CSUN: English 305cmp Tentative Schedule
The following tentative schedule includes readings from:
- Presence of Others AKA POO
- Rules of Thumb AKA ROT
Please check back for changes and updates. Complete all readings by due dates. Summary and responses
(online journal) of POO readings are due within one week of our class discussion. Readings from ROT are given as background for that week's work.
Last revised 15 Nov 06
- Week 1: (Course content and contracts)
Sept 5-7
- T: Syllabus/ phone/email info
- TH: FAQs / interviews
- Week 2: (Course requirements /Intros)
Sept 12 -14
- T: Intros /
- TH: skim preface materials in POO (xxv-43).
- TH: In class timed writing
- Week 3: (Education)
Sept 19 -21
- T: Discuss Rose (POO)
- TH: Discuss Spayde (POO)
- Week 4 (Education)
Sept 26 - 28
- Discuss student article choice (from popular media)
- TH: paper assignment heuristics
- Week 5 (revision)
Oct 3 - 5
- T: Development /organization workshop paper #1
- T: Rubric / self evaluations of in-class essay #1
- TH: Workshop paper / self eval of in-class essay #1 due
- TH: Nominate and choose articles (4) from Cultural Myth section
- Week 6 (revision)
Oct 10 - 12
- T: Editing workshop / review MLA format (ROT)
- T: Annotated bibliography assignment -- Branham
- TH: Paper #1 Due in a pocket folder with all drafts and self
evaluation sheet
- TH: POO reading - Jefferson
- Week 7 (Cultural Myths)
Oct 17 - 19
- T: POO reading - Jefferson (cont) Lazarus / Douglas
- TH:share in-class writing from Oct 12
- TH: POO reading - Shindle
- TH: In-class freewrite "This I Believe..."
- Week 8 (Cultural Myths)
Oct 24 - 26
- T: POO reading - DelGado
- T: Short write
- T: Copy of anni bib rough for workshop
- T: Review format HO
- TH: Research paper assignment
- TH: In-class short write
- TH: anno bib I due
- Week 9
Oct 31 - Nov 2
- T: Workshop Section I
- TH: Class cancelled
- Week 10
Nov 7 - 9
T: The Matrix
TH: The Matrix
- Week 11
Nov 14 - 16
- T: workshop annotated bib and section I
- T: Discuss Mayr handout
- TH: workshop research paper: Section I&II
- TH: Discuss Mayr
- Week 12
Nov 21 - 24
T: Workshop section II and III
- T: Discuss Bishop. "Enemies of Promise." / novel groups
- TH: Thanksgiving
- Week 13 (Writing about Science or Literature)
Nov 28 - 30
- T: Editing Workshop Discuss Tenner "Body Smarts."
- TH: Research paper and 2nd anno bib due
- TH: Discuss Turkle. "Cuddling up to Cyborg Babies."
- Week 14
Dec 5 - 7
- T: In class essay on novel / The Matrix
- T: Paper assignment science / literature
- TH: Workshop
- Week 15
Dec 12 - 14
- Final in-class essay
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