Comp 1 Syllabus

Comp 1 Syllabus

Comp 1 Syllabus

Mrs. Turner

AustinHigh School

Fall Semester, 2009

 

English 101 English Composition Syllabus

REQUIRED TEXTS AND MATERIALS

Nadell, Judith, John Langan, and Eliza A. Comodromos. The Longman Reader.8thed.

 New York : Pearson, 2007.

Kirszner, Laurie G. and Stephen R. Mandell. The Concise Wadsworth Handbook.2nded.

 Boston : Thomson/Wadsworth, 2008.

Beers, Kylene, and Lee Odell, eds.Holt Elements of Literature, Sixth Course. Austin : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2008.

Irvin, Judith, et.al.Holt Elements of Language, Sixth Course. Austin : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2009.

English I Vocabulary CardsAcademic Study Card Set.Visual Education.Springfield, Ohio.

In-Class Journal – 70 p. spiral notebook, Pens (blue or black), paper

Notebook or binder for organization of all notes, class materials, and assignments

 

TIME SCHEDULE

This schedule is subject to change.

 

Week 1 (August 7,8)

                       Class expectations, course information

                       Initial assessment essay from

“All I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten”

 

Week 2 (August 11-15)

                       Journal writing

                       Basic skills pretest and practice

                       Peer editing process – peer edit assessment essays

                       Share essays

 

Week 3 (August 18 – 22)

                       Basic Skills - Subject /Verb agreement

                       Vocabulary 501 – 520

                       Vincennes registration, Accuplacer testing

 

Week 4 (August 25 – 29)

                       Basic Skills – Pronoun/Antecedent agreement and Pronoun Case

                       Vocabulary 521 – 540

                       Speech activity – Oral reading and significance of work

 

Week 5 (Sept. 2-5)

                       Basic Skills – Sentence structure, fragments, run-ons

                       Vocabulary 541 - 560

 

Week 6 (Sept. 8-12)

                       Vocabulary 561-580

Basic Skills work and test – Sentence structure, agreement, pronoun use

                       Longman ReaderChapters 1 and 2 Reading and writing process

                                   “Family Counterculture” – Ellen Goodman

                       DEFINITION ESSAY ASSIGNED

                       Journal writing

 

Week 7 (Sept. 15 – 19)

                       ISTEP

Combining patterns of development

Longman Reader– Chapter 10, “Definition”

                       “Physics in Everyday Life” – Laura Chen

                       “Entropy” – K.C. Cole

                       “The Handicap of Definition” – William Raspberry

                       “The Cute Factor” – Natalie angier

                       Journal writing

 

Week 8 (Sept. 22 – 26)

                       DEFINITION ESSAY Peer edit / due

                       Vocabulary 581 – 600

 

Week 9 (Sept. 29 – October 3)

                       Vocabulary 601 - 620

                       Guest Speaker

                       Longman ReaderChapter 9 – Cause-Effect 381 - 396

                       Documentation ActivitiesLongman Reader(Appendix A 607 – 633)

                       CAUSAL ANALYSIS essay assigned

                                   Formal tone, objective 3rdperson, two sources with documentation

                       Library activities – Finding credible sources

 

Week 10 (October 6 – 10)

                       Vocabulary 621 – 640

                       “Americans and Food” –Carl Novack

                       “Why We Crave Horror Movies” – Stephen King

                       MLA Style – Longman 623, 634

                       PEER EDIT CAUSAL ANALYSIS ESSAY

                       

Week 11 (Ocbober 13 – 17)

                       CAUSAL ANALYSIS ESSAY DUE

                       Guest – IBC

                       FALL BREAK

 

Week 12 (October 20 – 24)

                       Vocabulary 621 – 660

                       Speech activity

                       ARGUMENTATION ESSAY ASSIGNED

Formal tone, objective 3rdperson, three sources with documentation – MLA style

                       Longman ReaderChapter 11 Argumentation – Persuasion

                                   Ethos, Pathos, Logos

                                   Logical fallacies

 

Week 13 (October 27 – 31)

                       Vocabulary 681

                       ARGUMENTATION ESSAY PEER EDIT, DUE

 

Week 14 (November 3 – 7)

                       Vocabulary 701

                       Argumentation essay

 

Week 15 (November 10 – 14)

                       PERSONAL NARRATIVE essay assigned

                       Longman Reader Chapter 4 – “Narration” narrative elements

                       Consistency of tense

                       “Sister Flowers” - Maya Angelou,100; “If Only” – Paul Monahan,132

 

Week 16 (November 17 – 21)

                       PERSONAL NARRATIVE – Peer edit, DUE

Vocabulary 721 – 740

                       Beowulf

 

Week 17 (November 24 –26)

                      Beowulf– finish reading, begin movie

                       COMPARISON CONTRAST ESSAY ASSIGNED  

                       

Week 18 (December 1 – 5)

                       FinishBeowulf, the movie

Longman ReaderChapter 8, “Comparison-Contrast”

                       “The Ugly Truth About Beauty” – Dave Barry

                       “A Fable for Tomorrow” – Rachel Carson

                       “The Virtues of Growing Older” – Carol Siskin

                       PEER EDIT COMPARISON-CONTRAST ESSAY

 

Week 19 (December 8 – 12)

                       COMPARISON-CONTRAST ESSAY DUE

                       Vocabulary 761-800

                       ReadThe Christmas Box

 

Week 20 (December 15 – 19)FINAL EXAMS

                       ESSAY TEST – Response to literature,The Christmas Box

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