SAMPLE READING
AND WRITING SCHEDULE
Part
I | Part II | Part III | Part
IV | Part V
PLEASE NOTE:
The reading assignment
is to be completed the day on which it is listed. You are expected to
read introductory notes on the author preceding each essay.
The syllabus
is subject to change. We'll revise and fill in the details as we progress.
If there
is a change in the syllabus on a day you are absent, you are still
responsible for
finding out what the assignment is and for the day's activities. (My e-mail
address is dyoung6@gmu.edu.)
Papers
must be turned into me in class the day they are due. Papers placed
in my mailbox
are considered
late. Please contact me at "dyoung6@gmu.edu" if you are having
trouble meeting a deadline before the paper is due.
I. Introduction
Mon, Jan 24 Hello and introductions.
Wed, Jan 26 Freewriting. The nature of composition. The nature of the humanities.
What is this course about? Why a course in reading and writing? Reflecting
on yourself as a writer.
Think about the kinds of writing you have done both in and out of school.
Fri, Jan 28 Reflections due. Sharing writing
II. Reading/Writing Sequence
# 1: The Literacy Autobiography
Mon, Jan
31 Dinesen, "The
Iguana" (packet)
Wed, Feb 2 Percy, "The Loss of the Creature" (packet)
Fri, Feb 4 "The Loss of the Creature" (cont.)
Mon, Feb
7 Rodriguez, "The
Achievement of Desire" (packet)
Wed, Feb 9 "The Achievement of Desire" (cont.)
Fri, Feb 11 Freire, "The Banking Concept of Education" (packet)
Mon, Feb
14 Wright, "The
Library Card"--437 & Malcolm X, "A Homemade Education"--118
Wed, Feb 16 Paper # 1 (Literacy Autobiography) due for peer review.
Fri, Feb 18 Revision strategies--The Art of Writing is the Art of Revising.
Review of writing fundamentals.
Mon, Feb 21 Revision of Paper
# 1 due. Reflecting on writing.
Wed, Feb 23 Individual conferences.
This day will be devoted to individual conferences about your paper.
Meet in my office: Robinson A401B. (Sign-up sheet will be given).
Fri, Feb 25 Conferences (cont.)
Mon, Feb 28 Conferences (cont.)
III. Reading/Writing Sequence
# 2: The Beauty Trap
Wed, Mar
1 Walker, "Beauty:
When the Other Dancer is the Self"--46.
Piercy, "Barbie Doll"--372.
Fri, Mar 3 Lucy Grealy, "Mirrors" (packet)
Mon, Mar 6 Paper #2 due for
peer review.
Wed, Mar 8 Playing around with language.
Fri, Mar 10 Revision of Paper #2 due. Reflecting on writing.
Spring Break
IV.
The Awakening & Student
presentations
Mon, Mar 20 Kate Chopin, The Awakening (I-IV) Discussion of Paper #2.
Wed, Mar 22 The Awakening (V-X)
Fri, Mar 24 The Awakening (XI-XVI)
Mon, Mar 27 The Awakening
(XVII-XXVIII)
Wed, Mar 29 The Awakening (XXIV-end)
Fri, Mar 31 Prepare for student-led presentation of essays. (See handout
for details.)
Begin Concerns Paper
Mon, Apr 3 Student-led presentations.
Paper #3 due on The Awakening.
Wed, Apr 5 Student-led presentations.
Fri, Apr 7 Student-led presentations.
Mon, Apr 10 Student-led presentations.
Wed, Apr 12 Reading/Writing day---prepare for Concerns Paper.
Fri, Apr 14 Reading/Writing day---prepare for Concerns Paper.
V. Concerns Paper
Mon, Apr 17 More discussion of Concerns Paper.
Wed, Apr 19 Writing surprise.
Fri, Apr 21 Searching, researching, documenting, gathering, negotiating,
citing sources.
Mon, Apr 24 Begin presentations
of Concerns Paper.
Wed, Apr 26 Presentations of Concerns Paper.
Fri, Apr 28 Presentations of Concerns Paper.
Mon, May 1 Presentations of
Concerns Paper.
Wed, May 3 Presentations of Concerns Paper.
Fri, May 5 Presentations of Concerns Paper. Concerns Paper due.
Final essay: Reflecting on
yourself as writer, reader and learner.
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