(subject to revision- other readings may be added)
From Experience?
Distribute: Syllabi
Essay 1; Exercise 1.1
Writer’s Letter
Course Info Sheet
Mon. 2/11
Focusing on the Development of the Self:
Tracing the Roots of Identity
Due: Writer’s Letter, Exercise 1.1, Notebook
Assignment on Walker essay
READ/DISCUSS: In Fields of
Reading
Alice Walker, “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is
The Self”,p.42-49.
Sample student writing
Handout: Introductions
Of Identity
Writing as Process:
Prewriting, Drafting,
Revising
READ/DISCUSS: In Fields
of Reading
*George Orwell, “Shooting an Elephant,”
p.132-138
* Scott Momaday, “The Way to Rainy
Mountain,” p. 98-103.
Megan Daum, “My Misspent Youth,”,p.83-92.
Due: Notebook Exercise on Orwell and Momaday.
Tues. 2/19 Expanding the Circle of the Self:
(Monday Learning, Education and Schooling
schedule) READ: In Fields of
Reading
Frederick Douglass, “Learning to Read
And Write,” p.71-76.
* Maya Angelou, “Graduation,” p.31-41.
*Anne Frank, “At Home, In School, In
Hiding,” p.193-202.
Due: Notebook Exercise: Comment on
Angelou’s reflection on experience in
“Graduation”
And cover letter
to me; Multiple copies
for workshop.
Discuss: Assigned
Readings
Mon. 2/25 Workshop: Draft,
Essay #1
Wed. 2/27
Expanding the
Circle of the Self: Learning, Education
And Schooling
READ/DISCUSS: In Fields of Reading
*Theodore R. Sizer, “What High School
Is,” p.348-358.
* Carol Gilligan, “Interviewing Adolescent Girls,”
p.425-436.
The Craft of
Revision
Sentence-Level
Issues
Distribute: Essay
#2 Assignment Sheet
Due: Notebook Assignment on Sizer
Mon. 3/4 Expanding the Circle of the Self:
Learning, Education
And Schooling
READ/DISCUSS:
(handout)
*Abigail Witherspoon, “This Pen for Hire: On Grinding
Out Papers for College Students,
Working
With Secondary Sources
Due: Notebook assignment on Witherspoon
Wed. 3/6 Expanding the Circle of the Self: Learning, Education
And
Schooling
READ/DISCUSS: In
Fields of Reading
James Baldwin, “If Black English Isn’t a Language,
Then Tell Me, What Is?”p.622-625.
Weighing
Evidence
Due’ Notebook Assignment on Baldwin
Fri. 3/8 Revision, Essay #1 due to my
office (14N-214)-
Two copies with cover letter.
Mon. 3/11 – The Self and the World of Work: Writing
About Work and
Work-Related Issues
READ/DISCUSS: Assigned Reading
Due: Notebook Assignment
Wed. 3/13 The Self and the World of Work:
Writing About
Work and
Work-Related Issues
READ/DISCUSS: Assigned Reading
Fri. 3/15 Draft, Essay #2 due at my office
–14N-214 (2 copies
and letter) by
noon. Email drafts-as
in-text email
or Word attachment-to
workgroup
members.
Mon. 3/18 Workshop, Draft, Essay #2
Wed. 3/20 The Self and the World of Work
READ/DISCUSS: Assigned readings
Distribute:
Essay #3 Assignment
Sheet
Working
with Primary
Sources;
Interviewing
MARCH 25-29 – SPRING BREAK!!
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Work
READ/DISCUSS: Selections from the “Writers on
Writing” series, New York Times (handouts)
Sample student writing
Small Groups: Discuss Proposals, Essay #3
READ/DISCUSS:
In Fields of Reading
Zoe Tracy Hardy, “What Did You Do in the
War, Grandma/”,p.139-202.
Rebecca Mead, “Eggs for Sale,”,p.508-522.
Due:Notebook Assignment: Mead
Fri. 4/5
Revision, Essay #2 due at my office
(14N-214).
For
“Catalyst Writing?”
Excerpt, Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
Due: Notebook Assignment on Carson or Friedan
About
Community Issues; The Power of
Language
READ/DISCUSS: In Fields of Reading
Patricia Williams, “The Death of the Profane:
A Commentary on the Genre of Legal Writing,”
p.101-107.
George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language,”
p.626-638.
Due:Notebook Assignment on Orwell and Williams
Fri. 4/12 Draft, Essay #3 due (2
copies) at my office(14N-214)-
Email copies
for workshopping
NOTE: HOLIDAY; Monday 4/15
Wed. 4/17 Workshop, Draft Essay #3.
Community
Issues; Ethics and the Writer
READ/DISCUSS:
In Fields of Reading
Jonathan Franzen, “Sifting the Ashes,” p.716-729.
Stanley Milgram, “Some Conditions of Obedience . to Authority,” pp.399-424.
Distribute:
Assignment #4
Due:Notebook Assignment: Franzen
Wed. 4/24 Drawing Upon Experience to Write about
Community
Issues: Focusing on Medical
Issues
in Nonfiction and Fiction
READ/DISCUSS: In Fields of Reading
Oliver Sacks, “The Man Who Mistook His
Wife for a Hat,” p.552-564.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, “On The Fear of
Death,” p. 437-444.
Due: Notebook Assignment on Sacks and Ross.
Office).
Mon. 4/29
Writers Crossing the Border: Drawing Upon Experience to
READ/DISCUSS: Selections, Tom Bailey (ed.),
On Writing Short
Stories
Wed. 5/1
Writers Crossing the Border: Drawing Upon Experience
To Create Fiction About Social
Issues
READ/DISCUSS: Selections, Tom Bailey (ed.),
On Writing Short
Stories
Proposals for
Assignment #4
Mon. 5/6
Writers Crossing the Border: Drawing upon
Experience to Create Fiction about
Social Issues
READ/DISCUSS: Selections, Tom Bailey (ed.),
On Writing Short
Stories
Draft, #4 due.
Wed. 5/8
Workshop, Draft #4.
Mon. 5/13
Advanced Revision/Publication Workshop
Wed. 5/15
Student Readings; Celebration. Final Portfolios
Due by end of the day.