English 113-A Reading List and Tentative Schedule

This schedule is tentative. Individual readings and due dates may change, so check back here often.

Last revised Jan '19

• WEEK 1 (Course paperwork)
  Jan 22 - 24
  
  • T: Review Syllabus and class materials
  • T: meet your SI

  • TH: In - class, Timed Writing
  • TH: Introduction assignment
  • SI: interviews for introductions
  Web: Register for mahara account

• WEEK 2
  Jan 29 - 31
  
  • T: Student Writing Profile Due
  • T: Introductions: read in class, then post to forum
  • T: SI practice freewriting and pre-reading writing

  • TH: Print out "journal" assignment and place in composition book
  • TH: Review journal writing
  • TH: SI: practice pre-reading writing for "Watcher at the Gate" and Ender's Shadow

  Web: Set up Progress Report journal on mahara

• WEEK 3
  Feb 5 - 7
  • T: Discuss Godwin. "Watcher at the Gate." (HO)
  • T: Discuss ES chap 1
  • T: Assign pre-reading writing and groups for "West Texas"
  • T: SI Writing summaries using clear signal phrases

  • T: Least Heat Moon's "West Texas" Observation assignment
  • TH: SI ES: Chap 2

• WEEK 4
  Feb 12 - 14
  • T: Assign literacy portfolio reflection writing
  • T: ES: chap 3
  • T: SI Discuss student choice of literacy narrative in NFG

  • TH Share Literacy portfolio
  • TH: ES: chap 4
  • T: SI bring kid's books

• WEEK 5
  Feb 19 - 21
  • T: ES: Chap 5
  • TH: Assign literacy narrative
  • T: SI Workshop two possible topics for literacy narrative paper

  • TH: ES: Chap 6
  • TH: Workshop topic and development - paper #1
  • TH: SI workshop
  Set up page for Literacy Portfolio

• WEEK 6
  Feb 26 -28
  
  • T: ES: chap 7 - 8
  • T: workshop organization - paper #1

  • TH: ES chap 9
  • T: edit draft paper #1 -- bring NFG and hi-liters
  • TH: SI workshop vague pronouns and sentence boundaries

• WEEK 7
  March 5 - 7
  
  • T: Paper #1 DUE - Final draft. No exceptions without prior agreement.
  • T: Assign Annotated bibliography
  • T: ES: Chap 10

    Web: Set up collection for Literacy Narrative.

  • TH: ES chap 11
  • TH: Rhetorical analysis overview and video
  • TH: SI practice using rhetorical appeals; bring Waves

• WEEK 8
  March 12 - 14
  
  • For discussion, bring an advertisement from popular press: school paper, local paper, Time, or other magazine.
    Do not bring tabloid ads, sales inserts, or internet ads.
  • T: ES 12
  • T: SI: Possible topics from ads

  • TH: Discuss "First Eat All the Lawyers"
  • TH: ES 13
  • TH: SI: Discuss 3 - 4 music videos

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  SPRING BREAK March 18 - 24

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• Week 9
  Mar 26 - 28
  
  • T: ES chap 14
  • T: Rhetorical features in first scenes
  • T: The King's Speech

  • TH: The King's Speech
  • TH: ES chap 15
  • TH: Review "Writing an Essay in Class." NFG

• WEEK 10
  April 3 - 5
  
  • T: ES chap 16
  • T: Review rhetorical analysis goals and topics
  • T: SI: in-class essay

  • TH: Assign rhetorical analysis paper
  • TH: ES 17
  • TH: SI: Workshop topics and development paper #2

• WEEK 11
  April 9 - 11
  
  • T: Workshop org and dev
  • T: ES 18
  • T: SI workshop paper / a-bib as needed

  • TH: workshop development/ organization
  • TH: SI workshop paper / a-bib as needed
  • TH: ES 19

• WEEK 12
  April 16 - 18
  
  • T: Editing workshop RA paper
  • T: ES chap 20 - 21
  • T: SI workshop a-bib One full resource

  • RA paper collection due on mahara. Self-evaluation due in-class Nov 13.

  • TH: ES chap 22 - 24
  • TH: Review key features of textual analysis NFG
  • TH SI workshop a-bib

• WEEK 13
  April 23 - 25
  
  • T: In-class essay / paper #3 assignment
  • T SI: topic workshop

  • TH:

• WEEK 14
  April 30 - May 2
  
  • T: workshop Rough draft ES paper: typed, dbl sp (copy to me)
  • T: Review portfolio requirements / assign portfolio "letter"

  • TH: Workshop organization ES paper
  • TH: SI workshop

• Week 15
  May 7 - 9
  
  • T: Workshop ES paper (editing, MLA Format)
  • T: SI: workshop portfolio letter

    ES Paper due May 7 on mahara. Self-evaluation due in class.

  • TH: Final editing / E-portfolio checklist
  • TH: SI Workshop as needed

  • E-Portfolios Due May no late portfolios accepted. No exceptions.
  • No Final Exam