English 114-A Reading List and Tentative Schedule

This schedule is tentative. Individual readings and due dates may change, so check back here often.

Last revised Aug '20

• WEEK 1 (Course paperwork and introductions)
  Aug 24 - 30
  
  • Canvas Introduction module: Syllabus and class materials

  • Timed Writing
  • Interview / Introduction assignment
  Web: Register for mahara account

• WEEK 2
  Aug 31 - Sept 6
  
  • Student Writing Profile Due
  • Introductions: post to forum
  • Practice freewriting and pre-reading writing

  • Print out "journal" assignment and place in composition book
  • practice pre-reading writing for "Watcher at the Gate" and Ender's Shadow
  • Discuss Godwin. "Watcher at the Gate." (HO)

  Web: Set up Progress Report journal on mahara

• WEEK 3
  Sept 8 - 13
  • Discuss ES chap 1
  • Assign pre-reading writing and groups for "West Texas"
  • Writing summaries using clear signal phrases
  • Least Heat Moon's "West Texas" Observation assignment
  • ES: Chap 2

• WEEK 4
  Sept 14 - 20
  • Read NFG Literacy Portfolios
  • Assign literacy portfolio reflection writing
  • ES: chap 3 and 4
  • Discuss student choice of literacy narrative in NFG
  • kid's books

• WEEK 5
  Sept 21 - 27
  • Workshop Literacy portfolio
  • ES: Chap 5 and 6
  • Assign literacy narrative
  • Workshop two possible topics for literacy narrative paper

  • ES: Chap 6 and 7
  • Workshop topic and development - paper #1
  Set up page for Literacy Portfolio

• WEEK 6
  Sept 28 - Oct 4
  
  • ES: chap 8 and 9
  • workshop organization - paper #1
  • Read HO vague pronouns and sentence boundaries
  • edit draft paper #1 use NFG and HO
  • Paper #1 DUE - Final draft. No exceptions without prior agreement.

• WEEK 7
  Oct 5 - 11
  
  • Rhetorical analysis overview and video
  • ES: Chap 10 and 11

    Web: Set up collection for Literacy Narrative.

  • Read NFG and Purdue OWL on Annotated Bibliographies
  • Assign Annotated bibliography

• WEEK 8
  Oct 12 - 18
  
  • For discussion: post advertisement from popular press: school paper, local paper, Time, or other magazine.
    No tabloid ads, sales inserts, or internet ads.
  • ES 12 and 13
  • Possible topics from ads

  • Discuss "First Eat All the Lawyers"
  • Choose 3 - 4 music videos

• WEEK 9
  Oct 19 - 25
  
  • ES chap 14 and 15
  • Rhetorical features in first scenes
  • The King's Speech (Tentative)
  • Review "Writing an Essay in Class." NFG

• WEEK 10
  Oct 26 - Nov 1
  
  • ES chap 16
  • Review rhetorical analysis goals and topics
  • Timed essay - rhetorical analysis

  • Assign rhetorical analysis paper
  • ES 17 and 18
  • Workshop topics and development paper #2

• WEEK 11
  Nov 2 - 8
  
  • ES 19 and 20
  • workshop development/ organization
  • Workshop a-bib as needed

• WEEK 12
  Nov 9 - 15
  
  • Editing workshop RA paper
  • ES chap 21 - 22

  • RA paper collection due on mahara. Self-evaluation due in-class Nov 13.

• WEEK 13
  Nov 16 - 22
  
  • ES chap 23 - 24
  • Review key features of textual analysis NFG
  • In-class essay / paper #3 assignment

• WEEK 14
  Nov 23 - 25
  
  • workshop Rough draft ES paper: typed, dbl sp (copy to me)
  • Review portfolio requirements / assign portfolio "letter"

  • Workshop organization ES paper
  • workshop
• Tday

• Week 15
  Nov 30 - Dec 6
  
  • Workshop ES paper (editing, MLA Format)
  • workshop portfolio letter

    ES Paper due Dec 4 on mahara. Self-evaluation due in class.

  • Final editing / E-portfolio checklist
  • Workshop as needed

  • E-Portfolios Due Dec 7 no late portfolios accepted. No exceptions.
  • No Final Exam