Schedule

January

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
12	13 Course Introduction	14	15 "Writers and their Sources"; "On Civil Disobedience", Quiz and Discussion	16
19	20 "Responding Critically to Sources""	21	22 Closed Book Quiz over terms in "The Basics of Argument"; Summarizing and Paraphrasing	23
26	27 Discuss of Articles: "The Media and Reality"	28	29 Summary Due; Read "Writers and Their Sources"; Begin Library Exercise.	30

February

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
2	3 Finish Library Exercise; Investigate Databases, Card Catalogue. Start looking for and reading articles about topics that interest you. Topic must develop from our discussion of "The Media: Image and Reality"	4	5 "Preparing Good Arguments" Discuss possible topics; Go over library quizzes, time permitting	6
9	10 Library Day; Get Topics Approved; Begin Collecting Articles.	11	12 "Understanding Sources, Selecting Information, and Documenting"	14
17	18 Quiz over Paraphrasing and MLA Documentation.	19	20 15 Note Cards from 4 different sources due. Discuss Outlining.	21
24	25 Detailed, sentence outline of Essay Due	26	27 Outlines Returned Sign Up for Group Conferences and RVC	28

March

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1	2 Paper Conferences Peer Review	3 Paper Conferences Peer Review	4 Paper Conferences Peer Review	5
8	9 RVC -- Paper due at Conference	10 RVC -- Paper due at Conference	11 RVC -- Paper Due at Conference	12
15 Spring Break	16 Spring Break	17 Spring Break	18 Spring Break	19 Spring Break
22	23 "Understanding Literature"	24	25 "Understanding Literature"	26
29	30 Library Day	31	Library Day

April

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
			1	2
5	6 Working Thesis and Bibliography Due	7	8 25 Notecards from 5 Sources Due	9
12 Detailed Outline Due by 5:00 p.m.	13 Return Outlines; Sign Up for Group Conference	14	15 Group Conferences	16
19	20 Draft Conferences	21 Draft Conferences	22 Draft Conferences	23
26 RVC -- Final Paper Due at Conference	27 RVC -- Final Paper Due at Conference	28 RVC -- Final Paper Due at Conference