Moorpark English MO2: Spring 2007 Tentative Schedule
The following schedule will change with class needs. Reading assignments
from We Are America 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.
Week 1
Jan 8 - 10
Mon: Syllabus / Student Writing Profile/ FAQs /
Wed: Interviews/ Timed in class writing
Week 3 (Personal Narrative -- telling stories that matter)
Jan 22 - 24
Mon: kid's books / Freewriting
Wed: Listing / Least Heat Moon (HO) (using place and scene)
Week 4 (Personal Narrative -- Using scene and metaphor
Jan 29 - 31
Mon: ES chap 1
Wed: ES chap 2 / Writing summaries -- Last day to Drop
Week 5 (Personal Narrative -- Using symbols)
Feb 5 - 7
Mon: ES chap 3 /
Wed: ES chap 4 /
Week 6 (Revision)
Feb 12 - 14
Mon: Mon: Paper topics / brainstorming strategies
Wed: ES chap 5 + 6 / First Draft - workshop adding details (ROT 61-71)
Week 7 (Revision)
Feb 19 - 21
Mon: Holiday
Wed: ES chap 7 / Second Draft - workshop organization (ROT 72-79)
Week 8 (Concepts)
Feb 26 - 28
Mon: ES chap 8 / Third Draft - workshop editing/ MLA (ROT 80-81)
Wed: ES chap 9 / WAA: "The Work Place" section/ Paper # 1 DUE /
Week 9 (Concepts)
Mar 5 - 7
Mon: ES chap 10/ WAA: "Examining Stereotypes" section
Wed: Class cancelled - check due dates on schedule and reading list.
Week 10 (Concepts)
Mar 12 - 14
Mon: ES chap 11/ WAA: select your choice article from
"Against Injustice"
section
Mon: S+R's from Working and Stereotype articles due
Wed: ES chap 12-13 / Baca. "So Mexicans are Taking Jobs from Americans."
HO
Week 11 (Concepts)
Mar 19 - 21
Mon: In class, Timed Writing (ROT 88-90)
Wed: paper assignment /topics -- sw
ES chap 14
Week 12 (I-Search)
Mar 26 - 28
Mon: ES chap 15/ draft section one
Wed: ES chap 16 / Workshop anno bib
Spring Break
Apr 2 - 6
Week 13 (I-Search)
Apr 9 - 11
Mon: ES chap 17 / Workshop: anno bib
Wed: ES chap 18 / Workshop: section two
Week 14 (Revision)
Apr 16 - 18
Mon: ES chap 19 / workshop paper 2
Wed: ES chap 20 / workshop -- last day to drop --
Week 15 (Ender's Shadow: Writing about Fiction)
Apr 23 - 25
Mon: ES chap 21 -22 / workshop final editing draft paper #2
Wed: ES chap 23- 24 / Final paper #2 due: all drafts, worksheets, self
evals
in pocket folder
Week 16
April 30 - May 2
Mon: In class essay
Wed: workshop
Week 17
May 7 - 9
Mon: Workshop
Wed: Workshop: 10:00 am class cancelled
Final paper due on the day of the final exam