Week 1 - Wednesday 9/6 and Friday 9/8
Wednesday 9/6--introduction to course
Friday 9/8--writing sample
Homework: Due 9/11
READING ASSIGNMENT : Please read Madden's Introduction to Narration on pgs. 9-11.
Week 2 - Monday 9/11, Wednesday 9/13 and Friday 9/15
Monday 9/11-- Discuss Intro to Narration & Grammar Lesson - Imagery, Voice, Cliches
Homework: Due 9/13
Bring New Voices to class
Wednesday 9/13--Discuss New Voices Essays
Homework: Due 9/15
From Madden, please read the following essays:
"A Chase" by Annie Dillard - pgs. 13-17
"Salvation" by Langston Hughes - pgs. 19-21
Friday 9/15--Discuss Dillard & Hughes Essays & Form Permanent Small Groups!!!
Homework: Due 9/18
READING ASSIGNMENT: Please read Madden's Introduction to Description on pgs. 29-30 & Bring New Voices to class.
Week 3 - Monday 9/18, Wednesday 9/20 and Friday 9/22 (on Friday 9/22 we meet online, in an asychronous forum, not in person)
Monday 9/18--discuss Madden, New Voices essays and the assignment for essay #1
Homework: Due 9/20 & 9/22
1)Please read and review "How to Post on HyperNews." Instructions can also be read online at:
http://www.csun.edu/~hceng017/hyper.html
2)Post a response, during Friday's online class, in our Welcome to English 098 online HyperNews Discussion Forum (follow the forum question and directions AND have fun!).
"Welcome to English 098" HyperNews Forum
http://hyper.vcsun.org/HyperNews/ntaylor/get/w098.html
3)READING ASSIGNMENT: From Madden, please read the following essays:
"The Way to Rainy Mountain" by N. Scott Momaday - pgs. 31-37
"The Death of the Moth" by Virginia Woolf - pgs. 39-42
Wednesday 9/8--discuss Madden essays and our first online class on Friday 9/22 Friday 9/22--CLASS MEETS ONLINE IN WHOLE-CLASS HYPERNEWS FORUM
"Welcome to English 098" HyperNews Forum:
http://hyper.vcsun.org/HyperNews/ntaylor/get/d098.html
Homework: Due 9/25 & 9/27
1)WRITING ASSIGNMENT: Type a first draft of Paper Assignment #1. Xerox copies for ALL of your groupmates for next week's workshop.
Week 4 - Monday 9/25, Wednesday 9/27, and Friday 9/29 (on Friday 9/29 we meet online, in an asychronous forum, not in person)
Monday 9/13--discuss rough drafts and writing techniques
Homework: Due 9/15
1)Read "Footsteps of My Life" (pgs 266-273) and answer question #7 on page 273
Wednesday 9/15--Discuss "Footsteps"
Homework: Due 9/17
1)Please read and review "How to Post on HyperNews." Instructions can also be read online at:
http://www.csun.edu/~hceng017/hyper.html
2)Post a response in our Welcome to English 098 online HyperNews Discussion Forum (follow the forum question and directions AND have fun!).
"Welcome to English 098" HyperNews Forum:
http://hyper.vcsun.org/HyperNews/ntaylor/get/w098.html
Friday 9/17--CLASS MEETS ONLINE IN WHOLE-CLASS HYPERNEWS FORUM
"Welcome to English 098" HyperNews Forum:
http://hyper.vcsun.org/HyperNews/ntaylor/get/w098.html
Homework: Due 9/20
1)bring in a typed two page (minimum) draft of personal Essay #1 for workshop
Week 5 - Monday 9/20, Wednesday 9/22, and Friday 9/24
Monday 9/20--workshop essay #1
Homework: Due 9/22
1)Revise Essay #1 incorporating workshop suggestions
Wednesday 9/22--descriptive exercises
Homework: Due 9/24
1)Essay #1 due for instructor comments: please bring in the final copy and any drafts you have worked on. Please bring a stapler with you to class!
Friday 9/24--turn in Essay #1--more word and descriptive exercises
Homework: Due 9/27
1) read the preface to Eats, Shoots, and Leaves (xvii-xxvii)
2)Sign up for Conferences next week
Week 6 - Monday 9/27, Wednesday 9/29, Friday and 10/1
Monday Wednesday and Friday will be conferences; we will not have "official" class those days; rather you will meet with me in my office JR219A for conferences on your first essays!
Homework: Due 10/4
1)Read "TV Families" pgs 87-96 and answer questions 1,2 and 3 on page 96 under Analyzing Content and Technique
Week 7 - Monday 10/4, Wednesday 10/6, and Friday 10/8
Monday--Discuss "TV Families"
Homework: Due 10/6
1)Read "Teenagers in Crisis" pgs 97-106 and answer questions 1-4 on page 105
Wednesday--Discuss "Teenagers in Crisis" and How to write an opinion paper: or essay #2 explained!
Homework: Due 10/8
1)Read selected New Voices Essays
Friday--Discuss New Voices Essays
Homework: Due 10/11
1)Work on Essay #2 and bring Eats, Shoots, and Leaves to class on 10/11
2)visit our hypernews forum to post a response between 10/12 and 10/16.
Television:
http://hyper.vcsun.org/HyperNews/ntaylor/get/tv.html
Week 8 - Monday, 10/11, Wednesday 10/13 and Friday 10/15 - (On Wednesday and Friday Class Meets Online in HyperNews Forum!!!
Monday 10/11--Discuss Eats, Shoots, and Leaves
Wednesday 10/13 and Friday 10/15 CLASS MEETS ONLINE!!
Please visit our television hypernews forum to post a response between 10/12 and 10/16.
http://hyper.vcsun.org/HyperNews/ntaylor/get/tv.html
Homework: Due 10/18
1)Bring a rough draft of essay #2 for workshop
Week 9 - Monday 10/18, Wednesday 10/20, and Friday 10/22
Monday 10/18--Workshop Essay #2
Homework: Due 10/20
1)Begin Reading Into the Wild
2)Read "Breaking Silence" pgs. 387-390 and answer questions 1-6 on page 390 under Analyzing Content and Technique
Wednesday 10/20--Discuss "Breaking Silence"
Homework: Due 10/22
1)Continue Reading Into the Wild
2)Turn in a draft of Essay #2 for instructor comments
Friday 10/20--Turn in Essay #2 for instructor comments
Homework: 10/25
1)Finish reading through page 97 of Into the Wild and bring a list of 3-4 questions you have about of the book
Week 10 - Monday 10/25, Wednesday 10/27, and Friday 10/29
Monday 10/25 begin Into the Wild discussion
Wednesday 10/27 continue Into the Wild discussion
Friday 10/29 CLASS MEETS ONLINE IN WHOLE-CLASS HYPERNEWS FORUM
http://hyper.vcsun.org/HyperNews/ntaylor/get/wild1.html
Homework: Due 11/1!!
1)Finish reading Into the Wild and bring a list of 3-4 questions you have about the book!
Week 11 - Monday 11/1, Wednesday 11/3, and Friday 11/5
Monday 11/1 finish Into the Wild discussion; discuss essay #3
Homework: Due--11/3!!!
1)work on essay #3
2)bring New Voices and Eats, Shoots, and Leaves to class
Wednesday 11/3--discuss New Voices and Eats, Shoots, and Leaves
Homework: Due--11/5!!!
1)work on essay #3
Friday 11/5 CLASS MEETS ONLINE IN WHOLE-CLASS HYPERNEWS FORUM
http://hyper.vcsun.org/HyperNews/ntaylor/get/wild2.html
Homework: Due--11/8!!!
1)Turn in Essay #3 for instructor comments
2) Bring New Voices
Week 12 - Monday 11/8, Wednesday 11/10, and Friday 11/12
Monday 11/8--turn in essay #3 for instructor comments; discuss in-class essay
Wednesday 11/10--in-class essay
Friday 11/12--discuss in-class essays and cover letters
Homework: Due the week of 11/12!!!
1) work on cover letters
2) FROM THIS POINT ON YOUR HOMEWORK IS TO BE CONSTANTLY REVISING YOUR PORTFOLIO!!
Week 13 - Monday 11/15, Wednesday 11/17, and Friday 11/19
Monday 11/15--cover letter workhop
Wednesday 11/17--in-class essay
Friday 11/19--portfolio workshop
Homework: Due 11/22
1) KEEP REVISING THOSE PORTFOLIOS!!
Week 14 - Monday 11/22 and Wednesday 11/24
Monday 11/22--PORTFOLIO WORKSHOP
Wednesday 11/24--ON YOUR OWN WORK ON PORTFOLIOS!!
Week 15 - Monday 11/29 PORTFOLIOS DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS!! NO EXCEPTIONS ALLOWED
Monday 11/29--PORTFOLIOS DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS!! NO EXCEPTIONS ALLOWED!!
Wednesday 12/1--By appointment only!