English 101

English 101: Composition as Critical Inquiry is the course I currently teach here at Illinois State University.  The focus of the course is genre studies - by examining the expectations and conventions of various writing genres, we can adjust our writing to meet the varied demands of art, employment, and personal relations.

Fall 2014

Home: ENG 101 - Fall 2014

• Schedule - Readings, Assignments, and Classroom Activities.
• Course Policies - Attendance, Professional Conduct, and Learning Expectations.
• Learning Map - The Goals and Learning Outcomes for ENG 101.

The following links from Fall 2012 may help better understand the course, but some of these materials are out-of-date.

• Learning Outcomes
• Course Policies
• Semester Schedule
• What is Plagiarism?
• Slideshow: Managing Multiple Discussions

Guide to Building Your Online Presence

• Blogging Platforms - Setting Up Your Blog - Example Blog
• Using Social Media (Coming Soon)
• Online Collaboration (Coming Soon)

Spring 2012

Complete Spring Semester Schedule
Unit 1: CHAT and Popular Culture - "Welcome to Kansas, Toto"
Unit 2: Writing Across the Curriculum - "Essays Are Eating My Soul!"
Unit 3: Grassroots - "If at First You Want to Write..."

Fall 2011 - (Click Here for Complete Schedule)

Unit 1: Community, Style, and Syntax

Unit 2: Plot, Causality, and Transition

Unit 3 - Grassroots and Writing About Writing

Unit 4 - Selling to the Hostile and/or Indifferent Audience