This document provides a course calendar for an English 101 class' first unit on personal narratives over 4 weeks. Week 1 introduces the class and assigns a skills assessment and topic generation. Week 2 focuses on discussing sample essays and identifying patterns. The first draft of Essay 1 is due at the end of week 2. Week 3 discusses more samples and revising. Research methods are covered. Week 4 discusses sentence crafting and using research in personal narratives. The second draft of Essay 1 is due at the end of week 4 along with a library scavenger hunt.

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Course Calendar for Unit 1: Personal Narrative
Week 1 August 19
Introduction to class
Agenda: attendance;
Blackboard site; four
major essays; draw
your relationship to
writing
August 21
Introduction to Essay
One
Agenda: assignment
instructions; skills
assessment; Adichie
short
Due: Doodle poll for
office hours
August 23
Orientation: AML
Read: Ede, p. 262-269
Due: try at least one of the
strategies from the textbook
and use those to generate
three possible topics for
essay one
Agenda: narrow down essay
topics; how to start an essay
Week 2 August 26
Read: Bad Eyes by Erin
McGraw
Agenda: discuss
McGraw; identify
possible patterns in
your essay
August 28
Read: Werner by Jo
Ann Beard
Agenda: discuss Beard;
how to use luminous
details
August 30 – first draft due
(peer review)
Agenda: peer review
Week 3 September 2 – Labor
Day- no class
September 4
Read: Magical Dinners
by Chang-Rae Lee
Agenda: discuss Lee;
how to use vertical and
horizontal movement
September 6
Read: Ede p. 287-292
Agenda: revision plan for
essay one
Week 4 September 9
Read: The New Mecca
by George Saunders
Agenda: discuss
Saunders; sentence
craft
September 11
Read: chapter one of
Dead Man Walking by
Sister Helen Prejean
Agenda: discuss
Prejean; research in
personal narratives
FYF: Library
Scavenger Hunt, 6pm
(see FYF module for
more details)
September 13 – second draft
due (autopsy report)