
Jan 24 Workshop: Rhetorical Situation”
Introduction to
Rhetoric
2 Tues Reading  “Chapter 1: Writing
Jan 29 Workshop: in Academic
Academic Writing Contexts”
Genres  “Chapter 2: Reading
in Academic
Contexts”
Thurs Reading  Webcampus: Research Journal
Jan 31 Workshop: Critical “The New Yorker”/ #1 due
Reading and “The Economist”
Academic Articles
Research-based
Writing
3 Tues Writing Workshop:  “Chapter 4: Starting
Feb 5 Identifying a Your Research”
Research Topic
Thurs Writing Workshop:  Webcampus: “The Research Journal
Feb 7 Developing and Atlantic magazine” #2 due
Refining a article
Research Researching different
Question perspectives
4 Tues Writing Workshop:  Sample research
Feb 12 Peer Review of plans
Writing Project 1
Thurs Writing Workshop:  “Responding— Research Journal
Feb 14 Peer Review of Really #3 due
Writing Project 1 Responding—To
Other Students’
Writing”
(WebCampus)
5 Tues Writing Workshop:  “Chapter 14:
Feb 19 Revising Writing Assessing Your Own
Project 1 Writing”
 Thurs Q&A about Unit 1  “Chapter 16: Editing Writing Project 1:
Feb 21 Arguments and and Proofreading” The Research
Discussions Plan due
(learning how to
accept opposing
views)
6 Tues Library  Research reliable Lied Library
Feb 26 Visit/tentative articles
How to conduct
Academic
research
Thurs Reflection  Bring in class your Research Journal
Feb 28 on Unit 1 choice of article to #4 due
discuss an argument
7 Tues Understanding  Aristotle
March 5 argument: “On Rhetoric”
Questioning and (Webcampus)
evaluating
another’s
argument
Thurs Peer Review  Roland Barthes Research Journal
March 7 Writing Project 2 “The Death of the #5 due
Author”
(Webcampus)
8 Tues TED Talk  Jean-Paul Sartre
March 12 Watching Debates “Why Write?”
(learn how to (Webcampus)
persuade)
Thurs Synthesis of  Martin Heidegger Writing Project 2:
March 14 different ideas to “Language” Critical
develop the claim (Webcampus) Annotated
Bibliography due
9 Tues No Class- Spring
March 19 Break
Thurs No Class- Spring
March 21 Break
10 Tues Writing Workshop:  “Chapter 10:
March 26 Analyzing Arguing”
Research-based  “Chapter 11: Arguing
Arguments a Position”
Thurs Writing Workshop:  Ferdinand de Research Journal
March 28 Developing Saussure “Linguistic #6 due
Research-based Value”
Arguments (Webcampus)
11 Tues Writing Workshop:  “Chapter 6:
April 2 Writing About Synthesizing Ideas”
Sources  “Chapter 7: Quoting,
Paraphrasing,
Summarizing”

Thurs Writing Workshop:  “Annoying Ways Research Journal

April 4 Writing About People Use #7 due
Sources Sources”
(WebCampus)

12 Tues Writing Workshop:  Rebuttal vs

April 9 Responding to Argument
Alternative (Webcampus)
Perspectives
Thurs Peer Review  Research Journal
April 11 Writing Project 3 #8 due
13 Tues Writing Workshop:  “Chapter 12:
April 16 Structuring a Beginning and
Research-Based Ending”
Argument
Thurs Writing Workshop:  “Chapter 13: Guiding Writing Project 3:
April 18 Structuring a Your Reader” The Research-
Research-Based Based Argument
Argument Draft due
14 Tues Conferences 
April 23
Thurs Conferences  Research Journal
April 25 #9 due
15 Tues Works-in-Progress 
April 30 Presentations
Thurs Works-in-Progress 
May 2 Presentations
16 Tues Works-in-Progress 
May 7 Presentations
Thurs Writing Workshop: 
May 9 Reflecting on the
Semester
Exams May 13-18  Writing Project 3:
The Research-
Based Argument
due