1 Schedule for English 098 Spring 2010 Note: Schedule is subject to change. Please bring your spiral notebook to every class. Whenever there is a reading, be sure to have your book(s) in class. DATE CLASS DESCRIPTION DUE TODAY DO FOR HOMEWORK Week 3 T 2/2 Deepening our analysis of “It’s a Woman’s World”  Sunday Blog  Text the Text: RR 57-68  Journal  Text the text: RR 68-76, 81-85, 86-90 Th 2/4 Poetry as argument? Group work: “It’s a Woman’s World”  Text the text: RR 68-76, 81-85, 86-90  Mini paper on “It’s a Woman’s World.”  Text the text: RR 90-97; 187-191  Find a text you have created or the text you would like to work with for the paper.  Bring grammar handbook to class Week 4 T 2/9 Students writing Guest speaker Negotiating Peer Review  Mini paper on “It’s a Woman’s World” due  Text the text: RR 90-97; 187-191  Bring a “text” to class  Bring grammar handbook to class  Mini paper #2  Text the text: New Voices 73-75, 82-84  Text the text: Handouts  Bring grammar handbook to class Th 2/11 Students writing Negotiating Peer Review  Mini paper #2  Text the text: New Voices 73-75, 82-84  Text the text: Handout  Bring grammar handbook to class  Sunday Blog  Draft paper 1 Week 5 T 2/16 Peer Review  Sunday Blog  Bring draft(s) of paper 1 to class  Work on paper #1  Text the text handout  Begin reading novel (1-102) Th 2/18 Begin novel  Text the text handout  Quiz #1 on novel (1-102)  Paper 1 due  Cont. reading novel Week 6 T 2/23 Discussion of novel Paper #1 due. Cont. reading novel (103-230) Th 2/25 Discussion of novel Quiz #2 on novel (103-230)  Sunday Blog  Cont. reading novel Week 7 T 3/2 Discussion of novel  Sunday Blog  Finish novel (230-329) Th 3/4 Discussion of novel Quiz #3 on novel (230-329)  Sunday Blog  Text the text: Rules of Thumb Week 8 T 3/9 Wrap-up discussion of novel Preparing for timed writing Sunday Blog  Buy green book for in-class essay2 Th 3/11 In-class essay #1  Blue book  Sunday Blog  Text the text: New Voices 51-53; 54-56; 57-59 Week 9 T 3/16 Return in-class essays  Sunday Blog  Text the text: New Voices 51-53; 54-56; 57-59  Work on drafting paper #2 Th 3/18 Optional conference day Drafting paper #2 Optional conference day  Sunday Blog  Prepare paper #2 draft Week 10 T 3/23 Peer review  Sunday Blog  Bring draft(s) for group  Finish paper #2 Th 3/25 Literacy Narrative Paper #2 due  Sunday Blog  Complete Literacy Portfolio Week 11 T 3/30 Sharing research/investigating literacy  Sunday Blog  Literacy portfolio due  Text the text: Literacy narrative handouts  Text the text: RR 107-116 Th 4/1 Investigating literacy cont.  Text the text: Literacy narrative handouts  Text the text: RR 107-116  Complete interviews  Craft interviews into mini paper  Text the text: New Voices 11-13; 27-28; 29-30 4/5 - 4/8 BREAK * BREAK * BREAK BREAK * BREAK * BREAK BREAK * BREAK * BREAK Week 12 T 4/13 Interview group work  Interviews  Mini paper  Text the text: New Voices 11-13; 27-28; 29-30  Prepare draft for paper #3 Th 4/15 Peer Review Bring draft(s) for group  Finish paper #3  Buy green book Week 13 T 4/20 In-class essay #3  Paper #3 due  Bring blue book Begin revising your papers for the portfolio Th 4/22 Furlough: No class—optional conferences Furlough: No class—optional conferences  Sunday Blog  Text the text: New Voices 3-8  Text the text: handout Week 14 T 4/27 Preparing the portfolio preface  Sunday Blog  Text the text: New Voices 3-8  Text the text: handout  Draft your portfolio preface Th 4/29 Portfolio preface peer review Bring draft(s) for group  Sunday Blog  REVISE YOUR PAPERS FOR THE PORTFOLIO!!!!!  PUT YOUR PORTFOLIO TOGETHER!!!!! Week 15 T 5/4 Last day of class  Sunday Blog  PORTFOLIO DUE IN CLASS!!!!3 TH 5/6 No class No class Good luck on finals! Finals Week Pick up portfolio Tuesday 5/11 from 2-4 in ST