Engl102 / Online / Summer 2019 / Course Schedule

1. Course Schedule
English 102 Online – Summer 2019
June 10 – August 2
Unit One:
Exploring Personal Narrative: Place & Identity
DATE TOPICS READING ASSIGNMENTS WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
WEEK 1
June 10-16
• Introduction to Course
• Introduction to Unit One
• Exploring Personal
Narrative
• Writing and Responding to
Discussion Board Posts
• Syllabus & Schedule
• Unit 1 Assignment Sheet
• Becoming Rhetorical,
Chapter 1: The Basic
Rhetorical Situation
• Joan Didion, “Goodbye to
All That”
• Pico Iyer, “Chapels”
• Leslie Jamison, “How to
Write A Personal Essay”
• “About Me” Discussion Board
Post: Due by Tuesday 6/11
• Becoming Rhetorical, Chapter
1 Quiz: Due by Wednesday 6/12
• Discussion Board Post 1: Due
by Wednesday 6/12
• Discussion Board Response 1:
Due by Friday 6/14
• Topic Brainstorm & Prewrite:
Due by Friday 6/14
WEEK 2
June 17-23
• Editing and Revision
• Narrative Writing to
Locate Place & Identity
• Thinking Rhetorically
About Personal Narrative
• Becoming Rhetorical,
Chapter 2: The Expanded
Rhetorical Situation
• Cindy Fuhrman,
“Hells Canyon Revival”
• Kim Barnes, “Work”
• Personal Narrative Essay
Rough Draft: Due Monday 6/17
• Becoming Rhetorical, Chapter
2 Quiz: Due by Wednesday 6/12
• Discussion Board Post 2: Due
by Wednesday 6/19
• Discussion Board Response 2:
Due by Friday 6/21
• Personal Narrative Essay Final
Draft: Submit to BbLearn by
11:59 pm Friday 6/21

2. Unit Two:
Performing Research: Annotated Bibliography
DATE TOPICS READING ASSIGNMENTS WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
WEEK 3
June 24-30
LIBRARY WEEK
• Locating a Research Topic
• The Research Process
• Library Navigation
• Writing an Annotated
Bibliography
• Unit 2 Assignment Sheet
• Look Through Unit 3
Assignment Sheet
• The Allyn & Bacon Guide to
Writing, Chapter 7:
Exploratory Research Essay
and Annotated Bibliography
• Discussion Board 3 –
Exploratory Research Essay
Topic Brainstorm: Due by
Monday 6/24
• Quiz Allyn & Bacon Chapter
7: Due by Friday 6/28
• All Library Week Quizzes and
Activities: Due by Friday 6/28
WEEK 4
July 1-7
• Making Sense of Research
• Exploring a Complex Issue
• Writing an Essay Proposal
• Looking Ahead to the Unit
Three Research Assignment
• Annotated Bibliography
Example
• Becoming Rhetorical,
Chapter 12: Composing with
Multiple Sources (Section 12
A & B)
• Rebecca Solnit, “Letter from
a Drowned Canyon”
• Research Topic & Essay
Proposal: Submit to BbLearn by
11:59 pm Monday 7/1
• Discussion Board Post 3: Due
by Wednesday 7/3
• Annotated Bibliography:
Submit to BbLearn by 11:59 on
Friday 7/5
• Discussion Board Response 3:
Due by Friday 7/5
• Quiz Becoming Rhetorical
Chapter 12: Due by Friday 7/5

3. Unit Three:
Asking Questions: Exploratory Research Essay
DATE TOPICS READING ASSIGNMENTS WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
WEEK 3
June 24-30
LIBRARY WEEK
• Locating a Research
Question
• The Research Process
• Library Navigation
• Writing an Annotated
Bibliography
• Writing an Essay Proposal
• Unit 2 Assignment Sheet
• Look Through Unit 3
Assignment Sheet
• The Allyn & Bacon Guide to
Writing, Chapter 7:
Exploratory Research Essay
and Annotated Bibliography
• Topic Brainstorming
Questions
• Discussion Board 3 –
Exploratory Research Essay
Topic Brainstorm: Due by
Monday 6/24
• Exploratory Research Essay
Topic Proposal: Submit to
BbLearn by 11:59 pm
Wednesday 6/26
• Quiz Allyn & Bacon Chapter
7: Due by Friday 6/28
• All Library Week Quizzes and
Activities: Due by Sunday 6/30
WEEK 4
July 1-7
• Making Sense of Research
• Exploring a Complex
Issue
• Looking Ahead to the Unit
Three Research Assignment
• Annotated Bibliography
Example
• Becoming Rhetorical,
Chapter 12: Composing with
Multiple Sources (Section 12
A & B)
• Rebecca Solnit, “Letter
from a Drowned Canyon”
• Discussion Board Post 3: Due
by Wednesday 7/3
• Annotated Bibliography:
Submit to BbLearn by 11:59 on
Friday 7/5
• Discussion Board Response 3:
Due by Friday 7/5
• Quiz Becoming Rhetorical
Chapter 12: Due by Friday 7/5

4. Unit Four:
Forming an Opinion: Op-Ed Essay
DATE TOPICS READING ASSIGNMENTS WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
WEEK 7
July 22-28
• Introduction to Unit 4
• Adapting Research Topics
• Creating and Argument
and Writing Persuasively
• Stasis Theory
• Unit 4 Assignment Sheet
• Becoming Rhetorical,
Chapter 7: Responding to
Rhetorical Problems with
Arguments
• Op-Ed Examples Posted to
BbLearn
• Discussion Board Post 6: Due
by Wednesday 7/24
• Discussion Board Response 6:
Due by Friday 7/26
• Quiz Becoming Rhetorical
Chapter 7: Due by Wednesday
7/24
WEEK 8
July 29 –
Aug 2
• Final Reflections
• English 102 Wrap Up
• Final Reflection Assignment
Sheet
• Op-Ed Examples Posted to
BbLearn
• Discussion Board Post 7: Due
by Wednesday 7/31
• Discussion Board Response 7:
Due by Friday 7/31
• Op-Ed Essay: Due on
BbLearn by Thursday 8/1 by
11:59 pm
• Final Reflection: Submit to
BbLearn by Friday 8/2