FALL 2008 ENGLISH 101 - SEMESTER DETAILS

Jane Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Reading and English 

(see Course Syllabus for course outcomes, classroom policies, and general information)

 Instructor:     Jane Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Reading and English
Office:            2M16

Phone: 815/288-5511, ext. 224 (leave a message, identifying yourself by full name and section number)

E-mail: hamiltj@svcc.edu (include Eng101[section]in header)

Office Hours:   Monday 1:30 - 2:30 p.m (2M16);  Tuesday 11:30-12:30 p.m. (Rdg Ctr); 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. (LAC); Wednesday 1:30 -2:30 p.m. (2M16); Thursday 11:30-12:30 p.m. (Rdg Ctr); 2:00-3:00 p.m. (2M16); other times by appointment or random encounter

* Last Date for Student-Initiated Withdrawal:  Friday, October 24, 2008

Proposed Course Schedule: 

101D

Reading Journal

Triptych

Lyric Analysis

Narrative

Take a Stand

Final Portfolio

T 8/19            
Th 8/21    

 

 

 

 

T 8/26

 

intro

 

 

 

 

Th 8/28

1

map

       
T 9/2

 

draft

   

 

 
Th 9/4

2

detail challenge

 

     
T 9/9

 

revise

 

     
Th 9/11

 

intro/concl

 

 

 

 

T 9/16

 

DUE

intro

     
Th 9/18

3

LATE

research

 

 

 

T 9/23

 

0 POINTS

MLA

     
Th 9/25

4

  revise  

 

 

T 9/30     punctuation      
Th 10/2

 

  edit  

 

 

T 10/7

 

 

DUE

intro

 

 
Th 10/9

5

 

LATE

map

   
T 10/14

 

 

0 POINTS

quotation

   
Th 10/16

6

    peer review    
T 10/21

 

    punctuation    
Th 10/23

 

 

 

edit  

 

T 10/28

 

    DUE intro  
Th 10/30

7

    LATE argument  
T 11/4       0 POINTS research  
Th 11/6

8

      logic  
T 11/11

 

     

peer review

 
Th 11/13

 

     

revise

 
T 11/18

Fall Workshop - No Classes

Th 11/20 9 (in-class)     edit (turn in if using for portfolio)
T 11/25         DUE (NO LATE) intro
Th 11/27 Thanksgiving - No Classes  (HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY!)
T 12/2           title/format
Th 12/4           DUE (NO LATE)

FINAL PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY - Week of December 8 - 11

English 101I - TBA
English 101K- TBA

Note that the college blocks 2 hours for finals, but we will only take 1 1/2 hours,
so I may adjust starting or ending times accordingly.

Writing Sample