|
Date |
Readings and Assignments |
|
T
01/08 |
Introductions, explanations, and expectations; website and
CourseDen; syllabus basics and schedule; the basics: how to
succeed in this class; reading actively & thinking
critically: signs & subtext; summary vs. analysis;
plagiarism and its consequences |
|
R
01/10 |
Read
Preventing Plagiarism (link);
review
full syllabus before class.
Academic
honesty quiz; syllabus quiz; close-reading exercise;
student info sheet; diagnostic essay prep. |
|
T
01/15 |
Read pp. 1-18
of Analyze Anything.
Diagnostic
In-Class essay: bring a big blue book (large)
and "The Story of an
Hour" handout.
Essay one
assigned: click
here for the prompt. |
|
R
01/17 |
Read pp. 19-31
of Analyze Anything.
Bring your chosen ad (full-page and in color) to class;
style and analysis workshop |
|
F 01/18 |
Drop period
(with refund) ENDS at noon today. No adding or reinstatement
of classes after 01/18/13. No dropping classes with refund
after 01/18/13. |
|
T
01/22 |
Read pp. 37-48
of Analyze Anything.
KSA1 due: click
here for
requirements.
Style and analysis workshop |
|
R
01/24 |
Read pp. 52-65
of Analyze Anything.
Style and analysis workshop |
|
T
01/29 |
Read pp. 65-73
of Analyze Anything.
KSA2 due: click
here
for requirements.
Style and analysis workshop |
|
R
01/31 |
Read pp. 80-97
of Analyze Anything.
Revised KSA1 and
KSA2 due.
Style and analysis workshop |
|
T
02/05 |
Read pp. 97-118
of Analyze Anything.
KSA3 due: click
here for
requirements.
Style and analysis workshop |
|
R
02/07 |
Read pp.
125-132 & 161-163 of Analyze Anything.
Style and analysis workshop |
|
T
02/12 |
KSA4 due: click
here for
requirements.
Peer review
workshop: bring a completed and typed draft of your paper;
otherwise, you will be dismissed and counted absent for the
day. |
|
R
02/14 |
Essay One Due:
submit your completed paper through CourseDen before 3:00
p.m. today. |
|
T
02/19 |
Read pp. 48-51
of Analyze Anything.
Style and analysis workshop; essay two assigned: click
here for the prompt. |
|
R
02/21 |
Read
The Great
Gatsby:
preface (vii-xvi) and pp. 5-102 (chs. 1-5).
Style and analysis workshop |
|
T
02/26 |
Conclude The
Great Gatsby 103-189
(chs. 6-9).
Style and analysis workshop |
|
R
02/28 |
Read “The
Great Gatsby as a Business Ethic Inquiry” (CourseDen
PDF)
Style and analysis workshop |
|
M 03/04 |
Last day to
withdraw with a W. |
|
T
03/05 |
Style and analysis workshop |
|
R
03/07 |
Style and analysis workshop |
|
T
03/12 |
Peer review
workshop: bring a completed and typed draft of your paper;
otherwise, you will be
dismissed and counted absent for the day. |
|
R
03/14 |
Essay Two Due:
submit your completed paper through CourseDen before 3:00
p.m. today. |
|
T 03/19 |
Spring Break;
no classes |
|
R 03/21 |
Spring Break;
no classes |
|
T
03/26 |
Read “Street
fighting: Placing the Crisis of Masculinity…” article (CourseDen
PDF).
Style and analysis workshop |
|
R
03/28 |
Read Guide to
Watching Film (CourseDen PDF).
Style and analysis workshop |
|
T
04/02 |
Watch Fight
Club before today.
Style and analysis workshop |
|
R
04/04 |
Style and analysis workshop |
|
T
04/09 |
Style and analysis workshop; discuss essay three prompt:
click
here
for the details. |
|
R
04/11 |
Style and analysis workshop |
|
T
04/16 |
Peer review
workshop: bring a completed and typed draft of your paper;
otherwise, you will be dismissed and counted absent for the
day. |
|
R
04/18 |
Essay Three Due:
submit your completed paper through CourseDen before 3:00
p.m. today; last
day of class; student evaluations; prep. for final exam. |
|
R 04/25 |
Final exam for
1102-04: 8:00-10:30 a.m. |