CSUN: English 305cmp 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 24 April 02.
- Week 1: (Course content and contracts)
Jan 31
- Syllabus/ phone/email info
- FAQs / surveys forms / contracts / interviews
- Week 2: (Course requirements /Intros)
Feb 7
- In class timed writing
- Intros
- Week 3: (Education)
Feb 14
- Lab -- class email / online intros and summary responses
- Rubric / self evaluations /signed contracts due
- Discuss hooks (POO)
- Week 4 (Education)
Feb 21
- Lab:
- Discuss Rose (POO)
- Discuss Spayde (POO)
- Week 5 (Invention)
Feb 28
- MOO Discussion: Student choice article
- paper assignment heuristics
- Week 6 (Revision)
Feb March 7
- Lab: Annotated bibs -- Branham
- Development /organization workshop
- Week 7 (Techno Rhetoric)
March 14
- Lab: Setting up web pages (you will need Writing Online and need to be able to use your CSUN account)
- Editing workshop / review MLA format (ROT)
- Week 8 (Writing for the Web)
March 21
- Paper #1 Due in a pocket folder with all drafts and self evaluation sheet
- Lab:
Spring Break
- Week 9 (Technology Bytes)
April 4
- Lab: Discuss student article choice (from popular media)
- Short write
- Discuss Turkle
- Research paper assignment
- Week 10 CLASS CANCELLED
April 11
- Lab: gender bending /Oppenheimer and Samuelson
- Week 11
April 18
- Workshop research paper: Section I&II
- Discuss novels / Workshop Section one
- Lab: Discuss Shelley/ Second annotated Bib
- Week 12
April 25
- Editing Workshop
- In class essay on novels
- Lab: Discuss Bishop
- Week 13 (Writing about Science or Literature)
May 2
- Research paper and 2nd anno bib due online
- Discuss Martin and student choice article (from popular press)
- Paper assignment science / literature
- Week 14
May 9
- Workshop rough draft
- Lab:web page
- Week 15
May 16
- Workshop paper
- Lab: Web page
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