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!!!!!