Lesson plans   Basic English Composition     All assignments are due by 7:30 am on the day indicated. Calendar subject to change with advance notice.   UTEP Spring, 2012 Academic Calendar   Week 1: Jan. 17-20 Week 1: Classes begin. Assign Personal Reflection.  Introductions and Welcome Survey. Discuss assignments and expectations. Extreme attendance policy. Start Wiki. Discuss Writing Rules for this course. Preliminary questions on Personal Reflection Discuss the writing process--don't go it alone! Writing as a social activity: Purpose. The stop-line principle. Avoiding the "vanishing act"--written exercise. Promise and guarantee Style     Week 2:  Jan. 23-27 Week 2: Work on Personal Reflection.   Monday: Intro. to  University Writing Center. Online Tutoring Service.  Tentative: Syllabus quiz. Writing as a social activity: Audience and Discourse Communities. Ugly writing!  Tentative: PowerPoints on the writing process and Quality Control (QC) for writing. Wednesday: Tentative: Meet at University Writing Center, library entrance floor, for orientation.:   Friday: Discuss levels of style. Written discussion: How much do you really want to be here?  Possible writing exercise. Professionalization: Start now to become the pro that you want to be. Issue Checklist.     Week 3: Jan. 30-Feb. 3   Week 3: Continue work on Personal Reflection.       Personal Reflection due Tuesday.  Post on your Wiki.   Wednesday: Follow-up on Personal Reflection assignment. Return Checklist Sept. 8. Census Day Sept. 8. Do Quick Check for Revision. Do follow-up on Personal Reflection. Friday: Discuss Time Management Assign Application Assignment.  Do preliminary questions. How to drop a course--please don't, but if you must, do it  this way!  Course Drop Form. Work on Application assignment.   Week 4: Feb. 6-10 Week 4: Work on Application Assignment. Monday, meet in Library for walk-thru.. Wednedsay: Discuss Audience. Discuss how writing fits into your own career goals. Discuss discourse communities and expectations. Discuss "Your attitude."   Friday: Read Dean Rieck's "11 Smart Tips for Brilliant Writing."  Comment on how this applies to you. Issue Checklist.     Week 5: Feb. 13-17 Week 5: Application Assignment due.  Assign Restaurant Review. Read  Jonathan Morrow's "Seven Bad Writing Habits." Discuss/respond. Return Checklist for Application Assignment. Follow-up on Application Assignment. Do Quick Check for Revision. Example of a real-world restaurant review. "Fine Dining Restaurant Service Standards" (link) Discuss "Sample Narrative Report" from book. Week 6: Feb. 20-24 Week 6: Rough draft of Restaurant Review due Wed. Continue work on Restaurant Review. Discuss "Tips for Writing Comments and Narratives" from book. Do rough draft of Restaurant Review. Possible peer review Wednesday or Friday.   Week 7: Feb. 27-Mar. 2 Week 7: Get Restaurant Review checked.  Continue work on Restaurant Review. Do Quick Check for Revision on Restaurant Report Special activity to be announced. Share Restaurant Reviews with class. Issue Checklist for Restaurant Review. Week 8: Mar. 5-9 Week 8: Restaurant Review due.  Assign Opinion Piece. Collect Checklist for Restaurant Review. Do follow-up on Restaurant Review. Do preliminary questions on Opinion Piece. Discuss five-part ISARC format for Opinion Piece. Discuss: "10 Rules for Op-Eds," by Susan Shapiro,  from Writer's Digest. SPRING BREAK March 12-16, 2012 Week 9: Mar. 19-23 Week 9:  Work on Opinion Piece assignment. Discuss Thesis Statements. Exercise Discuss Refutation. Possible exercise. Respond to cartoon.     Week 10: Mar. 26-30 Week 10: Course drop deadline. Work on Opinion Piece assignment. Peer review activity. Rubric for opinion piece. Issue Checklist for opinion piece. Read "Preparing for the shop."     Week 11: Apr. 2-5 Week 11: Opinion Piece assignment due. Start on Secret Shopper Report. Turn in Checklist for Opinion Piece Do follow-up on Opinion Piece. Do Quick Check for Revision. Do preliminary questions on Secret Shopper Report. Read: "Doing a Mystery Shop" "Top Ten Secret Shopper Report Tips" (link) "What editors look for in Mysery Shopper Reports" (link) "Three Quick Tips" (link) "Mystery Shopper Reports Paint Pictures with Words." (link)   SPRING STUDY DAY APR. 6, 2012.   Week 12: Apr. 9-13 Week 12: Work on Secret Shopper Report. Discuss "Remember that You are a Mystery Shopper" in Stucker's book (p. 132-134). "Using Tip Sheets in Mystery Shopping" (link Review "Writing Reports" in Stucker's book (p. 149-169). Do secret shopping this week! Rough draft of report  due Wednesday. Peer review Friday   Week 13: Apr. 16-20 Week 13: Get Secret Shopper Report checked over! Written exercise: Consumer vs. Producer Possible Peer Review if not completed already. Issue Checklist for opinion piece.   Week 14: Apr. 23-27   Week 14:  Secret Shopper Report due. Share reports with class. Do Quick Check for Revision.     Week 15: Apr. 30-May 3 Week 15: Do follow-up on Secret Shopper assignment. Share reports with class. Do follow-up on Secret Shopper Assignment Thursday. is the last day of classes.  Study Day, Fri., May 4.   Week 16: May 7-11   Date, time and place T.B.A.     Final grades available to students online by 18 May 2012.

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