Project 1 Schedule

(Note: Assignments and due dates are tentative and subject to change.  It is your responsibility to attend class and keep up with any changes for in-class, HW, and essay assignments.  Always feel free to email me with questions.)

 

Date

In-Class

Out-of-Class

6.8 (TH)

Introduction to class – syllabus, policies

None

6.9 (F)

Writing about photographs – responding to Hurricane Katrina or drug addiction

None

6.12 (M)

Style exercise with photographs; Discussion of project 1 and reading responses

Read Benjamin Barber’s “Educated Student: Global Citizen or Global Consumer?”; Read Introduction to PH (Write down 3 details of interest from the Intro)

6.13 (T)

Discussion of Barber’s essay; Discussion of Palmer’s essay begins

Read Parker Palmer’s “Community of Truth” and Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Why the Americans Are So Restless in the Midst of Their Prosperity” (no RR for Tocqueville)

6.14 (W)

Discussion of Palmer’s essay; Discussion of de Tocqueville; Paper formatting guidelines

RR for Palmer (typical format)

6.15 (TH)

Discussion of Tannen’s essay; Begin discussion of paper writing tips

Read Deborah Tannen’s “The Roots of Debate in Education and the Hope of Dialogue”; RR for Tannen (typical format)

6.16 (F)

Continue discussion of paper writing (quotations, in-text citing, works cited); Addressing paper concerns

Bring in PH; HW – Work on paper! **NOTE: Email me a draft of your project 1 by 5:00 PM on Sunday (6.18) if you want my feedback**

6.19 (M)

Tips for peer reviewing; Peer review of project 1 (graded)

Bring in two typed copies of your project 1 draft for peer review

6.20 (T)

Project 1 due; Introduction to project 2; Style exercise

1 final copy of project 1; peer-reviewed copy of project 1