Week 1: July 3 – July 4 – July 5
Week 2: July 8 – July 9 – July 10 – July 11
Week 3: July 15 – July 16 – July 17 – July 18
Week 4: July 22 – July 23 – July 24 – July 25
Week 5: July 29 – July 30 – July 31 – Aug. 1
Week 6: Aug. 5 – Aug. 6 – Aug. 7 – Aug. 8

Important Due Dates

Paper 1 – Beta version due July 10 | Revised version due July 15
Paper 2 – Beta version due July 22 | Revised version due July 24
Paper 3 – Beta version due Aug. 4 | Revised version due Aug. 8
Midterm exam – Due between July 25-28
Final exam – Due no later than August 9

Week 1

July 3

Complete all activities by 11:59 pm on July 3.

Use your UNE credentials to log in to your UNE Google account.
- PRO TIP: If you are already logged in to Google with another account, please logout and login with your UNE credentials.
Read the Course Syllabus and take the syllabus quiz.
- Once I’ve graded your quizzes and posted the scores, you can click on the same link that you used to take the quiz to see your score.
Read “How to Thrive in ENG 122” (written for another composition class at UNE, but everything I wrote there applies to ENG 110 as well).
Send me an email from your UNE email account (follow the link to find detailed instructions that I’ll expect you to follow carefully).
Make a copy of the Semester-At-A-Glance Calendar Template on your UNE Google account, then use information on the Course Schedule to fill it out.
- PRO TIP: Be sure to include due dates for the drafts and final versions of all major papers, dates for all quizzes and tests, and dates for any important commitments you have in your life that you may need to account for when scheduling your course work.
Adjust the share settings to share your completed Semester-At-A-Glance calendar back to me so that I have commenting privileges.
Make a copy of the Week-At-A-Glance Calendar Template and make a work plan for the first two weeks of the course. When completed, share it back to me with commenting privileges.
- PRO TIP: Review the Course Schedule for the next two weeks of the course and estimate how much time it will take you each day to complete the assignments. Then, schedule 16-20 hours of working time per week on your Week-At-A-Glance Calendar. Be sure to spread these hours out across at least 4 days for each week.

July 4

No activities due

July 5

Complete all activities no later than 11:59 pm on Sunday, July 7

PRO TIP: For better learning, space out your work

Review this info-graphic on the writing process. Pay particular attention to the pre-writing part of the cycle.
- PRO TIP: You just encountered the first two essential pieces of knowledge about reading and writing to put on your master concept list. You will be tested on these concepts.
Read this very brief how-to article on how to pre-read an article.
Print Maria Konnikova’s “The Limits of Friendship.” Number the paragraphs from 1-13.
- PRO TIP: If you don’t already know how to save a webpage as a pdf, which makes it much easier to print, click here to learn how.
Take no more than 7 minutes to pre-read “The Limits of Friendship” As you pre-read, jot down some quick notes on a separate piece of paper. If you’re unsure what notes to take, refer back to the suggestions in the article on pre-reading.
Take this pre-test about “The Limits of Friendship.”
Read this very brief how-to article on how to annotate a reading.
Read and annotate “The Limits of Friendship” using the guidelines in the how to annotate a reading article.
Assess your understanding of “The Limits of Friendship” by taking this post-test.
Respond to these pre-writing prompts about “The Limits of Friendship.” The ideas you generate in pre-writing activities are the basis for your formal paper writing. Give these activities your best effort.
Take photos of at least three marked-up pages of “The Limits of Friendship,” log in to the course website, create a new post titled Annotations 1, upload and insert your photos and publish the post. Here’s a how-to video on uploading and inserting photos into a post.

Week 2

July 8

Complete all activities by 11:59 pm on July 8

Read and annotate “Introduction: Entering the Conversation” in They Say/I Say.
Take this quiz.
Post 3 photos of annotations on a new post titled Annotations 2 on the course website.
Complete this integrating your ideas with those of others activity replying to peers’ first posts on “The Limits of Friendship.” Integrating ideas with those of others activities provide you with an opportunity to deepen your own thinking and those of your classmates by exchange ideas with them. You will be quoting at least one of your classmates in your paper, so give these activities your best effort.
Complete this pre-writing activity to deepen your thinking on “The Limits of Friendship”

July 9

Complete all activities by 11:59 pm on July 9.

Read and annotate “The Art of Summarizing” and “The Art of Quoting” in They Say/I Say.
Take this quiz and this one.
Post 3 photos of annotations on a new post titled Annotations 3 on the course website.
Complete this integrating your ideas with those of others activity replying to peers’ second posts on “The Limits of Friendship”
Complete this pre-writing activity

July 10

Complete all activities by 11:59 pm on July 10.

Revisit the writing process diagram. This time pay attention to the activities in the drafting-peer review-revision cycle.
Read this very brief article on introductions and conclusions in academic writing.
Write Paper 1
Share your paper with commenting privileges to your assigned classmates and me using our UNE addresses

July 11

Complete all activities by 11:59 pm on Friday, July 12.

Check your UNE email for peer review assignments.
View this video on peer review (students critiquing the work of their peers to help improve their work).
Learn more about what’s expected in your peer review of your classmates’ writing.
Provide peer feedback to the classmates assigned to you.
After Friday night: Re-read your draft and the comments you received. Look ahead to July 15 and plan accordingly.

Week 3

July 15

Complete all activities by 11:59 pm on July 15

Read this very brief article on the difference between revision and editing and this very brief article on how to use the feedback you receive.
Re-read your paper from beginning to end and take notice of the comments you received. As you read, add replies to comments in which you make plans to address the reviewer’s concerns. Add comments of your own in places where you notice room for improvement.
Take photos of three of the most important comments you added to your draft, login to the course website, and post them on a new post titled Revision Plan 1.
Make a copy of the Google Doc containing your draft and leave the original file intact. Make all of your revisions in this new copy of your paper. Most revisions should address global concerns. I’m expecting at least 400 new words in addition to smaller changes made to existing sentences and paragraphs.
Revise your paper in line with the expectations laid out in the articles above and the second and third sections of this writing process rubric.
Address local concerns with your paper by editing and proofreading. Read this rubric to see what you should be cleaning up at this phase of the writing process.
Use this Paper Finishing Checklis t to review your paper.
Submit your final paper by sharing it with me.

July 16

Complete all activities by 11:59 pm on July 16

Follow this link to Robin Marantz Henig’s “What Is It About 20-Somethings?” Use your cursor to highlight the title, author, and text of the article. Then print the article as a pdf. Number each paragraph on your printout from 1-63.
Print this guided notes form and use it to help you read and annotate “What Is It About 20-Somethings?”
Post 3 photos of your annotations of “What is It About 20-Somethings?” on a new post titled Annotations 4
Complete this pre-writing activity.

July 17

Complete all activities by 11:59 pm on July 17

Read and annotate “Yes / No / Okay, But: Three Ways to Respond” in They Say/I Say.
Post 3 pictures of annotated pages on a new post titled Annotations 5 on the course website.
Complete this integrating your ideas with those of others activity in response to your classmates’ first posts on “What Is It About 20-Somethings?”
Complete t his pre-writing activity to deepen your thinking on “What Is It About 20-Somethings?”

July 18

Complete all activities by 11:59 pm on July 18

Read and annotate “Skeptics May Object: Planting a Naysayer in Your Text” in They Say/I Say.
Post 3 pictures of annotated pages on a new post titled Annotations 6 on the course website.
Take this quiz on “Skeptics May Object.”
Complete t his integrating your ideas with those of others activity to deepen our understanding of the connections between “What Is It About 20-Somethings?” and “The Limits of Friendship.”
Complete this pre-writing activity.
Consider looking ahead to and planning for the paper 2 prompt assigned for July 22.

Week 4

July 22

Complete all activities by 11:59 pm on July 22

Write Paper 2
Share your paper with commenting privileges to your assigned classmates and me using our UNE addresses

Here are the peer review assignments for paper 2.

____ will share her paper with ___ and ___ and receive comments from them.
____ will share her paper with ___ and ___ and receive comments from them.

July 23

Complete all activities by 11:59 pm on July 23

Review my expectations for peer review.
Provide peer feedback to the classmates assigned to you.

Here are the peer review assignments for paper 2.

____ will share her paper with ___ and ___ and receive comments from them.
____ will share her paper with ___ and ___ and receive comments from them.

July 24

Complete all activities by 11:59 pm on July 24

Re-read your paper from beginning to end and take notice of the comments you received. As you read, add replies to comments in which you make plans to address the reviewer’s concerns. Add comments of your own in places where you notice room for improvement.
Take photos of three of the most important comments you added to your draft, login to the course website, and post them on a new post titled Revision Plan 2.
Make a copy of the Google Doc containing your draft and leave the original file intact. Make all of your revisions in this new copy of your paper. Most revisions should address global concerns. I’m expecting at least 400 new words in addition to smaller changes made to existing sentences and paragraphs.
Revise your paper in line with the expectations laid out in the articles above and the second and third sections of this writing process rubric.
Address local issues with your paper by editing and proofreading. Read this rubric to see what you should be cleaning up at this phase of the writing process.
Use this Paper Finishing Checklist to review your paper.
Submit your final paper by sharing it with me.

July 25

Complete all activities by 11:59 pm on July 28

Complete this Midterm Exam. This link will connect you to the exam only between 12:01 am July 25 and 11:59 pm July 28.
- The midterm will ask you about the important reading and writing concepts and processes that have been coded with a red font throughout the course. Most of the concepts come from They Say/I Say, but some have been taught via links to handouts I’ve written or the occasional video I’ve posted.
Read and annotate “And Yet: Distinguishing What You Say from What They Say” – use voice markers
Take this quiz on “And Yet”
Preview this quiz on “The Flight from Conversation”
Print “The Flight from Conversation” – pp. 19-38 of psychologist Sherry Turkle’s book Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age (2015).
Read and annotate “The Flight from Conversation”
Take this quiz on “The Flight from Conversation”
Post 3 photos of your annotations of “The Flight from Conversation” on a new post titled Annotations 5 on the course website
Complete this pre-writing activity.

Week 5

July 29

Complete all activities by 11:59 pm on July 29

Read and annotate “So What? Who Cares?: Saying Why It Matters” in They Say/I Say
Post 3 pictures of your annotations of this chapter of They Say/I Say on a new post on the course website titled Annotations 7.
Complete this integrating your ideas with those of others activity.
Complete this pre-writing activity.

July 30

Complete all activities by 11:59 pm on July 30

Read and annotate: “As a Result: Connecting the Parts” in They Say/I Say. Be sure to take note of and practice the four strategies for building coherence in paragraphs and papers.
Complete Exercise 1 (pp. 119-120 in TS/IS 3rd edition; pp. 115-116 in TS/IS 4th edition). Take photos of your completed exercise and post them on the course website in a new post title Exercise 1.
Complete this integrating your ideas with those of others activity.

July 31

Complete all activities by 11:59 pm on July 31

Revisit conversations in preparation for Paper 3: Use the fundamental They Say/I Say structure to reply to at least one your classmates’ responses to your posts at each of the following links: here, here, here, and here. Be sure to incorporate quotes from Konnikova, Henig and Turkle in your replies.

Aug. 1

Complete all activities by 11:59 pm on Aug. 4

Write Paper 3
Share your paper with commenting privileges to your assigned classmates and me using our UNE addresses

Here are the peer review assignments for paper 3.

____ will share her paper with ___ and ___ and receive comments from them.
____ will share her paper with ___ and ___ and receive comments from them.

Week 6

Aug. 5

Review my expectations for peer review.
Provide peer feedback to the classmates assigned to you.

Here are the peer review assignments for paper 3.

____ will share her paper with ___ and ___ and receive comments from them.
____ will share her paper with ___ and ___ and receive comments from them.

Aug. 6

Re-read your paper from beginning to end and take notice of the comments you received. As you read, add replies to comments in which you make plans to address the reviewer’s concerns. Add comments of your own in places where you notice room for improvement.
Take photos of three of the most important comments you added to your draft, login to the course website, and post them on a new post titled Revision Plan 3.
Make a copy of the Google Doc containing your draft and leave the original file intact. Make all of your revisions in this new copy of your paper. Most revisions should address global concerns. I’m expecting at least 400 new words in addition to smaller changes made to existing sentences and paragraphs.
Revise your paper in line with the expectations laid out in the articles above and the second and third sections of this writing process rubric.
The final exam will be open from Aug. 7 at 12:01 am until Aug. 9 at 11:59 pm. It is cumulative and covers the concepts, procedures and skills coded in a red font.

Aug. 7

Add 300 new words to your paper by elaborating on ideas in existing paragraphs.
Address local issues with your paper by editing and proofreading. Read this rubric to see what you should be cleaning up at this phase of the writing process.
The final exam will be open from Aug. 7 at 12:01 am until Aug. 9 at 11:59 pm. It is cumulative and covers the concepts, procedures and skills coded in a red font.

Aug. 8

Use this Paper Finishing Checklist to review your paper.
Submit your final paper by sharing it with me.
Take this course survey
Take the final exam.
The final exam will be open from Aug. 7 at 12:01 am until Aug. 9 at 11:59 pm. It is cumulative and covers the concepts, procedures and skills coded in a red font.