Schedule

Schedule

Week 1. Aug 26. First day Wednesday. Introduction. Literacy narrative: How are you a writer? How are you a reader?   Metacognitive activity (mental reflection) in reading comprehension and the acquisition of knowledge and concepts. What is the goal? nSome steps toward method. What are your expectations when you read a text, document, work, etc.   Different genres. Fictional short story. Non-fiction memoir. Informational magazine article with opposing viewpoints. Grammar review. The sentence.   Reading, Hemingway on writing.

 

Week 2. Sept 2. No class Monday Labor Day. Thursday follows Monday Schedule.

Conference hour (Thursday): Discussion of readings. Grammar. The sentence, continued. Subject and verb. Singular and plural. The passive voice verbs and adjectives. .

 

Literacy narrative continued. Nature of reading and writing. What do I know? What do I see? What have I experienced? What is my judgment on the matter? Reflecting on the writer’s activity.

 

Reflecting on the reader’s activity. Logical thought. Narrative. Description. Persuasion. Cause and effect. Reading, Hemingway continued. Junot Diaz, memoir, fictionalized and non-fiction.

 

Week 3. Sept 9. Conference hour. Grammar review. Sentence structure. Subject and verb. Preposition. Verb tense.

Expectation in reading genres. Reflection on reading memoirs. Writing a memoir narrative vs. writing an academic essay focused on a thesis. Using personal experience in a personal essay. Reading, Diaz, continued. Faulkner, “Elly.”

 

Week 4. Sept 16. Conference hour. Methods of writing. What is my goal? Who is my audience? What are the expectations of the audience?

First writing assignment handed out. Basic college paper with a thesis and some reference to personal experience or observation. Readings, Faulkner, Elly.

 

Week 5. Sept 23. Conference Hour.. Grammar review continued. Conjunctions in compound and complex (and compound-complex) sentences.

First writing assignment due. Reading, Standiford, Nesting Doll; Ackerman, Brain on Love. Personal essay on relationships. Memoir.

 

Week 6. Sept 30. No class Mon (and no conference hour) and Tue, Rosh Hashanah. Reading, Standiford, Nesting Doll; Ackerman, Brain on Love.

 

Week 7. Oct 7. No class Tues and Wed Yom Kippur. Conference Hour (Monday). Additional grammar. Perfect tenses.

Readings, Larsen, Christina.   “Closing the Factory Door.” Informational journalism on a topic for research.

 

Week 8. Oct 14. No class Monday Columbus Day. Wed follows Mon sched. Conference Hour

 

Reading, Larsen, Christina.   “Closing the Factory Door.” Informational journalism on a topic for research

 

Week 9. Oct 21. Conference Hour. Class presentations First round of class presentations—presenting main points of first or second paper.

 

2^nd writing assignment due. Readings, continued. McClosky, Deidre Nansen. “Myth of Technological Unemployment.” Informational journalism on a topic for research

 

Week 10. Oct 28. Conference Hour. Research topics

Midterms In-class essay. Readings, McClosky, Deidre Nansen. “Myth of Technological Unemployment.” Informational journalism on a topic for research

 

Week 11. Nov 4. Conference Hour. Class presentations.

Library orientation on Monday regular class period.

Readings, Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” excerpt;

 

Week 12 Nov 11. Conference Hour

Class Presentations. Readings,   Drum, Kevin. “You Will Lose Your Job to a Robot.” Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” excerpt;

 

Week 13. Nov 18. Conference Hour. Class presentations.

Research paper/project due. Readings, Readings,   Drum, Kevin. “You Will Lose Your Job to a Robot.” Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” excerpt;

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Week 14. Nov 25. Conference Hour

No class Thu and Fri Thanksgiving. Readings, Thompson, Clive. “What Will Happen When Machines Write Song Just as Well as Your Favorite Musician.” Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” excerpt; Wolf, Naomi. “The Beauty Myth,” excerpt

 

Week 15. Dec 2 Conference Hour Class presentations.

 

Readings, Thompson, Clive. “What Will Happen When Machines Write Song Just as Well as Your Favorite Musician.” Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” excerpt;

 

Week 16. Dec 9 Conference Hour

Remaining Class presentations. Readings, Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” excerpt;. Gros, Daniel. “ China’s Forced Technology Transfer.” Schellenberger, Michael. “Why Renewables Can’t Save the Planet.”

 

Week 17. Dec 16 Finals In-Class essay. All rewrites due.