Schedule for ENGL 111 -- Fall 1999, Sections 017 and 009
| Tuesday | Thursday |
| August 19 -- Introductions, Syllabus, Self-Diagnostic Writing. Journal 1 | |
| August 24 -- Life-Line. Assign Essay #1 (Family Narrative). Journal 2 | August 26 -- Read Introduction, Hoagland, Staples, Chang-Rae Lee, Shacochis |
| August 31 -- First draft of essay #1 due. Writing from the good stuff. Journal 3 | September 2 -- Editorial Boards meet. |
| September 7 -- Lists and Details. Responses due to writers from editorial boards. Journal 4 | September 9 -- Clusters and Brainstorms. Journal
5
Read Chapters 1-3 of The Other Side |
| September 14 -- Revision of essay #1 due. In-class reading. | September 16 -- Read José Raúl Bernardo, Jayne Anne Phillips, Whitney Otto. Assign Essay #2 (Reflective Essay) |
| September 21 -- Focusing by working with titles. Journal 6 | September 23 -- Looking at Grammar and Syntax. Practice Editing. |
| September 28 -- First Draft of Essay #2 due. Focusing by glossing. Journal 7 | September 30 -- Editorial Boards meet. |
| October 5 -- Focusing by work with tension.
Responses due to writers from editorial boards. Journal 8 |
October 7 -- Read chapters 4-6 of The Other
Side.
Focusing through loop writing. Journal 9 |
| October 12 -- Revision of Essay #2 due. In-class
reading.
Midterm Learning Letter Due. |
October 14 -- Fall Break |
| October 19 -- Characters. How to write about people. Assign Essay #3 (Character Analysis -- including interview) Journal 10 | October 21 -- Read Alice Hoffman, Edwidge
Danticat, Elizabeth McCracken,
Beverly Donofrio, Bell Hooks, Deborah Tannen |
| October 26 -- Essay # 3 due. Revising -- Beginnings and Endings. Journal 11 | October 28 -- Editorial Boards Meet |
| November 2 -- Responses due to writers from editorial boards. Focussing by thinking about Structure. Journal 12 | November 4 -- Read 7-14 of The Other Side.
Revising -- Interpretive Paraphrase. Summary and Response -- a beginning. Assign Essay #4. Decide on a topic. |
| November 9 -- Revision of Essay #3 due. In-class readings. Some thoughts about research. Gathering data. Everybody bring copies of one article for everybody else. | November 11 -- Read 15-21 of The Other Side. Discussion of articles and ideas. Summaries of articles due for in-class sharing and responding |
| November 16 -- First draft of Essay #4 due. Read 22-28 of The Other Side. | November 18 -- Editorial Boards Meet. |
| November 23 -- Revision of Essay #4 due. In-class reading. | November 25 -- Thanksgiving Break |
| November 30 -- Finish The Other Side. Editing -- cutting excess. Journal 13 | December 02 -- In general finishing up.
(If you turn your stuff in on this date, you can pick it up during the final.) |
| December 07 -- Section 009 Exam (2:00)
1:00-2:50. Portfolios and final learning letters due. |
December 09 -- Section 017 Exam (12:30)
10:00-11:50. Portfolios and final learning letters due. |