This document provides a course schedule for an online English 102 class during the summer of 2019. The class is divided into 4 units over 8 weeks. Unit 1 explores personal narratives and has students write a narrative essay. Unit 2 focuses on research, with students writing an annotated bibliography. Unit 3 has students write an exploratory research essay. Finally, Unit 4 requires students to write an op-ed essay. Each unit provides readings, discussion posts, quizzes, and writing assignments to help students learn and apply key concepts for different types of essays.

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 Sunday 6/30
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 Wednesday 7/3
• Discussion Board Post 3: Due
by Wednesday 7/3
• Discussion Board Response 3:
Due by Friday 7/5
• Quiz Becoming Rhetorical
Chapter 12: Due by Friday 7/5
• Annotated Bibliography:
Submit to BbLearn by 11:59 on
Sunday 7/7

3. Unit Three:
Asking Questions: Exploratory Research Essay
DATE TOPICS READING ASSIGNMENTS WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
WEEK 5
July 8-14
• Introduction to Unit 3
• Incorporating Sources into
Your Own Writing
• Outlining
• Unit 3 Assignment Sheet
• Becoming Rhetorical,
Chapter 6a – 6d: Formulating
Rhetorical Problems
• Becoming Rhetorical,
Chapter 13a – 13b: Creating
Written Compositions
• Example Outline Worksheet
• Discussion Board Post 5
(Invention Techniques): Due
by Wednesday 7/10
• Exploratory Research Essay
Outline: Submit to BbLearn by
11:59 pm Wednesday 7/10
• Quiz on Becoming Rhetorical
Chapters 6 & 13: Due by
Friday 7/12
• Rough Draft of Research
Essay: Due Sunday 7/14
WEEK 6
July 15-21
• Introductions and
Conclusions
• Editing for Punctuation and
Mechanics
• Understanding Sentence
Structure
• MLA 8 Citations
• David Foster Wallace,
“Consider the Lobster”
• Eula Biss, “No Man’s Land”
• Review MLA 8 Document
• Quiz MLA 8 Citations and
Formatting: Due by
Monday 7/15
• Discussion Board Post 4:
Due by Wednesday 7/17
• Discussion Board Response:
Due by Friday 7/19
• Final Draft of Research Essay
Submit to BbLearn by 11:59
pm Friday 7/19

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