Moorpark English MO2: Tentative Schedule

Moorpark English MO2: Fall 2013 Tentative Schedule

The following schedule will change with class needs. Reading assignments from Norton Field Guide will be given in class. If you miss a class, check to see what was done, what will be due, and what was handed out.

Last revised Nov '13

Week 1
Aug 19 - 21
- Mon: Syllabus / Student Writing Profile/ FAQs /
- Wed: Interviews
- Wed: Timed, in-class writing
Week 2
Aug 26 - 28
- Mon: Introductions / materials for literacy portfolio
- Wed: Freewriting
- Wed: "The Watcher at the Gates" print out; read; bring to class.
Week 3 (Personal Narrative)
Sept 2 - 4
- labor Day
- Wed: Discuss Watcher at the Gate
Week 4 (Personal Narrative)
Sept 9 - 11
- Mon: Least Heat Moon: "West Texas." (HO)
- Mon: Observation assignment.
- Mon: ES chap 1
- Wed: "Me Talk Pretty One Day" Cancelled
- Wed: literacy narrative article from Norton
- Wed: ES chap 2
- Wed: Last day to Drop
Week 5 (Personal Narrative)
Sept 16 - 18
- 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 23 - 25
- 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)
Sept 30 - Oct 2
- 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 7 - 9
- 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 14 - 16
- 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: choose a music video for viewing on TBA.
Week 10 (Soldier and Hearing and Seeing texts)
Oct 21 - 23
- Mon: ES 13
- Mon: Finished The King's Speech
- Wed: ES chap 14
- Wed: Discussed "How To Poison Earth." (online PDF)
- Wed: Revised due dates
Week 11 (Seeing and Hearing Texts)
Oct 28 - 30
- Mon: ES chap 15
- Mon: Watch Videos
- Mon: S&R The King's Speech due by Oct 28.
- Mon: Assign word picture - optional
- Mon: Assign: "scene" optional
- Wed: In-class essay - open notes
- Wed: ES chap 16
- Wed: S&R "How To Poison Earth" due Oct 30
Week 12 (Leader and Rhetorical Analysis)
Nov 4 - 6
- Mon: Class Cancelled
- Mon: ES chap 17
- Class cancelled
- Wed: ES chap 18
- Wed: workshop topics and development
Week 13 (Rhetorical Analysis revision)
Nov 11 - 13
- Mon: Veteran's day
- Wed: Workshop paper - development and organization
- Wed: Workshop full draft anno-bib (editing)
- Wed: ES chap 19
- Wed: S&Rs Advertisement and Video due Nov 13
Week 14 (Victor and Revision)
Nov 18 - 20
- Mon: ES chap 20
- Mon: Workshop - final editing draft - paper #2
- Mon Word and scene assignments due.
- Wed: --last day to drop --
- Wed: ES chap 21-22
- Wed: Annotated Bib and Final paper #2 due: all drafts, worksheets, self evals in pocket folder
Week 15 (Ender's Shadow: Writing about Fiction)
Nov 25 - 27
- Mon: ES chap 23 - 24
- Wed: In-class essay
Week 16
Dec 2 - 4
- Mon: Workshop
- Wed: Workshop
Week 17
Dec 9
- Mon: Workshop
- Wed: Final paper due: all drafts, worksheets, self eval in a pocket folder. No late papers can be accepted.
- Wed: In-class essay

Last Revised Nov '13