Prof. Valentin V. Asiddao

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English 100 # 30217  Updates

Essays

Research Project

Aug.     15     Class overview; in-class essay; intro.; grammar review

              22     Grammar review

                       "Why I Write," Joan Didion

                       Discuss Reading 1

              29     In-class essay revision due

                       Discuss Reading 1

                       Discuss "Don't Marry Career Women"

                       Using quotations (prose); works cited page; MLA format

Sept.       5     Grammar review: verb, subject-verb agreement

                       Explain research project

                       Essay 1 draft: small group evaluation

                       Discuss Reading 2

              12     Essay 1 revision due

                       Grammar, sentence structure, quotation format review

                       Discuss Reading 2

                       In-class writing: Essay 2

                       Bring your own copy of Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"; publishing information

              19     Be ready with Essay 2 draft: small group discussion

                       Grammar review: conjunctions, clauses

                       Discuss Reading 2

                       Midterm review: midterm reading

              26     Essay 2 due

                       Midterm exam

                       Research project

Oct.         3     Literature

                       Poetry

                       Read and discuss "Keeper of the Lighthouse," by Alejandrino G. Hufana; "What Do Women Want," by Kim Addonizio

                       Using quotations (poetry); works-cited page; MLA format

                       In-class writing: Essay 3

                       Discuss Flannery O' Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"

               10     no class

               17     Discuss "Keeper of the Lighthouse," by Alejandrino G. Hufana; "What Do Women Want," by Kim Addonizio

                        Explain research project: summaries of sources

                         Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

                24     Essay 3 due

                         Bring copies and publishing information of at least two critical essays or reviews of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

                         Discuss Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

                         In-class writing: Essay 4

                         Discuss Lakambini Sitoy's "Weight"

                31     Essay 4 due

                         Discuss Lakambini Sitoy's "Weight"

                         In-class writing: Essay 5

Nov.         7     Essay 5 due

                         Summaries of sources due

                         Discuss Flannery O' Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"

                14     Abstract due

                         Discuss Flannery O' Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"

                21     Individual conference

                28     Essay folder due

Dec.          5     Research project folder due

                         Final exam review

                12     Final exam

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