| English
41 Course Calendar |
Mon. |
8-18 |
Introduction to Course. |
Wed. |
8-20 |
Listening exercise. |
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Mon.
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8-25
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Class canceled. Homework: read 1-9 from Kill Your Idols .
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Wed.
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8-27
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Class discussion. Homework: finding a song to analyze. ESO: Identify and paraphrase main ideas, supporting details, and inferences within reading selections. |
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Mon.
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9-1
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Labor Day Holiday. |
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Wed.
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9-3
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Class discussion. Song analysis. ESO: Identify and paraphrase main ideas, supporting details, and inferences within reading selections. |
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Mon.
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9-8
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Essay Assignment. Essay Example. |
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Wed.
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9-10
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First Drafts Due/Peer Revision. Homework: read pages 11-20 from Kill Your Idols. |
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Mon.
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9-15
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Inferencing. Homework: read 35-45 from Kill Your Idols. ESO: Determine the author’s purpose and audience. ESO: Infer tone. |
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Wed.
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9-17
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Class discussion. Homework: 141-145 in Kill Your Idols. |
Mon. |
9-22 |
Methods of Paragraph of Development. ESO: Analyze rhetorical forms for development. |
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Wed.
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9-24
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Class discussion. |
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Mon.
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9-29
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Final Drafts Due. Four More Methods of Paragraph Development. Homework: read 188-195 from Kill Your Idols . ESO: Outline and map reading selections. |
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Wed.
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10-1
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Class discussion. |
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Mon.
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10-6
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Patterns of Paragraph Organization. Homework: read 241-250 from Kill Your Idols. ESO: Outline and map reading selections. |
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Wed.
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10-8
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Class discussion. Homework: read 251-260 from Kill Your Idols. ESO: Analyze rhetorical forms for development. ESO: Outline and map reading selections. ESO:
Recognize argument structures. ESO: Recognize deductive and inductive reasoning. |
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Mon.
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10-13
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Class discussion. |
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Wed.
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10-15
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Review. |
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Mon.
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10-20
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Midterm. |
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Wed.
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10-22
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Language and Its Effects on the Reader. Homework: read 261-267 from Kill Your Idols. |
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Mon.
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10-27
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Class discussion. ESO: Determine the author’s purpose and audience. ESO: Analyze the extended meaning of texts through word choice. ESO: Analyze point of view. ESO: Examine language elements to decipher author’s meaning. ESO: Analyze denotation and connotation. ESO: Identify figurative language. ESO: Analyze tone and bias. ESO: Identify different levels of diction. |
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Wed.
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10-29
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Tone, Point of View, and Allusions. Homework: read 277-283 from Kill Your Idols. |
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Mon.
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11-3
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Class discussion. ESO: Evaluate authority and claims in arguments. ESO: Examine language elements to decipher author’s meaning. ESO: Analyze denotation and connotation. ESO: Identify figurative language. ESO: Analyze tone and bias. |
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Wed.
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11-5
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Writing an analysis. Analysis Assignment. Example. |
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Mon.
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11-10
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Veteran's Day Holiday. |
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Wed.
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11-12
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First Drafts Due/Peer Revisions. |
Mon. |
11-17 |
Class discussion. Emotional Appeals. Logical Fallacies. Brainstorming. ESO: Outline and map reading selections. ESO: Determine the author’s purpose and audience. ESO: Evaluate authority and claims in arguments. ESO: Recognize and evaluate fallacies. |
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Wed.
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11-19
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Class discussion. Homework: read handout. |
Mon. |
11-24 |
Final Drafts Due. Class discussion. Homework: read handout. ESO: Outline and map reading selections. ESO: Determine the author’s purpose and audience. ESO: Recognize and evaluate fallacies. |
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Wed.
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11-26
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Class discussion. Writing an evaluation. Evaluation Assignment. |
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Mon.
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12-1
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Revisions Due. Film. |
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Wed.
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12-3
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Film Continued/Completed. |
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Mon.
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12-8
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Class discussion. |
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Wed.
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12-10
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First Drafts Due/Peer Revisions. |
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Mon.
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12-15
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Final Drafts Due. |
