First Quarter Syllabus

                                                               

Qtr1                                                       Weighting                                                                           % of QTR Grade

Assignment 1                     Class Notes First Five Weeks       Classwork/Homework                   10.00%
Assignment 2                     Class Notes Second Five Weeks                Classwork                   10.00%
Assignment 3                     Reading Journal 1st Five Weeks              Classwork                   10.00%
Assignment 4                     Reading Journal 2nd Five Weeks        Classwork                   10.00%
Assignment 5                     Summer Reading             Classwork/Homework                   10.00%
Assignment 6                     Three Appeals Essay       Essays/Projects                     5.00%
Assignment 7                     Tone Essay          Essays/Projects                                5.00%
Assignment 8                     Revised Choice Essay     Essays/Projects                                5.00%
Assignment 9                     Annotation of Article      Essays/Projects                                5.00%
Assignment 10                  (3) Timed Writing Revisions         Essays/Projects                                5.00%
Assignment 11                  Timed Writing 1- Audience          Timed Writings  25%        2.50%
Assignment 12                  Timed Writing 2- Purpose             Timed Writings                  2.50%
Assignment 13                  Timed Writing 3- Speaker             Timed Writings                  2.50%
Assignment 14                  Timed Writing- Rhetorical Device              Timed Writings                  2.50%
Assignment 15                  Timed Writing- Quote Response               Timed Writings                  2.50%
Assignment 16                  Timed Writing - Character Sketch              Timed Writings                  2.50%
Assignment 17                  Timed Writing - Diction  Timed Writings                  2.50%
Assignment 18                  Timed Writing - Argument           Timed Writings                  2.50%
Assignment 19                  Timed Writing Making Connections         Timed Writings                  2.50%
Assignment 20                  Timed Writing Style         Timed Writings                  2.50%

Reading Journals should have 10 of the following entries, without duplication, per five weeks:

A 400 word imitation of the author's style
A 400 word discussion of arrangement
A 400 word discussion of the author's tone
A 400 word discussion of one the the three Appeals
A 400 word discussion of a recurring rhetorical device
A 400 word discussion which connects the novel to another piece we have read in class
A 200 word argument response regarding a premise in the novel
A 200 word character sketch 
A 200 word response which discusses one instance of a rhetorical device
A 200 word response to a quote from the text.
A 200 word discussion on the diction on one page of the novel
A 200 word discussion on the speaker
A 100 word statement of the author's purpose
A 100 word statement of the author's intended audience
An Annotation of a two-page excerpt

Class notes should include:
Short In-Class Writing Responses
Annotations
Class Notes
Multiple Choice answers with rationales
Group work notes
New vocabulary

Major essays: Separate assignment guidelines will be provided.
Annotation of an Article:  Separate assignment guidelines will be provided.