Weekly Assignments

 Week 1 

Welcome
Course Introduction/Guidelines
Introduction to Theme: Race Relations
Writing Sample/Essay # 1
The Reading Process: Annotating texts
The Writing Process: The Writing Process and Thesis statements


Week 2 

Essay # 1
Responding to articles/texts
Reading Strategies: Main ideas, supporting details, and signal words
Writing Strategies: Main ideas, supporting details, and signal words
Research Skills: In-text citations/Works Cited pages


Week 3  

Essay # 1 due
Reading Strategies: Paraphrasing and summarizing
Writing Strategies: Combining sentences, identifying common sentence errors
Research Skills: Using NC Live


Week 4 

Begin Essay # 2
Reading Strategies: Making Inferences and drawing conclusions
Writing Strategies: Tone, figurative language, irony, and bias
Research Skills: Evaluating source material


Week 5 

Essay # 2
Reading Strategies: Outlining and mapping
Writing Strategies: Integrating sources
Research Skills: Plagiarism


Week 6 

Essay # 2
Reading Strategies: Distinguishing Fact and Opinion
Writing Strategies: Revising and Editing an Essay
Research Skills: Organizing Sources


Week 7 

Reading Strategies: Author's Purpose/Tone/Bias
Writing Strategies: Point of View/Pronouns
Research Skills: Plagiarism

Week 8 

Essay # 2 due

Writing Strategies: Tone, figurative language, irony, and bias
Research Skills: Propaganda
Essay 3 due

*Weekly: Complete Connect Lab Assignments
*Weekly: Complete Blog Entries