This document outlines the schedule and assignments for an English composition course divided into four units. Unit 1 focuses on personal narratives, Unit 2 on the research process, Unit 3 on a place-based research essay, and Unit 4 on a final multi-genre analysis of a local place or space. The schedule lists the topics, readings, and writing assignments due each week, including blog posts, responses, drafts, and final versions of essays. Key assignments include a narrative essay, research proposal, annotated bibliography, researched essay on a place-related topic, and a final multi-genre project analyzing a local place or space.

1. UNIT 1: Personal Narrative: Place-Identity
DATE TOPICS READING DUE WRITING DUE
WEEK 1
6/12-6/16
Last day to
add a
course: 6/14
• Introduction to course
• Introduction to Unit 1
• Narrative Components
• Writing Open-Form Prose
• Syllabus & Schedule
• Unit 1 Assignment
Sheet
• A&B pgs 125-130, 475-
486
• Didion, White, and
Bauman example
narrative essays
• Blog Post 1 by
Wednesday 6/14
• 1 Blog Response by
Friday 6/16
• Optional Narrative
Essay Rough Draft
Email by Noon Saturday
6/18
WEEK 2
6/19-6/23
• Editing for Style
• Narrative Writing as a
Stepping-Stone
• A&B pgs 649-656
• Blog Post 2 by
Wednesday 6/21
• 1 Blog Response by
Friday 6/23
• Final Draft of Narrative
Submit on BbLearn by
11:59 pm Friday 6/23
UNIT 2: The Research Process
DATE TOPICS READING DUE WRITING DUE
WEEK 3
6/26-6/30
• Looking Ahead to The
Unit 3 Research
Assignment
• Introduction to Unit 2 /
Library Week
• Creating a research plan
• Writing an Essay
Proposal
• A&B pgs 155-158, 508-
535, 649-656,
• Topic Proposal
Assignment Sheet &
Example
• Unit 2 Assignment Sheet
• Blog Post 3 by
Wednesday 6/28
• 1 Blog Response by
Friday 6/30
• Research Topic Proposal
Submit on BbLearn by
11:59 Friday 6/30
LIBRARY WEEK
• The research process
• Library navigation
• Annotated bibliography
• Annotated Bibliography
Example
• MLA 8 Document
• Blog Post 4 by
Wednesday 7/5
• 1 Blog Response by
Friday 7/7
• Annotated Bibliography
Submit on BbLearn by
11:59 pm Friday 7/7
ENGL 102 Course Schedule SU 2017
WEEK 4
7/3-7/7

2. UNIT 3: Place Studies Research Essay
DATE TOPICS READING DUE WRITING DUE
WEEK 5
7/10-7/14
Last day to
withdraw:
7/14
• Introduction to Unit 3
• Incorporating Sources
into Your Own Writing
• Thesis Statements and
Calls to Action
• Outlining
• Unit 3 Assignment Sheet
• A&B pgs 543-558, 657-677
• Example Outline
Worksheet
• Blog Post 5 by Wednesday
7/12
• 1 Blog Response by
Friday 7/14
• Research Essay Outline
Submit on BbLearn by
11:59 pm Friday 7/14
• Optional Rough Draft of
Research Essay
Email by Noon Saturday
7/16
WEEK 6
7/17-7/21
• Editing for Punctuation
and Mechanics
• Understanding Sentence
Structure
• MLA 8 Citations
• A&B pgs 561-576, 615-631
• Review MLA 8 Document
• Blog Post 6 by Wednesday
7/19
• 1 Blog Response by
Friday 7/21
• Final Draft of Research
Essay Submit on
BbLearn by 11:59 pm
7/21
UNIT 4: Multi-Genre: Analysis of a UI Place or Space
DATE TOPICS READING DUE WRITING DUE
WEEK 7
7/24-7/28
• Introduction to Unit 4
• Place/Space Analysis
• Spatial Rhetoric
• Multi-Genre Assignments
• Unit 4 Assignment Sheet
• Outline of Project Sheet
• A&B pgs 488-502
• Blog Post 7 by Wednesday
7/26
• 1 Blog Response by
Friday 7/28
WEEK 8
7/31-8/4
• Final Reflections
• ENGL 102 Wrap Up
• Final Reflection
Assignment Sheet
• A&B pgs 599-602
• Unit 4 Project by Tuesday
8/1 (must post something
to BbLearn Dropbox)
• Final Reflection Submit
on BbLearn by Thursday
8/3