English M01C Tentative Schedule

CSUN: English M01C Tentative Schedule

The following tentative schedule includes readings from:

Presence of Others AKA POO
Rules of Thumb AKA ROT

Please check back for changes and updates. Complete all readings by due dates. Summary and responses of POO readings are due within one week of our class discussion for full credit. Readings from ROT are given as background for that week's work.

Last revised May '18

Week 1: (Course content and contracts)
Jan 8 - 10
- Mon: Syllabus/ SWP
- Wed: in-class, timed writing
- Wed: set up interview partners
- Web: set up mahara accounts
Week 2: (Course requirements /Intros)
Jan 15 - 17
- Mon: no class MLK JR
- Wed: Introductions
- Web: Set up profile
Week 3: (Education)
Jan 22 - 24
- Mon: "On Reading and Thinking Critically" POO (1-15).
- Mon: read for discussion intro to Education section POO (47-50)
- Wed: Discuss Newman
- Web: set up journals: reading log and progress reports
  First progress report due.
Week 4 (Education)
Jan 29 - 31
- Mon: Discuss Rose (POO)
- Wed: Discuss student article choice
- Web: Newman S&R due.
Week 5 (Education)
Feb 5 - 7
- Mon: paper assignment heuristics
- Wed: First draft due for workshop
- Web: Rose and choice S&Rs due; set up page for rough draft
Week 6 (revision)
Feb 12 - 14
- Mon: Development /organization workshop paper #1
- Mon: Rubric / self evaluations of in-class essay #1
- Wed: Editing workshop / review MLA format/ proofreading (ROT)
- Web: Education Collection due on mahara
Week 7 (Cultural Myths)
Feb 19 - 21
- Mon: Presidents' day holiday
- Wed: Nominate and choose articles (4) from Cultural Myth section
- Wed: Discuss Pinzon photo essay
Week 8 (Cultural Myths)
Feb 26 - 28
- Mon: Discuss:
  - 1C-A: LeGrain
  - 1C-B: Jefferson
- Wed: Discuss:
  - 1C-A: Brooks
  - 1C-B: Atwood
- Web: Create a page for Pinzon photo essay assignment / PR due
Week 9 (Cultural Myths)
Mar 5 - 7
- Mon: Discuss:
  - Both classes: Kingsolver
- Wed: Discuss
  - Both classes: Coontz
- Web: Pinzon and S&R due
Week 10 (Cultural Myths)
Mar 12 - 14
- Mon: review topics for research / assignment
- Wed: short write - proposal
- Wed: Annotated bibliography assignment -- Branham
- Web: S&R due on journal
Week 11 (Cultural Myths)
Mar 19 - 21
- Mon: workshop research proposal
- Wed: workshop one source for abib
(Spring Break)
Mar 26 - 28
Week 12 (Writing about Science and Literature)
Apr 2 - 4
- Mon: Workshop annotated bib
- Wed: assign This I Believe the original TIB invitation hosted by NPR.
  This I Believe: a Public Dialogue About Belief - One Essay at a Time for more examples.
- Wed: Review research paper assignment
Week 13
Apr 9 - 11
- Mon: Discuss Introduction to Science and Technology in POO (281-284).
- Mon: Discuss Mayr (HO)
- Wed: Novel groups - discuss LeGuin (HO)
- Wed: Workshop research - a-bib or paper
- Web: S&Rs, Progress report
Week 14
Apr 16 - 18
- Mon: Copy of working anno bib to me.
- Mon: Discuss Bishop
- Wed: For the last science article choose Why Science Matters" or one of the other articles from the Science blog contributors on NPR. Summarize and respond.
  It might help to note how most of these writers seem to be doing what Bishop calls for: writing about science, in some cases demystifying science, and some addressing the difference between scientific process and the end product, technology.
- Wed: workshop research paper
- Wed: Review publishing collection on mahara
Week 15
Apr 23 - 25
- Mon: Class cancelled
- Wed: The Matrix
- Web: Research project due on mahara collection
Week 16
April 30 - May 2
- Mon: The Matrix
- Wed: In class essay on novel and The Matrix
- Wed: Paper assignment science / literature
Week 17
May 7 - 9
- Mon: workshop topics and development
- Wed: workshop dev and org
- W: final paper collection due on mahara by May 14. No late papers can be accepted.
Final exam is an in-class essay:
- 1C-A May 14, 11:00 - 12:00
- 1C-B May 16, 11:00 - 12:00