syllabus ENGL226 Writing About Writing
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FALL 2013 Office Hours
Monday & Wednesday: 3:30 to 4:30 Tuesday: 2:00 to 3:00 and by appointment. |
4 SEPTEMBER 2013
W Introduction to the Course. Overview of class policies. Fake Alumni News introductions. Class Discussion: What do we mean when we talk about genre? What should this class be about?
9 SEPTEMBER 2013
M IN-CLASS: Time to polish up Fake Alumni News Introductions. Sharing Fake Alumni News stories in class. Introduction to Blog226. Blog voting. Introduction to Author Interview. Introduction to Writing in the Professions.
W READ: From the Report on the Hurricane Katrina Disaster Chapters 4, 5, & 6. IN-CLASS: Work on how to do strong Reader’s Notes. Returning to our conversation about genre as it pertains to Reader’s Notes. Please read the materials about this assignment prior to coming to class.
*Katrina report available at: http://www.asce.org/uploadedfiles/publications/asce_news/2009/04_april/erpreport.pdf (you might have to cut and paste this whole address into your browser to get it to come up).
16 SEPTEMBER 2013
M READ: Chapters 7, 8, & 9 from the Report on the Hurricane Katrina Disaster. DUE: First Reader’s Notes. IN-CLASS: Looking at IKEA instructions (http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/customer_service/assembly_instructions.html). Practice exercise in instruction writing. Come to class with a sample of instructions (good or bad) and come prepared to talk about your favorite meal that you have some idea on how to cook--not a recipe, but a meal you love and know how to cook without one--or a meal that you wish you knew how to make. Group assignments for internship for credit campaign. Client Meeting For Internship for Credit campaign, 2:40 sharp.
*Katrina report available at: http://www.asce.org/uploadedfiles/publications/asce_news/2009/04_april/erpreport.pdf (you might have to cut and paste this whole address into your browser to get it to come up).
W READ: Selections of your choice from the Apple iphone users guide. User guide available at: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf . Also, read about the idea of "usability" at http://www.usability.gov/. There are four areas. In your group, divide up the reading among the four areas so that all areas have two readers but no one is reading more than two sections.Be prepared in class to pool what you've learned from the reading. DUE: Reader’s Notes--cover the sections you looked at in the iphone users guide AND your sections from usability.gov. IN-CLASS: Time to get with your group and work on your materials for the Internship For Credit Campaign.
*Iphone User guide available at: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf. *Discussion of Usability available at: http://www.usability.gov/.
23 SEPTEMBER 2013
M READ: Your choice of any three articles (I'll make some recommendations) on The Crocodile River website. Read, also the "about" page Verv Creative website. DUE: Reader’s Notes. Time in class to work on your Internship for Credit Campaign.
Crocodile River Site: http://crocodilerivermusic.com/
Verv Creative: http://vervcreative.com/about.
W IN-CLASS: Workshop. You will have time to work in your group on your campaign. The rest of class will be a workshop where you share some of your materials with other teams and get their feedback. Brief discussion of workshopping practice. Brief discussion of the role "usability" and "user experience" will play in the assessment/evaluation process. Please read workshopping instructions online on the course website. DUE: Enough material to share with another workshopping group.
30 SEPTEMBER 2013
M READ: Find out what Pecha-Kucha is and how it's going to affect your life by reading around on the Pecha-Kucha website, watch at least three presentations. Also, "Pecha Kucha: Get to the PowerPoint in 20 Slides Then Sit the Hell Down," In the New York Times, "We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint." "PowerPoint is Evil" by Edward Tufte in Wired Magazine. And, finally, brief introduction to visual design (C.R.A.P.). IN-CLASS: Death by Powerpoint presentation, guest lecturer Erik LePage. DUE: Reader’s Notes. Time in class to work on your Internship for Credit powerpoint.
W IN-CLASS: Time to finish your powerpoint for your Internship for Credit campaign. Last day to finish up any and all materials for Internship for Credit campaign as a group.
*Pecha-Kucha Website: http://www.pechakucha.org/
*Wired Magazine article on Pecha-Kucha: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-09/st_pechakucha*New York Times article "We Have Met the Enemy. . . " http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html?_r=0
*Wired Magazine article on PowerPoint by Edward Tufte: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html
*C.R.A.P. information: http://www.presentationzen.com/chapter6_spread.pdf
7 OCTOBER 2013
M DUE: All materials to turn in to me for Internship for Credit Campaign. IN-CLASS: Group powerpoint presentations for Internship for Credit Campaign.
W READ: "Why Write" by Paul Auster(handout). DUE: 500 words, typed, of your own version of why write? Be ready to share your piece with others in class. Bring 15 copies to class (if you want me to make the copies send your document to me no later than noon on Wednesday).
14 OCTOBER 2013
M Class canceled for Columbus Day Holiday. All classes are canceled and campus is closed.
W READ: from "The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875-1925: A Documentary History." John Brereton & "Striking a Balance--Seeking a Discipline" Robert Tremmel. DUE: Reading Journal. IN-CLASS: Discussion of Writing Studies Assignment.
21 OCTOBER 2013
M READ: Introduction to Errors and Expectations: A Guide for the Teacher of Basic Writing. Mina Shaughnessy, from "Composition-Rhetoric: Backgrounds, Theory, and Pedagogy" Robert J. Connors. DUE: Reader's Notes.
W Library Visit Day. We will still meet in our own classroom. It is most useful if you bring your own laptop or tablet for a demonstration on finding research in the Comp/Rhet field (which is different than searching for Literature scholarship).
28 OCTOBER 2013
M READ: “Blogging as Social Action: A Genre Analysis of the Weblog" Carolyn R. Miller & Dawn Shepherd, “What I Learned in MOOC” Jeff Rice. DUE: Reader's Notes.W READ: The Place of World Englishes in Composition: Pluralization Continued" A. Suresh Cangarajah, “Our Brilliant Career: Women in English, 1973-2010 Susan Gubar. DUE: Reader's Notes. IN-CLASS: Work on doing an annotation. Have read at least one of your articles in order to do a useful annotation of it in class.
4 NOVEMBER 2013
M DUE: Workshop of Annotations. Workshop of coverletter. Please bring two copies of your coverletter to class (you need only bring one copy of a few of your annotations to class).
W DUE: Annotated Bibliography with cover letter, midterm portfolio check-in. READ: Introduction to Bird By Bird, Anne LaMott. IN-CLASS: your bird-by-bird moment. 500 words, typed, enough copies for the entire class. If you want me to make the copies, you need to get me your text at least an hour before class.
11 NOVEMBER 2013
M Class Canceled. Due to the Veteran’s Day Holiday, all classes are canceled and campus is closed.
W READ: TBA Poetry from 2013 Pushcart Prize. DUE Reader’s Notes. IN-CLASS Discussion of Writing as Art Assignment. Please come to class having read this assignment material.
NOTE: Due to the Veterans Day Holiday on the 11th (Monday), Wednesday the 13th will be a Monday schedule of classes. This means that all Wednesday classes, day and evening, are canceled. Confused? Me too. But it is what it is. This doesn’t affect our class meeting in anyway shape or form—but it might affect other classes you are currently enrolled in.
18 NOVEMBER 2013
M READ: TBA fiction from 2013 Pushcart Prize. DUE: Reader’s Notes. IN-CLASS: Storymatic! (just because it’ll be fun).
W READ: TBA Creative Nonfiction from Pushcart Prize. DUE: Reader’s Notes. IN-CLASS: Flash nonfiction.
25 NOVEMBER 2013
M READ: TBA. IN-CLASS: DUE: Drafts of Writing as Art to be workshopped on Monday 2 December 2013. IN-CLASS: Brief presentations of your plan for Writing as Art.
W Class Canceled. You can sign up for a one-on-one conference for before and after the Thanksgiving holiday.
2 DECEMBER 2013
M First Whole Class workshop. Folks who are being workshopped on 4 December 2013 need to have their materials ready to give out at the start of class.
W Second Whole Class workshop.
9 DECEMBER 2013
M DUE: Interview with an Author, brief presentations.
W Last Day of Class. DUE: Final portfolio. Time in class to write final portfolio cover letter.
12 DECEMBER 2013
Reading Day.
16 DECEMBER 2013 FINAL EXAM PERIOD
NOTE: Even though our scheduled exam time is from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
W Introduction to the Course. Overview of class policies. Fake Alumni News introductions. Class Discussion: What do we mean when we talk about genre? What should this class be about?
9 SEPTEMBER 2013
M IN-CLASS: Time to polish up Fake Alumni News Introductions. Sharing Fake Alumni News stories in class. Introduction to Blog226. Blog voting. Introduction to Author Interview. Introduction to Writing in the Professions.
W READ: From the Report on the Hurricane Katrina Disaster Chapters 4, 5, & 6. IN-CLASS: Work on how to do strong Reader’s Notes. Returning to our conversation about genre as it pertains to Reader’s Notes. Please read the materials about this assignment prior to coming to class.
*Katrina report available at: http://www.asce.org/uploadedfiles/publications/asce_news/2009/04_april/erpreport.pdf (you might have to cut and paste this whole address into your browser to get it to come up).
16 SEPTEMBER 2013
M READ: Chapters 7, 8, & 9 from the Report on the Hurricane Katrina Disaster. DUE: First Reader’s Notes. IN-CLASS: Looking at IKEA instructions (http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/customer_service/assembly_instructions.html). Practice exercise in instruction writing. Come to class with a sample of instructions (good or bad) and come prepared to talk about your favorite meal that you have some idea on how to cook--not a recipe, but a meal you love and know how to cook without one--or a meal that you wish you knew how to make. Group assignments for internship for credit campaign. Client Meeting For Internship for Credit campaign, 2:40 sharp.
*Katrina report available at: http://www.asce.org/uploadedfiles/publications/asce_news/2009/04_april/erpreport.pdf (you might have to cut and paste this whole address into your browser to get it to come up).
W READ: Selections of your choice from the Apple iphone users guide. User guide available at: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf . Also, read about the idea of "usability" at http://www.usability.gov/. There are four areas. In your group, divide up the reading among the four areas so that all areas have two readers but no one is reading more than two sections.Be prepared in class to pool what you've learned from the reading. DUE: Reader’s Notes--cover the sections you looked at in the iphone users guide AND your sections from usability.gov. IN-CLASS: Time to get with your group and work on your materials for the Internship For Credit Campaign.
*Iphone User guide available at: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf. *Discussion of Usability available at: http://www.usability.gov/.
23 SEPTEMBER 2013
M READ: Your choice of any three articles (I'll make some recommendations) on The Crocodile River website. Read, also the "about" page Verv Creative website. DUE: Reader’s Notes. Time in class to work on your Internship for Credit Campaign.
Crocodile River Site: http://crocodilerivermusic.com/
Verv Creative: http://vervcreative.com/about.
W IN-CLASS: Workshop. You will have time to work in your group on your campaign. The rest of class will be a workshop where you share some of your materials with other teams and get their feedback. Brief discussion of workshopping practice. Brief discussion of the role "usability" and "user experience" will play in the assessment/evaluation process. Please read workshopping instructions online on the course website. DUE: Enough material to share with another workshopping group.
30 SEPTEMBER 2013
M READ: Find out what Pecha-Kucha is and how it's going to affect your life by reading around on the Pecha-Kucha website, watch at least three presentations. Also, "Pecha Kucha: Get to the PowerPoint in 20 Slides Then Sit the Hell Down," In the New York Times, "We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint." "PowerPoint is Evil" by Edward Tufte in Wired Magazine. And, finally, brief introduction to visual design (C.R.A.P.). IN-CLASS: Death by Powerpoint presentation, guest lecturer Erik LePage. DUE: Reader’s Notes. Time in class to work on your Internship for Credit powerpoint.
W IN-CLASS: Time to finish your powerpoint for your Internship for Credit campaign. Last day to finish up any and all materials for Internship for Credit campaign as a group.
*Pecha-Kucha Website: http://www.pechakucha.org/
*Wired Magazine article on Pecha-Kucha: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-09/st_pechakucha*New York Times article "We Have Met the Enemy. . . " http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html?_r=0
*Wired Magazine article on PowerPoint by Edward Tufte: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html
*C.R.A.P. information: http://www.presentationzen.com/chapter6_spread.pdf
7 OCTOBER 2013
M DUE: All materials to turn in to me for Internship for Credit Campaign. IN-CLASS: Group powerpoint presentations for Internship for Credit Campaign.
W READ: "Why Write" by Paul Auster(handout). DUE: 500 words, typed, of your own version of why write? Be ready to share your piece with others in class. Bring 15 copies to class (if you want me to make the copies send your document to me no later than noon on Wednesday).
14 OCTOBER 2013
M Class canceled for Columbus Day Holiday. All classes are canceled and campus is closed.
W READ: from "The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875-1925: A Documentary History." John Brereton & "Striking a Balance--Seeking a Discipline" Robert Tremmel. DUE: Reading Journal. IN-CLASS: Discussion of Writing Studies Assignment.
21 OCTOBER 2013
M READ: Introduction to Errors and Expectations: A Guide for the Teacher of Basic Writing. Mina Shaughnessy, from "Composition-Rhetoric: Backgrounds, Theory, and Pedagogy" Robert J. Connors. DUE: Reader's Notes.
W Library Visit Day. We will still meet in our own classroom. It is most useful if you bring your own laptop or tablet for a demonstration on finding research in the Comp/Rhet field (which is different than searching for Literature scholarship).
28 OCTOBER 2013
M READ: “Blogging as Social Action: A Genre Analysis of the Weblog" Carolyn R. Miller & Dawn Shepherd, “What I Learned in MOOC” Jeff Rice. DUE: Reader's Notes.W READ: The Place of World Englishes in Composition: Pluralization Continued" A. Suresh Cangarajah, “Our Brilliant Career: Women in English, 1973-2010 Susan Gubar. DUE: Reader's Notes. IN-CLASS: Work on doing an annotation. Have read at least one of your articles in order to do a useful annotation of it in class.
4 NOVEMBER 2013
M DUE: Workshop of Annotations. Workshop of coverletter. Please bring two copies of your coverletter to class (you need only bring one copy of a few of your annotations to class).
W DUE: Annotated Bibliography with cover letter, midterm portfolio check-in. READ: Introduction to Bird By Bird, Anne LaMott. IN-CLASS: your bird-by-bird moment. 500 words, typed, enough copies for the entire class. If you want me to make the copies, you need to get me your text at least an hour before class.
11 NOVEMBER 2013
M Class Canceled. Due to the Veteran’s Day Holiday, all classes are canceled and campus is closed.
W READ: TBA Poetry from 2013 Pushcart Prize. DUE Reader’s Notes. IN-CLASS Discussion of Writing as Art Assignment. Please come to class having read this assignment material.
NOTE: Due to the Veterans Day Holiday on the 11th (Monday), Wednesday the 13th will be a Monday schedule of classes. This means that all Wednesday classes, day and evening, are canceled. Confused? Me too. But it is what it is. This doesn’t affect our class meeting in anyway shape or form—but it might affect other classes you are currently enrolled in.
18 NOVEMBER 2013
M READ: TBA fiction from 2013 Pushcart Prize. DUE: Reader’s Notes. IN-CLASS: Storymatic! (just because it’ll be fun).
W READ: TBA Creative Nonfiction from Pushcart Prize. DUE: Reader’s Notes. IN-CLASS: Flash nonfiction.
25 NOVEMBER 2013
M READ: TBA. IN-CLASS: DUE: Drafts of Writing as Art to be workshopped on Monday 2 December 2013. IN-CLASS: Brief presentations of your plan for Writing as Art.
W Class Canceled. You can sign up for a one-on-one conference for before and after the Thanksgiving holiday.
2 DECEMBER 2013
M First Whole Class workshop. Folks who are being workshopped on 4 December 2013 need to have their materials ready to give out at the start of class.
W Second Whole Class workshop.
9 DECEMBER 2013
M DUE: Interview with an Author, brief presentations.
W Last Day of Class. DUE: Final portfolio. Time in class to write final portfolio cover letter.
12 DECEMBER 2013
Reading Day.
16 DECEMBER 2013 FINAL EXAM PERIOD
NOTE: Even though our scheduled exam time is from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.