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Tentative Reading and Assignment Schedule
Assignments are to be completed on the day in which they appear. For example, on Sunday, you need come to class having read Dumas’ “The ‘F’ Word” and complete Annotation #1. If you have questions or confusion regarding assignments, it is your responsibility to clear up your concerns with me before the assignment is due.
Tentative Schedule Key:
MO: Majlis of the ‘Others’ (class textbook) iLearn: Submit online (http://ilearn.aus.edu)
Writing 101/FALL 2013
Tentative Schedule
WEEK
DATE
READING
Class work
Assignments
U week 1
15 Sep
In-class: General Overview of WR 101/ Class Introductions
T
17 Sep
Diagnostic Writing
R
19 Sep
In-class:
Syllabus and Schedule
Overview of iLearn
Netiquette
Annotating texts
U week 2
22 Sep
Read The Writing Process (Y'allah Let's Write 13- 48)
In-class activities
T
24 Sep
Read Revising and Drafting (Y'allah Let's Write 49-66)
In-class activities R
26 Sep
Read Critical Thinking and Contemporary Issues (MO 377-411)
class discussion
U week 3
29 Sep
Unit 1:
Culture and Identity Language and Identity Presentation
Comparison and Contrast
View compare and contrast essays
Essay #1 Assigned
T
1 Oct
Read Dumas’ “The ‘F’ Word” (MO 284)
“Analyzing the rhetorical star” p. 3-12 Yallah Let’s Write
In-class:
Annotation
Possible Pop Quiz
R
3 Oct
Continuing with “The ‘F Word’”
Discuss Reading
Essay Structure: Introductions, Titles, and Concluding Paragraphs
Annotation
Possible Pop Quiz
Analyze the article according to the elements of the rhetorical situation
U week 4
6 Oct
Read Elmaz Abinader's "Just Off Main Street” (MO 152-158).
Possible Reading Quiz
T
8 Oct
Summary
Read summary (MO 469-476)
In-class summary
Possible Reading Quiz
R
10 Oct
Practice Summary
week 5
Eid Al Adha Holiday
U week 6
20 Oct Read Maalouf’s “Deadly Identities” (MO
Assignments are to be completed on the day in which they appear. For example, on Sunday, you need come to class having read Dumas’ “The ‘F’ Word” and complete Annotation #1. If you have questions or confusion regarding assignments, it is your responsibility to clear up your concerns with me before the assignment is due.
Tentative Schedule Key:
MO: Majlis of the ‘Others’ (class textbook) iLearn: Submit online (http://ilearn.aus.edu)
Writing 101/FALL 2013
Tentative Schedule
WEEK
DATE
READING
Class work
Assignments
U week 1
15 Sep
In-class: General Overview of WR 101/ Class Introductions
T
17 Sep
Diagnostic Writing
R
19 Sep
In-class:
Syllabus and Schedule
Overview of iLearn
Netiquette
Annotating texts
U week 2
22 Sep
Read The Writing Process (Y'allah Let's Write 13- 48)
In-class activities
T
24 Sep
Read Revising and Drafting (Y'allah Let's Write 49-66)
In-class activities R
26 Sep
Read Critical Thinking and Contemporary Issues (MO 377-411)
class discussion
U week 3
29 Sep
Unit 1:
Culture and Identity Language and Identity Presentation
Comparison and Contrast
View compare and contrast essays
Essay #1 Assigned
T
1 Oct
Read Dumas’ “The ‘F’ Word” (MO 284)
“Analyzing the rhetorical star” p. 3-12 Yallah Let’s Write
In-class:
Annotation
Possible Pop Quiz
R
3 Oct
Continuing with “The ‘F Word’”
Discuss Reading
Essay Structure: Introductions, Titles, and Concluding Paragraphs
Annotation
Possible Pop Quiz
Analyze the article according to the elements of the rhetorical situation
U week 4
6 Oct
Read Elmaz Abinader's "Just Off Main Street” (MO 152-158).
Possible Reading Quiz
T
8 Oct
Summary
Read summary (MO 469-476)
In-class summary
Possible Reading Quiz
R
10 Oct
Practice Summary
week 5
Eid Al Adha Holiday
U week 6
20 Oct Read Maalouf’s “Deadly Identities” (MO