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|
Date |
Class
Activity |
Reading
Due |
Writing
Due |
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M |
1/9 |
Introduction to
course; discuss place and poem |
Visit course
website and blog |
|
|
W |
1/11 |
Introduce Parable
of the Sower |
|
In-class Essay
#1 |
|
M |
1/16 |
MLK
Holiday—Campus closed |
But you have
homework! See below. |
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|
W |
1/18 |
Watch Food,
Inc. |
Parable
of the Sower,
ch.1-7 (pp1-85) |
Reading Journal
#1 due (Parable ch 1-7) |
|
M |
1/23 |
Discuss
audience, purpose, genre; introduce food issues Discuss Food,
Inc. and food issues |
“We Are What
We Eat” and
“Unhappy Meals” (both on blog) |
|
|
W |
1/25 |
Discuss Style:
Rules and Myths |
Parable,
ch.8-14 (pp 86-166; “A System That Doesn’t Hold Water” (blog) |
Reading Journal
#2 due (Parable ch 8-14) |
|
M |
1/30 |
|
|
In-class essay
#2 on food |
|
W |
2/1 |
Discuss
revision process; revision workshop (peer review) |
Parable, ch. 15-19 (pp 167-244) |
Bring 3 copies
of draft to revise; Reading
Journal #3 |
|
M |
2/6 |
Introduction
to water in California; writing modules |
|
Revision
#1 due |
|
W |
2/8 |
Discuss Parable Style:
characters & actions |
Parable, ch. 20-25 (pp 245-329) |
Reading Journal
#4 (Parable ch 20-25) |
|
M |
2/13 |
Watch Chinatown
(1974) |
Read
two “water” articles on blog |
|
|
W |
2/15 |
Finish Chinatown Discuss Chinatown
and water in California |
Read two more
“water” articles on blog |
Assign essay #3 |
|
M |
2/20 |
Discuss
“water” articles; work on essay #3 |
|
|
|
W |
2/22 |
Brainstorm
for “letter” topics Style:
Concision, Coherence, and Cohesion |
|
Essay #3 on
water due. |
|
M |
2/27 |
Letter
formatting Knowing your
audience: The Art of Persuasion |
|
|
|
W |
2/29 |
Share letter
topics Style: Your
sentences |
|
Essay #4
(letter) due |
|
M |
3/5 |
Peer Review |
|
Rewrite of
Revision #1 due;
Bring one essay to class for Revision #2 (bring three photocopies) |
|
W |
3/7 |
Individual
conferencing in my office |
We will
conference the rewrite of Revision #1. |
Revision #2
due |
|
M |
3/12 |
Individual
conferencing in my office |
We will
conference Revision #2 |
|
|
W |
3/14 |
Last minute
revision work; prepare for final essay topic |
|
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|
M |
3/19 |
Final
in-class essay/reflection 8:00-10:30
am for Section 02 |
|
Turn
in Portfolio |
|
W |
3/21 |
Final
in-class essay/reflection 8:00-10:30
am for Section 07 |
|
Turn
in Portfolio |
