Class Schedule—Unit #1

* Subject to change with advance notice

 

 

Monday

Wednesday

Key:

 

What we’ll do in class that day

 

 

Work that should be completed for that class

8/27

 

Intros / Syllabus

Who Am I As a Writer

 

 

9/1

 

Labor Day

 

No Class

 

 

 

9/3

 

Discuss Palmer

Hand out MEA #1

Begin Brainstorming

 

 

Read:  Palmer (handout), SM UK 10-UK 22

Write: WJ #1,  1st-Year Survey 

9/8

 

Transitioning from H.S. to College Writing

Discuss Johnson

Continue Brainstorming

 

 

Read: Johnson (handout), WP xv-xvii, SM UK 6- UK 9. 

Write:  WJ #2

9/10

 

 

Discuss Harden and Lindgren

Looking at Style and Structure

 

 

Read:  WP Intro 1-4, Harden 18-23, Lindgren 24-29

Write: Proposal due via email,  WJ #3 

9/15

 

 

Discuss Hiss

Incorporating Outside Sources

 

 

Read:  Hiss (hand-out), SM 15 (p.270-280)

Write:  WJ #4

9/17

 

 

Discuss Student Samples / Mock Workshop

In-class Self-Assessment

 

 

Read: Student samples (online)

Write: Drafts due.  BRING 4 COPIES.

9/22

 

 

Workshops Thurs 9/18, Fri 9/18, and Mon 9/22

No Class Mon 9/22

 

For Workshop:

Read: Peer essays, SM 6b (p.83-96)

Write: Peer response letters.  Bring 2 copies of each.

9/24

 

MEA #1 Due

 

Begin Unit #2