Note to Faculty: The following schedule, furnished by Tavya Jackson, has been created on a four essay model. You have the option to move to three essays in ENWR100. If you decide on the latter option, you will need to adjust by building in more conferencing and classwork and perhaps reading and homework assignments. Remove any notes in red if you adopt this syllabus and enter the exact days of your class meetings, either in place of or in addition to the “Class 1 and 2” placeholders. Sample portfolio assignments will be on the webpage before the start of the semester. Note that you will have 28 classes plus a class meeting during the examination period. Make sure to take into account any closures for Thanksgiving and the switch on Dec. 9, designated as a “Wednesday as a Monday.”
ENWR100: Made With Words
Course Schedule
Schedule of Reading & Writing Assignments
_ IMPORTANT _
- This schedule is subject to minor change.
- Page numbers refer to Made with Words (2nd edition) unless otherwise noted. Readings from outside of our anthology or A Pocket Style Manual are all available on Canvas in the appropriate course module.
Unit 1: Educational Experiences
Week 1
Class 1In class: Introduction to ENWR 100. Discuss Frank Bruni’s article, “ College’s Priceless Value: Higher Education, Liberal Arts and Shakespeare” and the summer placement assignment. Freewriting exercise.
HW for next class: Download, print, and read the course syllabus. Read Hunter Rawlings, “College Is not a Commodity. Stop Treating it Like One” (on Canvas: Finally, please bring a hard copy of the essay you wrote over the summer for the placement assignment (about a transformative educational experience).
Week 2
Class 1In class: Review course policies and expectations. Discuss Rawlings. Share summer placement essays in small groups and discuss.
HW for Thursday next class: Read John Holt, “How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading” (53-62). Submit Course Goals assignment on Canvas.
Class 2In class: Discuss Holt. Review section 30, “Avoiding Plagiarism” in A Pocket Style Manual (110-13). Summarizing and paraphrasing exercise using Holt’s article.
Homework for next class: Read Richard Rodriguez, “Achievement of Desire” (173-79). Also read pp. 107-10 in A Pocket Style Manual.
Week 3
Class 1In class: Discuss Rodriguez. Introduce Essay 1 topic and discuss.Review criteria for central claims/theses. Workshop on developing a working claim/question and writing a first draft.
Homework for next class:Essay 1, draft 1. Upload a copy to the appropriate assignment spot on Canvas for instructor feedback before the beginning of class and bring a hard copy to class.
Class 2In class: Workshop on revising and developing a first draft, with a focus on developing and organizing ideas.
Homework for next class: Revision exercise journal using Essay 1 drafts. Also, read section 31 in A Pocket Style Manual (113-21).
Week 4
Class 1In class:Review MLA conventions for incorporating and citing direct quotes in essays. Exercise to practice using quotes effectively with Essay 1 drafts.
Homework for next class: Essay 1, draft 2. Upload a copy to the appropriate assignment spot on Canvas and bring a hard copy to class.
Class 2In class: Workshop on introductions and conclusions. Revision exercise and peer review focusing on introductions and conclusions, using Essay 1 drafts.
Homework for next class: Final draft of Essay 1. Upload to the appropriate assignment spot on Canvas and turn in a hard copy at the beginning of class. Also, read Leticia Salais, “Saying ‘Adios’ to Spanglish” (180-81).
Unit 2: Language and Identity
Week 5
Class 1In class: Final draft of Essay 1 due. Essay 1 post-write. Introduce Unit 2. Discuss Salais.
Homework for next class: Read Robert D. King, “Should English Be the Law?” (81-91). Journal entry on King.
Class 2In class: Debate—Should the United States officially make English its national language? Discuss King and debate outcome.
Homework for next class: Read Caroline Hwang, “The Good Daughter” (63-65) and Tracy Lopez, “Non-Spanish Fluent Latinas: ‘Don’t Judge Us’” (on Canvas). Journal entry on Hwang and Lopez.
Week 6
Class 1In class: Discuss Hwang and Lopez, and share journal entries. Introduce Essay 2 topic and discuss. Brainstorming exercise for Essay 2.
Homework for next class: Essay 2, draft 1. Bring a hard copy to class.
Class 2In class: Lesson on supporting and organizing arguments. Revision exercise using Essay 2 drafts.
Homework for next class: Essay 2, draft 2. Upload a copy to the appropriate assignment spot on Canvas for instructor feedback before the beginning of class and bring a hard copy to class.
Week 7
Class 1In class: Lesson on rhetoric and development/analysis. Revision exercise using Essay 2 drafts.
Homework for next class: Revision journal entry.
Class 2In class: Clarity of prose and editing workshop. Bring A Pocket Style Manual to class.
Homework for next class: Final draft of Essay 2. Turn in as a hard copy at the beginning of class.
Unit 3: Images as Arguments
Week 8
Class 1In class: Final draft of Essay 2 due. Essay 2 post-write. Introduce Unit 3. Look at and discuss sample images as a class and in small groups.
Homework for next class: Read “The Power of Visual Arguments” (on Canvas) and Mary Jo Kane, “Sex Sells Sex, Not Women’s Sports” (on Canvas).
Class 2In class: Discuss “The Power of Visual Arguments” and Kane. Practice analyzing advertisements.
Homework for next class: Read Jib Fowles, “Advertising’s 15 Basic Appeals” (26-43). Journal entry on Fowles and ads.
Week 9
Class 1In class: Discuss Fowles and journal entries. Watch Jean Kilbourne’s Killing Us Softly 4.
Homework for next class: Read Jean Kilbourne, “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt” (on Canvas). Journal entry on Kilbourne.
Class 2In class: Discuss Kilbourne’s article and video.
Homework for next class: Read Neil Postman and Steve Powers, “TV News: All the World in Pictures” (on Canvas). Journal entry on Postman and Powers.
Week 10
Class 1In class: Discuss Postman and Powers. Introduce Essay 3 topic and discuss. Begin working on Essay 3.
Homework for next class: Essay 3, draft 1.
Class 2In class: Peer review of Essay 3 drafts. Revision work on Essay 3.
Homework for next class: Essay 3, draft 2. Upload a copy to the appropriate assignment spot on Canvas for instructor feedback before the beginning of class and bring a hard copy to class.
Week 11
Class 1In class: Revision exercise using Essay 3 drafts.
Homework for next class: Continue working on Essay 3.
Class 2In class: Editing and proofreading workshop using Essay 3 drafts. Bring A Pocket Style Manual to class.
Homework for next class: Final draft of Essay 3. Turn in as a hard copy at the beginning of class.
Unit 4: Risky Language
Week 12
Class 1In class: Essay 3 final draft due. Essay 3 post-write. Introduce Unit 4 and discuss. Listen to George Carlin clip, “Soft Language” and discuss.
Homework for next class: Read Gloria Naylor, “The Meanings of a Word” (139-42) and Beverly Gross, “Bitch” (44-52). Journal entry on Naylor and Gross.
Class 2In class: Discuss Naylor and Gross and share journal entries.
Homework for next class: Read Andi Zeisler, “The B-Word? You Betcha” (225-28) and Lucia Perillo, “Cripple: The Meaning of a Word” (155-59). Journal entry on Zeisler and Perillo.
Week 13
Class 1In class: Discuss Zeisler and Perillo and share journal entries. Introduce Essay 4 topic and discuss. Begin working on Essay 4.
Homework for next class: Essay 4 draft. Upload a copy to the appropriate assignment spot on Canvas for instructor feedback before the beginning of class and bring a hard copy to class.
Thanksgiving holiday—no classes
Week 14
Class 1In class: Revision exercise using Essay 4 drafts.
Homework for next class: Final draft of Essay 4. Turn in as a hard copy at the end of class.
Class 2In class: Work time for polishing Essay 4 final draft, due at the end of class.
Homework for next class: Read assignment for the Final Portfolio and choose at least one of your unit essays to revise for the portfolio. Come to class prepared with whatever questions you have about the portfolio and a copy of one essay you want to use for your Final Portfolio.
Unit 5: The Final Portfolio
Week 15
Class 1In class: Q&A session for the Final Portfolio and ENWR 105. Review essay you’ve chosen for your portfolio and develop a revision plan.
Homework for next class Choose a second essay to revise for your portfolio, and begin working on the reflective “Me as a Writer” essay for the portfolio.
Class 2In class: Review second portfolio essay and develop a revision plan. Individual mini-conferences for portfolios.
Homework for next class: Final Portfolio.
Week 16 (Final Exams)
Class will meet during the designated exam time. The exact place of our final class meeting will be announced closed to the end of the semester. You will be expected to treat this class meeting with the same gravity as you would a final exam. This means that if you have other obligations (work, child-care, travel plans, etc.), you MUST make sure that they do not interfere with your attendance of this class meeting.
Final portfolios, which are submitted in lieu of a final exam for this course, are due at the beginning of the exam period, and must be submitted to me in person, as hard copies. I am unable to accept late or electronic submissions except in the case of a documented emergency. The exam period is considered our final class meeting, and we will be doing an end-of-semester activity during this period, and we will meet for 1 hour.
Faculty: Link to Registrar's calendar to find exam schedule, last days to add/drop and other important information. For the exam period class, most classes will meet in their regular classrooms but some will be assigned a specific time (either the first hour or the second hour of the exam time) and a classroom.