Sequence of Assignments

Week 2

May 26 - May 30

Course Material:

Analysis

Comparison/Contrast

Prospectus Assignment

Prospectus Discussion

Reading Assignments:

St. Martin's Guide to Writing,  

• Chapter 6, "Arguing a Position," pp., 274-5
  "Children Need to Play, Not Compete," pp., 276-9
  "Working at McDonald's," pp., 283-6

• Chapter 7, Proposing a Solution," pp., 328-9
  "More Testing, More Learning," pp.,  329-33
  "Win-Win Flexibility," pp., 334-8

• Novel

Weekly Writing:

Due Thursday, 5/29

• Analyzing Writing Strategies, pp., 286-7

• Analyzing Writing Strategies, pp., 338-9

• Novel Journal - Note that the journal is not due until 6/24, but you'll see at this line how you might divide the reading.

Essay Assignment:

Due Friday, 5/30

Begin Research Paper

• First check out:  The Research Project

• Then check out the assignment at:  The Prospectus

• Prospectus Discussion

Week 3

June 2 - June 6

Course Material:

Position Paper Assignment

Position Paper Discussion

Reading Assignments:

St. Martin's Guide to Writing,  

Chapters 12, "Reading Strategies," pp. 585-607

Pay close attention to the annotated sample from King's, "Letter from Birmingham Jail."  You'll see how the writer summarizes and evaluates, which will help you with your Position Paper.

Chapters 21 and 22, Research and Using Sources

While you need not read every word of these chapters, review them so you know how to find research material and how to cite and acknowledge your sources using the Modern Language Association (MLA) format.  

• Check pages 772-9 to see a perfectly formatted sample of a research paper.  This is how yours should look.

• Also, be sure to take advantage of Cerritos College's My Library, a data base that you access to the full texts of articles.  Check the site to see how to set up access to the service.  

• You can check also my abbreviated notes on the MLA at Using and Acknowledging Sources.

Novel

Weekly Writing:

Due Thursday, 6/5

Click here for the Weekly Writing assignment.

Novel Journal - Note that the journal is not due until 6/24, but you'll see at this link how you might divide the reading.

Essay Assignment:

Due Friday, 6/6

Position Paper - due 6/6 - See also Research Project

Week 4

June 9 - June 13

Course Material:

Causal Analysis Assignment

Causal Analysis Discussion

Reading Assignments:

St. Martin's Guide to Writing,  

• Chapter 9, p. 456
  "Fitness Culture:  A Growing Trend in America," pp. 457-60 and 508-9
   "Why We Crave Horror Movies," pp. 461-3
  "The Gorge-Yourself Environment," pp. 465-71

• Novel

Weekly Writing:

Due Thursday, 6/12

• Analyzing Writing Strategies, pp., 463-4

• Analyzing Writing Strategies, p., 472

• Novel Journal - Note that the journal is not due until 6/24, but you'll see at this line how you might divide the reading.

Essay Assignment:

Due Friday, 6/13

Causal Analysis - due 6/13 - See Research Project

Week 5

June 16 - June 20

Course Material:

Refutation Assignment

Refutation Discussion

Reading Assignments:

St. Martin's Guide to Writing,  

Chapter 19

Novel

Weekly Writing:

Due Thursday, 6/18

exercise 19.10,  page 683

Novel Journal - due 6/24 - Now you need to attend to it.

Essay Assignment:

Due Friday, 6/19

Refutation - due 6/19 - See Research Project

Week 6

June 23 - June 26

Course Material:

Final Notes

Reading Assignments:

Review 

Weekly Writing:

Rewriting Final Proposal

Novel Essay - due 6/24

Essay Assignment:

Due Tuesday, 6/24

Final due Wed, 6/25

Novel Journal - due 6/24

Novel Essay - due 6/24

Final Project - due 6/25