English 99/J. Roth        WINTER QUARTER 2011 Tentative Calendar       March 10

 

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

7 Computer Lab 1220-G—Final help on Essay #1—Cause OR Effect

 

8 Grading Sheet for Essay #1

 

Subject-Verb Agreement advice and exercises, pp.  

An Article, a Summary, and an Assignment due at the beginning of class.

Commonly Confused Words review

The Truth about Prepositions, pp. 55-56

Subject-Verb Agreement pre-test

9 Subject-Verb Agreement pre-test

 

Subject-Verb Agreement Chapter, pp. 60-63

Subject-Verb Agreement Exercises, pp. 64-67

 

Essay #1 is due by Friday

Lead-ins are due by Monday.

 

10 Essay #1 can be turned in under my office door or tomorrow in the Computer Lab

 

Essay #1 is due by Friday

Lead-ins are due by Monday.

11 Computer Lab 1220-G

 

Essay #1 is due.

 

14 Subject-Verb Agreement

 

A Summary-and-Response Thesis Paragraph Recipe

 

Collier’s Essay

A Collier Example

 

Assign Essay #2

 

SCC Quick Guide to MLA

 

 

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Essay Planning Sheet Form

16 Complete

Subject-Verb Agreement Exercises, pp. 64-67, in-class.  Please wait to do these in class

 

 

Short In-class Writing #2—must be done in class.

 

 

Essay Planning Sheet Form

17 Irregular Verb Day

 

Quiz—Subject-Verb Agreement, pp. 60-63

18 Computer Lab 1220-G

Help with Essay #2 plus zero-tolerance quizzes available

 

Conferences on Essay #1

21 HOLIDAY

 

22 Peer Editing Day for Essay #2 —must have a completed rough draft to participate.

 

 

Journal Check #2—a minimum of 30 entries required

23 Pronoun Agreement Day

 

Pronoun Agreement PreTest

 

 

 Journal Check #2—a minimum of 30 entries required

Short In-class Writing #3—must be done in class

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25 Computer Lab 1220-G

Help with Essay #2 plus zero-tolerance quizzes available

28 Pronoun Agreement Exercises

 

 

Journal Check #2—a minimum of 30 entries required—final day

 

1 March

Essay #2  due at the beginning of class

 

Assign final Essay—two choices

Summary-and-Response #2 or Visit to a New Place—A contrast essay—(pp. 90-93)Visit to a New Place

 

Essay Planning Sheet form—must be attached to your drafts and your final copy

2 Complete Pronoun Exercises

 

Commas Made Easy, pp. 7-79

 

Comma Practice

 

Irregular Verbs Quiz (pp. 57-59)—you have to spell them right to get them right

3  Pronoun Usage Quiz

 

In-class paragraph #3

4 Computer Lab 1220-G

Open for your use

7 Computer Lab 1220-G

Help with Essay #3

 

Zero-tolerance quizzes

8 Peer Editing Day for final essay--must have a completed rough draft to participate.

9  Review

10 Review

Review Exercises

 

11  Computer Lab 1220-G

Open for your use

14 final essay due

Final Journal Check a minimum of 45 entries required

 

Comprehensive Final—Objective part

15 Final Journal Check a minimum of 45 entries required

Final essay due at the beginning of class

 

Comprehensive Final—In-class Essay—Day 1

16 Final Journal Check a minimum of 45 entries required

 

Comprehensive Final—In-class Essay—Day 2

17 No class—Portfolio Reading Day

18 DL Testing day

“Dead Day” no classes.

21  FINALS

8:30, 11:30

 

Results and conferences in the classroom at 11:30

 

22   FINALS

9:30, 12:30

23  FINALS

7:30, 10:30, 1:30

End of Winter Quarter

24  Home page links