Course Schedule English 1105 Fall 2009
Assignments marked Dueor Read are to be done for the day they are listed on the schedule and completed by the beginning of class.
Reading: Comp= Composition at Virginia Tech RC= Reading Culture
Week 1 M 8/24 Discuss: Class Introduction.-syllabus, goals of 1105, a look at the semester.
W 8/26 Read: Course Syllabus and bring any questions to class. Comp 4-9 and Shitty First Drafts by Ann Lamott. Discuss:Reading. Questions.
F 8/28: Reading: Comp 14-16, 23-24 Discuss: Rhetoric, Elements of rhetorical situations, Reading. Blogs.
Week 2 M 8/31 Read: RC 14-25, 27-29 Discuss: Visual Literacy Narrative Essay. Readings. Blogs.
W 9/2 Read: RC 25-26, Comp 58-60
Discuss: Readings and Invention.
F 9/4 Due: Blog. Read: RC29-30, 37-39 Comp 62-63 Discuss: reading, invention
Week 3 M 9/7 Read: Comp 206-207, lit narrative student examples Discuss: Reading, Composing visual arguments. Working with images in Microsoft Word 2007.
W 9/9 Read: Handouts on examples of visual literacy narratives, 182-196 Discuss: Examples and Composing Visual Arguments, Google maps
F 9/11 Due: Blog Read: Fair Use handout Discuss: Fair Use and Copyright, Movie Maker
Week 4 M 9/14 Discuss: Fair Use, in class project workday.
W 9/16 Due: Visual Literacy Narrative for workshop. Discuss: Workshop
F 9/18 Due: Final visual literacy narrative Read: 218-230 Discuss: Group Project, Group Project Workday
Week 5 M 9/21 Discuss: Group project workday . W 9/23 Due: Group Presentations
F 9/25 Due: Blog (about group project reading/research) Discuss: recap presentations and punctuation, Culture and Society Essay
Week 6 M 9/28 Read: RC 136-153 Discuss: Reading
W 9/30 Read: RC 153-162, 181-185, 156-162 Discuss: Reading
F 10/2 Due: Blog Read: DVD and CD examples Discuss: Interviews, reading
Week 7 M 10/5 Discuss: Mid-term Portfolios and websites, Culture and Society Essay
W 10/7 Due: Blog (about website building/reading) Read: portfolio examples Discuss: Thesis statements, using quotes, websites
F 10/9 fall break
Week 8 Conference week: Mid-term Portfolios due by midnight Sunday 10/18. Post the link to your website on scholar. M 10/12 website in class work day
W10/14 Conferences- regular class will not meet
F 10/16 conferences- regular class will not meet
Week 9 M 10/19 Read: Comp 162-171 Discuss: Meaning Essay. Rhetorical appeals and context
W 10/21 Library day. Read: 124-127
F 10/23 Read: RC 220-226, 143-149 Discuss: reading, using sources Due: Blog
Week 10 M 10/26 Read: Handout: Meaning Essays Discuss: Reading, ad examples
W 10/28 Read: RC 194-201, ad examples Discuss: reading, ad examples.
F 10/30 Due: Blog. Read: MLA Handout Discuss: MLA
Week 11 M 11/2 Discuss: documentation
W 11/4 Due: Meaning Essay for workshop.
F 11/6 Due: Meaning Essay Discuss: Review Essay, review writing
Week 12 M 11/9 Library Day. Due: Movie for review
W 11/11 Read: Comp 171-179, RC 364-369 Discuss: Reading, components of a movie review
F 11/13 Read: Handout: movie reviews Due: Blog. Discuss: Reading
Week 13 M 11/16 Read: Sample movie reviews Discuss: Magazine layout, Word 2007
W 11/18 Due: Review Essay 4 for workshop Discuss: Workshop
F 11/20 Due: Review Essay, blog
Thanksgiving
Week 14 M 11/30 Discuss: Final Portfolio
W 12/2 Final Portfolio workshop/in-class conferences
F 12/4 Final Portfolio Workshop/in-class conferences Due: Blog
Week 15 M 12/7 Final Portfolio workshop/in-class conferences
W 12/9 Due: Final Portfolios due by the end of the class period.
Final Exam: