READINGS ENGL389 Topics in Writing: Ethnographic Writing
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Spring 2018 Office Hours:
M 2:00-3:00 W 11:00-12:00 and by appointment. Need to make an appointment? Click here: https://goo.gl/3CqLf |
17 JANUARY 2018 (WEEK ONE)
W First Day of Class. Overview of class. Introduction to Ethnography, briefly, and discussion of Research Notes assignment. In-class work: partner artifact interview.
22 JANUARY 2018 (WEEK TWO)
M READ: Rob Cannata’s Essay “Rocky Horror” featured in The Undergraduate Review available here. In-class discussion of “The Ethnographic Project” Please come to class having read that information, accessible by clicking on the assignment title in the line above or through the drop down menu on this website. Also, questions about and practice at Research Notes assignment. Want to read a sample? Click here. DUE: partner artifact interview.
W READ: Kirsten Ridlen’s “Seeing New Englandly” featured in The Undergraduate Review available here . In-class discussion of “The Writer in Her Place” Please come to class having read that information, accessible by clicking on the assignment title in the line above or through “class readings” page in the drop down menu on this website. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here.
29 JANUARY 2018 (WEEK THREE)
M READ: In Telling True Stories 3- 28, available here or on the “class readings” page in the drop down menu on this site. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here.
W READ: In Bird by Bird, please read the introduction (starts on page xi) and pages 3-20. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here.
Still not sure about what you are going to do? Here is the list of brainstorms we came up with in class.
REMEMBER: The stuff highlighted in green are ones that I'm not so sure will be successful based on how I've written the assignment and what I know from past classes. Remember the story of the grail cup: choose wisely, Indiana.
5 FEBRUARY 2018 (WEEK FOUR)
M BY CLASS TIME: Have emailed me your number one and two choices for your site. BRING TO CLASS: Your preferred method of writing drafts (pencil and paper, ipad, phone, computer--whatever), and have something on a page that will potentially end up in your draft of TWIHP. It might be what we started working on at the end of class on Wednesday the 31st; it might be something else. But don't come to class with a blank page.
W DUE: Workshop Draft of “The Writer in Her Place.” In-class discussion of workshopping and reading with love. Sample eval letters are available here and on the “class readings” page in the drop down menu on this site.
12 FEBRUARY 2018 (WEEK FIVE)
M READ: Killing Wolves, available here or on the “class readings” page in the drop down menu on this site. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here. DUE: Draft to turn in to me of “The Writer in Her Place.” Please include your workshop draft with your revised piece. In-class discussion of “Site Description.” Please come to class having read the information, accessible by clicking on the assignment title in the line above or through the drop down menu on this website.
W READ: Cop Diary, available here or on the “class readings” page in the drop down menu on this site. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here. In-class discussion of Midterm Portfolio. Complete details are available on the portfolios page here or from the page in the drop down menu on this website. Sign up for midterm portfolio conferences here (note: link might not be live until 14 February 2017) .
19 FEBRUARY 2018 (WEEK SIX)
M No classes due to the President’s Day Holiday.
W READ: In Bird by Bird pages 74-80 and 132-145 in Telling True Stories, both available here or on the “class readings” page in the drop down menu on this site. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here.
NOTE: Remember that today is a MONDAY schedule of classes. This means that your Monday classes will meet but your Wednesday classes will NOT meet. This affects our class not at all, however, it might affect other parts of your life and schedule. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here. In-class discussion of Midterm Portfolio. Complete details are available on the portfolios page on our class website.
26 FEBRUARY 2018 (WEEK SEVEN)
M DUE: Workshop draft of “Site Description.” Please bring two copies to class. Sign up for midterm portfolio draft conferences here.
W Further Work on revision for Midterm Portfolio. Time in class to assemble materials, write reflections and midterm cover letter. Bring a laptop to class for this purpose. I will bring an envelope for you to put your materials in.
***FRIDAY, 2 MARCH 2018 DUE: Midterm Portfolio (including revised draft of “Site Description”). You can deliver your portfolio to me anytime after Wednesday's class up until 3:00 on Friday, 2 March 2018. You can drop it off at my Tilly 310 office, the English department office (Tilly 340), or I can grab it from you someplace on campus.
5 MARCH 2018 (WEEK EIGHT)
Spring Break. No classes this week.
NOTE: I will be at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation this entire week and largely out of reach.
12 MARCH 2018 (WEEK NINE)
M READ: Selections from My War Gone By, I Miss It So. available here or on the “class readings” page in the drop down menu on this site. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here. In-class discussion of “Sources” assignment. Please come to class having read the information, accessible by clicking on the assignment title in the line above or through the drop down menu on this website.
W Class will not meet. I will be at the Conference on Composition and Communication (4Cs). Class will be held online. LISTEN: This American Life Episode from Harper High School—the two parter-- Listen here. DUE: Research Notes POSTED to our fake class discussion board available by clicking here or on the “fake discussion board” page in the drop down menu for this class. Want to read a sample? Click here.
19 MARCH 2018 (WEEK TEN)
M READ: In Bird by Bird, pages 44 to 53 and 64 to 73, available here or on the “class readings” page in the drop down menu on this site. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here.
W LISTEN: “24 Hours at The Golden Apple,” a classic episode of the radio program This American Life. Listen here. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here.
26 MARCH 2018 (WEEK ELEVEN)
M DUE: Workshop Draft of “Sources.” Please bring two copies to class.
W DUE: Draft to turn in to me of “Sources.” Please include your workshop drafts with your material. In-Class Discussion of “Seeing What There is To See.” Please come to class having read the information, accessible by clicking on the assignment title in the line above or through the drop down menu on this website.
2 APRIL 2018 (WEEK TWELVE)
M READ: Margie Howe’s “Letter from Israel” featured in The Undergraduate Review, available here. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here. Sign up for in-class workshop here. Sign up for one-on-one conferences here. In-class, discussion of how whole-class workshops will run. You can read about it here or on the “whole class workshop” page in the drop down menu for our class.
W READ: In Telling True Stories, pages 145-159 available here. You can still sign up for one-on-one conferences here. Sign up for in-class workshop here. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here.
9 APRIL 2018 (WEEK THIRTEEN)
M READ: DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here. In-class discussion of Final Portfolio. Complete details are available on the portfolios page on our class website. You can still sign up for one-on-one conferences here. Sign up for in-class workshop here.
W DUE: For those folks being workshopped on the 18th, have your draft ready to pass out in class today. Check the workshop schedule here.
16 APRIL 2018 (WEEK FOURTEEN)
M No classes due to Patriot’s Day holiday. Check the workshop schedule here.
W First whole class workshop. DUE: If you are being workshopped on 23 April 2018, your draft ready to pass out in class today. If you are workshopping others, your written comments (two copies, one for me and one for your classmate being workshopped). Check the workshop schedule here.
23 APRIL 2018 (WEEK FIFTEEN)
M Whole Class Workshop. DUE: If you are being workshopped on 25 April 2018, your draft ready to pass out in class today. If you are workshopping others, your written comments (two copies, one for me and one for your classmate being workshopped). Check the workshop schedule here.
W Whole Class Workshop. In-class, class evaluations. DUE: Your written comments (two copies, one for me and one for your classmate being workshopped). Check the workshop schedule here.
30 APRIL 2018 LAST DAY OF CLASSES
DUE: Final Portfolio. Time in class to assemble materials, write reflections and midterm cover letter. Bring a laptop to class for this purpose. I will bring envelopes for you to put your materials in.
2 MAY 2018 FINAL EXAM PERIOD
Class reading. Brunch.
W First Day of Class. Overview of class. Introduction to Ethnography, briefly, and discussion of Research Notes assignment. In-class work: partner artifact interview.
22 JANUARY 2018 (WEEK TWO)
M READ: Rob Cannata’s Essay “Rocky Horror” featured in The Undergraduate Review available here. In-class discussion of “The Ethnographic Project” Please come to class having read that information, accessible by clicking on the assignment title in the line above or through the drop down menu on this website. Also, questions about and practice at Research Notes assignment. Want to read a sample? Click here. DUE: partner artifact interview.
W READ: Kirsten Ridlen’s “Seeing New Englandly” featured in The Undergraduate Review available here . In-class discussion of “The Writer in Her Place” Please come to class having read that information, accessible by clicking on the assignment title in the line above or through “class readings” page in the drop down menu on this website. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here.
29 JANUARY 2018 (WEEK THREE)
M READ: In Telling True Stories 3- 28, available here or on the “class readings” page in the drop down menu on this site. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here.
W READ: In Bird by Bird, please read the introduction (starts on page xi) and pages 3-20. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here.
Still not sure about what you are going to do? Here is the list of brainstorms we came up with in class.
REMEMBER: The stuff highlighted in green are ones that I'm not so sure will be successful based on how I've written the assignment and what I know from past classes. Remember the story of the grail cup: choose wisely, Indiana.
5 FEBRUARY 2018 (WEEK FOUR)
M BY CLASS TIME: Have emailed me your number one and two choices for your site. BRING TO CLASS: Your preferred method of writing drafts (pencil and paper, ipad, phone, computer--whatever), and have something on a page that will potentially end up in your draft of TWIHP. It might be what we started working on at the end of class on Wednesday the 31st; it might be something else. But don't come to class with a blank page.
W DUE: Workshop Draft of “The Writer in Her Place.” In-class discussion of workshopping and reading with love. Sample eval letters are available here and on the “class readings” page in the drop down menu on this site.
12 FEBRUARY 2018 (WEEK FIVE)
M READ: Killing Wolves, available here or on the “class readings” page in the drop down menu on this site. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here. DUE: Draft to turn in to me of “The Writer in Her Place.” Please include your workshop draft with your revised piece. In-class discussion of “Site Description.” Please come to class having read the information, accessible by clicking on the assignment title in the line above or through the drop down menu on this website.
W READ: Cop Diary, available here or on the “class readings” page in the drop down menu on this site. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here. In-class discussion of Midterm Portfolio. Complete details are available on the portfolios page here or from the page in the drop down menu on this website. Sign up for midterm portfolio conferences here (note: link might not be live until 14 February 2017) .
19 FEBRUARY 2018 (WEEK SIX)
M No classes due to the President’s Day Holiday.
W READ: In Bird by Bird pages 74-80 and 132-145 in Telling True Stories, both available here or on the “class readings” page in the drop down menu on this site. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here.
NOTE: Remember that today is a MONDAY schedule of classes. This means that your Monday classes will meet but your Wednesday classes will NOT meet. This affects our class not at all, however, it might affect other parts of your life and schedule. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here. In-class discussion of Midterm Portfolio. Complete details are available on the portfolios page on our class website.
26 FEBRUARY 2018 (WEEK SEVEN)
M DUE: Workshop draft of “Site Description.” Please bring two copies to class. Sign up for midterm portfolio draft conferences here.
W Further Work on revision for Midterm Portfolio. Time in class to assemble materials, write reflections and midterm cover letter. Bring a laptop to class for this purpose. I will bring an envelope for you to put your materials in.
***FRIDAY, 2 MARCH 2018 DUE: Midterm Portfolio (including revised draft of “Site Description”). You can deliver your portfolio to me anytime after Wednesday's class up until 3:00 on Friday, 2 March 2018. You can drop it off at my Tilly 310 office, the English department office (Tilly 340), or I can grab it from you someplace on campus.
5 MARCH 2018 (WEEK EIGHT)
Spring Break. No classes this week.
NOTE: I will be at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation this entire week and largely out of reach.
12 MARCH 2018 (WEEK NINE)
M READ: Selections from My War Gone By, I Miss It So. available here or on the “class readings” page in the drop down menu on this site. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here. In-class discussion of “Sources” assignment. Please come to class having read the information, accessible by clicking on the assignment title in the line above or through the drop down menu on this website.
W Class will not meet. I will be at the Conference on Composition and Communication (4Cs). Class will be held online. LISTEN: This American Life Episode from Harper High School—the two parter-- Listen here. DUE: Research Notes POSTED to our fake class discussion board available by clicking here or on the “fake discussion board” page in the drop down menu for this class. Want to read a sample? Click here.
19 MARCH 2018 (WEEK TEN)
M READ: In Bird by Bird, pages 44 to 53 and 64 to 73, available here or on the “class readings” page in the drop down menu on this site. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here.
W LISTEN: “24 Hours at The Golden Apple,” a classic episode of the radio program This American Life. Listen here. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here.
26 MARCH 2018 (WEEK ELEVEN)
M DUE: Workshop Draft of “Sources.” Please bring two copies to class.
W DUE: Draft to turn in to me of “Sources.” Please include your workshop drafts with your material. In-Class Discussion of “Seeing What There is To See.” Please come to class having read the information, accessible by clicking on the assignment title in the line above or through the drop down menu on this website.
2 APRIL 2018 (WEEK TWELVE)
M READ: Margie Howe’s “Letter from Israel” featured in The Undergraduate Review, available here. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here. Sign up for in-class workshop here. Sign up for one-on-one conferences here. In-class, discussion of how whole-class workshops will run. You can read about it here or on the “whole class workshop” page in the drop down menu for our class.
W READ: In Telling True Stories, pages 145-159 available here. You can still sign up for one-on-one conferences here. Sign up for in-class workshop here. DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here.
9 APRIL 2018 (WEEK THIRTEEN)
M READ: DUE: Research Notes. Want to read a sample? Click here. In-class discussion of Final Portfolio. Complete details are available on the portfolios page on our class website. You can still sign up for one-on-one conferences here. Sign up for in-class workshop here.
W DUE: For those folks being workshopped on the 18th, have your draft ready to pass out in class today. Check the workshop schedule here.
16 APRIL 2018 (WEEK FOURTEEN)
M No classes due to Patriot’s Day holiday. Check the workshop schedule here.
W First whole class workshop. DUE: If you are being workshopped on 23 April 2018, your draft ready to pass out in class today. If you are workshopping others, your written comments (two copies, one for me and one for your classmate being workshopped). Check the workshop schedule here.
23 APRIL 2018 (WEEK FIFTEEN)
M Whole Class Workshop. DUE: If you are being workshopped on 25 April 2018, your draft ready to pass out in class today. If you are workshopping others, your written comments (two copies, one for me and one for your classmate being workshopped). Check the workshop schedule here.
W Whole Class Workshop. In-class, class evaluations. DUE: Your written comments (two copies, one for me and one for your classmate being workshopped). Check the workshop schedule here.
30 APRIL 2018 LAST DAY OF CLASSES
DUE: Final Portfolio. Time in class to assemble materials, write reflections and midterm cover letter. Bring a laptop to class for this purpose. I will bring envelopes for you to put your materials in.
2 MAY 2018 FINAL EXAM PERIOD
Class reading. Brunch.