Course Assignment Sheet*
English 60

CRN 71337 - TR 8:00am

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

August 24
Introduction to the course/Course Guidelines
  26
Grading Symbols, MLA Format, and Class Interviews
  31

Writing Diagnostic

September 02

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

 
07

Thesis Statements/In-Class exercises/Grammar Diagnostic

 
09

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

  14

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

  16

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

  21

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

  23

 

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

 

  28

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

  30


PFEE #2

 

October
05

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

 
07

FEE Workshop

  12

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

  14


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

 

  19

Going over the PFEE

  21

PFEE #4

  26

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

  28

Spelling and Commonly Confused Words/In-Class exercises

November
02

PFEE #5

 
04

Discussing the FEE - generating qualifying ideas workshop


  09

Other punctuation and review: Semicolon, colon, and apostrophe
Homework: finish in-class work
Take-Home FEE #6 (due Nov. 16)

 

  11

Veteran's Day Holiday



  16

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

  18

Grammar Diagnostic

  23

Final Review - going over the grammar diagnostic

  25
Thanksgiving Day Holiday
  30
Final Essay Exam
December
09


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.