Date
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Topic
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Activity
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Homework
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M – 3 Sept
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Introductions
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Introductions
Syllabus, writing program, university, academic honesty,
text, MyCompLab, Turnitin, Writing Center
Expectations
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- Syllabus Quiz
- Get text at Almost Corner Bookshop
- Buy subscription to MyCompLab
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T - 4
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Syllabus quiz
Pet Peeves
MyCompLab overview
Turnitin overview
Cisnaros, “My Name”
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Revise paragraph on your name.
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W – 5
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The sentence
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Writing Academic English (WAE), Ch. 10 Types of Sentences
Name discussion
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Read Adler, “How to Mark a Book” and mark it up. This will be collected and graded.
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Th – 6
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WAE Ch. 10 Types of Sentences
Adler, “How to Mark a Book”
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Bring in a photo (digital is fine) a special object you own
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M – 10
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WAE Ch. 11 Parallelism
Photo lightening round
Annotation – E.M. Forster “My Wood”
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Finish Forster with annotations.
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T – 11
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WAE Ch. 11 Sentence problems
Read Models for Writers (MFW) Writing Process p. 7-14
Forster
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Think about how your photo reveals something about you. Print it and bring it to class.
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W – 12
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Timed essay strategies – Writers at Work p. 140-152, Outlining p. 24-6
Read MFW Writing Process p. 14-21
Photo discussion
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Write an outline using photo.
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Th – 13
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In Class Essay on photo with short outline to be handed in at the end of class with a photo
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TBA
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M – 17
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The paragraph: Prejudice and oppression
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WAE Ch. 1 Paragraph Structure
Workshop
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Read Naylor, “The Meanings of a Word” and do Qs for study and discussion
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T – 18
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WAE Ch. 1 Paragraph Structure
Naylor, “The Meanings of a Word”
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Write a paragraph in which you explore the meaning of a word that has been used as an insult in your culture
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W – 19
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Workshop
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Read King “The Ways of Meeting Oppression” and write two paragraphs on ways people have met oppression in your culture.
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Th – 20
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In Class Essay with short outline to be handed in at the end of class
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TBA
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*F – 21 Make up day for Nov 1
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Workshopping
Words and culture
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TBA
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M – 24
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Rewards and punishment
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WAE Ch. 2 Unity and Coherence
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Read Gladwell “No Mercy” and do Qs for study and discussion
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T – 25
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WAE Ch. 3 Supporting Details
Discussion on Gladwell
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TBA
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W – 26
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Summary/Paraphrase
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WAE Ch. 8 Summary
Summary work on Gladwell
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Watch Dan Pink, “The Surprising Science of Motivation” and take notes.
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Th – 27
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WAE Ch. 8 Summary/Paraphrase
Summary work on Pink
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At Home Essay on rewards and punishment
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M – 1 Oct
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Conferences
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TBA
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T – 2
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Final touches
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TBA
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W – 3
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The Bystander problem
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Gansberg, “38 Who Saw the Murder”
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Do Suggested Writing Assignment Number 1 – two paragraphs
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Th – 4
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Workshop
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Watch “Baby left in car – social experiment” on Youtube and summarize
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M – 8
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The Essay
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Discuss Baby left in car
Paragraph – What would you do?
WAE Ch. 4 From Paragraph to Essay
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Write paragraph on when one should mind his/her own business and when someone should get involved
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T – 9
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WAE Ch. 4 From Paragraph to Essay
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At Home Essay Looking at three writing assignments (Gansberg, Youtube Baby experiment, and your own thoughts on when to get involved)
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W – 10
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Conferences
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TBA
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Th – 11
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Definition
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Models for Writers (MFW) – Definition essay
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Read Bettleheim, “Holocaust” and mark it up.
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*F – 12 Make up day for Nov 22
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MFW – Definition essay
Bettleheim “Holocaust”
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Write two paragraphs defining an event in your cultural history and proposing a new meaning for it.
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M – 15
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MFW – Definition essay
Workshop
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Read Goodman, “The Company Man” and do Qs for study and discussion
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T – 16
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MFW – Definition essay
Goodman “The Company Man”
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TBA
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W – 17
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Cause/Effect: Horror
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WAE Ch. 6 Cause/Effect essay
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Read King, “Why we crave horror movies” and do Qs for study and discussion
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Th – 18
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WAE Ch. 6 Cause/Effect essay
King, “Why we crave horror movies”
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Write two paragraphs about what horrifies you using cause/effect.
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Mid-term warnings are issued
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M – 22
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Comparison/Contrast: A sense of place
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WAE - Ch 7
MFW - Compare/Contrast
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Read Whaley, “Once Unique, Soon a Place Like Any Other” and do questions for study and discussion
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T – 23
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Whaley
Kunstler “How bad architecture wrecked cities”
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Write a paragraph in which you describe a place you know well that is changing. How is it changing? What is lost and gained? Bring in a photo.
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W – 24
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Rushkoff, “Life, Inc.”
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Write a paragraph summarizing and paraphrasing Rushkoff
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Th – 25
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Research
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Plagiarism and conducting research
What is the main issue?
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Write a paragraph research proposal on your compare/contrast essay topic.
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M – 29
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Conference on research proposal
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Find a newspaper article (Guardian, New York Times, etc.) on your topic. Mark it up. Meet at library tomorrow.
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T – 30
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Library Visit
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Meet at library tomorrow.
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W – 31
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Library Visit – research using online scholarly journal articles.
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Mark up and write a summary of your online scholarly journal source.
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Th – 1 Nov No Class – Holiday
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M - 5
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Quoting and citation
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Write a long outline of your essay.
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T – 6
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MLA Style Works Cited
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Do research section of MyCompLab.
Bring in your newspaper article and scholarly article.
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W - 7
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In Class Essay (Compare/Contrast) on the changing face of your town.
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TBA
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Th – 8
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TBA
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TBA
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M – 12
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Classification
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MFW - Classification
Gladwell on Spaghetti Sauce
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TED ED Gladwell on Spaghetti Sauce - Do Quick Quiz, Think, Dig Deeper, ...And Finally
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T – 13
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Discuss Gladwell, questions
Podcast, Radiolab “Is Free Will Really Free?” with worksheet
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Read Boutin “You are what you Search” and do questions for study and discussion
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W – 14
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Discuss Boutin - Unifying ideas, tying sources together
Division/Classification worksheet
The Long Outline
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Write an outline for a division/classification essay on the various types of decision makers there are paying special attention to your purpose and the “so what?” factor. Your essay will have to refer two of the three sources (Gladwell, Radiolab, Boutin) we have explored.
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Th – 15
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TBA
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At Home Essay: (Division/Classification)
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M – 19
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Argument: Intelligence and Deception – (Large Scale)
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WAE Ch. 9 Argument essay “Pandora’s Briefcase” What is the main argument?
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Visit website of international spy museum. Click Explore, Spycast and select a spycast. Listen to it and take notes.
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T – 20
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Primary source analysis
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TBA
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W – 21
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WAE - Ch 9 Argument Essays Spycast Discussion
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At Home Essay (Argument). Using Gladwell, the primary sources, and your spycast write an essay advancing an argument on gathering intelligence. Due Tuesday
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Th – 22 No Class – Holiday
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M – 26
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Argument workshop and conference
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Essay Due tomorrow
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T – 27
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Intelligence and Deception (Small Scale)
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Jacob et al. “Those Cheating Teachers”
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Finish article and mark it up
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W - 28
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Cheating teachers discussion
Watch Meyer “How to Spot a Liar”
Combining points to advance your own argument
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Write extended outline to advance your own argument referencing the Jacob et al. article and Meyer’s video
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Th – 29
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In Class Essay (Argument)
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TBA
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M – 3 Dec
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Final Exam material preparation
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TBA
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T – 4
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Final Exam material preparation
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TBA
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W - 5
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Final Exam material preparation
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TBA
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Th - 6
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Final Class
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Final Wrap up
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TBA
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Final Exam
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