COURSE SCHEDULE
Updated September 30, 2011 (Updates marked in yellow)
Unless otherwise noted, all assignments (marked in bold) are due at 11:59 p.m. PST on the day they are due. (Sometimes, ANGEL‘s date and time stamp is not set to Pacific Time, so I trust you to manage your own time!) To begin your work for the week, locate your weekly list of tasks in the appropriately numbered Week Folder (“Week 1,” “Week 2,” “Week 3,” etc.) in the Lessons Tab of the course website. Please begin your week‘s discussion forum participation after having completed the week‘s reading. The schedule is a tentative guide of what we will do each week. Follow the tasklist in each week’s folder for up-to-date, complete information about what to do each week.
Week 1 Highlights: Monday, Sept. 26– Sunday, Oct. 2
Due Tuesday, Sept. 27th by 11:59 p.m. PST
Reading: Print out and read syllabus. Read “How to Write a Discussion Post”
Writing: Short Discussion Post 1 (12 points)– Introductions
Due by Wednesday, Sept. 28th by 11:59 p.m. PST
Writing: DP 1 Response (8 pts). Respond to at least 2 other students.
Due Thursday, September 29th by 11:59 p.m.
Reading: John Trimble, “Thinking Well,” (Writing with Style 2-11). Read Essay 1 Assignment and Rubric, “Narrative Analysis: Personal Revolutions.” Post any questions or concerns to the Coffee Shop Forum. Watch “Revolutions” YouTube video.
Writing: Complete DP 2 (12 points)
Due Sunday, Oct. 2 by 11:59 p.m.
Reading: Read “Time Management Strategies” handout. Read “Personal Revolutions” essays from 50 Essays: Intro for Students (1-10); Sherman Alexie, “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” (50 Essays 15-19); Langston Hughes, “Salvation” (50E 179-181).
Writing: DP 2 Response (12 pts). Respond to at least 2 other students.
Week 2 Highlights: Monday, Oct. 3-Sunday, Oct. 10:
Due Tuesday, Oct. 4, by 11:59 p.m.
Reading: Gloria Anzaldua, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” (50E 33-45). Read handout on “Reading for Analysis”
Writing: DP 3
Due Wednesday, Oct. 5, by 11:59 p.m.
Reading: Trimble, “Getting Launched,” (WS 12-22).
Writing: HW 1 (Focused Freewrite and Response) *Dropbox closes Oct. 5, 11:59 p.m.*
You will need to read both Trimble and the handout in order to do the homework. Please budget at least 2 hours for the Focused Freewrite and Response.
Due Thursday, Oct. 6 by 11:59 p.m.
Writing: DP 3 Response. Respond to at least 2 other students.
Due Friday, Oct. 7 by 11:59 p.m.
Reading: Trimble “Openers” (WS 23-28)
Writing: DP 4
Due by Sunday, Oct. 9, 11:59 p.m.
Reading: Trimble, “Middles,” (WS 29-43)
Writing: DP 4 Response. Respond to at least 2 other students.
Week 3 Highlights: Monday, Oct. 10- Sunday, Oct. 16
Due Tuesday, Oct. 11, by 11:59 p.m.
Reading: Trimble, “Quoting” (WS 147-162)
Writing: DP 5
Due Wednesday, Oct. 12 by 11: 59 p.m.
Writing: HW 2 (Finding the Argument: Freewrite and Response)
Due Thursday, Oct. 13 by 11:59 p.m.
Writing: DP 5 Response. Respond to at least 2 other students.
Due Sunday, Oct. 16 by 11:59 p.m.
**Submit the Rough Draft of Essay 1 to the Rough Draft Dropbox**
Read Examples of Peer Review Responses
Week 4 Highlights: Mon., Oct. 17– Sun., Oct. 23
Monday, Oct. 17, 9:00 am –Wednesday, Oct. 19, 5:00 pm
Peer Review Groups Open for Narrative Analysis Essays
Write 2 peer review letters to people in your group. Read “Peer Review Instructions” for more details.
Due Thursday, Oct. 20 by 11:59 p.m.
Reading: Read Trimble, “Closers” (44-47) and “Revising” (117-118)
Writing: HW 3 (Revision Exercise #1: Thesis and Bridge Sentences, Self-Reflection and Revision Plan)
***Analysis Essay due Monday, Oct. 24 by 11:59 PST***
Week 5 Highlights: Mon, Oct. 24-Sun. Oct. 30
Due Monday, Oct. 24 by 11:59 PST
Analysis Essay, Final Draft. Upload the final draft to the Essay 1 Final Draft Dropbox
Due Wednesday, Oct. 26 by 11:59 PST
Reading: Read Assignment Essay 2: Personal Revolutions. Read additional Personal Essays in 50 Essays: Fredrick Douglass, “Learning to Read and Write” (50E 12-136); Nancy Mairs, “On Being a Cripple” (50E 244-256)
Writing: DP 6 (Responding to the Reading)
Due Friday, Oct. 27th by 11:59 PST
Read: Trimble, “Readability” (WS 58-68)
Writing: Response to DP 6. Respond to at least 3 posts.
Due Sunday, Oct. 30 by 11:59 PST
Reading: Trimble, “Dramatizing Your Ideas,” (WS 101-116)
Writing: DP 7 (Personal Revolutions: Brainstorming)
Week 5 Highlights: Monday, Oct. 31-Sunday Nov. 6
Due Tuesday, Nov. 1 by 11:59 PST
Writing: Response to DP 7. Respond to at least 2 posts.
Due Wednesday, Nov. 2 by 11:59 PST
Reading: Trimble, “Diction” (WS 48-57)
Writing: Rough Draft due tomorrow, Friday, by 11:59 PST
Due Friday, Nov. 3 by 11:59 PST:
Writing: **Submit the Rough Draft of Essay 2 to the Rough Draft Dropbox 2**
Saturday, Nov. 4, 9:00 a.m.-Monday, Nov. 7 at 11:59 p.m.
Peer Review Groups Open for Personal Revolution Essays
Write 2 peer review letters to people in your group. Read “Peer Review Instructions” for more details.
Week 6 Highlights: Monday, Nov. 7- Sunday, Nov. 13
Due Tuesday, Nov. 8 by 11:59 p.m.
Reading: Trimble, “Readability,” (WS 67-75)
Writing: DP 9 – Revision Strategies
Due Thursday, Nov. 10 at 11:59 p.m.
Writing: Response to DP 9. Respond to at least 2 other students
Due Friday, Nov. 11
Upload Personal Revolutions Essay to the Essay 2 Dropbox.
***Personal Revolution Essays due Friday, Nov. 11 at 11:59 p.m. PST***
Week 7 Highlights: Monday, Nov. 14– Sunday, Nov. 20
Due Tuesday, Nov. 15 by 11:59 p.m.
Reading: Assignment Rubric for Essay 3: Problem/Solution Essay. Post any questions or concerns to the Coffee House. Barbara Ehrenreich, “Serving in Florida” (50E 136-145) and Mike Rose, “I Just Wanna Be Average” (50E 331-345)
Writing: DP 10 (Responding to the Community)
Due Wednesday, Nov. 16 by 11:59 p.m.
Writing: Response to DP 10. Respond to at least 3 classmates.
Due Thursday, Nov. 17 by 11:59 p.m.
Writing: HW 4 (Essay 3 Proposal)
Due Fri., Nov. 18 by 11:59 p.m.
Read: Reading: Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (203-220) (Note: This is the most linguistically complex essay that we will read this quarter. Give yourself time to read it twice; it will be significant both for this essay and for Essay 4.)
Writing: DP 11 due.
Due Sun, Nov. 20 by 11:59 p.m.
Writing: Response to DP 11. Respond to 2 classmates.
Week 8 Highlights: Monday, Nov. 21–Sun. Nov. 27
Due Tuesday, Nov. 22 by 9 a.m.
**Upload Rough Draft of Essay 3 to Rough Draft Dropbox 3**
Tuesday, Nov. 22 10 a.m. – Wednesday, Nov. 23 11:59 p.m.
Peer Review Groups Open for Problem/Solution Essay
Thursday, Nov. 22-Friday Nov. 23
Thanksgiving Holiday. Enjoy!
Due Sunday, Nov. 27 by 11:59 PST
Reading: Reread Trimble, “Readability,” (WS 58-75)
Writing: HW 5 (Response to Peer Review and Revision Exercise)
Week 9 Highlights: Monday, Nov. 28 – Sunday, December 4:
Due Tuesday, Nov. 29 by 11:59 PST
***Problem/Solution Essays due Friday, Nov. 29 at 11:59 p.m. PST***
Due Wednesday, Nov. 30 by 11:59 PST
Reading: Synthesis Paper Assignment; Instructor Notes on Synthesis
Due Thursday, Dec. 1 by 11:59 PST
Writing: DP 12 (Brainstorming for Synthesis Paper Drafts)
Due Sunday, Dec. 4 by 11:59 p.m. PST
Writing: Response to DP 12. Respond to at least 2 other classmates. HW 6 (Final Essay Proposal)
Week 10: Monday, Dec. 5-Sunday, Dec. 11
Due Tuesday, Dec. 6 by 11:59 PST
**Upload Synthesis Paper Drafts to Rough Draft Dropbox 4**
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 9:00 am – Friday, Dec. 9, 5:00 pm.
Peer Review for Synthesis Papers Groups opens
Due Sunday, Dec. 11 by 11:59 p.m.
Writing: Online Course Evaluation
Week 11: Monday, Dec. 12
Due Monday, Dec. 12 by 11:59 p.m.
Writing: Final Self-Reflection
Due Tuesday, Dec. 13 by 11:59 p.m.
**Final Synthesis Essay Due. Upload the Synthesis to the Essay 4 Dropbox by Dec. 13 at 11:59 p.m.**