Fall 2012 Class Schedule: English 101, Section 079

This schedule is subject to change. You are expected to keep up with the course schedule and to check it regularly, even in the event of course cancellation or delay. Schedule updates will appear first on the course website: u.arizona.edu/~seharris/engl101/fall12/schedule.html WR = Writing as Revision, SG = Students Guide, RW = Rules for Writers August Tuesday Thursday

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Introduction to class At Home: Read Introduction to First-Year Writing, pages 3 24, in SG. Review course syllabus and schedule.

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Building our writing community Introduce Reading Responses At Home: Read Chapter 3 Close Reading (p. 49) in SG, and Rodriguez, Proofs (onlineprint and bring to class)

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Introduce Essay 1 Discuss Close reading At Home: Read Diaz How to Date (p. 235) and Boully A Short Essay (p.279) in WR Complete Reading Response #1, on Diaz or Boully

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Due Today: Reading Response #1 Discuss readings: What does it mean to be part of a community? How do writers create or describe communities? Sign up for workshops. At Home: Read Hamills The Necessity to Speak (p. 465) and Chapter 8 in SG (p.196)

September Tuesday Thursday

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Discuss analysis Craft and Textual Strategies At Home: Read Rickel Pass (p.193) in WR

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Drafting a thesis statement and topic sentences At Home: Begin working on your draft of Essay 1. Come to class with an opening paragraph for review. Complete Response #2, on Hamill or Rickel

11 Due Today: Reading Response #2

Peer review of essay introductions. At Home: Continue to work on drafts. Prepare Workshop Drafts for submission.

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Due Today: Workshop Drafts of Essay 1 Discuss Workshop responses Mock Workshop At Home: Read and write comments on Group A drafts. Come to class prepared to discuss. Complete your workshop response if assigned.

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Due Today: Workshop Response: Group A (1 copy to me, 1 to writer) Workshops: Group A At Home: Read and write comments on Group B drafts. Come to class prepared to discuss. Complete your workshop response if assigned.

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Workshop Response: Group B (1 copy to me, 1 to writer) Workshops: Group B At Home: Revise drafts of Essay 1 for final submission.

25 Due Today: Final Draft, Essay 1

Introduce Essay 2 Space vs. Place ---At Home: Review Applying Spatial Analysis in SG (p.187), and read Sloan What They Say about Glass Houses in WR (p.152)

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Continue discussion of spatial analysis Spatial Mapping Activity ---At Home: Read bell hooks, Black Vernacular: Architecture as Cultural Practice (online), Complete Response #3 on Sloan or hooks

October Tuesday 2 Due Today: Reading Response #3 Discuss place and privilege At Home: Read Gruenewald, Foundations of Place (online) 9 Outline Workshop activity At Home: Continue to work on drafts. Prepare Workshop Drafts for submission Thursday 4 Discuss place and education Essay introductions At Home: Begin working on draft of Essay 2. Come to class with an outline (Thesis and Topic Sentences) prepared to discuss. 11 Workshop Drafts of Essay 2 Due Discuss sentence review and revisions At Home: Read and write comments on Group A drafts. Come to class prepared to discuss. Complete your workshop response if assigned.

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October 18 Workshops: Group B At Home: Revise drafts of Essay 2 for final submission. 25 Discuss reading Theoretical Lens: the Postmodern At Home: Read Lewis The Participatory Meme Chronotrope and Rossman Friday (online) See November 1

At Home: Read and write comments on Group B drafts. Come to class prepared to discuss. Complete your workshop response if assigned. 23 Due Today: Final Draft, Essay 2 Introduce Essay 3 Using a Lens Text At Home: Read Text-In-Context chapter in SG (p.191) and Jameson Postmodernism in WR (p. 179) 30 Interpretation, Imitation, and Memes At Home: Read Different Racisms and The Illusion of Safety (online) Complete Reading Response #4 on Lewis, Rossman, Salesses, or Gay

November Tuesday See October 30 Thursday 1 Due Today: Reading Response #4 Discuss reading: Online Cultures Begin drafting Essay 3 rubrics At Home: Read: Davies Display, Identity, and the Everyday (online) 8 Due Today: Workshop Drafts, Essay 3 Sample essay activity Continue drafting essay 3 rubrics At Home: Read and write comments on Group A drafts. Come to class prepared to discuss. Complete your workshop response if assigned. 15 Workshops: Group B At Home:

6 CLASS MEETS IN ECE229 Discuss reading: Interpreting Online Communities At Home: Prepare workshop drafts for submission, bring your Students Guide to class. 13 Workshops: Group A At Home:

Read and write comments on Group B drafts. Come to class prepared to discuss. Complete your workshop response if assigned. 20 Class will be held online

Revise drafts of Essay 3 for final submission.

November 22 Thanksgiving Recess: No Class

Online conferences: Log into D2L online room during class time (9:00am 11:00am) with questions about your drafts Due Today: Final Draft, Essay 3 At Home: Review assignment sheet for final exam, Complete Reading Response #5 on one of the three essays youve written so far this semester 27 Due Today: Reading Response #5 Optional Essay 1 or 2 revisions due Introduce Final Exam Discuss strategies for revision At Home: Read Personal and Reflective Writing in SG (p. 283), bring essay you plan to use for final (with comments) to class

29 Course Evaluations Strategies for Revision continued Revision exercise: global vs. local At Home: Begin work on final exams. Bring draft of introduction to class.

Tuesday 4 Last Day of Class Avoiding clich in reflective essays At Home: Complete final exams

December Thursday 6 Dead Day: No Class

Friday 7 Due Today: Final Exams 8:00 10:00AM