English 113-A Reading List and Tentative Schedule
ES = Ender's Shadow
NFG= Norton Field Guide to Writing
NV =New Voices
This schedule is tentative. Individual readings and due dates may change, so check back here often.
Last revised Sept '12
- WEEK 1 (Course paperwork)
Aug 28 -30
- T: Review Syllabus
- T: meet the SI
- TH: Interviews
- TH: In - class, Timed Writing
- WEEK 2 (Intros)
Sept 4 - 6
- T: Introductions
- TH: Least Heat Moon's "West Texas"
- TH: NV: TBA
- WEEK 3 (Literacy Narrative / Urchin)
Sept 11 - 13
- WEEK 4 (Narrative / Launchy)
Sept 18 - 20
- T: ES: chap 4
- T Sedaris. "Me Talk Pretty One Day."
- TH: ES: chap 5
- TH: NV: TBA
- TH: Assign literacy narrative
- WEEK 5 (Narrative / Launchy)
Sept 25 - 27
- T: ES: Chap 6
- T: workshop two rough drafts
- TH: ES: Chap 7
- TH: NV: narratives
- TH: development draft - paper #1
- WEEK 6 (Revision / Launchy)
Oct 2 - 4
- T: ES: chap 8
- T: workshop organization - paper #1
- TH: ES chap 9
- T: edit draft paper #1 -- bring RoT
- WEEK 7 (Progression Two /Scholar)
Oct 9 - 11
- T: Paper #1 DUE - all drafts, worksheets. self evaluation in a pocket
folder. No exceptions without prior agreement.
- T: ES: Chap 10
- The King's Speech
- TH: ES chap 11
TH: Assign Word picture: Due Oct 16.
- TH: The King's Speech
- WEEK 8 (Visual texts / Scholar / mini conferences)
Oct 16 - 18
- choose an article from popular press: school paper, local paper, Time,
Newsweek or other magazine - NOT tabloids or internet
publication
Bring advertisement
- T: ES 12
- T: RA exercise
- T: Heilke: "Tonkin Gulf: Photo Essay"
- TH: Bring Student choice article retrieved from course reserves.
- TH: ES 13
- TH: Ethnography assignment: Due Oct 27
- TH: Music videos
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- WEEK 9 (Soldier / mini conferences)
Oct 23 - 25
- T: bring Shaheen article "The Media's Image of Arabs" from course
reserves
- T: ES chap 14
- T: Shaheen video
TH: Review RoT "writing an Essay in Class."
- TH: in-class essay
- WEEK 10 ( / Soldier / mini conferences)
Oct 30 - Nov 1
- T: ES chap 16
- T: Assign paper #2 - workshop topics
- TH: ES 17
- TH: workshop 1st draft RA
- WEEK 11 (Research / Leader)
Nov 6 - 8
- T: Workshop org and dev
- T: ES 18
- TH: Editing workshop
- TH: ES 19
- WEEK 12 (Editing / Victor)
Nov 13 - 15
- T: ES chap 20
- T: Final paper #2 DUE
- TH: ES chap 21-22
- WEEK 13 (Text analysis)
Nov 20 - 22
- T: In-class essay / paper #3 assignment
- WEEK 14 (Revision)
Nov 27 - 29
- T: workshop Rough draft paper #3: typed, dbl sp (copy to me)
- T: Review portfolio requirements
- TH: Workshop (editing, MLA Format)
- TH: How to assemble portfolios / final editing / NV Submissions
- Week 15 (Conclusions)
Dec 4 - 6
- T: In-Class, Timed Writing / Portfolios Due no late portfolios
accepted. No exceptions.
- TH: No Class