English 113B Tentative Schedule Spring 2019

English 113-B Tentative Schedule

The following tentative schedule includes readings from:

Sustainability AKA SUS
Norton Filed Guide AKA NFG

Please check back for changes and updates. Complete all readings by due dates. Summary and responses of SUS readings are due online within one week of our class discussion for full credit. Readings from NFG are given as background for that week's work. "Web" designations each week below indicate what work should be completed online.

Last revised Jan 2019

Week 1: (Course content and contracts)
Jan 22 - 24
- T: Syllabus/ SWP
- T: group interview partners
- TH: in-class timed-writing
- TH: review instructions for online work
- Web: set up mahara accounts - profile page (HO)
Week 2: (Course requirements /Intros)
Jan 29 - 31
- T: Introductions
- TH: review instructions for online work - troubleshooting problems
- TH: read preface from SUS
- Web: Set up Journal for progress reports
Week 3: (Sustainability)
Feb 5 - 7
- T: Watch and discuss "The Story of Stuff" video by Annie Leonard
- T: Review expectations for footprint assignment
- TH: Discuss Rachel Carson's "Obligation to Endure" from Silent Spring. (SUS)
- Web: Set up mahara page for footprint assignment (HO)
Week 4 (Sustainability)
Feb 12 - 14
- T: Discuss Suzuki "The Sacred Balance" (HO available on mahara)
- TH: Discuss Diamond. "World as a Polder" (SUS)
- TH: workshop footprint (vague pronouns)
- Web:
Week 5 (position paper)
Feb 19 - 21
- T: Watch and discuss Agnes Varda's "The Gleaners and I" (video)
- Th: Discuss student choice article
- Th: Discuss topics for research
- Web:
Week 6
Feb 26 - 28
- T: in-class essay proposal
- T: Rubric (HO) / self evaluations of in-class essay #1
- Th: Assign Annotated biblioggraphy
- Workshop proposal
- Web: set up page for research proposal
Week 7 (research)
March 5 - 7
- T: Workshop Abib (source 1)
- T: Planning groups
- TH: Assign Field report / review
- TH: Workshop abib (source 2)
- Web: PR Student choice S&R due / publish footprint
Week 8
March 12 - 14
- T: workshop abib (source 3)
- T: Discuss Shipbreaker (characters / plotline)
- TH: Print out, read, bring to class to discuss Le Guin / genre features of science fiction
- TH: workshop abib (source 4)
- Web: set up research project collection and publish proposal in collection
Spring Break March 18 - 24
Week 9
Mar 26 - 28
- T: research paper assignment
- T: Discuss Mantsios (HO)
- T: SI research workshop as needed
- Timed writing on Shipbreaker
- Web:
Week 10
April 2 - 4
- T: Assign Textual analysis paper (SB)
- T: Development /organization workshop paper
- workshop topic and development - draft sci-fi paper
- TH 1st draft workshop SB
- Web:
Week 11
April 9 - 11
- T: Editing workshop / review MLA format/ proofreading (ROT)
- FULL RESEARCH COLLECTION DUE
- TH: bring 1st timed writing on social media
- TH: Discuss Pariser- Watch video in class
Week 12
April 16 - 18
- T: Discuss Rhetberg Weblogs: Learning in Public Print out, read and bring to class.
- Web: Novel collection due 4/16
- TH: Discuss Bruckman The Next Bison: Social Computing and Culture Choose one of the blog posts that focuses on technology and culture; print out, read, and bring to class.
- Mon: discuss topics for analysis paper
- Web: set up collection for SB
Week 13
Apr 23 - 25
- T: in-class writing
- TH: Workshop org/dev
- Web:
Week 14
Apr 30 - May 2
- T: Workshop
- TH: workshop
Week 15
May 7 - 9
- T: Workshop
- TH: Workshop
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