| Sep 9 | introduction | |
| Sep 14 | effective words, effective sentences | |
| Sep 16 | bibliographies They Say / I Say chapters 1-3 | |
| Sep 21 | response and citations They Say / I Say chapters 4-7 | |
| Sep 23 | essay structure | |
| Sep 28 | proofreading, peer-review, and documentation | response essay first submission |
| Sep 30 | library session #1 | |
| Oct 5 | workshop first essay | |
| Oct 7 | academic dishonesty Handbook chapters 35 and 36 reading: Orwell | response essay final submission |
| Oct 19 | reading: Gillam and Wooden | |
| Oct 21 | mid-term test | |
| Oct 26 | library session #2 | |
| Oct 28 | research essays Handbook chapter 33 | |
| Nov 30 | I Am Malala (parts 1 and 2) | bibliography |
| Dec 2 | I Am Malala | |
| Dec 7 | I Am Malala | |
| Dec 9 | academic writing They Say / I Say chapters 9-10 | |
| Dec 12 | workshop research essay | |
| Dec 14 | introduction to rhetoric reading: Hirschkind and Mahmood | |
| Dec 16 | reading: Carron and Dennis reading: Bourgonjon et al. | research essay |
| Jan 11 | review | |
| Jan 13 | end-of-term test | |