Mrs. Turner
AustinHigh School
Fall Semester, 2009
English 101 English Composition Syllabus
REQUIRED TEXTS AND MATERIALS
Nadell, Judith, John Langan, and Eliza A. Comodromos. The Longman Reader.8thed.
New York : Pearson, 2007.
Kirszner, Laurie G. and Stephen R. Mandell. The Concise Wadsworth Handbook.2nded.
Boston : Thomson/Wadsworth, 2008.
Beers, Kylene, and Lee Odell, eds.Holt Elements of Literature, Sixth Course. Austin : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2008.
Irvin, Judith, et.al.Holt Elements of Language, Sixth Course. Austin : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2009.
English I Vocabulary CardsAcademic Study Card Set.Visual Education.Springfield, Ohio.
In-Class Journal – 70 p. spiral notebook, Pens (blue or black), paper
Notebook or binder for organization of all notes, class materials, and assignments
TIME SCHEDULE
This schedule is subject to change.
Week 1 (August 7,8)
Class expectations, course information
Initial assessment essay from
“All I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten”
Week 2 (August 11-15)
Journal writing
Basic skills pretest and practice
Peer editing process – peer edit assessment essays
Share essays
Week 3 (August 18 – 22)
Basic Skills - Subject /Verb agreement
Vocabulary 501 – 520
Vincennes registration, Accuplacer testing
Week 4 (August 25 – 29)
Basic Skills – Pronoun/Antecedent agreement and Pronoun Case
Vocabulary 521 – 540
Speech activity – Oral reading and significance of work
Week 5 (Sept. 2-5)
Basic Skills – Sentence structure, fragments, run-ons
Vocabulary 541 - 560
Week 6 (Sept. 8-12)
Vocabulary 561-580
Basic Skills work and test – Sentence structure, agreement, pronoun use
Longman ReaderChapters 1 and 2 Reading and writing process
“Family Counterculture” – Ellen Goodman
DEFINITION ESSAY ASSIGNED
Journal writing
Week 7 (Sept. 15 – 19)
ISTEP
Combining patterns of development
Longman Reader– Chapter 10, “Definition”
“Physics in Everyday Life” – Laura Chen
“Entropy” – K.C. Cole
“The Handicap of Definition” – William Raspberry
“The Cute Factor” – Natalie angier
Journal writing
Week 8 (Sept. 22 – 26)
DEFINITION ESSAY Peer edit / due
Vocabulary 581 – 600
Week 9 (Sept. 29 – October 3)
Vocabulary 601 - 620
Guest Speaker
Longman ReaderChapter 9 – Cause-Effect 381 - 396
Documentation ActivitiesLongman Reader(Appendix A 607 – 633)
CAUSAL ANALYSIS essay assigned
Formal tone, objective 3rdperson, two sources with documentation
Library activities – Finding credible sources
Week 10 (October 6 – 10)
Vocabulary 621 – 640
“Americans and Food” –Carl Novack
“Why We Crave Horror Movies” – Stephen King
MLA Style – Longman 623, 634
PEER EDIT CAUSAL ANALYSIS ESSAY
Week 11 (Ocbober 13 – 17)
CAUSAL ANALYSIS ESSAY DUE
Guest – IBC
FALL BREAK
Week 12 (October 20 – 24)
Vocabulary 621 – 660
Speech activity
ARGUMENTATION ESSAY ASSIGNED
Formal tone, objective 3rdperson, three sources with documentation – MLA style
Longman ReaderChapter 11 Argumentation – Persuasion
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Logical fallacies
Week 13 (October 27 – 31)
Vocabulary 681
ARGUMENTATION ESSAY PEER EDIT, DUE
Week 14 (November 3 – 7)
Vocabulary 701
Argumentation essay
Week 15 (November 10 – 14)
PERSONAL NARRATIVE essay assigned
Longman Reader Chapter 4 – “Narration” narrative elements
Consistency of tense
“Sister Flowers” - Maya Angelou,100; “If Only” – Paul Monahan,132
Week 16 (November 17 – 21)
PERSONAL NARRATIVE – Peer edit, DUE
Vocabulary 721 – 740
Beowulf
Week 17 (November 24 –26)
Beowulf– finish reading, begin movie
COMPARISON CONTRAST ESSAY ASSIGNED
Week 18 (December 1 – 5)
FinishBeowulf, the movie
Longman ReaderChapter 8, “Comparison-Contrast”
“The Ugly Truth About Beauty” – Dave Barry
“A Fable for Tomorrow” – Rachel Carson
“The Virtues of Growing Older” – Carol Siskin
PEER EDIT COMPARISON-CONTRAST ESSAY
Week 19 (December 8 – 12)
COMPARISON-CONTRAST ESSAY DUE
Vocabulary 761-800
ReadThe Christmas Box
Week 20 (December 15 – 19)FINAL EXAMS
ESSAY TEST – Response to literature,The Christmas Box