Schedule

COURSE OUTLINE 

 

August 29 Introductions

 

September 3

Assign: “How to Read Like a Writer” by Mike Bunn

 

September 5

Assign: “Maybe I Could Save Myself By Writing,” José Olivarez; “The Fourth of July”, 

Audre Lorde

 

September 10

Assign: Paragraph Exercise

 

September 12

Assign: Email Exercise

 

September 17

Assign: “Shitty First Drafts”, Anne Lamott

 

September 19

Assign: Finish Unit One!

 

September 24

Assign: “Later,” James Surowiecki

 

September 26

Assign: Rereading of “Later”

 

October 1

Assign: “A Talk to Teachers,” James Baldwin

Due: Unit One

 

October 3 NO CLASS

 

October 8

Assign: “Research Starts With a Thesis Statement,” Emily Wierszewski; “Schools are 

Killing Curiosity,” Wendy Berliner

 

October 10

Assign: Research Question Blog Post

 

October 15 NO CLASS; CLASSES FOLLOW MONDAY SCHEDULE

 

October 17 

Assign: First source entry

 

October 22

Assign: “Chapter 3: As He Himself Puts It – The Art of Quoting,” Graff & Birkenstein

Assign: Second source entry

 

October 24

Assign: Final source entry & conclusion

 

October 29

Assign: Annotated Bibliography rough draft

 

October 31

Assign: Final draft 

 

November 5

Assign: “Annoying Ways People Use Sources” by Kyle Stedman

Due: Unit Two

 

November 7

Assign: Unit Three Proposal

 

November 12

Assign: Comments on Proposals

 

November 14

Assign: Plan for Unit Three

 

November 19

 

November 21

Assign: Rough draft of artist statement

 

November 26

Assign: Finish Unit Three projects!

 

November 28: NO CLASS

 

December 3

Assign: First draft of final reflection

Due: Unit Three

 

December 5

Assign: Sample Student Essay 1; Plan for revising Essay One or Two 

 

December 10

Due: First Revision

 

December 12

Last Day Celebration!