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Fall 2015 Prof L Overman's English 114A

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WEEKLY SCHEDULE 6-10
Class Tuesday- Jr247 Thursday-JR248
Wk 6 9/29 10/1

Please note that work is due on the date listed below and these schedules/assignments are subject to change. Not all readings and written assignments are represented. “IN CLASS” means we will be reading the text in class that day.

Progression Two

 

 

Due in Class:

  1. Rhetorical Analysis #4
  2. Prog 2 Ex 1 The “Word Picture”

Readings completed PRIOR to class:

  • Graff/Birkenstein, Ch. 12
  • CWM, 89-103
  • Tran, 93-117
  • NV (65) "Drinking Coffee Alone in America" Bonilla & Dominguez

Review/download handouts from Projects link above:

  1. Observing

Due outside of and prior to class:

  1. Moodle Response

Due in of class:

  1. Rhetorical analysis presentation #5

Readings:

  • Swales, "The Concept of Discourse Community" (Moodle)
  • Tran, 117-137
  • CWM, 67-88
  • NV (12) "The Curious Beast: A Scene" Phan & Herrera
    Wk 7 10/6 10/8

     

    Due outside of and prior to class:

    1. DUE: Ex. 2, Prog. II: The Ethnography

    Due in of class:

    1. Rhetorical analysis presentation #6

    Readings:

    • Tran, 137-159
    • NV (73) "Life Is Just A Bowl Of Menudo" Hyman & Baluyot
    • Bangs 10 Principles (on Moodle)
    • Nodleman's Words About Pictures (on Moodle)
    • Graphic Novel/Comics-Terms/Concepts (on Moodle)
    • Visual Rhetoric/Visual Literacy (on Moodle)

    Due outside of and prior to class:

    1. Moodle response

    Due in of class:

    1. Ex. 3, Prog. II: The Scene (in class)
    2. Rhetorical analysis presentation #7

    Readings:

    • NV (27) "A Day in the Life of a CSUN Student" Markari-Davoodian & Hernandez
    • CWM, 104-109
    • Tran, 159-179
    Wk 8 10/13 10/15

     

    Progression TWO rough drafts due Sun 10/11 1155PM in Moodle!

    Due outside of and prior to class:

    1. Due Sun 10/11 1155PM entire class post Progression Two rough drafts-make sure you post correctly in one of the Three forums provided!
    2. Prior to class: Post in Workshop 3 Forum response to each student's below rough draft.
      Students work to be dicussed
      Facilitator/Writer:
      writer:  Hyman   facilitator: Galaviz Gomez
      writer: Herrera         facilitator:  Sharissa Garcia
      writer: Hernandez        facilitator: Sandra Garcia
      writer:        Antillon facilitator: Withers
    3. Review Writing Response Protocols handout in Projects link above.

    Due in class:

    1. Whole-class workshop 3

    Readings:

    • Graff & Bernstein Chap 7

    Due outside of and prior to class:

    1. Post in Workshop 4 Forum response to each student's below rough draft.
      Students work to be dicussed
      Facilitator/Writer:
       
      writer: Baluyot facilitator: Roberts
      writer:       Becerra Contreras facilitator:Rapp
      writer:        Bonilla  facilitator: Phan
    2. Review Writing Response Protocols handout in Projects link above.

    Due in class:

    1. Whole-class workshop 4
    Wk 9 10/20 10/22

     

    Upload Progression Two Revised Teacher draft & Begin Progression Three

    Due outside of and prior to class:

    • Upload Progression Two prior to class must follow MLA format but feel free to include multi media

    Due in Class:

    • Progression II Reflection

    Review & download handouts from Projects link above:

    1. Progression III
    2. Structure Argument Takes

     

    Due outside of and prior to class:

    1. Moodle response

    Due in Class:

    • Rhetorical Analysis Presentation #8
    • Ex. 1, Prog. III: Collaborative Argumentative Proposal (in class)

    Readings:

    • CWM, 431-34; 454-69
    • Tran, 179-200
    • NV (36) "Disney Princesses as Positive Role Models" Antillan & Sandra Garcia
    Wk 10 10/27 10/29

     

    New Voices (NV)

    http://newvoices-wings.haydenmcneil.com/new_voices/

    Due in Class:

    • Rhetorical Analysis Presentation #9
    • Ex. 1, Prog. III: Collaborative Argumentative Proposal (in class)

    Readings:

    Due outside of and prior to class:

    1. Moodle response

    Due in Class:

    • Annotated Bibliography exercise-

    Review & download handouts/links from Projects link above:

    1. "Creating the Annotated Bibliography"
    2. Review link "Citing your Sources: Annotated Bibliography"
    3. Review link "Sample Annotated Bibliography"
    4. Bring New Voices

    Readings

    • CWM, 50-52
    • Graff/Birkenstein, Ch. 5
    • Tran, 200-225