Please Note: All dates and assignments are subject to change. You will be informed of every change, and it would be wise to mark your syllabus accordingly. If we have a major change in the schedule, I will provide a revised syllabus.
In Class: Introduction to English 106R
To Read: Policy statement
To Write: Sign and date policy statement
To Turn In: Signed Policy Statement
In Class: Writing Sample/Technology Intro
To Read: "This Isn't What We Did in High School" (McDonald); "Shitty First Drafts" (Lamott)
In Class: Discuss readings, process model
To Read: "I Just Wanna Be Average" (Rose)
No conferences this week!
In Class: Discuss readings, high school experiences with education & writing
To Read: "The Achievement of Desire" (Rodriguez); "The Banking Concept of Education" (Freire)
In Class: Discuss literacy & educational responsibility
To Write: Reading Response #1
To Turn In: Reading Response #1
In Class: Discuss Project #1; introduce rhetorical strategies
To Read: "Questioning" and "Three Perspectives"
Discuss writing samples, readings from this week
In Class: Discuss and write Questioning and Three Perspectives strategies
To Write: Questioning and Three Perspectives Strategies
To Read: "Focusing Strategies"
To Turn In: Questioning and Three Perspectives Strategies
In Class: Discuss and Write Focusing Strategies
To Read: "Reader/Writer Strategies" and "Genre Strategies"
To Turn In: Focusing Strategies
In Class: Discuss and Write Reader/Writer Strategies and Genre Strategies
To Write: Reader/Writer Strategies and Genre Strategies
Discuss Strategies and project ideas
To Turn In: Reader/Writer Strategies and Genre Strategies
In Class: Discuss topics, genres, and strategies for project proposal
To Write: Project #1 Proposal
To Turn In: Project #1 Proposal
To Read: "Responding Guides"
Check It: Spike Lee speaking at 7 p.m. tonight at Loeb Playhouse. No tickets--get there early to get a seat! Sponsored by Purdue's Black Cultural Center.
In Class: Develop class responding guides for Peer Review
To Write: First Draft of Project #1
To Turn In: First Draft Project #1
In Class: Peer Review
To Read: "The Sandbox Experiment" (Sacks)
In Class: Discuss "The Sandbox Experiment"; discuss teacher/student perceptions
To Read: "Why Am I in College?" (Garrison)
In Class: Discuss "Why Am I in College?"; revisiting writing samples from beginning of the semester
To Read: "The, Like, Downfall of the English Language" (Andrews), "Student's Rights to Their Own Language" (CCCC) and "Should English Be the Law?" (King)
In Class: Discuss readings and language issues in academia
To Read: "Conversational Ballgames"
In Class: Discuss academic literacy and academic discourse conventions
In Class: Discuss academic research conventions
To Write: Reading Response #2
To Turn In: Reading Response #2
In Class: Introduce Project #2; brainstorm areas of possibility for Project #2
To Write: Complete Questioning, Three Perspectives, Focusing, Reader/Writer, and Genre Strategies for Thursday, October 13*
*Although we won't be having class for nearly a week, I encourage you to complete these strategies before the night before they're due. Take advantage of the free class time to meet with your classmates to discuss your ideas, or take your strategies to the Writing Lab to talk through your ideas with a consultant as you are working on them. Do not wait until the last minute!
No Class-Amy @ conference
No Class-Amy @ conference
No Class-Fall Break
To Turn In: Questioning, Three Perspectives, Focusing, Reader/Writer, and Genre Strategies
In Class: Workshop strategies for Project #2
In Class: Continue workshopping strategies
To Write: Project #2 Proposal
Check It: One act play, English Only, is showing 7 p.m. tonight in Fowler Hall. The play discusses biculturalism and bilingualism, a topic we've convered in class. Sponsored by Purdue's Black Cultural Center.
No conferences this week
To Turn In: Project #2 Proposal
Discuss Drafting Strategies for Project #2
Develop class responding guides for Peer Review; Drafting time for Project #2
To Write: Complete first draft Project #2
To Turn In: Draft of Project #2
In Class: Peer Review
To Read: "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack"
Discuss Project #2 plans
In Class: Discuss readings/race issues
To Read: "Affirmative Action and the Dilemma of the 'Qualified'"
In Class: Discuss race/affirmative action
To Read: "Blinded by the White..."
In Class: Discuss race/media
To Read: "White-Collar Man..."
Discuss revision plans for Project #2
In Class: Discuss class/race
To Write: Reading Response #3
To Turn In: Reading Response #3
In Class: Brainstorming ideas for Project #3
To Write: Questioning and Three Perspectives Strategies
To Turn In: Questioning and Three Perspectives Strategies
In Class: Workshop strategies
To Write: Focusing Strategy, Reader/Writer, and Genre Strategies
Discuss readings and ideas for Project #3
To Turn In: Focusing Strategy
To Write: Reader/Writer and Genre Strategies
To Turn In: Reader/Writer and Genre Strategies
In Class: Discuss Annotated Bibliography assignment; Research time for Project #3 Annotated Bibliography
To Write: Complete Project #3 Annotated Bibliography
No Class
Finding a focus for Project #3
To Turn In: Project #3 Annotated Bibliography
In Class: Discuss strategies for revision; Develop class responding guides for Peer Review
In Class: Drafting Time for Project #3
To Write: First Draft Project #3
To Turn In: First Draft Project #3
In Class: Peer Review
Discuss revision plans/electronic portfolio expectations
In Class: Work on revisions for Projects #1-#3
No Class-Thanksgiving Break
To Turn In: Final Revisions for Projects #1-#3
For the rest of the semester, we will meet in a computer lab to give you time to develop an electronic portfolio for the three projects you have completed this semester.
On Tuesdays and Fridays (our usual classroom days) we will meet in BRNG B282.
On Thursdays, we will continue to meet in our regular computer classroom--ENAD 130.
On Mondays and Wednesdays, we will continue to have conferences in our regularly scheduled locations.
Research and Final Portfolios due by 12 noon in HEAV 303E.