Moorpark English MO2: Tentative Schedule

Moorpark English MO2: Fall 2017 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 '17

Week 1
Aug 14 - 16
- Mon: Syllabus / Student Writing Profile/ FAQs /
- Mon: set up interview partners
- Wed: Timed, in-class writing
- Web: set up personal profile on mahara: The Writing Study (HO)
Week 2
Aug 21 - 23
- Mon: Introductions
- Wed: read literacy portfolio (pp 295-296 NFG)
- Web: set up journals (HO)
Week 3 (Literacy Narrative)
Aug 28 - 30
- 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.
- Web: 1st progress report (HO) S&R due: Godwin
Week 4 (Literacy Narrative)
Sept 4 - 6
- Mon: Labor day - no class
- Wed: Read Literacy Narrative definition (pp 42-43) in NFG
- Wed: Discuss ES chap 1
- Web: Set up page for observation assignment (HO) / summary of West Texas due
Week 5 (Literacy Narrative)
Sept 11 - 13
- Mon: discuss student choice literacy narrative article from NFG
- Mon: ES chap 2
- Wed: ES chap 3
- Wed :assign literacy portfolio
- Web:
Week 6 (Narrative Revision)
Sept 18 - 20
- Mon: Share literacy portfolio
- Mon: ES chap 4
- Wed: Paper assignment
- Wed: ES chap 5
- Web: S&R (student choice article) due; publish literacy portfolio
Week 7 (Narrative Revision)
Sept 25 - 27
- Mon: workshop first draft - topic and development
- Mon: ES chap 6
- Wed: Second Draft - workshop organization and development
- Wed: ES chap 7
- web: set up page for literacy narrative paper (first draft)
Week 8 (Literacy Narrative: editing and publishing)
Oct 2 - 4
- Mon: Third Draft - workshop editing/ MLA format, vague pronouns
- Mon: ES chap 8
- 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. Final draft and self-evaluation due in class Oct 9.
Week 9 (Hearing and Seeing Texts)
Oct 9 - 11
- Mon: Bring print advertisement for discussion and analysis - no web ads.
- Mon: ES chap 10
- Wed:The King's Speechfirst scene
- Wed: ES chap 11
- Web: nominate a music video for viewing on mahara forum
Week 10 (Soldier and Hearing and Seeing texts)
Oct 16 - 18
- Mon: The King's Speech
- Wed: The King's Speech
- Wed: ES chap 12
Week 11 (Seeing and Hearing Texts)
Oct 23 - 25
- Class cancelled - today only
- Wed: Discuss "First, Eat all the Lawyers" NFG
- Wed: ES chap 13-14
- Wed: Videos Cancelled
Week 12 ( Rhetorical Analysis)
Oct 30 - Nov 1
- Mon: In-class essay - open notes
- Mon: ES chap 15
- Wed: Assign rhetorical analysis paper
- Wed: ES chap 16 - 17
Week 13 (Rhetorical Analysis revision)
Nov 6 - 8
- Mon: workshop topics and development
- Mon: Assign a-bib
- Mon: ES chap 18
- Wed: Workshop org and dev RA paper
- Wed: ES chap 19-20
Week 14 (Victor and Revision)
Nov 13 - 15
- Mon: Workshop - final editing draft - paper #2
- Mon: ES chap 21 - 22
- Wed: --last day to drop --
- Mon: ES chap 23 - 24
- Wed: workshop one resource a-bib
- Web: Final paper #2 due in rhetorical analysis collection
Week 15 (Ender's Shadow: Writing about Fiction)
Nov 20 - 22
- No Class - non-instructional day
- No Class - non-instructional day
Week 16
Nov 27 - 29
- Mon: In-class essay
- Mon: paper 3 assignment
- Wed: Workshop dev/org paper 3
- Wed: Workshop a-bib
Week 17
Dec 4 - 6
- Mon: Workshop ES paper
- Mon: Workshop full draft anno-bib (editing)
- Wed: Campus Closed
- Web: Final paper due in collection. Self eval due in class.
  No late papers can be accepted.
Final Exam
- MO2-A Dec 11, 10:30 - 11:30
- MO2-B Dec 11, 12:30 - 1:30

Last Revised Dec '17