Course Assignment Sheet*
English 60

CRN 75043 - TR 10:30am-12:35pm

LSK: The Least You Should Know about English
CWA: Celebrity Writing in America

August 23
Introduction to the course/Course Guidelines
  25
Grading Symbols, MLA Format, and Class Interviews
  30

Writing Diagnostic

September 1

The Writing Process/Discussing the FEE
Homework: LSK: Read pp. 207-214

 
6

Thesis Statements/In-Class exercises/Grammar Diagnostic

  8

The Sentence: Parts of Speech/clauses
Homework: LSK: Read pp. 24-5 and do Exercises 1-3

  13

PFEE #1
Homework: CWA: read pp. 139-141 and journal

  15

Discussing the FEE - prewriting and generating ideas/critical thinking/getting specific

  20

Fragments/ In-class exercises
Homework: LSK: Read pp. 82-84, and do Exercises 1 and 2

  22

 

Going over the PFEE
Homework: CWA: read pp. 213-216 and journal

 

  27

Subordination and Coordination/In-class exercises
Homework: LSK: Read pp. 75-77, and finish class work

  29


PFEE #2

 

October
4

Going over the PFEE / Comma Splice & Run-on sentences
Homework: LSK: Read pp 89-91 and do exercises 1 and 2

 
6

FEE Workshop

  11

Comma Usage/In-Class Exercises
Homework: Finish In-Class Exercises

  13


PFEE #3
Homework: CWA: read pp. 65-68, 46-49 and journal for both selections (one page each)

 

  18

Going over the PFEE

  20

PFEE #4

  25

FEE and grammar workshop
Homework: pack a dictionary for the next class meeting

  27

Spelling and Commonly Confused Words/In-Class exercises

November
1

PFEE #5

 
3

Discussing the FEE - generating qualifying ideas workshop


  8

Other punctuation and review: Semicolon, colon, and apostrophe
Homework: finish in-class work

 

  10

PFEE #6



  15

Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers/In-class work
Homework: CWA: read pp. 292-294 and journal, and finish class work

  17

Grammar Diagnostic

  22

Final Review - going over the grammar diagnostic

  24
Thanksgiving Day Holiday
  29
Final Essay Exam
December


Final Meeting in H33 - find out your final grade and FEE score.
8am class - we will meet from 8-9:50am in my office.

   



   

 


*This schedule is tentative and may be changed at my discretion.