WINTER QUARTER 2012

     English 99                                                                                                                                                                   Date:  03-12-2012

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

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4 January             Winter Qtr begins

Diagnostic Prompt Handout

5 In-class Writing—cannot be made up

6 Switch Day

Feedback Sheet for Diagnostic

Syllabus and packet

9 Syllabus and packet

DUE: please have read Clauses and Sentencing Made Easy, pp. 11-16 and 19-20, and have completed pp. 17-18 in our course packet

 

(or have read pp. 1-7 and completed pp. 8-9 of the handout)

 

Sentences Made Easy presentation

 

Please begin your journal assignment, pp. 9-10 in our Course Packet

10 DUE: Sentencing Practice Exercises, pp. 17-18 in our course packet

DUE: please have read Paragraphs Made Easy, pp. 21-23

Paragraphs Made Easy presentation

11 DUE: please have read and located questions on Words Commonly Confused on Course Packet pages 46-55

 

Editing and Revision Advice and Exercises

 

More on the Journal Assignment

 

In-Class Fun

 

Paragraphs Made Easy presentation

Complete “Neighborhood” and “SCC” paragraphs, pp. 24-25

12 DUE: please have read and located confusing pairs on Course Packet pages 46-55

Assign Paragraph Set #1

 

Words Commonly Confused Diagnostic

13 Computer Lab 1220-G

Work independently on Paragraph Set #1

16  HOLIDAY

17 DUE: please have read Essays Made Easy, Course Packet pp. 26-34

Introduction to the Essay presentation

More help with Words Commonly Confused—bring questions

18 DUE—Turn in at the beginning of the class: Paragraph Set #1

 

Sample Zero Tolerance Quiz--Words Commonly Confused

What’s an Essay?  pp. 26-34

The Milkshake Essay Example, pp. 35-37

19 Please remember your JOURNAL assignment

How Knowledge Grows

 

What’s an Essay?  Continued

 

Assign Essay #1

 

Essay Planning Sheet form with the Milkshake Essay example

20 Computer Lab 1220-G

Be sure you can log in.

Try your luck with the Commonly Confused Words quiz

Help with Essay #1

 

Blank Essay Planning Sheet

23 Meet in the SCC Library Classroom—Day 1

 

24 Meet in Classroom—library follow-up

 

More help with Essay #1

 

Journal Check #1 next week

Blank Essay Planning Sheet

 

In-Class Fun

25 Meet in the SCC Library Classroom—Day 1

26 Peer Editing Day for Essay #1—must have a completed rough draft to attend

 

Peer Editing Form—definition essay

27 Come to Computer Lab 1220-G for help

Try your luck with the Commonly Confused Words quiz

Help with Essay #1

30 Please note--Computer Lab 1220-G today

Try your luck with the Commonly Confused Words quiz

Help with Essay Assignment #1

31 Verbs, Verbs and more Verbs

Irregular Verbs, pp. 59-61

Professional Essays

handout

1 February

 

Pop Quiz on the first two Professional Essays

Note: Pop quizzes cannot be made up for any reason.

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Response Examples

Journal Check #1 (15 entries minimum)

2 Essay #1due at the beginning of the class.

Assign Essay #2

 

Discuss Tan-Packet essays to come up with essay ideas

 

Journal Check #1 (15 entries minimum)

3 Computer Lab 1220-G

Help with Essay #2  Assignment

 

Journal Check #1 (15 entries minimum)

6 Computer Lab 1220-G

Help with Essay #2  Assignment

Journal Check #1 (15 entries minimum)

7 Working with Words from a Source with and Exercise

Video—Summary and Response Essay

Video—MLA and APA

 

Print Version (pp. 102-106 in our Course Packet

 

 

Journal Check #1 (15 entries minimum)

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9 Peer Editing Day for Essay #2—must have a completed rough draft to attend

 

Journal Check #1 (15 entries minimum)

10 Computer Lab 1220-G

Help with Essay #2  Assignment

13 Computer Lab 1220-G

Help with Essay #2  Assignment

14 More Help with Confusing Pairs

 

Apostrophes Day!

 

Pretest 

Be afraid, be VERY afraid!  pp. 85-88 in our Course Packet

15 Writing the Introductory Paragraph Help

 

Subject-Verb Agreement pre-test

Prepositions, pp. 57-58 in our course packet

 

Subject-Verb Agreement Chapter, pp. 62-65

Subject-Verb Agreement Exercises, pp. 66-69

16 Essay #2  Assignment due to the ANGEL DROP BOX by midnight tonight.

 

Please read pp. 62-65 and then complete the exercises on pp. 66-67 of our course packet

 

Assign Essay #3

Continue Subject-Verb Agreement Chapter, pp. 62-65

Subject-Verb Agreement Exercises, pp. 66-69

17 Computer Lab 1220-G

Help with Essay #3 Assignment

20  HOLIDAY

 

21 Pronoun pre-test

Pronouns and Pronoun Agreement, pp. 70-71

22 COMPUTER LAB OPEN DAY but in 1220-F (the lab next door to our usual lab)

No Jim today

23 Peer Editing Day for Essay #3—must have a completed rough draft to attend

24 Computer Lab 1220-G

Help with Essay #3 Assignment

27 Pronoun pre-test

Pronouns and Pronoun Agreement, pp. 70-71

28 More Pronouns and Pronoun Agreement, pp. 70-76

 

“No Commas Allowed” Journal Fun

29 Comma Usage—come if you dare!

Dear John Example

 

Comma Practice

 

Journal Check #2 (30 entries minimum)

1 March

Essay #3 Hard copy due at the beginning of class—Drop Box due by midnight

Assign Final Essay (Essay #4) —Cause-Effect

Journal Check #2 (30 entries minimum)

2

Computer Lab is open

5 Help with (Essay #4) —Cause-Effect

In Computer Lab 1220G

Journal Check #2 (30 entries minimum

6 Review for Comprehensive—what to study

Exercises

“Find the Errors” paragraphs

Fragments and Comma Splices Worksheet

7 Review for Comprehensive—what to study

Your day—bring your questions

8 You may use your Course Packet for next week’s comprehensive.

  Peer Editing Day for (Essay #4) —Cause-Effect—must have a completed rough draft to attend

Causes or Effects Peer Editing Form

Review for Comprehensive—what to study

9 Help with Essay #4  Assignment

Review for Comprehensive—what to study

 

You may use your Course Packet for next week’s comprehensive.

12 You may use your Course Packet

Comprehensive Final—Day 1

Final Journal Check (35 entries minimum)

13 You may use your Course Packet

Comprehensive Final—Day 2

Final Journal Check (35 entries minimum)

14 You may use your Course Packet

Comprehensive Final—Day 3

Final Journal Check (35 entries minimum)

15 (Essay #4) —Cause-Effect at the beginning of class or due to the ANGEL DROP BOX by midnight

16  DL Testing day; (Dead Day) Study day for students  (No regularly scheduled classes)    Faculty work day

19  Final Exams

 

8:30 finals are today

 

Results and conferences in the classroom at 11:30

20   Final Exams

9:30 and 12:30 hours

 

21    Final Exams

7:30, 10:30, and 1:30 hours

22  Faculty work day

23   Faculty work day

Grades due by 5 p.m.