WRITING FOR COLLEGE

T. Introduction to Course | Review Schedule | Workshop: Avoiding Plagiarism (Bring St Martin's Handbook)

Assignment: Reading Response #1. Read several (at least 3) essays from Ch. 13 of They Say, I Say and write a 2 page (typed) response. (For inspiration, consult discussion questions at the end of each essay. Pay particular attention to rhetorical strategies and style)

R. Due: Reading Response #1 | Reading Discussion: They Say, I Say Ch. 13

ANALYZING DRAMA

T. Reading Discussion: All's Well that End's Well (Introductory Material and Act 1)

R. Reading Discussion: All's Well that End's Well (Acts 2 and 3)

(MLK DREAM WEEK: FOR 1% EXTRA CREDIT, ATTEND AN EVENT AND WRITE A 2pp REFLECTION, DUE 1.26)

1.26, 1.28, 1.29

T. Reading Discussion: All's Well that End's Well (Acts 4 and 5)

Assignment: Paper #1: Shakespeare

R. Conference Sign-up | Workshop: Introduction and Thesis Statement (OR ASCOT workshop in MLP and no conferences)

F. ASC Performance of All's Well that End's Well MLP at 7pm (attendance required!)

2.2, 2.4

T. No Regular Class Meeting: Conferences with me in Jackson 313 about Paper #1

R. Due: Paper #1: Shakespeare | Workshop: MLA (Bring St Martin's Handbook)

2.9, 2.11

T. Reading Discussion: They Say, I Say Sections 1 and 2; Do Exercises at the end of each chapter | Review Exercises and turn in

Assignment: Read several (at least 3) essays from Ch. 14 of They Say, I Say and write a 2 page (typed) response. (For inspiration, consult discussion questions at the end of each essay). Incorporate the lessons we have learned thus far into your paper.

R. Due: Reading Response #2 | Reading Discussion: They Say, I Say Ch. 14

MARDI GRAS BREAK FEB 13-FEB 21

2.23, 2.25

T. Reading Discussion: They Say, I Say Section 3; Do Exercises at the end of each chapter | Review Exercises and turn in

R. Discussion: Rhetorical Argument (Handouts from Language of Argument)

3.2, 3.4

ANALYZING ESSAYS

T. Reading Discussion: The Best American Essays (Section 1: Aldrich, McPhee, Sanders)

R. Reading Discussion: The Best American Essays (Section 2: Doyle, Frazier, Updike)

3.9, 3.11

ANALYZING POETRY

T. Workshop: How to Analyze a Poem | Reading Discussion (TBD: poetry packet, Stanley Plumly)

R. NO REGULAR CLASS: PRESIDENT ROWE'S INAUGURATION at 2pm

3.16, 3.18

T. Reading Discussion: Stanley Plumly | Corrington Award Ceremony and Reading (Stanley Plumly) at 7pm in Whited Room (attendance required!)

R. Reading Discussion (TBD: poetry packet, Stanley Plumly)

3.23, 3.25

T. Conference Sign-up

Assignment: Paper #2

R. No Regular Class Meeting: Conferences with me in Jackson 313 about Paper #2

3.30

T. Workshop: Revising Prose (bring draft of Paper #2!)

EASTER RECESS

4.6, 4.8

ANALYZING FICTION

T. Due: Paper #2 (in my office mailbox or under my door by 5pm; 2 drafts: rough/marked and revised using paramedic method) | Workshop: How to Analyze Fiction: Theme, Motif, etc | Reading Discussion: Irving, Hemingway, Faulkner (handouts)

R. Reading Discussion: Erdrich (2), Alexie

T. Reading: Child of My Heart, pp 3-98

R. Reading: Child of My Heart, pp 98-161

4.20, 4.22

T. Conference Sign-up | Reading: Child of My Heart, pp 161-242

Assignment: Paper #3: Child of My Heart

R. No Regular Class Meeting: Conferences with me in Jackson 313 about Paper #4

T. Workshop: Intensive Editing

R. Due: Paper #3: Child of My Heart | Review for Final Exam | Course Evaluations

Tuesday, May 4, 4-7pm