This document outlines the schedule and assignments for an English composition course divided into four units. The first unit focuses on personal narratives and place-identity. It includes two blog posts, responses, and a final narrative essay. The second unit covers the research process, including an annotated bibliography and topic proposal. The third unit is a place studies research essay, with an outline and final draft due. The fourth and final unit is a multi-genre analysis of a local place or space, with components due throughout the last two weeks of class and a final reflection paper. Key assignments include blog posts, outlines, drafts, and final projects corresponding to the units on narrative writing, research, and analyzing places.

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
LIBRARY WEEK
• The research
process
• Library navigation
• Annotated
bibliography
• Looking Ahead to
The Unit 3
Research
Assignment
• A&B pgs 155-158, 508-
535, 649-656,
• Unit 2 Assignment Sheet
• Look through Unit 3
Assignment Sheet
• Annotated Bibliography
Example (MLA 8
Document)
• Blog Post 3 by
Wednesday 6/28
• 1 Blog Response by
Friday 6/30
• All Library Week
associated quizzes and
activities due by Friday
6/30
• Annotated Bibliography
Submit on BbLearn by
11:59 Friday 6/30
• Writing an Essay
Proposal
• Making sense of
research
• Topic Proposal
Assignment Sheet &
Example
• Topic Brainstorming
Questions
• Blog Post 4 by
Wednesday 7/5
• 1 Blog Response by
Friday 7/7
• Research Essay Topic
Proposal
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