English 102
Important Dates
*All dates subject to change with appropriate notice
January 14: First Day of Classes
February 4: Group Contract
due
February 6: Rough Draft
Essay 1 due
February 11: Journal
Check
February 13: Final Draft
Essay 1 due
February 23: Group Update #1 due
March 9: Group Update #2 due
March 16-20: Spring Break
March 23: Rough Draft Essay 2 due
March 27: Journal Check
March 30: Final Draft Essay 2 due
April 6: Group Update #3 due
April 20: Table of Contents for Group Anthology
due
April 22: Rough Draft Essay #3 due
April 27: Journal Check
April 29: Final Draft Essay #3 due
May 4: Group Anthology Presentations
May: Final Exam--date, time, and location
to be announced
Unit 1
Please note: link by date to your class summaries
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Due in Class |
Scheduled Activity |
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| 1 Jan14 |
Introductions, Class Policies. Assignment: get E-mail, sign up for Caucus |
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| 1 Jan16 |
Read: SG ch. 13 (333) "With Pens Drawn" (class handout) |
Discuss listserv, Caucus, webpages. Generate social issue topics Discuss "With Pens Drawn" |
| 2 Jan19 |
NO CLASS |
Assignment Journal 1--who was Martin Luther King, Jr. Look up ML on the Web. |
| 2 Jan21 |
Read: WRV "Writing as Social Witness" | Service Learning and Literature What is "Service Learning?" What is your issue? Journal 2--Service Learning assignment for another course. Caucus 1 (What does writing have to do with community involvement?) |
| 2 Jan23 |
Read: WRV "Sonny's Blues" (489) "So Much Water So Close to Home" (518) | Groups: identify groups based on common social issue interests. Discuss placements and projects. What is an "anthology?" Begin discussing readings |
| 3 Jan26 |
Read: WRV "Storytelling" (422) "The Man from Mars" (475) |
Discuss readings "Analysis," what is it? Essay #1 Journal 3--preliminary analysis of one of the readings. |
| 3 Jan28 |
Read: SG Ch 14 (351-378) Analysis zero draft | Close readings--example analyses, possible strategies. Reading selection and focus (zero draft) Caucus 2 (Why do we analyze?) |
| 3 Jan30 |
Agency Placement Goal | Discuss strategy for getting agency placement. Why you chose the placement
goal. Group check. |
| 4 Feb2 |
tba |
Reading groups; discuss analysis focus. Journal 4--write about a film, song, or other reading that relates to the reading you have selected to analyze. |
| 4 Feb4 |
Group contract due | Discuss readings and analysis Caucus 3 (Advice to my colleagues about analysis) |
| 4 Feb6 |
Rough draft of Analysis Essay Begin Reading LBD Pages 1-80 |
Peer editing workshop Class analysis essay discussion Initial reactions to LBD |
| 5 Feb9 |
Read LBD 81-141 | Class workshop (Bring your revisions and peer responses); Discuss LBD Journal 5--where are you at with your agency placement? Have you thought about your anthology audience? Caucus 4 (Social issues identifiable in the readings and any connections to your community issues) |
| 5 Feb11 |
Read: LBD 141-186 Journal 1-5 due |
Reading Quiz Paper questions Journal check |
| 5 Feb13 |
Final Draft Essay #1 due (with drafts) | Self-evaluation Discuss process Journal 6: What is an anthology? |
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