Week 1: Introduction, Creative Nonfiction Unit
T 1/30 Introduction: icebreaker, syllabus, and diagnostic.
Reading: Ocean Vuong, “Surrendering”
Th 2/1 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Essay; discussion of audience
Reading: Lorrie Moore, “How to Become a Writer”
Week 2: Developing First-Person Strategies
T 2/6 Discussion of First-Person strategies
Reading: Gary Shteyngart, “Sixty-Nine Cents”
Phillip Lopate, “On the Necessity of Turning Oneself into a Character”
Th 2/8 Peer Review One
Reading: Yiyun Li, “To Speak is to Blunder”
Writing: **First Draft Creative Nonfiction Essay**
Week 3: Conclusion of Creative Nonfiction Unit
T 2/13 Style imitation exercise
Reading: Zadie Smith, “Speaking in Tongues”
Th 2/15 Introduction to Critical Analysis; Introduction to Stasis Theory; In-class film viewing
Writing: **Final Draft Creative Nonfiction Essay**
Week 4: Introduction to Critical Analysis
T 2/20 **No Class: Courses follow a Monday Schedule**
Th 2/22 Introduction to Close Reading
Reading: Joseph Harris, “Coming to Terms”
Writing: Stasis Theory Assignment
Week 5: Close Reading
T 2/27 Close Reading
Writing: Close Reading Assignment
Th 3/1 Claim Workshop
Writing: **First Draft Critical Analysis**
Week 6: Concluding the Critical Analysis
T 3/6 Introductions and Conclusions; Critical Analysis Conferences
Th 3/8 Introduction to Research Paper; In-Class Film viewing
Writing: **Final Draft Critical Analysis**
Week 7: Research Paper
T 3/13 Research Paper Brainstorming, Discussion of Purpose
Reading: Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, “A Most American Terrorist”
Th 3/15 Research Paper Brainstorming Continued
Reading: John Jeremiah Sullivan, “Upon This Rock”
Week 8: Proposal Workshop
T 3/20 Writing as Conversation
Reading: Kate McKinney Maddalena, “I need you to say ‘I’: Why First Person Is Important in College Writing”
Writing: Research Project Proposals 1
Th 3/22 Writing as Conversation
Writing: Research Project Proposals 2
Week 9: Integrating Sources
T 3/27 Reading: Gordon Harvey, “Integrating Sources”
Th 3/29 Using sources to build a claim
Writing: **Final Reflective Annotated Bibliography Due**
Week 10: Spring Break
T 4/3 **No Class: Spring Break**
Th 4/5 **No Class: Spring Break**
Week 11: First Draft of Research Essay
T 4/10 Peer Review One
Writing: **First Draft Research Essay**
Th 4/12 Peer Review Two, Discussion of Counterpoints
Week 12: Final Draft Research Essay
T 4/17 Conferences Round one
Th 4/19 Conferences Round two
Week 13: Remixing
T 4/24 Introduction to Creative Remix of Research Project
Writing: **Final Draft Research Essay**
Th 4/26 Remix Assignment
Week 14: Remix Workshop
T 5/1 In-class remix drafting
Th 5/3 Writing: **First Draft Remix Project**
Week 15: Presentations & Goodbye
T 5/8 Remix Project Workshop
Th 5/10 Final Presentations Round 1
Writing: **Final Draft Remix Project**
Week 15: Presentations & Goodbye
T 5/15 Final Presentations Round 2
F 5/18 **Final Portfolio Reflection Due at Noon**