Moorpark English MO2: Tentative Schedule

Moorpark English MO2: Spring 2010 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 11 -13
- Mon: Syllabus / Student Writing Profile/ FAQs /
- Wed: Interviews
- Wed: Timed, in-class writing
Week 2
Jan 18 - 20
- Mon: MLK Holiday
- Wed: Introductions
- Wed: Freewriting
Week 3 (Personal Narrative)
Jan 25 - 27
- Mon: Listing / Least Heat Moon: "West Texas." (HO)
- Mon: Observation assignment.
- Wed: WAA: "The Watcher at the Gates" (18)
Week 4 (Personal Narrative)
Feb 1 - 3
- Mon: ES chap 1
- Mon: writing summaries
- Wed: ES chap 2
- Wed: Paper topics / brainstorming strategies
- Wed: Last day to Drop
Week 5 (Personal Narrative)
Feb 8 - 10
- Mon: ES chap 3
- Mon: Two tentative story topics ( 1 paragraph each) for wkshp
- Wed: ES chap 4
- Wed: First Draft - workshop adding details / topic sheet due
Week 6 (Narrative Revision)
Feb 15 - 17
- Mon: holiday
- Wed: ES chap 5
- Wed: Second Draft - workshop organization
Week 7 (Concepts - Issues)
Feb 22 - 24
- Mon: ES chap 6
- Mon: Third Draft - workshop editing/ MLA format
- Wed: ES chap 7
- Wed: WAA "How Urban Legends Work." (166).
- Wed: Paper #1 due -- all drafts, worksheets and self eval in pocket folder
Week 8 (Concepts - Issues)
Mar 1 - 3
- Mon: WAA "MySpace Nation." (222)
- Mon: ES chap 8
- Wed: Saukko. "How to Poison Earth" HO
- Wed: ES chap 9
Week 9 (Concepts - Issues)
Mar 8 -10
- Mon: ES chap 10
- Mon: WAA: "Getting an Education" chap 11
- Wed: ES chap 11
- Wed: WAA: "Examining Stereotypes" chap 14
Week 10 (Concepts - Issues))
Mar 15 - 17
- Mon: ES 12
- Mon: Choose article from "Men and Women." Chap 12. WAA
- Wed: Discuss your choice of current article from popular press.
- Wed: timed writing
Week 11 (Concept - I-Search)
Mar 22 - 24
- Mon: paper assignment /topics -- sw
- Mon: ES chap 13
- Wed: ES chap 14
- Wed: Workshop topics - draft section i
Spring Break
Mar 29 - 31
Week 12 (I-Search development)
Apr 5 - 7
- Mon: ES chap 15
- Mon: draft anno bib / research
- Wed: ES chap 16
- Wed: Workshop anno bib
Week 13 (I-Search revision)
Apr 12 - 14
- Mon: ES chap 17
- Mon: Workshop: section ii
- Wed: ES chap 18 and 19
- Wed: Workshop: section
Week 14 (Revision)
Apr 19 - 21
- Mon: ES chap 20
- Mon: Workshop paper 2
- Wed: ES chap 21
- Wed: Workshop - final editing draft - paper #2
- Wed: --last day to drop --
Week 15 (Ender's Shadow: Writing about Fiction)
Apr 26 - 28
- Mon: ES chap 22 - 24
- Mon: Final paper #2 due: all drafts, worksheets, self evals in pocket folder
- Wed: In-class essay
Week 16
May 3 - 5
- Mon: Workshop
- Wed: Workshop
Week 17
May 10 - 12
- Mon: Workshop
- Wed: Final paper due: all drafts, worksheets, self eval in a pocket folder. No late papers can be accepted.
- Wed: In-class essay

Last Revised Jan '10