Moorpark English MO2: Tentative Schedule

Moorpark English MO2: Fall 2016 Tentative Schedule

The following schedule will change with class needs. Additional 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 Dec '16

Week 1
Aug 17
- Mon: Syllabus / Student Writing Profile/ FAQs /
- Web: set up personal profile on mahara: The Writing Study
Week 2
Aug 22 - 24
- Mon: Timed, in-class writing
- Mon: set up interview partners
- Wed: Introductions
- Wed: read literacy portfolio (pp 295-296 NFG)
- Web: set up journals: 1st progress report.
Week 3 (Literacy Narrative)
Aug 29 - 31
- Mon: discuss "The Watcher at the Gates" print out; read; bring to class.
- Wed: Discuss William Least Heat Moon's "West Texas" (HO)
- Wed: Assign Observation.
- Wed: Read Literacy Narrative definition (pp 42-43) in NFG
- web: s&r due/ set up page for observation assignment
Week 4 (Literacy Narrative)
Sept 5 - 7
- Mon: Labor day
Week 5 (Literacy Narrative)
Sept 12 - 14
- Mon: Class cancelled - today only -
  Further revision after class meeting on Sept 14.
- Wed: ES chap 1 and 2 - summaries of each chapter
Week 6 (Narrative Revision)
Sept 19 - 21
- Mon : assign literacy portfolio
- Mon: discuss student choice literacy narrative article from NFG
- Mon: ES chap 3
- Wed: ES chap 4 - 5
- Wed: Paper assignment
Week 7 (Narrative Revision)
Sept 26 - 28
- Mon: ES chap 6
- Mon: workshop first draft - topic and development
- Wed: Second Draft - workshop organization and development
- Wed: ES chap 7
- web: set up page for literacy narrative paper (first draft)
- web: S&R due; publish literacy portfolio
Week 8 (Literacy Narrative: editing and publishing)
Oct 3 - 5
- Mon: ES chap 8
- Mon: Third Draft - workshop editing/ MLA format, vague pronouns
- Mon: How to make a collection
- Wed: In Defence of Rhetoric
- Wed: ES chap 9
- Web: Paper #1 due -- rough draft, final draft, and literacy portfolio due on mahara. Self-evaluation due in class.
Week 9 (Hearing and Seeing Texts)
Oct 10 - 12
- Mon: Bring print advertisement for discussion and analysis - no web ads.
- Mon: ES chap 10
- Wed:The King's Speech
- Web: choose a music video for viewing on Oct 26 (tentative).
Week 10 (Soldier and Hearing and Seeing texts)
Oct 17 - 19
- Mon: The King's Speech
- Wed: The King's Speech
Week 11 (Seeing and Hearing Texts)
Oct 24 - 26
- Mon: Discuss "First, Eat all the Lawyers" NFG
- Mon: Assign a-bib
- Mon: ES chap 11 - 12
- Wed: ES chap 13 - 14
- Wed: Videos
Week 12 (Leader and Rhetorical Analysis)
Oct 31 - Nov 2
- Mon: ES chap 15
- Mon: In-class essay - open notes
- Wed: Assign rhetorical analysis paper
- Wed: ES chap 16 - 17
Week 13 (Rhetorical Analysis revision)
Nov 7 - 9
- Mon: workshop topics and development
- Mon: ES chap 18
- Wed: Workshop org and dev RA paper
- Wed: ES chap 19
Week 14 (Victor and Revision)
Nov 14 - 16
- Mon: Workshop - final editing draft - paper #2
- Mon: ES chap 20
- Wed: --last day to drop --
- Wed: workshop one resource a-bib
- Wed: ES chap 21 - 22
- Web: Final paper #2 due in rhetorical analysis collection
Week 15 (Ender's Shadow: Writing about Fiction)
Nov 21 - 23
- Mon: workshop a-bib
- Mon: ES chap 23 - 24
- Wed: In-class essay
- Wed: paper 3 assignment
Week 16
Nov 28 - 30
- Mon: Workshop dev/org paper 3
- Mon: Workshop a-bib
- Wed: Workshop full draft anno-bib (editing)
Week 17
Dec 5 - 7
- Mon: Workshop
- Wed: Final edit paper #3 collection
- Web: Final paper due in collection. Self eval due in class.
  No late papers can be accepted.
Final Exam
- MO2-A Dec 14 11:00 - 12:00
- MO2-B Dec 14 12:30- 1:30

Last Revised Dec '16