ENGLISH 101/102
SEMESTER ONE (101)
Week of August 10-14
Monday -- summer break
Tuesday -- summer break
Wednesday -- summer break
Thursday -- Teacher's Institute
Friday -- Teacher's Institute
Week of August 17-21
Monday -- Discuss flexible seating, distribute textbooks
Tuesday -- Soundtrack of the summer
Wednesday -- Classroom procedures stations
Thursday -- Discuss stations (focus on syllabus and norms
hw: read EAA pp. 6-13 for Monday (no response questions)
Friday -- In-class article of the week (Mrs. Mohr gone)
Week of August 24-28
Monday -- finish discussing norms, read EAA pg. 5, complete pg. 6 response, Tuesday -- begin discussing argumentation categories, read Goldberg article, introduce imitation essay
hw: begin 2 page typed essay that mimics Goldberg's and describes own extended metaphor for writing
Wednesday -- work time on imitation essay
hw: submit essay by midnight
Thursday -- discuss argumentation categories
Friday -- official registration for SWIC (picture day)
hw: read EAA pp. 14-29
Week of August 31-September 4
Monday -- No school (Labor Day)
Tuesday -- discuss EAA pp. 14-29
Wednesday -- finish discussing EAA pp. 14-29, practice argument applications
hw: read "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and complete chart
Thursday -- discuss kairos/stasis theory/Aristotelian appeals/audience, continue practicing argument applications, share/discuss "LFBJ" and ch. 1 concepts
hw: read "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" and complete chart
Friday -- discuss "HIFTBCM" applications (early out)
hw: read ch. 3 (ethos)
Week of September 7-11
Monday -- review ch. 1 concepts, discuss ethos (ch. 3)
hw: read EAA ch. 4 and "The Blank Slate" (net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ff0616S.pdf)
Tuesday -- discuss Ch. 4 and "The Blank Slate" in regards to logos and ethos
Wednesday -- continue to discuss ethos and logos,
hw: read ch. 2 and examine "An American Childhood" (www.jonescollegeprep.org/ourpages/auto/2012/10/19/57097793/An%20American%20Childhood-Annie%20Dillard.pdf)
Thursday -- use 9/11 for logos, ethos, pathos
Friday -- pop quiz, discuss pathos and "An American Childhood"
Week of September 14-18
Monday -- appeals stations
Tuesday -- appeals stations (due Wednesday at 8:15 a.m.)
Wednesday -- SIU Day field trip (leave for Carbondale at 7:50 a.m.)
Thursday -- discuss the writing process, introduce essay, work time on essay (pre-writing/drafting)
Friday -- no school
Week of September 21-25
Monday -- work day on essay
Tuesday -- work day on essay
Wednesday -- peer editing
Thursday -- peer editing, revisions, one-on-one conferences
Friday -- revisions, one-on-one conferences
Week of September 28-October 2
Monday -- finish one-on-one conferences (including throughout the day), write reflections in class, introduce S.T.A.R. method of revision
Tuesday -- fallacy pre-test, introduction to fallacies, read chapter 5
hw: finish reading EAA chapter 5
Wedesday -- fallacy notes, introduce fallacy assignment
Thursday -- begin creating fallacy slides (Mrs. Mohr gone)
Friday -- No school
Week of October 5-9
Monday -- No school (Columbus Day)
Tuesday -- fallacy practice quiz, continue discussing fallacies
Wednesday -- continue discussing fallacies
Thursday -- discuss remainder of fallacies, work time on fallacy slides
Friday -- work time on fallacy slides
Week of October 12-16
Monday -- grammar mini-lesson (correcting sentence fragments), work time on fallacy slides
Tuesday -- grammar mini-lesson (varying sentence structure), work time on fallacy slides
Wednesday -- Fallacy test, analyze political ads for fallacies (fallacy slides due at midnight)
Thursday -- advertising pretest, read "The Hidden Life of Bottled Water"
hw: read ch. 6 in EAA
Friday -- No class (assembly)*
* End of 1st Quarter
Week of October 18-23
Monday -- discuss "THLoBW," What is a Rhetorical Analysis?
hw: review four main elements of rhetorical analysis & Brooks and Kolb essays, complete ch. 6 response questions (pp. 95 & 100 -- on Classroom)
Tuesday -- locating fallacies in advertising
hw: locate advertisement for essay
Wednesday -- guided work time on essay
Thursday -- guided work time on essay
Friday -- guided work time on essay
Week of October 26-30
Monday -- work time on essay
Tuesday -- work time on essay
Wednesday -- Halloween activity: Edgar Allan Poe Murder Mystery Dinner Theater (rough draft due)
Thursday -- No class (BOTC: morning)
Friday -- form new peer edit groups, begin peer editing (early out)
Week of November 2-6
Monday -- peer editing
Tuesday -- peer editing
Wednesday -- review active vs. passive voice
Thursday -- begin draft revisions/conferences
Friday -- draft revisions/conferences
Week of November 9-13
Monday -- No School
Tuesday -- finish conferences/review thesis statements and sentence variety
Wednesday -- final fallacies quiz, KFW exercises
Thursday -- SNOW DAY
Friday -- no school
Week of November 16-20
Monday -- read/discuss Vowell essay, introduce holiday essay
hw: Vowell essay questions
Tuesday -- holiday essay prewriting, work time on holiday essay
Wednesday -- go see The Hate U Give movie
Thursday -- no school
Friday -- no school
Week of November 23-27
Monday -- holiday essay work time
Tuesday -- holiday essay work time
Wednesday -- discuss cliches, holiday essay work time
Thursday -- grammar review, holiday essay work time
Friday -- grammar review, holiday essay work time/rough draft due by midnight
Week of November 30-December 4
Monday -- peer editing
Tuesday -- peer editing
Wednesday -- conferences/revisions
Thursday -- conferences/revisions
Friday -- conferences/revisions (early out)
hw: read pp. 273-289 in EAA
Week of December 7-11
Monday -- chapter 12 reading check quiz, work time on AoW (topic: choice), conferences as needed
Tuesday -- begin discussing proposals, conferences as needed
Wednesday -- discuss proposals, review counterarguments
Thursday -- work time on proposal abstracts or AoW
Friday -- work time on proposal abstracts (holiday essay final draft due by midnight)
Week of December 14-18
Monday -- review for exam
Tuesday -- Exams (schedule TBA)
Wednesday -- Exams (schedule TBA)
Thursday -- no school
Friday -- no school
*end of 2nd Quarter (English 101 is a semester long class -- 3rd Quarter begins English 102)
SEMESTER TWO (102)
Week of December 31-January 4
Monday -- no school
Tuesday -- no school
Wednesday -- no school
Thursday -- no school
Friday -- no school (Teacher's Institute)
Week of January 7-11
Monday -- distribute textbooks, toast to the new year
hw: 'What is Research?' paper
Tuesday -- Getting started with research
hw: read TCR pp. 1-21 (complete exercises 1 [pp. 1-2] & 2 [pp. 12-13])
Wednesday -- discuss TCR pp. 1-21
hw: read TCR pp. 23-25, 30-31, 32-35 (no exercises required)
Thursday -- discuss TCR pp. 23-25, 30-31, 32-35
hw: read TCR pp. 28-29, 35-40 (no exercises required)
Friday -- discuss TCR pp. 28-29, 35-40
Week of January 14-18
Monday -- review TCR pp. 1-40, officially register for Spring semester
Tuesday -- Inquiry question collaboration activity
Wednesday -- Inquiry question activity
hw: read pp. 69-84
Thursday -- refine inquiry questions for social media essay, discuss pp. 69-84, reading check quiz
hw: read pp. 51-68
Friday -- KWL for social media essay, discuss 51-84
hw: read pp. 84-100
Week of January 21-25
Monday -- No school
Tuesday -- Discuss field research
hw: read Annotated Bibliographies handout
Wednesday -- Annotated bibliographies, inquiry question feedback
Thursday -- review Rethinking Research concepts, discuss evaluative bibliography
Friday -- database exploration
Week of January 28-February 1
Monday -- database exploration, walk through sample evaluative bibliography annotation
Tuesday -- database exploration
Wednesday -- No school (snow day)
Thursday -- No school (snow day)
Friday -- Work time on evaluative bibliography [5 entries due at midnight] (early out)
Week of February 4-8
Monday -- "Rethinking Research" test (TCR major concepts pp. 1-100)
Tuesday -- peer edit bibliographies
hw: finish peer editing
Wednesday -- MLA citation practice (WebQuest), discuss rethinking research test answers
hw: finish WebQuest
Thursday -- read/discuss evaluative and critical reading (TBR pp. 67-73)
hw: read TCR pp. 108-118/write position statement
Friday -- no school
Week of February 11-15
Monday -- finish discussing Reading Sources Critically (pp. 67-73), reading check quiz on TCR pp. 108-118
Tuesday -- discuss style/writing to engage readers
Wednesday -- paraphrase practice assignment, essay work time
Thursday -- AoW work time, social media essay drafting time
Friday -- discuss I.C.E.
Week of February 18-22
Monday -- no school
Tuesday -- Incorporating Sources, I.C.E., Using Notes to Improve Understanding of an Issue
Wednesday -- I.C.E., What to Pay Attention to When Reading Sources
Thursday -- drafting time
Friday -- drafting time
Week of February 25-March 1
Monday -- drafting time
Tuesday -- peer editing
Wednesday -- peer editing
Thursday -- review introductions (TBR pp. 249-253)
hw: read TBR pp. 253-256
Friday -- review conclusions (early out)
Week of March 4-8
Monday -- no school
Tuesday -- Real World Writing overview, Real World Writing: scholarship applications
Wednesday -- discuss interpretive frameworks
Thursday -- finish discussing interpretive frameworks
Friday -- introduce Social Injustice essay*
* End of 3rd Quarter
Week of March 11-15
Monday -- Real World Writing: Best Man/Maid of Honor toast
Tuesday -- Discuss social injustice essay, set deadlines for social injustice essay, initial brainstorming for essay
Wednesday -- make midterm review guides, begin researching for essay
Thursday -- study for midterm, research for essay
Friday -- midterm test, research for essay
Week of March 18-22
Monday -- in-class AoW work time (Mrs. Mohr gone on field trip)
Tuesday -- research for social injustice essay
hw: read TBR pp. 86-97
Wednesday -- discuss finding sources, research for essay
Thursday -- review searching databases, research for essay
Friday -- review searching web sources, research for essay
Week of March 25-29
Monday -- Real World Writing: housing transfer request
Tuesday -- work time on evaluative bibliography
Wednesday -- discuss midterm tests (eval. bibs due by midnight)
Thursday -- peer edit evaluative bibliographies
Friday -- Real World Writing: Craigslist post
Week of April 1-5
Monday -- read/discuss outlines and transitions (TBR pp. 236-242)
hw: read TBR pp. 224-229
Tuesday -- discuss organizational patterns
hw: read pp. 273-274
Wednesday -- Real World Writing
Thursday -- grammar review
Friday -- grammar review
Week of April 8-12
Monday -- in-class writing, work time on essay
hw: read pp. read pp. TBR 273-274, 212-221 (complete by the numbers writing)
Tuesday -- assignment for Mrs. Hamilton from home
Wednesday -- work time on essay
hw: read pp. TBR 290-294
Thursday: work time on essay (social injustice rough draft due by midnight)
hw: read pp. TBR 276-289
Friday: discuss developing and organizing your argument, avoiding unintentional plagiarism, multimodal documents, document design
Week of April 15-19
Monday -- peer editing
Tuesday -- peer editing
Wednesday -- Toulmin analysis
Thursday -- Toulmin analysis
Friday -- no class
Week of April 22-26
Monday -- no class
Tuesday -- Toulmin analysis review/relays
Wednesday -- celebrate Shakespeare's birthday
Thursday -- Toulmin analysis (final draft due at midnight)
Friday -- peer editing
Week of April 29-May 3
Monday -- peer editing
Tuesday -- introduce Career Exploration essay, complete Career Cruising
Wednesday -- work time on Career Exploration essay
Thursday -- work time on Career Exploration essay
Friday -- work time on Career Exploration essay
Week of May 6-10
Monday -- no class: senior trip
Tuesday -- work time on essay
Wednesday -- work time on essay
Thursday -- work time on essay
Friday -- semester exam overview
Week of May 13-17
Monday -- Semester exam: part I
Tuesday -- senior exams (submit by 3:00 p.m.)
Wednesday -- senior exams
Thursday -- no class (graduation practice)
Friday -- no class
Week of August 10-14
Monday -- summer break
Tuesday -- summer break
Wednesday -- summer break
Thursday -- Teacher's Institute
Friday -- Teacher's Institute
Week of August 17-21
Monday -- Discuss flexible seating, distribute textbooks
Tuesday -- Soundtrack of the summer
Wednesday -- Classroom procedures stations
Thursday -- Discuss stations (focus on syllabus and norms
hw: read EAA pp. 6-13 for Monday (no response questions)
Friday -- In-class article of the week (Mrs. Mohr gone)
Week of August 24-28
Monday -- finish discussing norms, read EAA pg. 5, complete pg. 6 response, Tuesday -- begin discussing argumentation categories, read Goldberg article, introduce imitation essay
hw: begin 2 page typed essay that mimics Goldberg's and describes own extended metaphor for writing
Wednesday -- work time on imitation essay
hw: submit essay by midnight
Thursday -- discuss argumentation categories
Friday -- official registration for SWIC (picture day)
hw: read EAA pp. 14-29
Week of August 31-September 4
Monday -- No school (Labor Day)
Tuesday -- discuss EAA pp. 14-29
Wednesday -- finish discussing EAA pp. 14-29, practice argument applications
hw: read "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and complete chart
Thursday -- discuss kairos/stasis theory/Aristotelian appeals/audience, continue practicing argument applications, share/discuss "LFBJ" and ch. 1 concepts
hw: read "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" and complete chart
Friday -- discuss "HIFTBCM" applications (early out)
hw: read ch. 3 (ethos)
Week of September 7-11
Monday -- review ch. 1 concepts, discuss ethos (ch. 3)
hw: read EAA ch. 4 and "The Blank Slate" (net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ff0616S.pdf)
Tuesday -- discuss Ch. 4 and "The Blank Slate" in regards to logos and ethos
Wednesday -- continue to discuss ethos and logos,
hw: read ch. 2 and examine "An American Childhood" (www.jonescollegeprep.org/ourpages/auto/2012/10/19/57097793/An%20American%20Childhood-Annie%20Dillard.pdf)
Thursday -- use 9/11 for logos, ethos, pathos
Friday -- pop quiz, discuss pathos and "An American Childhood"
Week of September 14-18
Monday -- appeals stations
Tuesday -- appeals stations (due Wednesday at 8:15 a.m.)
Wednesday -- SIU Day field trip (leave for Carbondale at 7:50 a.m.)
Thursday -- discuss the writing process, introduce essay, work time on essay (pre-writing/drafting)
Friday -- no school
Week of September 21-25
Monday -- work day on essay
Tuesday -- work day on essay
Wednesday -- peer editing
Thursday -- peer editing, revisions, one-on-one conferences
Friday -- revisions, one-on-one conferences
Week of September 28-October 2
Monday -- finish one-on-one conferences (including throughout the day), write reflections in class, introduce S.T.A.R. method of revision
Tuesday -- fallacy pre-test, introduction to fallacies, read chapter 5
hw: finish reading EAA chapter 5
Wedesday -- fallacy notes, introduce fallacy assignment
Thursday -- begin creating fallacy slides (Mrs. Mohr gone)
Friday -- No school
Week of October 5-9
Monday -- No school (Columbus Day)
Tuesday -- fallacy practice quiz, continue discussing fallacies
Wednesday -- continue discussing fallacies
Thursday -- discuss remainder of fallacies, work time on fallacy slides
Friday -- work time on fallacy slides
Week of October 12-16
Monday -- grammar mini-lesson (correcting sentence fragments), work time on fallacy slides
Tuesday -- grammar mini-lesson (varying sentence structure), work time on fallacy slides
Wednesday -- Fallacy test, analyze political ads for fallacies (fallacy slides due at midnight)
Thursday -- advertising pretest, read "The Hidden Life of Bottled Water"
hw: read ch. 6 in EAA
Friday -- No class (assembly)*
* End of 1st Quarter
Week of October 18-23
Monday -- discuss "THLoBW," What is a Rhetorical Analysis?
hw: review four main elements of rhetorical analysis & Brooks and Kolb essays, complete ch. 6 response questions (pp. 95 & 100 -- on Classroom)
Tuesday -- locating fallacies in advertising
hw: locate advertisement for essay
Wednesday -- guided work time on essay
Thursday -- guided work time on essay
Friday -- guided work time on essay
Week of October 26-30
Monday -- work time on essay
Tuesday -- work time on essay
Wednesday -- Halloween activity: Edgar Allan Poe Murder Mystery Dinner Theater (rough draft due)
Thursday -- No class (BOTC: morning)
Friday -- form new peer edit groups, begin peer editing (early out)
Week of November 2-6
Monday -- peer editing
Tuesday -- peer editing
Wednesday -- review active vs. passive voice
Thursday -- begin draft revisions/conferences
Friday -- draft revisions/conferences
Week of November 9-13
Monday -- No School
Tuesday -- finish conferences/review thesis statements and sentence variety
Wednesday -- final fallacies quiz, KFW exercises
Thursday -- SNOW DAY
Friday -- no school
Week of November 16-20
Monday -- read/discuss Vowell essay, introduce holiday essay
hw: Vowell essay questions
Tuesday -- holiday essay prewriting, work time on holiday essay
Wednesday -- go see The Hate U Give movie
Thursday -- no school
Friday -- no school
Week of November 23-27
Monday -- holiday essay work time
Tuesday -- holiday essay work time
Wednesday -- discuss cliches, holiday essay work time
Thursday -- grammar review, holiday essay work time
Friday -- grammar review, holiday essay work time/rough draft due by midnight
Week of November 30-December 4
Monday -- peer editing
Tuesday -- peer editing
Wednesday -- conferences/revisions
Thursday -- conferences/revisions
Friday -- conferences/revisions (early out)
hw: read pp. 273-289 in EAA
Week of December 7-11
Monday -- chapter 12 reading check quiz, work time on AoW (topic: choice), conferences as needed
Tuesday -- begin discussing proposals, conferences as needed
Wednesday -- discuss proposals, review counterarguments
Thursday -- work time on proposal abstracts or AoW
Friday -- work time on proposal abstracts (holiday essay final draft due by midnight)
Week of December 14-18
Monday -- review for exam
Tuesday -- Exams (schedule TBA)
Wednesday -- Exams (schedule TBA)
Thursday -- no school
Friday -- no school
*end of 2nd Quarter (English 101 is a semester long class -- 3rd Quarter begins English 102)
SEMESTER TWO (102)
Week of December 31-January 4
Monday -- no school
Tuesday -- no school
Wednesday -- no school
Thursday -- no school
Friday -- no school (Teacher's Institute)
Week of January 7-11
Monday -- distribute textbooks, toast to the new year
hw: 'What is Research?' paper
Tuesday -- Getting started with research
hw: read TCR pp. 1-21 (complete exercises 1 [pp. 1-2] & 2 [pp. 12-13])
Wednesday -- discuss TCR pp. 1-21
hw: read TCR pp. 23-25, 30-31, 32-35 (no exercises required)
Thursday -- discuss TCR pp. 23-25, 30-31, 32-35
hw: read TCR pp. 28-29, 35-40 (no exercises required)
Friday -- discuss TCR pp. 28-29, 35-40
Week of January 14-18
Monday -- review TCR pp. 1-40, officially register for Spring semester
Tuesday -- Inquiry question collaboration activity
Wednesday -- Inquiry question activity
hw: read pp. 69-84
Thursday -- refine inquiry questions for social media essay, discuss pp. 69-84, reading check quiz
hw: read pp. 51-68
Friday -- KWL for social media essay, discuss 51-84
hw: read pp. 84-100
Week of January 21-25
Monday -- No school
Tuesday -- Discuss field research
hw: read Annotated Bibliographies handout
Wednesday -- Annotated bibliographies, inquiry question feedback
Thursday -- review Rethinking Research concepts, discuss evaluative bibliography
Friday -- database exploration
Week of January 28-February 1
Monday -- database exploration, walk through sample evaluative bibliography annotation
Tuesday -- database exploration
Wednesday -- No school (snow day)
Thursday -- No school (snow day)
Friday -- Work time on evaluative bibliography [5 entries due at midnight] (early out)
Week of February 4-8
Monday -- "Rethinking Research" test (TCR major concepts pp. 1-100)
Tuesday -- peer edit bibliographies
hw: finish peer editing
Wednesday -- MLA citation practice (WebQuest), discuss rethinking research test answers
hw: finish WebQuest
Thursday -- read/discuss evaluative and critical reading (TBR pp. 67-73)
hw: read TCR pp. 108-118/write position statement
Friday -- no school
Week of February 11-15
Monday -- finish discussing Reading Sources Critically (pp. 67-73), reading check quiz on TCR pp. 108-118
Tuesday -- discuss style/writing to engage readers
Wednesday -- paraphrase practice assignment, essay work time
Thursday -- AoW work time, social media essay drafting time
Friday -- discuss I.C.E.
Week of February 18-22
Monday -- no school
Tuesday -- Incorporating Sources, I.C.E., Using Notes to Improve Understanding of an Issue
Wednesday -- I.C.E., What to Pay Attention to When Reading Sources
Thursday -- drafting time
Friday -- drafting time
Week of February 25-March 1
Monday -- drafting time
Tuesday -- peer editing
Wednesday -- peer editing
Thursday -- review introductions (TBR pp. 249-253)
hw: read TBR pp. 253-256
Friday -- review conclusions (early out)
Week of March 4-8
Monday -- no school
Tuesday -- Real World Writing overview, Real World Writing: scholarship applications
Wednesday -- discuss interpretive frameworks
Thursday -- finish discussing interpretive frameworks
Friday -- introduce Social Injustice essay*
* End of 3rd Quarter
Week of March 11-15
Monday -- Real World Writing: Best Man/Maid of Honor toast
Tuesday -- Discuss social injustice essay, set deadlines for social injustice essay, initial brainstorming for essay
Wednesday -- make midterm review guides, begin researching for essay
Thursday -- study for midterm, research for essay
Friday -- midterm test, research for essay
Week of March 18-22
Monday -- in-class AoW work time (Mrs. Mohr gone on field trip)
Tuesday -- research for social injustice essay
hw: read TBR pp. 86-97
Wednesday -- discuss finding sources, research for essay
Thursday -- review searching databases, research for essay
Friday -- review searching web sources, research for essay
Week of March 25-29
Monday -- Real World Writing: housing transfer request
Tuesday -- work time on evaluative bibliography
Wednesday -- discuss midterm tests (eval. bibs due by midnight)
Thursday -- peer edit evaluative bibliographies
Friday -- Real World Writing: Craigslist post
Week of April 1-5
Monday -- read/discuss outlines and transitions (TBR pp. 236-242)
hw: read TBR pp. 224-229
Tuesday -- discuss organizational patterns
hw: read pp. 273-274
Wednesday -- Real World Writing
Thursday -- grammar review
Friday -- grammar review
Week of April 8-12
Monday -- in-class writing, work time on essay
hw: read pp. read pp. TBR 273-274, 212-221 (complete by the numbers writing)
Tuesday -- assignment for Mrs. Hamilton from home
Wednesday -- work time on essay
hw: read pp. TBR 290-294
Thursday: work time on essay (social injustice rough draft due by midnight)
hw: read pp. TBR 276-289
Friday: discuss developing and organizing your argument, avoiding unintentional plagiarism, multimodal documents, document design
Week of April 15-19
Monday -- peer editing
Tuesday -- peer editing
Wednesday -- Toulmin analysis
Thursday -- Toulmin analysis
Friday -- no class
Week of April 22-26
Monday -- no class
Tuesday -- Toulmin analysis review/relays
Wednesday -- celebrate Shakespeare's birthday
Thursday -- Toulmin analysis (final draft due at midnight)
Friday -- peer editing
Week of April 29-May 3
Monday -- peer editing
Tuesday -- introduce Career Exploration essay, complete Career Cruising
Wednesday -- work time on Career Exploration essay
Thursday -- work time on Career Exploration essay
Friday -- work time on Career Exploration essay
Week of May 6-10
Monday -- no class: senior trip
Tuesday -- work time on essay
Wednesday -- work time on essay
Thursday -- work time on essay
Friday -- semester exam overview
Week of May 13-17
Monday -- Semester exam: part I
Tuesday -- senior exams (submit by 3:00 p.m.)
Wednesday -- senior exams
Thursday -- no class (graduation practice)
Friday -- no class