1 Schedule for English 098 SPRING 2009 Note: Schedule subject to change. For example, I will often add informal assignments that do not currently appear on the syllabus. Please bring your spiral notebook to every class. Whenever there is a reading, be sure to have your book(s) in class. WEEK/DATE CLASS/TOPICS HOMEWORK Week 1 W 1/21 F 1/23 First day of class Intro to the rhetorical triangle Welcome!  In your journal, describe a positive and negative learning experience. What contributed to your feelings about each experience?  Email me so I can add you to our class blog. Week 2 M 1/26 W 1/28 F 1/30 Ch 1: ―Rhetoric in Our Lives‖ What is ―Texting the text‖? Rhetorical analysis of music Intro to the modified rhetorical triangle Ch 1 cont: ―Modifying the Basic Rhetorical Triangle‖ Begin work with ―It’s a Woman’s World‖  Book selection due.  Text the text: Everyday Use 2-14.  Syllabus scavenger hunt due.  Text the text: Everyday Use 15-21 Week 3 M 2/2 W 2/4 F 2/6 Ch 3: ―Arrangement‖ Group work: ―It’s a Woman’s World‖ Group work: ―It’s a Woman’s World‖ Rhetorical analysis of our own work  Text the text: Everyday Use 58-60  Mini paper on ―It’s a Woman’s World‖ due.  Bring to class a text you have created. Week 4 M 2/9 W 2/11 F 2/13 Ch 4: ―Rhetoric and the Writer‖ Cont. analysis of our own work Assign paper #1 Student writing MLA workshop  Text the text: Everyday Use 100-111  Mini paper on analysis of your own text due.  Text the text: New Voices 75-77  Bring Everyday Writer (grammar handbook) to class Week 5 M 2/16 W 2/18 F 2/20 Peer Review Preparation Peer Review Ch 7: ―Rhetoric and Narrative‖ Discussion of novel  Bring enough copies of Paper #1for your group (4-5 copies), 2 pages minimum. (The more complete your paper is, the better peer review will be.)  Bring 2 copies of typed responses to peers’ papers (should have 8-10 pieces of paper depending on how many in your group)  Text the text: Everyday Use 192-203  Bring novel to class Week 6 M 2/23 W 2/25 Ch 7: ―Rhetoric and Narrative‖ Discussion of novel Discussion of novel  Paper #1 due.  Text the text: Everyday Use 204-218  Bring novel to class2 F 2/27 Discussion of novel  Bring novel to class Week 7 M 3/2 W 3/4 F 3/6 Discussion of novel Discussion of novel Discussion of novel  Bring novel to class  Bring novel to class  Bring novel to class Week 8 M 3/9 W 3/11 F 3/13 Preparing to write an in-class essay No class No class  Bring novel to class  Practice brainstorming  Practice brainstorming Week 9 M 3/16 W 3/18 F 3/20 In-class #1 Student writing Peer Review Preparation  Bring blue book to class  Bring novel to class  Text the text: New Voices 59-61; 71-74; 65-67; 62-64  Bring enough copies of Paper #2for your group (4-5 copies), 2 pages minimum. (The more complete your paper is, the better peer review will be.) Week 10 M 3/23 W 3/25 F 3/27 Peer Review Optional Conferences—No Class Intro to Literacy Portfolios  Bring 2 copies of typed responses to peers’ papers (should have 8-10 pieces of paper depending on how many in your group)  Optional Conferences—No Class  Paper #2 Due Week 11 M 3/30 W 4/1 F 4/3 Ch 6: ―Reading and Writing‖ Literacy narratives Ch 6 cont.: ―Reading and Writing‖ Literacy narratives Group Work: Sharing Literacy Portfolios Preparing for interviews  Text the text: Everyday Use 154-163  Text the text: handout  Text the text: Everyday Use 163-173  Text the text: handout  Literacy Portfolios due in class  Read Everyday Writer 154 4/6 – 4/10 SPRING BREAK SPRING BREAK Week 12 M 4/13 W 4/15 F 4/17 Group Work: Sharing data from interviews Student Writing MLA  Type up interviews and bring to class  Text the Text: New Voices 22-23; 13-17; 30-33  Bring Everyday Writer (grammar handbook) to class Week 13 M 4/20 W 4/22 Peer Review Preparation Peer Review  Bring enough copies of Paper #3for your group (4-5 copies), 2 pages minimum. (The more complete your paper is, the better peer review will be.)  Bring 2 copies of typed responses to peers’ papers3 F 4/24 Optional Conferences—No Class Optional Conferences—No Class Week 14 M 4/27 W 4/29 F 5/1 In-class Essay #2 Portfolio Preface Portfolio Preface Workshop  Paper #3 Due  Bring blue book to class  Text the text: Handout  Text the text: New Voices 3-9  Bring 4-5 copies of portfolio preface to class (enough for group)  Week 15 M 5/4 W 5/6 F 5/8 PORTFOLIO DUE IN CLASS NO CLASS Pick up portfolios from 9:30-12:30in ST507 PORTFOLIO DUE IN CLASS NO CLASS Pick up portfolios from 9:30-12:30 in ST507 Finals Week No class. Good luck on finals!!! No class. Good luck on