Calendar (HW)

NOTE: All reading assignments for this course will be available in the packets I will hand out in class, which you are expected to bring to each meeting. When possible, I’ve provided links to online versions of the reading assignments in the calendar below. I believe reading online can enhance your experience in this class but will expect you to read on paper (in the packets) as a required part of this course.

There will be a total of 3 reading packets: 2 packets of articles and 1 containing Grammar work. Assignments below marked “GB” are in the Grammar Book.

Class	Work Due
M 8/27	Media Analysis. Review OpenLab site, Syllabus, Course Calendar, & Intros (in pairs, as a group).
W 8/29	Sign up for OpenLab & join the course site via my OpenLab courses. Access Essay 1 Assignment and Course Notes document. Read Wortham, “My Selfie…” ; “Sentence Writing (part one)” (GB);  and “Narration.” In class: “Active Reading Outline.”
M 9/3	No class.
W 9/5	Read Turkle, “The Empathy Gap” (excerpt) and Bunn, “How to Read…” In class: Discuss blog entries, how “online identity” can be more than a “selfie”.
Th 9/6	Read “Triptych: Texas Pool Party” by Namwali Serpell and “Subject-Verb Agreement (GB)” and “Verb Tense (GB)”
M 9/10	No class.
W 9/12	Read Turkle, “Romance” and read “Quoting and Paraphrasing.” In-class: paraphrasing and quotation workshop.
M 9/17	Library workshop during Lab Hour. Go to 4th floor Atrium. Read Jacoby, “Weiner’s Women” and Paruolo, “Writing with and about Texts” & “Sentence Structures for Incorporating Sources”. In class: “Planning and Outlining Your Essay.”
W 9/19	No class.
M 9/24	Read Walzer, “A Freudian Analysis of Sexting” and “Coordination and Subordination (GB)”. Photos of notebook (in-class writing assignments) due via e-mail. Lab workshop: Using Google Docs Collaboratively
W 9/26	Conferences and film screening : Kriegman and Steinberg, Weiner (2016) Essay 1 Outline (hard copy) due in class.
M 10/1	Conferences and in-class workshop. Essay 1 (draft) due. Print and bring to class. Also share and submit Google Doc link prior to class.
W 10/3	Read Smith, “Addiction to the Internet ‘is an illness’” and “Definition”
M 10/8	No class.
W 10/10	Read Lane, “Addicted to Addiction” and Graf, “Yes, No, OK, But…”
M 10/15	Read Thompson, “Texting isn’t the First Technology Thought to Impair Social Skills” and “Run-On Sentences” (GB; last part of “Sentence Writing”)
W 10/17	Grammar Test #1
M 10/22	Read Introduction to Summary Writing. Print, read, and bring in your research article. Grammar Test Review & Midterm Prep.
W 10/24	MIDTERM EXAM. Bring your print copy of your research article to class. ESSAY 1 REVISION DUE. Share and submit Google Docs link via this online form. Here are Instructions for formatting and submitting drafts.
M 10/29	Read Essay 2 Assignment Sheet.   Also read Paruolo, Writing a Research Paper and Developing a Research Question. Begin reading Naughton, “We’re All Being Mined for Data” Lab: Read Organizing Research and Research Notes.
W 10/31	Finish reading Naughton, “We’re All Being Mined for Data”. Also read Paruolo, Conducting Research, Databases, Keywords and Searching, Assessing Sources
M 11/5	Begin Reading, “The Anxieties of Big Data” by Kate Crawford. Complete several Project 2 article searches using online Library Databases.
W 11/7	Finish reading “The Anxieties of Big Data” by Kate Crawford. Read Nijhuis, “The Pocket Guide to Bullshit Prevention.”
M 11/12	Begin reading “Rape Culture and the Feminist Politics of Social Media” by Carrie Rentschler. Also skim “Explaining Quotations” by Gerald Graff. In class: Group workshop on reading and writing about scholarly articles.
W 11/14	Finish “Rape Culture and the Feminist Politics of Social Media” by Carrie Rentschler. In class: Group workshop on reading and writing about scholarly articles.
M 11/19	Read “Academe’s Poisonous Call-Out Culture,” by Suzanna Walters. Also read: “Planting A Naysayer in Your Text” by Gerald Graff.
W 11/21	Read “The Space Between Mourning and Grief” by Claire Wilmot. In class: Student Presentations of Project 2 Research. –Photos of notebook (in-class writing assignments) due via e-mail.
M 11/26	Conferences & group work on Essay 2.
W 11/28	Conferences and in-class workshop on MLA formatting. Essay 2 (draft) due. Print and bring to class. Also share and submit Google Doc link prior to class.
M 12/3	Read Sedaris, “Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa.”   Review Essay 3 assignment. Student Presentations of Project 2.
W 12/5	Read Naylor, “A Word’s Meaning Can Often Depend on Who Says It.” In class: Student Presentation (1) of Project 2 Research.
M 12/10	Grammar Test #2.   Course Evals. Review & Study Grammar Test #1.
W 12/12	No class. Reading day.
M 12/17	Read Dunn & Norton, “Hello Stranger.” In-class: Review Grammar Test & Final Prep.
W 12/19	FINAL EXAM. ESSAY 2 REVISION & ESSAY 3 DUE. Share and submit Google Docs link via this online form. Here are Instructions for formatting and submitting drafts.