SYLLABUS ENGL303 Writing Our Heritages
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SPRING 2023 Open Hours for students (office hours):
M(in-person or Zoom) 3:15-4:15, W (in-person or Zoom) 11:00-12:00, T (in-person or Zoom) NOON-1:00, and by appointment . Click here to join my Zoom for Spring 2023. Let me know you want to meet by adding yourself to my google.doc appointment calendar by clicking here. |
13 March 2023
CLASS WILL BE HELD ONLINE. No reading due. POST: To class discussion board, Part I of Your Life In Pics. Please post your description of one of your pics for the next mini-assignment.
15 March 2023
No reading due outside of class. DUE: have available at least 3 pics for in-class writing. Overview of Your Life In Pics. In class practice describing images.
20 March 2023
IN-CLASS: Reading Tito & Papi. Discussion. Working on theme. Sign up for Midterm Project Conferences by clicking on this link (all conferences will be 10 minutes and they will be on zoom).
22 March 2023
DUE: Workshop draft of Your Life In Pics.
27 March 2023
DUE: To turn in to me, Your Life In Pics Assignment (include drafts). IN-CLASS: Reading "Sunday Dinner" by Henry Louis Gates Jr. Overview of You Are What you Eat Assignment.
29 March 2023
READ: The essay "What I Found in a Bag of Dumplings." You can access this reading by clicking on this link here. DUE: Reading journal on dumplings (don’t forget to address part three of the reading journal assignment) IN-CLASS: Working on food writing (harder than you think).
3 APRIL 2023
WATCH: This TED Talk by Suresh Doss "Food is a Family Heirloom." You can access this video by clicking on this link here. DUE: Reading Journal on TED Talk. IN-CLASS: Starting to draft your heirloom recipe for your You Are What You Eat Assignment.
READ: This article from the New Yorker "How Owamni Became the Best New Restaurant in the United States". You can access this article by clicking on this link here. DUE: Reading journal New Yorker article. IN-CLASS: Discussion of New Yorker article. Drafting You Are What You Eat mini-assignment.
5 APRIL 2023
No Reading Due DUE: Draft of You Are What you Eat Mini-Assignment for workshopping. NOTE: Please either bring 9 copies to class or email me your draft NO LATER THAN 11:30 AM on the 5th.
10 APRIL 2023
LISTEN: to this This American Life episode "The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar." You can access this episode of This American Life podcast by clicking on this link. You can access a transcript of the episode by clicking on this link. DUE: A draft of You Are What You Eat mini-assignment (in-clude in-class work and workshop draft). IN-CLASS: Overview of You're In The System.
12 APRIL 2023
READ: This article from The New Yorker "My Grandfather, the Nigerian Slave Trader." You can access the article by clicking on this link. DUE: Reading Journal on article. IN-CLASS: Locating and using archival materials.
17 APRIL 2023
All Classes Canceled for Patriot’s Day Holiday. Woo-hoo.
19 APRIL 2023
LISTEN: To this episode of the podcast “The Confessional” with Wilhelm Verwoerd. You can access the episode by clicking on this link. Transcript appears on the same page you access the audio on. DUE: Reading Journal on Wilhelm Verwoerd interview. IN-CLASS: Looking at the difficult things that we inherit.
24 APRIL 2023
No Reading Due. DUE: Workshop draft of You're in the System. NOTE: Please either bring 9 copies to class or email me your draft NO LATER THAN 11:30 AM on the 5th.
26 APRIL 2023
No reading due. DUE: Draft of You're in the System due to turn in to me (include workshop drafts). IN-CLASS: Discussion of putting your entire project together. Work on drawing conclusions, drafting your thematic introduction. Evaluations. Final Project Presentations Overview.
1 MAY 2023
LAST DAY OF CLASSES: No reading due. IN-CLASS: Workshopping your thematic introductions. Questions about final project. Sign up for project conferences.
8 MAY 2023
FINAL EXAM PERIOD 11:00-1:00. DUE: Final Project Presentations. Completed Final Project with collected drafts from mini-assignments.
CLASS WILL BE HELD ONLINE. No reading due. POST: To class discussion board, Part I of Your Life In Pics. Please post your description of one of your pics for the next mini-assignment.
15 March 2023
No reading due outside of class. DUE: have available at least 3 pics for in-class writing. Overview of Your Life In Pics. In class practice describing images.
20 March 2023
IN-CLASS: Reading Tito & Papi. Discussion. Working on theme. Sign up for Midterm Project Conferences by clicking on this link (all conferences will be 10 minutes and they will be on zoom).
22 March 2023
DUE: Workshop draft of Your Life In Pics.
27 March 2023
DUE: To turn in to me, Your Life In Pics Assignment (include drafts). IN-CLASS: Reading "Sunday Dinner" by Henry Louis Gates Jr. Overview of You Are What you Eat Assignment.
29 March 2023
READ: The essay "What I Found in a Bag of Dumplings." You can access this reading by clicking on this link here. DUE: Reading journal on dumplings (don’t forget to address part three of the reading journal assignment) IN-CLASS: Working on food writing (harder than you think).
3 APRIL 2023
WATCH: This TED Talk by Suresh Doss "Food is a Family Heirloom." You can access this video by clicking on this link here. DUE: Reading Journal on TED Talk. IN-CLASS: Starting to draft your heirloom recipe for your You Are What You Eat Assignment.
READ: This article from the New Yorker "How Owamni Became the Best New Restaurant in the United States". You can access this article by clicking on this link here. DUE: Reading journal New Yorker article. IN-CLASS: Discussion of New Yorker article. Drafting You Are What You Eat mini-assignment.
5 APRIL 2023
No Reading Due DUE: Draft of You Are What you Eat Mini-Assignment for workshopping. NOTE: Please either bring 9 copies to class or email me your draft NO LATER THAN 11:30 AM on the 5th.
10 APRIL 2023
LISTEN: to this This American Life episode "The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar." You can access this episode of This American Life podcast by clicking on this link. You can access a transcript of the episode by clicking on this link. DUE: A draft of You Are What You Eat mini-assignment (in-clude in-class work and workshop draft). IN-CLASS: Overview of You're In The System.
12 APRIL 2023
READ: This article from The New Yorker "My Grandfather, the Nigerian Slave Trader." You can access the article by clicking on this link. DUE: Reading Journal on article. IN-CLASS: Locating and using archival materials.
17 APRIL 2023
All Classes Canceled for Patriot’s Day Holiday. Woo-hoo.
19 APRIL 2023
LISTEN: To this episode of the podcast “The Confessional” with Wilhelm Verwoerd. You can access the episode by clicking on this link. Transcript appears on the same page you access the audio on. DUE: Reading Journal on Wilhelm Verwoerd interview. IN-CLASS: Looking at the difficult things that we inherit.
24 APRIL 2023
No Reading Due. DUE: Workshop draft of You're in the System. NOTE: Please either bring 9 copies to class or email me your draft NO LATER THAN 11:30 AM on the 5th.
26 APRIL 2023
No reading due. DUE: Draft of You're in the System due to turn in to me (include workshop drafts). IN-CLASS: Discussion of putting your entire project together. Work on drawing conclusions, drafting your thematic introduction. Evaluations. Final Project Presentations Overview.
1 MAY 2023
LAST DAY OF CLASSES: No reading due. IN-CLASS: Workshopping your thematic introductions. Questions about final project. Sign up for project conferences.
8 MAY 2023
FINAL EXAM PERIOD 11:00-1:00. DUE: Final Project Presentations. Completed Final Project with collected drafts from mini-assignments.