academic sandbox // spring 2008 // WSU ENGL 403.02

NOTE: This course ended in May 2008.

English 403 is a professional and technical English class for ESL and bilingual speakers. The two goals of this class are:

to prepare learners for real world experiences, both written and oral, that they will encounter in securing employment or positions in post-baccalaureate programs and
to prepare learners to write in a variety of formats at an advanced academic and professional level.

Use the links below to retrieve any documents of interest.

Course Syllabus: PDF Version, HTML Version
Project #1 Assignment Sheet: DOC
Project #2 Due Dates & Deliverables: DOC
Project #3 General Assignment Sheet: DOC
Project #4 General Assignment Sheet: DOC

All other files can be found in the space for the class at elearning.wsu.edu.

Course Calendar
The following schedule reflects scheduled off days, project due dates, and classroom changes. A detailed schedule of assignments will be provided as the semester progresses. I will notify you ahead of time if any dates changes; consider this a tentative schedule.

WEEK #: DATES	MONDAY	WEDNESDAY	FRIDAY
1: Jan 7-11	Introduction/Orientation		Meet in AML: Avery 103 Diagnostic writing exercise
2: Jan 14-18	Meet in AML: Avery 103	Meet in AML: Avery 103	NO CLASS during scheduled time Meet in the Bundy in Avery at 4pm
3: Jan 21-25	NO CLASS	Meet in AML: Avery 103	P1 DRAFT Due
4: Jan 28-Feb 1		Meet in AML: Avery 103 P2 MoU v1 Due via Google Docs	P1 FINAL Due
5: Feb 4-8		Meet in AML: Avery 103
6: Feb 11-15		Meet in AML: Avery 103	PROJECT 2 MoU v2 Due
7: Feb 18-22	NO CLASS	Meet in AML: Avery 103
8: Feb 25-29		Meet in AML: Avery 103	P3 PROGRESS REPORT Due
9: Mar 3-7	P2 PROGRESS REPORT Due	Meet in AML: Avery 103	P4 PROGRESS REPORT Due
10: Mar 10-14	* SPRING BREAK—NO CLASSES *
11: Mar 17-21	NO CLASS	Meet in AML: Avery 103	P2 TRANSLATIONS DRAFT Due P2 TRANSLATION REPORT DRAFT Due
12: Mar 24-28		Meet in AML: Avery 103	P2 TRANSLATIONS FINAL Due P2 TRANSLATION REPORT FINAL Due
13: Mar 31-Apr 4		Meet in AML: Avery 103 P4 DRAFT Due	P3 DRAFT Due
14: Apr 7-11		Meet in AML: Avery 103	P3 FINAL Due (Sunday 4/13)
15: Apr 14-18		Meet in AML: Avery 103	P4 FINAL Due (Sunday 4/20)
16: Apr 21-25	NO CLASS	Individual presentations	NO CLASS