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Calendar for EWRT 1A - Marilyn PattonImportant: If a reading is mentioned, you should have FINISHED it by the time you arrive in class on that day!!
"girls reading"
Sept. 26
Read “Pssst, Kid, Wanna Buy a Textbook?” attached to Paper #1 assignment sheet.
27
Read “Veneer of High GPA’s Masking Students’ Deficiency in English” attached to Paper #1 assignment sheet.
28
Read
“Prestige Panic,” attached to Paper #1 assignment sheet. Class will be
in ATC 103 (down in the basement). PLEASE COME THERE! I am NOT going to
be in our regular classroom.
29
Class is online only. Nobody
will be in the classroom. By Sunday at 1 am, post one full paragraph
(at least three full sentences) to the class listserv. Then read all
the postings to find ONE that you can quote (probably in its entirety)
in your Paper #1. Paste it into the draft of your paper and write a
note to that person (NOT to the whole listserv) thanking her or him (10
points).
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Oct. 2
Finish Paper #1 and bring it to class along with Re-Mix.
3
Skim “Romance” 261-70 and bring the lyrics of your favorite love song (5 points!).
4
Read Laura Kipnis, “Against Love” (308-316)
5
Read David Sedaris, “The End of the Affair” (272-274)
6
Class
is online only. Nobody will be in the classroom. Read Sasha Cagen,
“People Like Us: The Quirkyalones” (292-93) and do online quiz by 1 am
Sunday morning (5 points).
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9
Read “Heiny’s “How to Give the Wrong Impression” in Reader and Carey’s “The Brain in Love” (341-46).
10
Read the 3 articles on finding Mr. or Ms. Right (295-307).
11
Read Thomas’s “Saturday Morning Car Wash Club” in Reader.
12
Bring in outline of your Paper #2.
13
Online
only!! By SATURDAY, 1 am, post to the class listserv your response to
these questions: Which is the best article/ essay/story we read on love
and romance? Why did you like it? What part of that piece are you going
to use for your Paper #2? Then by SUNDAY, 1 am, respond to one other
person’s ideas. (10 points)
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16
Class will be in ATC 103, where you can write half your Paper #2.
17
Class will be in ATC 103,.
18
Read Planet of the Blind, pages 41-46 and 51-57 in Reader.
19
Class will be in ATC 103, where you can finish Paper #2.
Read Planet of the Blind, pages 63-67, 96-104, and 113-15 in Reader.
20
Online only! Read Planet of the Blind, pages 136-148 in Reader. By Saturday night (Sunday morning) 1 am, send the answers to these two questions to mdpatton@aol.com:
1. Find your favorite passage from Planet of the Blind, [a passage may be one line to one paragraph], copy it, and tell, in two or three sentences, why it was meaningful to you.
2.
Tell in one sentence the major thing that would change in your life if
you were as vision impaired as Steve Kuusisto is. (5 points)
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23
Read Planet of the Blind, pages 164-191 in Reader.
24
We
will have a workshop on Personal Statements. If you are NOT doing a
Personal Statement for transfer, this is a HOLIDAY! If you turn in a
Personal Statement and do NOT attend today, I will automatically
subtract 10 points.
25
Skim pages 359-69 of Re-Mix. Get Handout for discussion of logic, deduction, and induction.
26
Read “Logical Fallacies” section in Handout.
27
DRAFT
of Paper #3 will replace the Britney Spears assignment for Oct. 27. You
will be in a group of 3 and send a draft to your group, then respond to
both of their drafts. Bring in a hard copy paragraph on Monday, Oct. 30
telling me what you plan to do for revision. You do not need to email
anything to the listserv or to Ms. Patton.
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30
Read Sterritt’s “Face of an Angel” and Jackson’s “In Character” (424-31)
Note about revision of Paper #3 to Ms. Patton.
31
Read Roiphe’s “Profiles Encouraged” (376-82).
Nov. 1
Read Rojas’s “Bootleg Culture” (383-88).
2
Read Pozner’s “The Unreal World” (442-8) and Jhaveri’s “Queer Eye: Searching for a Real Gay Man” (449-53).
Paper #3 due.
3
By
SATURDAY, 1 am, post one full-paragraph comment on the class listserv,
discussing your reaction to the class presentations on Entertainment
articles. Then respond to one of the postings by SUNDAY, 1 am. (10
points)
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6
Bring the Reader, Re-Mix and any other materials you are using for your paper, including print-outs of web sites.
7
Bring draft of Paper #4.
8
Meet with Ms. Patton to discuss your Paper #4.
9
Paper #4 is due. We will meet in ATC 103.
10
No work because today is a school holiday (Veterans’ Day).
13
Read 577-86 inRe-Mix and Stone’s “Web of Risks” (in Reader).
14
Read the articles on blogging, pages 627-38.
15
Read Ullman’s “The Museum of Me” (639-45).
16
Read “New Technological Breakthrough” (648) and Page’s “Should We Still Be Involved in Space Exploration?” (650-52).
17
Online
only. Read DeGeneres’s “This Is How We Live” (588-93) and do the online
quiz on Ms. Patton’s website. Send your answers to her, not to the
listserv, by 1 am Sunday morning. (5 points)
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20
Read Hine’s “Looking Alive” (602-7).
21
Read Gawande’s “The Learning Curve” (654-59).
22
Bring draft of Paper #5 or digitally formatted response of some sort.
23
Thanksgiving Holiday
24
Thanksgiving Holiday so no Friday assignment.
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27
Turn in Paper #5 or digitally formatted response.
28
Read “I Have a Dream” in Reader.
29
Begin “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in Reader up to bottom of page 6.
30
Finish “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in Reader.
Dec. 1
Online
only. Read handout on questionnaires and interviews. Send Ms. Patton
five possible closed-choice questions relevant to your topic by 1 am
SATURDAY!! (5 points)
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4
Bring 30 copies of your questionnaire. (10 points)
5
Come prepared with interview questions, including one or two hypothetical ones.
6-7
Bring outline on note cards and BE SURE TO COME TO CLASS BOTH DAYS!
8
Online
only. Send first draft of Paper #6 to 3 students (will be assigned) by
Saturday 1 am. Give comments to each of your 3 partners by Sunday
evening 6 pm. (10 points)
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11
Bring second draft of Paper #6. Party
9:30 class
Tuesday, December 12: FINAL EXAM = Turn in final (third) draft of Persuasive Essay, Paper #6 between 10:30 and 11:15.
10:30 class
Wednesday, December 13: FINAL EXAM = Turn in final (third) draft of Persuasive Essay, Paper #6 between 10:30 and 11:15.
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