15-WEEK SCHEDULE

All deadlines are Monday 6:00 am, unless noted

This schedule is subject to change.

I will add, delete, and modify tasks as needed, so please check often for updates.

**15-week schedule**
Week		Focus	Readings	Writings & Other Tasks
1	9/1	Course Introduction + Launch Essay 1: Literacy, Language, Identity	-Syllabus -Essay 1 Assignment + Readings -Days of Destruction (DOD) Intro + Ch. 1–2 (pp. XI–113) Aim to read about 20-25 pages a day.	-Syllabus Review Quiz -Student Questionnaire -Meet the Class Discussion Board -Introductory Diagnostic Writing
2	9/8	Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting	DOD Ch. 3–4 (pp. 115–223)	-Group Annotation. Do this before writing your Draft. -Essay 1 Draft. Turn it in on time for next week's peer review. -Continue Meet the Class Discussion Board. -Whole class discussion on Chapters 1 & 2 of DOD. -SPQ Lesson.
3	9/15	Peer reviews & Revision	DOD Ch. 5 (pp. 225–271)	-Finish Peer Reviews early in the week to leave time for revision. -Revise and turn in Essay 1. -Essay 1 Reflection -Continue whole class discussion on Chapters 1 & 2 of DOD. -New whole class discussion on Chapters 3&4 of DOD.
4	9/22	Launch Essay 2: Resistance & Hope	*-Utopia for Realists* (UFR) Chapter 1 (pp.1-21) -Essay 2 Assignment Page	-Continue whole class discussion on Chapters 3&4 of DOD. -New whole class discussion on last chapter of DOD.
5	9/29	Developing Essay 2	- UFR Chapters 2-4 (pp.25-97)	-Essay 2 Draft. Turn it in on time for next week's peer review. -Continue whole class discussion on last chapter of DOD. -Whole class discussion on Chapter 1 of UFR.
6	10/6	Peer reviews & Revision	-UFR Chapters 5-7 (pp. 101-173)	-Finish Peer Reviews early in the week to leave time for revision. -Revise and turn in Essay 2 -New whole class discussion on Chapters 2-4 of UFR. -Continue whole class discussion on Chapter 1 of UFR
7	10/13	Launch Essay 3: Rhetoric	UFR Chapters 8-9 (pp. 178-230) -Essay 3 Assignment Page	-Essay 2 Reflection -Essay 3 Draft. Turn it in on time for next week's peer review. -TV Ad Assignment (discussion) -New whole class discussion on Chapters 5-7 of UFR -Continue whole class discussion on Chapters 2-4 of UFR
8	10/20	Peer reviews & Revision	UFR Ch. 10 + Epilogue (pp. 234–264)	-Finish Peer Reviews early in the week to leave time for revision. -Revise and turn in Essay 3. -New whole class discussion on Chapters 8-9 of UFR -Continue whole class discussion on Chapters 5-7 of UFR
9	10/27	Launch Essay 4: Research	Essay 4 Assignment Page	-Essay 3 Reflection Paper -Continue whole class discussion on Chapters 8-9 of UFR -Whole class discussion on UFR & DOD
10	11/3	Research in Progress	Research	-Research Lesson -MLA Lesson
11	11/10	Research in Progress	Research	-Source Analysis
12	11/17	Research in Progress	Research	-Library Sources
13	11/24	Drafting Essay 4	Research	-Library Sources 2 -Essay 4 Draft, Turn it in on time for next week's peer review.
14	12/1	Peer reviews & Revision		-Finish Peer reviews early to leave time for revision. -Revise and turn in Essay 4.
15	12/8	Final Submission Week		-Essay 4 Reflection (put link in Portfolio) -Submit Portfolio by Friday 12/12, 6:00 am.