College Writing, 2019-2020

Third Quarter

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
February 3 Abbreviations: TSIS: They Say/I Say NFG: The Norton Field Guide	5	5	6 Writing Exercise One TSIS: read the Introduction, “Entering the Conversation” (1)—this will be read together in class	7
10 NFG: “Writing in Academic Contexts” (3)	11	12 TSIS: read One, “They Say” (19) Vocabulary Quiz One	13	14 NFG: “What Wounds Deserve the Purple Heart?” (17)
17 February Break	18 February Break	19 February Break	20 February Break	21 February Break
24	25 TSIS: read Two, “Her Point Is” (30)	26	27 NFG: “Our Blind Spot about Guns” (161) Writing Exercise Two	28
March 2 TSIS: read Three, “As He Himself Puts It” (42) Vocabulary Quiz Two	3	4 NFG: “Black Friday: Consumerism Minus Civilization” (164)	5	6 Writing Exercise Three TSIS: read Four, “Yes/No/Okay, But” (55)
9	10 Have a draft of the Op-Ed essay ready for peer revision	11	12 Writing Assignment One: Argument Essay	13
16 Vocabulary Quiz Three TSIS: read Five, “And Yet” (68)	17	18 NFG: “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” (931) Writing Exercise Four	19	20 Superintendent’s Conference Day
23 TSIS: read Six, “Skeptics May Object” (78)	24	25 TSIS: read Seven, “So What? Who Cares?” (92)	26	27 Vocabulary Quiz Four Writing Exercise Five
30	31 TSIS: read Eight, “As a Result” (105)	April 1	2 Writing Assignment Two	3
6 TSIS: read Nine, “Ain’t So, Is Not” (121) Vocabulary Quiz Five	7	8	9 End of First Marking Period	10 Good Friday