Moorpark English MO2: Tentative Schedule

Moorpark English MO2: Spring 2015 Tentative Schedule

The following schedule will change with class needs. Short reading assignments for review from The Norton Field Guide 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.
Last revised Apr 2015

Week 1
Jan 11 - 13
- Mon: Syllabus / Student Writing Profile/ interviews
- Wed: Interviews
- Wed: Timed, in-class writing
Week 2 (Introductions)
Jan 18 - 20
- Mon: MLK Jr. holiday
- Wed: Introductions
Week 3 (Narrative)
Jan 25 - 27
- Mon: "The Watcher at the Gates" (18) PDF version Please freewrite about a time you had writer's block.
- Mon: review freewriting
- Wed: Least Heat Moon: "West Texas." (HO) review listing
- Wed: Observation assignment.
Week 4 (Literacy Narrative)
Feb 1 - 3
- Wed: ES chap 1-2
- Wed: Student choice of literacy narrative from NFG
Week 5 (Literacy Narrative)
Feb 8 - 10
- Mon: ES chap 2-3
- Kid's books
- Mon: share observations
- Wed: literacy portfolio assignment
- Wed: ES chap 4
revised schedule
Week 6 (Narrative Revision)
Feb 15 - 17
- Mon: Presidents' day holiday
- Wed: literacy portfolio group work
- Wed: narrative paper assignment
- Wed: ES chap 5
Week 7 (Revision)
Feb 22 - 24
- Mon: First Draft - workshop adding details / topic sheet due
- Mon: ES chap 6
- Mon: Second Draft - workshop organization
- Wed: review vague pronouns, proofreading tips, MLA format
- Wed: ES chap 7
Week 8 (Scholar and Hearing and Seeing texts)
Feb 29 - Mar 3
- Mon: Third Draft - workshop editing/ MLA format
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- Mon: ES chap 8
- Mon: Rhetoric Video
- Wed: Paper #1 due -- all drafts, worksheets and self eval, published on mahara
Week 9 (Hearing and Seeing Texts)
Mar 7 - 9
- Mon: ES chap 9
- Mon: "How To Poison Earth." (online PDF) Print out, read, and bring to class
- Wed: ES chap 10
- Wed bring advertisement
- choose a music video
Week 10 (Soldier and Hearing and Seeing texts)
Mar 14 - 16
- Mon Read for discussion: Bosch. "First Eat All the Lawyers." NFG 651
- Mon: ES chap 11
- Wed:
- Wed: The King's Speech first scene
- Wed: ES chap 12
Spring Break
Mar 21 - 23
Week 11 (Seeing and Hearing Texts)
Mar 28 - 30
- Mon: ES 13
- Mon:The King's Speech
- Wed: ES 14
- Wed: The King's Speech
Week 12 (Leader and Rhetorical Analysis)
Apr 4 - 6
- Mon: ES chap 15
- Wed: ES chap 16
- Wed: Music videos
Week 13 (Rhetorical Analysis revision)
Apr 11 - 13
- Mon: in-class essay
- Mon: ES chap 17
- Wed: ES chap 18
- Wed: assign paper
Week 14 (Victor and Revision)
Apr 18 - 20
- Mon: ES chap 19
- Wed: Workshop development
- Wed: --last day to drop --
- Wed: ES chap 20
- Wed: Workshop organization
Week 15 (Ender's Shadow: Writing about Fiction)
Apr 25 - 27
- Mon: ES chap 21-22
- Mon: Workshop - final editing draft - paper #2
- Self-evaluation form
- Wed: Final paper #2 due: all drafts, worksheets, self evals in pocket folder
- Wed: ES chaps 23-24
Week 16
May 2 - 4
- Mon: In-class essay
- Wed: Workshop
Week 17
May 9 - 11
- Mon: Workshop
- Wed: Final paper due: all drafts, worksheets, self eval in a pocket folder. No late papers can be accepted.
Finals
- Mon: Final in-class essay

Last Revised Apr '15