Week 1

Monday, January 30 Introduction to the course

Wednesday, February 1 Discuss Lakoff and Johnson.

Week 2

Monday, February 6 Discuss Rankine.

Wednesday, February 8 Discuss Berry.

Introduce Paper I .

Week 3

Wednesday, February 15 Discuss Ehrenreich.

Week 4

Wednesday, February 22 Discuss Medvedev Poems and Medvedev Essays.

*First Draft of Paper 1 is Due

Week 5

Monday, February 27 Discuss Responding to Other Students’ Writing

Peer Review Paper 1

Wednesday, March 1 Discuss Mandelstam.

*Final Draft of Paper 1 is Due by 5pm Friday

Week 6

Monday, March 6 Introduce Paper 2. Introduce rhetorical analysis, audience and evidence.

Wednesday, March 8  Discuss Lorde.

Week 7

Monday, March 13  Discuss On Reading Thinking Critically.

Wednesday, March 15  Discuss What is Academic Writing?

Week 8

Monday, March 20  Discuss Shitty First Drafts.

Wednesday, March 22  Discuss Revising Attitudes

*Draft 1 of Paper 2 is Due by 5pm on Friday

Week 9

Monday, March 27 Peer Review Paper 2

Wednesday, March 29 In class revision using “Revision for concision”

*Final Draft of Paper 2 is Due by 5pm on Friday

Week 10

Monday, April 3 One on one student-teacher conferences

Wednesday, April 5 Introduction to Paper 3 Assignment

Week 11

Wednesday, April 19

Class meets in Library for presentation from Research Librarian

*Paper 3 Prospectus is due

Week 12

Monday, April 24 In class paragraph revision using “Revision for Concision”

Wednesday, April 26

*Reflective Annotated Bibliography is Due

Week 13

Monday, May 1

*Paper 3 Outline is Due

Wednesday, May 3 One on one conferences on Paper outline

Week 14

Monday, May 8

Wednesday, May 10

                  * Full first draft of Paper 3 is Due

Week 15

Monday, May 15 In class presentations of Final

Wednesday, May 17 In Class Presentations of Final