English 102 Calendar
NOTE: Every assignment has a deadline. If you miss the deadline for the assignment, you must have an excuse. A computer "crash" or an illness is not an excuse. Plan ahead and anticipate that there will be some crisis during the semester. Plan ahead and work ahead, and then if you have a crisis, you will be prepared for it. You can work ahead in the calendar, but you can't work behind. Try to finish the course three weeks before the end of the semester.
Week one : Introduction with lots of websites to read through and a reminder: send your instructor your email address!
Week two : A review of Introductory Techniques; read at least the first ten chapters of the novel. Decide on the Great Depression sub-topic for the preliminary research paper.
Week three : The Preliminary Research Paper rough draft is due in three weeks; Read all of the novel, The Girl by Meridel Le Sueur.
Week four : The analysis of another writer's introduction is due.
Week five : The Literary Log (and frequently asked questions about the research paper); Preliminary Research Paper rough draft is due.
Week six : Read about the Library Log in the Week eight calendar.
Week seven Personal research topic and Review; Read the explanation of the research paper topics in Week twelve.
Week eight : The subjective part of the Library Log; Literary Log final draft due next week. The final draft of the Preliminary Research paper about the Great Depression is due.
Week nine : The Personal Research Paper. The Literary Log (one of the hundred questions on the novel) is due.
The Subjective part of the Library Log for the Personal Research paper is due.
Week ten : The Literary Paper is due next week.
Week eleven : The Literary Essay is due; Work on the Library Log, the objective part.
Week twelve : Review. The Library Log for the Personal Research paper is due. This complete log contains both the subjective part (that was due during Week Nine as well as the objective part, the bibliographic material that you have consulted whether or not you used it in your research paper).
The rough draft of the research paper is due; failure to meet this deadline will result in a failing grade for the assignment.
Week thirteen : Nothing is due this week. Keep working on your personal research paper.
Week fourteen : The final draft of the research paper is due. Failure to meet this deadline will result in a failing grade for the assignments
Week fifteen : Citations. Do your final check on the citations that you have used in the final draft of your research paper.
Week sixteen : . There is no final exam for this class.
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