OCTOBER

• ✔ 10/11: “The Things They Carried,””Love,” “Spin,” “On Rainy River” (1-61)
  • NOTE: We’ll probably be having several reading quizzes over O’Brien’s text, so it’s essential that you read!); Assign Essay #2 (3-4 typed pages—25%)
• ✔ 10/13: O’Brien “Enemies,”(62-64); “Friends (65-66); “How to Tell a True War Story” (67-85); “The Dentist” (86-88); Thesis Workshop—Developing a thesis for Essay #2; Post a thesis for Essay #2 on Course Den by 5:00 pm on Monday, Oct. 17th
• ✔ 10/18: O’ Brien “The Man I Killed” (124-130); “Ambush” 131-134); “Speaking of Courage 137-154); “Notes” (155-161); “Thesis and Body Paragraph Workshop; Incorporating Quotations; Post a body paragraph with at least one incorporated quotation by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, Oct. 19th.
• ✔ 10/20: O’Brien “The Ghost Soldiers” (189-218); Writing Workshop—Paragraph Building: Evidence identification and interpretation.
• ✔ 10/25: Bring a typed Rough Draft of Essay #2 to class (Print a copy of the Peer Editing Worksheet on Course Den and bring this to class); Grammar Workshop
• ✔ 10/27: Essay #2 due; Born on the Fourth of July (1989)—watch prior to coming to class

NOVEMBER

• ✔ 11/1: Born on the Fourth of July (cont.); Assign Essay #3—Research (4-5 typed pages—25%)
• ✔ 11/3: In-class Essay #2 (Bring a large Blue Book for this essay)
• ✔ 11/8: War parodies: Tropic Thunder (2008)—watch prior to coming to class
• ✔ 11/10: Tropic Thunder (cont.); Thesis Workshop for Essay #3; From Notes to Film Essay; Research—Introduction to the Ingram Library, Galileo, and Accredited Sources; Post a revised thesis and at least 2 topic sentences for body paragraphs by 5:00 pm on Monday, November 14th
• ✔ 11/15: Come to class with at least three possible sources for your research paper; Paragraph building, Blending Quotations; Parenthetical citations; Works Cited Citations; Post a body paragraph with at least 1 secondary source reference or direct quotation on Course Den by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, November 16th. * */11//17: Source Incorporation and Documentation (cont.)
• ✔ 11/22: No class—Thanksgiving Holiday
• ✔ 11/24: No class—Thanksgiving Holiday
• ✔ 11/29: Typed rough draft of Essay #3 due (Print a copy of the Peer Editing Worksheet on Course Den and bring it to class); Developing Effective Conclusions

DECEMBER

• ✔ 12/1: Essay #3 due (You must include copies of sources and your peer edited rough draft with your final paper)
• 12/6: ENGL 1101-LCM Optional In-class Retake (11:00-1:00 pm)
• 12/8: ENGL1101-LCB Optional In-class Retake (8:00-10:00 a.m.)
• 12/8: ENGL 1101-L2F, LXF Optional In-class Retake (2:00-4:00 pm)