Reading assignments are from Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (AVM), Writing True (WT), The Writer on her Work (WoW), Best American Magazine Writing 2005 (BMW), and Best American Essays 2005 (BAE).
Some readings will be available online (in the public web or through a GMU database) and some are posted on our Blackboard site (Bb), which you can access from http://courses.gmu.edu . All bibliographic information about these readings is posted in Bb on the "Reading List."
Reading and writing assignments are due at the start of the scheduled class period unless otherwise noted. |
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Writing Due This Class |
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A26 |
Writing Block; Introducing writers, setting goals |
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A28 |
Readers' Block; Syllabus Q&A; Story Potluck; Annotation yoga |
WT: p. 24-5
WoW: Atwood, 150
Bb: Macrorie and Lamott |
Reader's Prep Card: Fan, Player, Analyst, Skeptic, Learner
1-page story, 2 copies |
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S2 |
WB; Six Short Lessons: moving day, little green ball, some people, fruit jello, pink houses, inner three-year-old
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WT: Chapters 1-3; + Liu, 234 or Gilb, 287
WoW: Hogan, 77; Erlich, 175
AVM: Ch. 1
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Annotation (photocopy/printout)
Initial Learning Goals (paragraph+grid) |
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S4 |
RB; Writing Workshop 1: Description/Place
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WT: pp. 80-84 + Chapter 6 |
WW#1 Draft (copies w/Guides; Commentary)
Reader's Prep Card |
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S9 |
WB; Finding a center;
The Rhetorical Triangle vs.
The Five Paragraph Essay |
WoW: Hampl, 21; LeGuin, 210
BAE: Levy, 121
(See Bb "Reading List" for bibliog. info) |
3x3 Log + Response OR Comp. Analysis |
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S11 |
RB; Writing Workshop 2: Memory/Reflection |
WT: Simic, 271 or Steinbach, 275
AVM: Ch. 2 |
WW#2 Draft (copies w/Guides; Commentary)
Reader's Prep Card |
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Class topics |
Reading Due This Class |
Writing Due This Class |
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S16 |
WB; Information-plus: Beyond Webcams & Wikipedia |
WT: Chap. 9
Online: Frayne, "Lightning"
(See Bb "Reading List" for bibliog. info) |
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S18 |
RB; Writing Workshop 3: Report/Profile
Meet in Innovation 327 |
BMW: Smith, 121
(See Bb "Reading List" for bibliog. info)
AVM: Ch. 5 |
WW#3 Draft (copies w/Guides; Commentary)
Reader's Prep Card |
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S23 |
WB; Writing for real; scope & angle |
WT: Chapter 10
Bb: Lorde OR Online: Wilson, "Apocalypse" |
Reading Analysis OR 3x3 Log + Response |
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S25 |
RB; Letter Potluck; beyond text
Meet in Innovation 327 |
BMW, BAE, or WoW: Readers' Choice 1
AVM: Ch. 9 |
Letter(s)
Reader's Prep Card
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S30 |
Writing for the right brain, blending modes and styles |
WT: Chapter 8
BMW: Kamp, 265
BAE: Sedaris, 195 |
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RB; Writing Workshop 4: Review/Multi/J (online option) |
AVM: Ch. 11 |
WW#4 Draft (copies w/Guides; Commentary)
Reader's Prep Card
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O7 |
WB; Sussing out stakeholders; blending voices |
WT: Kidder, 309
Online: Gessert, "Orgy of Power" |
Optional: Proposal consultations |
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RB; Psych: reaching distant and resistant readers |
BMW, BAE, or WoW: Readers' Choice 2
AVM: Ch. 14 |
Reader's Prep Card
Schedule Proposal Conferences |
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O14 |
NO CLASS: Fall Break
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O16 |
Writing Workshop 5: Change
(online option) |
WT: Callahan p. 219, Weineke p. 255 |
WW#5 Draft (copies w/Guides; Commentary) |
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O21 |
No Class: Conference Break |
WT: Chapters 4 & 7; Miller, 340
BMW: Jones, 3 |
First Portfolio and Proposal Due at Conference |
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O23 |
WB Revision Workout 1: Macro
Meet in Innovation 328 |
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Class topics |
Reading Due |
Writing Due |
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O28 |
RB; Seeing the heart of the matter; shifting the scope |
BAE: Sacks, 161
Online: Kesselheim, "A Day in the Life"
AVM: Ch. 15 |
Research Plan
Reader's Prep Card |
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O30 |
Revision Workshop A (online option) |
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Revised Draft A (Guide, commentary)
Post Draft to Wiki |
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N4 |
RB; Rebuilding: structures, genres, forms |
WT: Walker, 210; Legler, 289
AVM: Ch. 17 OR 19 |
Reader's Prep Card |
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N6 |
WB; Revision Workout 2: Macro/micro
Meet in Innovation 328 |
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Peer Review Review
(PRR Responses due by Saturday noon) |
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N11 |
RB; Beginnings & endings; pacing & flow; "what else?" |
BMW: Wolcott, 333
Online: Long, "Genome Tome"
AVM: Ch. 20 |
Target/Model assignment
Reader's Prep Card
Set up conferences |
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N13 |
Revision Workshop B (online option) |
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Revised Draft B (Guide, commentary)
Post to Wiki; Find a writing handbook |
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N18 |
Conference Break: No class |
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N20 |
WB; "Style" and "voice" |
WT: Chapter 5, Fuller, 369
BAE: Florey, 31 |
Grammar Guru assignment
Bring your handbook |
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N25 |
Revision Workshop C (in-class): Editing and proofreading |
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(Re-)Revised Draft (Guide? Commentary?) |
N27 |
NO CLASS |
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D2 |
RB: Faves; Building a portfolio; Share-around part 1 |
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Optional: 2 copies, 1-3 pp for sharing |
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D4 |
WB: Next?; Looking forward;
Share-around part 2 |
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Optional: 2 copies, 1-3 pp for sharing |