Reading Schedule

Read all assignments before coming to class on the dates below.  Please note that the fourth-hour labs meet at noon on Monday for the 11:00 section and at noon on Wednesday for the 1:00 section. Some of the course readings are available on the class website.

Unit 1:  Foundational Reading

Week 1:      

Lab: The Writing Process

M Jan 10

      • Course Introduction

W Jan 12

      • Read:  Dennis Wagner, “The COVID Culture War:  At What Point Should Personal Freedom Yield to the Common Good?” (Class website)
      • Discuss Paper 1

F Jan 14

      • Read: Plato, “The Apology”

Week 2:      

Lab: Richard Lanham’s “Revising Prose”

M Jan 17

      • No Class; MLK Day

W Jan 19

      • Read:  Plato, “Crito”

F  Jan 21

      • Continue Plato Discussion

Week 3:

Lab:  Sentence clarity, precision

M Jan 24

      • Paper 1 Due
      • Discuss Jefferson

W Jan 26

      • Read: Wollstonecraft, from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman  (Introduction, pp. 6-10; Chapter II, pp. 18-36; Chapter XIII, Section 2, pp. 190-193)

F Jan 28

      • Read: Stanton, “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions…” (Class Website)

Week 4:

Lab: Thesis Statements

M Jan 31

      • Read: Emerson, “Self-Reliance”

W Feb 2

      • Read: Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience”

F Feb 4

      • Paper 2 Due; Continue Discussion of Emerson and Thoreau

Unit 2:  Synthesizing Ideas

Week 5:      

Lab: Paragraphing; downshifting

M Feb 7

      • Read: Lincoln, “Gettysburg Address”
      • Discuss Paper 3

W Feb 9

      • Read: Lincoln, “First Inaugural Address”

F Feb 11

      • Read: King, “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (Class Website)

Week 6:

Lab: Integrating Quoted Material

M Feb 14

      • Read: Malcolm X, “Message to the Grass Roots” (Class Website)

W Feb 16

      • Thesis/Outline of Paper 3 Due; Workshop Paper 3

F Feb 18

      • Continue Workshop of Paper 3

Unit 3:  Group Research Project

Week 7:

Lab: Finding/Evaluating/Citing Sources

M Feb 21

      • Final Version Paper 3 Due
      • Discuss Research Project (form groups and choose topics—assign roles)

W Feb 23

      • Groups work on research

F Feb 25

      • Groups work on research

Week 8:

Lab: More about sources; Plagiarism exercise

M Feb 28

      • Groups work on research

W March 2

      • Groups work on research

F March 4

      • Annotated Bibliography Due

Week 9:

M Oct. 19

      • Spring Break

W Oct. 20

      • Spring Break

F Oct. 21

      • Spring Break

Week 10:

Lab: Opening Paragraphs and Hooks

M March14

      • Draft Research Paper Part 1 Due
      • Discuss drafts/writing issues in class

W March 16

      • Draft Research Paper Part 2 Due
      • Discuss drafts/writing issues in class

F March 18

      • Draft Research Paper Parts 3 and 4 Due 
      • Discuss drafts/writing issues in class

Week 11:

Lab: Small Group Workshops

M March 21

      • Small Group Workshops
        • 11-11:35 Maritime Forests (11 am class)
        • 11:35-12:10 Renaming Buildings (11 am class)
        • 12: 15-12:50 Highway Extension (11 am class)
        • 1-1:35 Maritime Forests (1 pm class)

W March 23

      • Small Group Workshops
        • 11-11:35 Sea Wall (11 am class)
        • 12-12:35 Renaming Buildings (1 pm class)
        • 12:35-1:10 Highway Extension (1 pm class)
        • 1:15-1:50 Sea Wall (1 pm class)

F March 25

      • Final work day on research project

Week 12:

M March 28

      • Final, Complete Research Project Due (OAKS assignment folder before class)
      • Groups plan presentations
      • No lab meeting for 11 am class

W March 30

      • Group Presentations
        • 11-11:50  Renaming Buildings, Sea Wall (11 am class)
        • 12-12:50  Renaming Buildings, Sea Wall (1 pm class)
        • 1-1:50 I-526,  Maritime Forest (1 pm class)

F April 1

      • Group Presentations
        • 11-11:50  I-526, Maritime Forest (11 am class)

Unit 4:  Analyzing Literature

Week 13:

Lab: Discuss Paper 5; Writing About Literature

M April 4

      • Read: The Things They Carried (through “Spin”)

W April 6

      • Read: The Things They Carried (through “Friends”)

F April 8

      • Read: The Things They Carried (through “Church”)

Week 14:

Lab: Invention Exercises Paper 5

M April 11

      • Read: The Things They Carried (through “Notes”)

W April 13

      • Read: The Things They Carried (through “The Ghost Soldiers”)

F April 15

      • Read: The Things They Carried (finish book)

Week 15:    

Lab: Writing Conclusions

M April 18

      • Thesis/Outline Paper 5 Due
      • Workshop Paper 5

W April 20

      • Continue Workshop Paper 5

F April 22

      • Final Version Paper 5 Due

Week 16:  

M April 25

      • Discuss Portfolio Self-Assessment

Portfolio Assessment Due: Monday, May 2 by midnight in OAKS dropbox