Moorpark: English 1C Tentative Schedule
The following tentative schedule includes readings from all three texts:
- Presence of Others AKA POO
- Rules of Thumb AKA ROT
- Writing Online AKA WO
Please check back for changes and updates. Complete all readings by due dates. Summary and responses (online journal) of POO readings are due online before the day we are to discuss the reading in class. Readings from ROT and WO are given as background for that week's work.
Last revised 7 April 02.
- Week 1: (Course content and contracts)
- Mon 1/7 Syllabus/ phone/email info
- Wed 1/9 FAQs / surveys forms / contracts / interviews
- Fri 1/11 In class timed writing
- Week 2: (Course requirements /Intros)
- Mon 1/14 Intros
- Wed 1/16 Rubric / self evaluations /intros / signed contracts due
- Fri 1/18 Lab -- (add deadline) / class mailing list
- Week 3: (Education)
- Mon 1/21 MLK Holiday
- Wed 1/23 Discuss hooks (POO)
- Fri 1/25 Lab -- setting up personal spaces / descriptive writing
- Week 4 (Education)
- Mon 1/28: Discuss Rose (POO)
- Wed 1/30: Discuss Spayde (POO)
- Fri 2/1: Lab: MOO Discussion: Student choice article
(Last day to drop w/out a W)
- Week 5 (Invention)
- Mon 2/4: paper assignment heuristics
- Wed 2/6: Rough draft
- Fri 2/8: Lab -- Treasure hunt
- Week 6 (Revision)
- Mon 2/11: Development /organization workshop
- Wed 2/13: Editing workshop
- Fri 2/15: Holiday
- Week 7 (Techno Rhetoric)
- Mon 2/18: Holiday
- Wed 2/20: Paper #1 Due /
- Fri 2/22: lab: Annotated bibs -- Branham
- Week 8 (Writing goes digital)
- Mon 2/25: Anno bibs and fiction assignment
- Wed: 2/27: Turkle (POO)
- Fri: 3/1 : Lab -- Small groups (fiction)
- Week 9 ()
- Mon 3/4: Samuelson
- Wed 3/6: Oppenheimer
- Fri 3/8: Lab -- Student choice article
- Week 10 ()
- Mon 3/11: In Class Timed Writing
- Wed 3/13: I search paper assignment
- Fri 3/15: Lab -- Web Project: Writing for the net: making and reading notes.
- Week 11
Mon 3/18: Section one workshop
- Wed 3/20: novel groups
- Fri 3/29: No Classes
Spring Break March 25-31
- Week 12
- Mon 4/1: Workshop first draft: Section I
- Wed 4/3: Workshop Section I, Topic Sheets
- Fri 4/5: Lab: 2nd Annotated Bib w/exits
- Week 13
- Mon 4/8: Workshop I search
- Wed 4/10: Timed Writing
- Fri 4/12: Lab -- Anno bibs and web projects
- Week 14
- Mon 4/15: section II -- in progress / web project
- Wed 4/17: Shelley's "Frankenstein"
- Fri 4/19: Lab -- Web Projects
- Week 15
- Mon 4/22: Bishop
- Wed 4/24: I-Search paper due / discuss Martin / paper assignment
- Fri 4/26: Lab: Student Choice article from popular press IE Time, Newsweek, newspaper
- Week 16
- Mon 4/29: Workshop rough draft
- Wed: 5/1: Workshop draft
- Fri: 5/3: Lab -- Web projects
- Week 17
- Mon 5/6: Editing Workshop paper 3
- Wed: 5/8: Final in-class timed writing
- Finals
- Wed: May 15 -- 8-10 ?
Drop off final paper 7:00 -9:00 am
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