| Jan 6 | introduction | |
| Jan 8 | effective words and effective sentences | |
| Jan 13 | summary and quotations “They Say / I Say”, chapters 1-3 Bergamini, “The Importance of Zoos” | |
| Jan 15 | MLA and APA format and bibliographies | |
| Jan 20 | response “They Say / I Say”, chapters 4-7 Bergamini, “The Importance of Zoos” | |
| Jan 22 | essay structure | |
| Jan 27 | workshop response essay | |
| Jan 29 | library session #1 | |
| Feb 3 | academic dishonesty Handbook, chapters 35 and 36 reading: Orwell | response essay due |
| Feb 5 | academic essay: social science reading: Sikora, Evans, and Kelley | |
| Feb 10 | mid-term test | |
| Feb 12 | library session #2 | |
| Feb 24 | academic essays Handbook, chapter 33 “They Say / I Say”, chapter 8 | |
| Feb 26 | Bee Quest | |
| Mar 2 | Bee Quest | bibliography due |
| Mar 4 | Bee Quest | |
| Mar 9 | academic writing and academic conversations and punctuation “They Say / I Say”, chapters 9-10, 14 | |
| Mar 11 | workshop academic essay | |
| Mar 16 | introduction to rhetoric and academic essay: humanities reading: Gillam and Wooden | |
| Mar 18 | effective sentences | academic essay due |
| Mar 23 | academic essay: science reading: Woodcock et al. | |
| Mar 25 | academic proof-reading and assessment | |
| Mar 30 | academic essay: education reading: Puttick and Tucker-Ramond | |
| Apr 1 | review | |