Calendar/Schedule of Assignments (This schedule is subject to change.

All reading assignments are due on the day they are listed on the schedule below. We will not be reading in class. You are responsible for completing all assigned readings prior to arriving to class. Each reading assignment is preceded by the word Read and appear in the Readings/Assignments column. Also note that assignment due dates appear in the Assignments Due column.

Linked titles = electronic readings. Click on links to access and read essays.

WITW = Writing in the Works

This schedule is subject to change.

Date Week 1 Th 22 Aug Week 2 Tu 27 Aug

Readings

Assignments

Introduction to Course; introduction to Blackboard Last day to add a class Read: The Writers Process (WITW, pp. 21-26) Read: My Name essay assignment sheet given to you on 23 August Read: The Rhetorical Situation (WITW, pp. 2-19) Read: audience, purpose, context, voice, media (click on links to access readings) Read: King, "On Writing" (WITW, p.42-43) Read: The Writers Process (WITW, pp. 31-

No assignments due this week 27 Aug: Diagnostic essay in Blackboard by midnight

Th 29 Aug

29 Aug: Academic Honesty Agreement in Blackboard by midnight

Week 3 Tu 3 Sep

37) Read: paragraphs, introductions, conclusions (click on links to access readings) Th 5 Sep Read: Writing About Others: Profiles (WITW, pp. 171-192) Last day to drop a class with refund Review: Anatomy of a Profile (WITW, pp. 175-178) Read: Falla, The Top Drill Instructor in Boot Camp 101 (WITW, pp. 193-196) Read: Matthai, A Fine Balance: The Life of a Muslim Teenager (WITW, pp. 197-200) Read: Listen to The House on Loon Lake (click on link to listen to an hour-long podcast) Read: Collaboration, Peer Review, and Writing as a Public Act (WITW, pp. 45-53) Read: Learn important collaborative and teambuilding skills and provide useful critiques of your peers' documents (Click on link to access and read article) Read: Document Review Guidelines (click on link to access and read article) Note: not participating in peer review will result in a 10% downgrading of your Profile Essay. Please contact me should you not be able to participate in peer review. Week 6 Tu 24 Sep Read: Writing an Evaluation: Film Reviews (pp. 279-300) 19 Sep: Complete draft of Profile Essay for in-class Peer Review Workshop 19 Sep: Peer review response letters in Blackboard by midnight 24 Sep: Final revision of Profile Essay in Blackboard by midnight 10 Sep: 300-600 word Short Profile Essay in your class blog site by midnight (Review your interview responses for invention ideas) 5 Sep: Blog site with About Page and intro by midnight in blog site

F 6 Sep Week 4 Tu 10 Sep

Th 12 Sep Week 5 Tu 17 Sep

Th 19 Sep

Th 26 Sep

Read: Roger Ebert Reviews (click on link to access and read reviews) Read: The Rhetorical Situation: Evaluating Your Sources (WITW, pp. 490-493) Review: Anatomy of a Film Review (WITW, pp. 282-285)

26 Sep: At least one professionally published review of film of your choice for in-class assignment

Week 7 Tu 1 Oct

Th 3 Oct

Read: Kaling, Flick Chicks: A Guide to Women 1 Oct: 300-600 word Rave in the Movies Movie Review of movie of (click on link to access and read article) your choice in your class blog site by midnight Read: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Citing Sources (WT, pp. 477-490) Read: Denby, Call the Doctor: Contagion Read: Denby, Dream Factory: Inception (click on links to access and read articles) Class canceled: Attend individual conference; consult conference schedule posted in Blackboard. Class canceled: Attend individual conference; consult conference schedule posted in Blackboard. Note: not attending your individual conference will result in a 10% downgrading of your Movie Review. Please contact me should you not be able to attend your conference. 7-10 Oct: Complete draft of Movie Review for individual conference.

Week 8 Tu 8 Oct

Th 10 Oct

Week 9 Tu 15 Oct Th 17 Oct

Read: Writing for Your Community: Proposals (WITW, pp. 443-459) Read: Swift, A Modest Proposal(click on link to access and read essay) Read: Proposals (click on link to access and read article) Read: Research (WITW, pp. 479-498) Note: Meet in library computer classroom Read: Research (WITW, pp. 479-498) Last day to withdraw from class w/grade of W Read/Review: Documentation Guidelines (WITW, pp. 508-536) No reading assigned; attend in-class peer review session Note: not participating in peer review will result in a 10% downgrading of your Modest Proposal.

15 Oct: Final revision of Movie Review by midnight in Blackboard

Week 10 Tu 22 Oct Th 24 Oct Week 11 Tu 29 Oct

22 Oct: 300-600 word Pitch Modest Proposal in your class blog site by midnight.

Th 31 Oct

31 Oct: Complete draft of Modest Proposal for in-class Peer Review Workshop 31 Oct: Peer review response

Please contact me should you not be able to participate in peer review. Week 12 Tu 5 Nov Class canceled: Attend individual conference; consult conference schedule posted in Blackboard. Class canceled: Attend individual conference; consult conference schedule posted in Blackboard. Note: not attending your individual conference will result in a 10% downgrading of your Modest Proposal. Please contact me should you not be able to attend your conference. Week 13 Tu 12 Nov Th 14 Nov Week 14 Tu 19 Nov Th 21 Nov Read: DIY Media and Design: PowerPoint Proposal (WITW, pp. 460-465) No readings assigned; use class time to work on presentations Presentations Presentations

letters in Blackboard by midnight 4-7 Nov: Complete draft of Modest Proposal for individual conference.

Th 7 Nov

12 Nov: Final revision of Modest Proposal by midnight in Blackboard.

19 or 21 Nov: Presentation

Fall Break 26 Nov 1 Dec

Week 15 Tu 3 Dec Th 5 Dec Week 16 Tu 10 Dec Finals Wk Tu 17 Dec

Presentations Presentations Read: Creating a Portfolio (WT, pp. 550-561)

3 or 5 Dec: Presentation

No assignment due this week

No reading assigned; use final exam time to complete portfolios

17 Dec: Portfolios with reflection in blog site during scheduled exam time (8:00 a.m 10:40 a.m.)