Moorpark English MO2: Fall 2012 Tentative Schedule

Last revised Oct '12

• Week 1
  Aug 20 - 22
  
  • Mon: Syllabus / Student Writing Profile/ FAQs /
  • Wed: Interviews
  • Wed: Timed, in-class writing
    

• Week 2
  Aug 27 - 29
  
  • Mon: Introductions / materials for literacy portfolio
  • Wed: Freewriting
  • Wed: "The Watcher at the Gates" (HO)

• Week 3 (Personal Narrative)
  Sept 3 - 5
  
  • labor Day
  • Wed: Least Heat Moon: "West Texas." (HO)
  • Wed: Observation assignment.

• Week 4 (Personal Narrative)
  Sept 10 - 12
  
  • Both classes finished "West Texas" Summary due 9/12. Observation due 9/17.
  • Mon: MO2-A finished Sedaris.
  • Mon: ES chap 1

  • Wed: "Me Talk Pretty One Day" (02-bb class)
  • Wed: Both classes literacy narrative article from Norton
  • Wed: ES chap 2
  • Wed: Last day to Drop

• Week 5 (Personal Narrative)
  Sept 17 - 19
  
  • Mon: ES chap 3
    
  • Mon: Share literacy portfolio

  • Wed: ES chap 4
    
  • Wed: Two tentative story topics ( 1 paragraph each) for wkshp

• Week 6 (Narrative Revision)
  Sept 24 - 26
  
  • Mon: First Draft - workshop adding details / topic sheet due
    
  • Mon: ES chap 5
    
  • Wed: Second Draft - workshop organization
    
  • Wed: ES chap 6

• Week 7 (Concepts - Issues)
  Oct 1 - 3
  
  • Mon: Third Draft - workshop editing/ MLA format
    
  • Mon: ES chap 7
    
  • Wed: ES chap 8
  • Wed: Paper #1 due -- all drafts, worksheets and self eval in pocket folder
  • Rhetoric Video

• Week 8 (Hearing and Seeing texts)
  Oct 8 - 10
  
  • Annotated Bibliography assignment
    
  • Mon: ES chap 9
    
  • Mon: Double Entry Journal
    
  • Mon: The King's Speech first scene

  • Wed: ES chap 10
  • Wed:The King's Speech
  • Wed: E's Shadow questions

• Week 9 (Hearing and Seeing Texts)
  Oct 15 - 17
  
  • Mon: ES chap 11
  • Mon: The King's Speech

  • Wed: ES chap 12
  • Wed: bring an advertisement from any popular magazine not internet advert
  • Wed Assign word picture - due Oct 22
  • Wed: choose a music video for viewing on Mon Oct 22.

• Week 10 (Soldier and Hearing and Seeing texts)
  Oct 22 - 24
  
  • Mon: ES 13
    
  • Mon: Music videos
    

  • Wed: ES chap 14
  • Wed: workshop a-bib

• Week 11 (Seeing and Hearing Texts)
  Oct 29 - 31
  
  • Mon: ES chap 15
  • Mon: "How To Poison Earth." (online PDF) S&R due by Nov 5.
    
  • Mon: Assign: "scene" due Nov 5.

  • Wed: In-class essay - open notes
  • Wed: ES chap 15 and 16
    

• Week 12 (Leader and Rhetorical Analysis)
  Nov 5 - 7
  • Mon: ES chap 17
    
  • Mon: Assign paper #2
    
  • Wed: ES chap 18
    
  • Wed: workshop topics and development
    

• Week 13 (Rhetorical Analysis revision)
  Nov 12 - 14
  
  • Mon: Veteran's day

  • Wed: Workshop development and organization
    
  • Wed: ES chap 19-20
    

• Week 14 (Victor and Revision)
  Nov 19- 21
  
  • Mon: ES chap 21
    
  • Mon: Workshop - final editing draft - paper #2
  • Wed: --last day to drop --
  • Wed: ES chap 22
  • Wed: Final paper #2 due: all drafts, worksheets, self evals in pocket folder
    

• Week 15 (Ender's Shadow: Writing about Fiction)
  Nov 26 - 28
  
  • Mon: ES chap 23 - 24
    
  • Wed: In-class essay
    

• Week 16
  Dec 3 - 5
  
  • Mon: Workshop
    
  • Wed: Workshop
    

• Week 17
  Dec 10
  
  • Mon: Final paper due: all drafts, worksheets, self eval in a pocket folder. No late papers can be accepted.
  • Mon: In-class essay

Last Revised Oct '12