English 122-970 Syllabus
Week One (August 25-28): Introduction to Course
Week Two (August 30-September 3): A Grammar Test (1-6)
Writing Clear Sentences (8-13)
Four Major Punctuation Rules (17-20)
Week Three (September 6-10): Expository Essay Due (152-153) (Due September 7)
Complete Sentences (14-15)
Subject-Verb Agreement (21-24)
Pronoun Agreement (33-34)
Week Four (September 13-17): Complete Sentences (16)
Subject-Verb Agreement (25-26)
Pronoun Agreement (35-36)
Pronoun Reference (38-39)
Pronoun Case (42-45)
Week Five (September 20-24): Expository Essay Due (Due September 20)
Subject-Verb Agreement (27-28)
Pronoun Agreement (37)
Pronoun Reference (40-41)
Pronoun Case (46-47)
Week Six (September 27-October 1): Subject-Verb Agreement (29-30)
Pronoun Case (48-49)
Adjectives and Adverbs (52-54)
Correct Punctuation and Comma Rules (60-66)
Week Seven (October 4-8): Argumentative Essay Due (152-153) (Due October 4)
Subject-Verb Agreement (31-32)
Pronoun Case (50-51)
Adjectives and Adverbs (55-56)
Commas (67-68)
Semicolons and Commas (86)
Week Eight (October 11-15): Adjectives and Adverbs (57-59)
Commas (69-71)
Quotation Marks (87)
Four Apostrophe Rules (88-90)
Week Nine (October 18-22): Argumentative Essay Due (Due October 18)
Commas (72-74)
The Possessive Apostrophe (91-92)
Hyphenation (93-94)
Capitalization (95-96)
Week Ten (October 25-29): Commas (75-76)
Proofreading (99)
Troublesome Words (101-108)
Dangling or Misplaced Modifiers (118-119)
Week Eleven (November 1-5): Argumentative Essay Due (Due November 1)
Commas (77-81)
Proofreading (100)
Troublesome Words (109-111)
Dangling or Misplaced Modifiers (120-121)
Week Twelve (November 8-12): Commas (82-85)
Troublesome Words (112-114)
Dangling or Misplaced Modifiers (122-123)
Parallelism (124-125)
Comparisons (130-131)
Week Thirteen (November 15-19): Narrative Essay Due (152-153) (Due November 15)
Troublesome Words (115-117)
Parallelism (126-127)
Comparisons (132-133)
Week Fourteen (November 22-26): Parallelism (128-129)
Comparisons (134-135)
Wordiness (136-144)
Week Fifteen (November 29-December 3): Descriptive Essay Due (152-153) (Due November 29)
Wordiness (145-150)
A Grammar Test (154-160)