Project 3 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

7.5 (W)

Project 2 due; Exercise with Instructor reviewed student paper

Final copy of project 2; peer-reviewed copy of project 2

7.6 (TH)

Discussion of project 3; Initial discussion of digital collections; begin discussion of “Dumpster Diving”

Read Lars Eighner’s “Dumpster Diving”

7.7 (F)

Continue discussion of “Dumpster Diving”; Begin discussion of “Serving in Florida

Complete RR for Eighner essay, Read Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Serving in Florida,” Optional (EC): record your trash from Weds to Friday

7.10 (M)

Discussion of “Death of a Mountain”

Read Erik Reece’s “Death of a Mountain”; Write a letter to Reece responding to his essay; Read Barbara Kingsolver’s “Lily’s Chickens”

7.11 (T)

Discussion of “Lily’s Chickens”; Interviewing and observation strategies; Conduct an observation (if time)

Read PH about interviews (more details to come)

7.12 (W)

Academic and popular research – what’s the difference?  Continuation of work from previous day; How to begin this paper?

Complete one page of your paper and bring to class

7.13 (TH)

Meet at library (Rose Street entrance); Finding books and journal articles; Looking for potential sources

Prepare for library activities; Work on paper!

7.14 (F)

Peer review of project 3

Rough draft of project 3; Email me with rough drafts by 2:00 PM for weekend response (optional)

7.17 (M)

Discussion of revision strategies; Conferencing about project 3

Work on paper!

7.18 (T)

Project 3 due; Discussion of Project 4; Style exercise with sentence length

Final copy of project 3; Peer-reviewed copy of project 3