Course Objectives Ms. Pilcher ENC 1102
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Course Objectives Ms. Pilcher ENC 1102
Week 1Intro to
Analysis!We will discuss a
narrative and how to analyze it, for
example Mad Men.
Week 2
We will identify and develop rhetorical skills and analyze. We will also discuss plagiarism and its consequences.
Rhetoric!!!Beyonce is a Plagiarizer!
WEEK 3
Conferences!You will meet
with me in my office to discuss your
first draftNO CLASS!!
Watch Glee!
And read examples of articles that have been published
and discuss their
attributes.Week 4
Week 5Analysis,
Grammar, and the Finishing TouchesMajor Assignment #1
Due!
We will discuss grammar and continue work
shopping.
Week 6Introduction to Research
We will begin to understand research: what it is and how we should do it. For this unit, we will be
reading Bruce Ballenger's The Curious Researcher. Each of you will be expected to present a chapter of this book (with a group)
Week 7
Conferences!
We will be conducting conferences for the first draft of Major Assignment #2: Researched Article.
Week 8 Research and
PoliticsWe will be continuing our exploration of research and focusing this research on politics, examining how they affect our culture.
Week 9
Research and Bodies
We will continue to research and will focus on themes that plague our culture (such as the effects of body image).
Week 10
Research and MLA!
We will be learning how to cite information correctly using MLA
format.
Week 11
We will finish our unit on research and
work on the finishing touches of Major Assignment #2.
Final Touches
Week 12
Introduction to Genre
we will become familiar with your third major assignment: a
composition in three genres.
Read “A Good Man is Hard to
Find.”
Week 13Fall Holiday - No Classes!!
We will be conducting an "online" workshop; instead of printing your peers' drafts, you will simply upload your commented draft into Blackboard. Happy Thanksgiving!
Week 14
Presentations Begin!
We will begin presenting your composition-in-three-genres project and continue to work on your final paper: the rationale/reflection.
Week 15
Continued presentations
We will continue presenting your composition-in-three-genres
projects.
Week 16Finals Week!Good luck on
all of your finals!!!!!