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English
102
Calendar
Date |
Class Activities |
Assignments Due |
| Thurs, Aug 24 | writing exercise (p.o.v.); intro to course; guidelines; course website; UNC's resources; rhetorical tools; assign Feeder 1A; short in-class writing sample (group assignments will be up by Friday) | |
| Tues, Aug 29 | writing exercise ("logos"); insider/outsider distinctions; CBE format & proper citation (St. Martin's Handbook); UNC library & electronic resources | download
Skype and send me your user name; bring
St. Martin's Handbook (or CD) |
| Thurs, Aug 31 | writing exercise (concision); style C.O.P.; draft workshop | Feeder
1A (1st draft) |
| Tues, Sept 5 | writing exercise ("ethos"); assign Feeder 1B; group exercise (analyze & rank sample brochures after considering formatting, aesthetics, etc.) | Feeder
1A DUE; bring sample brochure; bring proof of FHI completion |
| Thurs, Sept 7 | writing exercise (specificity & concision); importance of drafts & peer-review; examples of Fdr 1B; group exercise (organization) | |
| Tues, Sept 12 | writing exercise (insider/outsider); plagiarism exercise to be completed in class; draft workshop; create rubric for grading Fdr 1B | bring
Engl 102 plagiarism exercise; Feeder 1B: draft workshop |
| Thurs, Sept 14 | writing exercise (p.o.v.); group work (article analysis); assign Unit 1 project | Feeder
1B DUE |
| Tues, Sept 19 | in-class grading of Fdr 1B (rubric; sample 1; sample 2); outline of vision article; writing exercise (active voice) | |
| Thurs, Sept 21 | writing exercise ("pathos"); group exercises: distinguishing among Prader-Willi, Rhett syndrome, Asperger's Syndrome, and Autism; draft workshop | Unit
Project 1: draft workshop |
| Tues, Sept 26 | assign Fdr 2A; writing exercise (film trailer: analysis of audience); distinctions between writing in business & in the natural sciences; trailer analysis by entire class | Unit
Project DUE |
| Thurs, Sept 28 | writing exercise (film trailer analysis); analysis of sample reports; group exercise (film trailer analysis) | |
| Tues, Oct 3 | writing exercise (film analysis); draft workshop | Fdr
2A:
draft workshop |
| Thurs, Oct 5 | writing exercise (film trailer analysis); group & class discussion of comments on recent papers; assign Fdr 2B; group work | Fdr
2A:
Final Draft Due |
| Tues, Oct 10 | writing exercise (combining simplicity & specificity); class analysis of sample Fdr 2B report; group work | |
| Thurs, Oct 12 | NO
CLASS: University Day |
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| Tues, Oct 17 | writing exercise (pathos); draft workshop | Fdr
2B:
draft workshop |
| Thurs, Oct 19 | Fall Break |
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| Tues, Oct 24 | draft workshop continued; discussion of unit project; overview of Powerpoint | Fdr
2B: draft workshop |
| Thurs, Oct 26 | writing exercise (analysis of technique & intent); group work | Fdr
2B: Final Draft Due |
| Tues, Oct 31 | assign
Fdr 3A 1) Group 1 and Group 2 2) Group 3 and Group 4 |
Unit
Project: practice presentations |
| Thurs, Nov 2 | intro to Unit 3; assign feeder 3A; presentations | Unit
Project 2: Final Draft DUE |
| Tues, Nov 7 | writing exercise (analysis of a scene: tone); group exercise (analysis of a scene: film terms) | |
| Thurs, Nov 9 | writing exercise (scene analysis); assign Fdr 3B and Unit Project 3; presentation by Kerry Hogan (from North Carolina TEACCH) | |
| Tues, Nov 14 | writing exercise (appearances & physiognomy); group exercise (perspective and "spin"); draft workshop | Fdr
3A:
draft workshop |
| Thurs, Nov 16 | writing exercise (spin); discussion of past oral presentations (#1 / #2 / #3) | Fdr
3A:
Final Draft DUE |
| Tues, Nov 21 | draft workshop (videotape practice presentations); draft workshop (complete comments by Wednesday at midnight) | Fdr
3B:
draft workshop |
| Thurs, Nov 23 | Thanksgiving Break |
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| Tues, Nov 28 | presentations (Groups 1 & 3); writing exercise: paragraph organization | Fdr
3B:
Oral Presentations |
| Wed, Nov 29 | student conferences (concerning Unit 3 project) | |
| Thurs, Nov 30 | presentations (Groups 2 & 4); writing exercise (summary) | Fdr
3B:
Oral Presentations |
| Fri, Dec 1 |
student conferences (concerning Unit 3 project) | |
| Mon, Dec 4 |
student conferences (concerning Unit 3 project) | |
| Tues, Dec 5 | evaluations; draft workshop | Unit
Project 3:
draft workshop (FINAL DRAFT DUE Sat, Dec 9, midnight) |
no
final exam for Engl 102 |
Paul Marchbanks
marchban@email.unc.edu