ENG 423 Calendar of Readings & Responsibilities*
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1/17
1/19
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Syllabus.
Familiarize yourself with website for the course: www.unm.edu/~gmartin & the e-reserve site http://ereserves.unm.edu/courseindex.asp (password: study423 )
Read: Offutt's "The Eleventh Draft" (Handout)
Read: "Essayists and the Essay" (Handout)
Write: Reading Response #1: 2-3 page Reflection on (1) Your revision process (2) Your thoughts on Offutt's essay (3) Your thoughts on "Essayists and the Essay"
Devise Workshop Schedule in Class |
Week 2
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1/24
1/26
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Read: Philip Lopate's "Writing Personal Essays: On the Necessity of Turning Oneself into a Character" (e-reserve)
Read: Melody Gee's 3 drafts of "Back Home" (e-reserve)
Write: Response #2: 2-3 pages on the major eliminations, developments and new additions over the course of the three drafts
Read: Vivian Gornick's "The Situation & the Story" (e-reserve) Read: "An Interview with Jane Smiley" (e-reserve)
Read: "Jane Smiley's "What Stories Teach Their Writers " (e-reserve)
Write: Reading Response #3: 2-3 pages -- Your thoughts on Gornick's essay & Smiley's interview and essay |
#s1-6 Distribute Draft1 to class 16 copies |
1/27 7 PM Works-in-Progress Reading Winnings Cafe 111 Harvard SE
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1/31
2//2 |
Read: Workshops (website handout) Read: Peer Response (website handout) Workshop 1-3 Write: Peer Responses
WS 4-6 |
#s7-12 Distribute Draft1 |
Week 4
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2/7
2/9 |
WS 7-9 WS 10-12 |
#s13-16 Distribute Draft1 |
2/10 7 PM Works-in-Progress Reading Winnings Cafe 111 Harvard SE
Week 5
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2/14
2/16 |
WS 13-15 WS 16 Read: Revising for the Middle Draft (website handout) Read: Sontag's "Directions: Write, Read, Rewrite. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 as Needed" (e-reserve) Read: Stephen Koch's "Working & Reworking: Early Drafts & the Techniques of Revision" (excerpt from THE MODERN LIBRARY'S WRITER'S WORKSHOP) (e-reserve) Write: Reading Response #4: 2-3 pages -- Your thoughts on the readings above in the light of your own writing so far in the semester and the workshopping process so far. |
| 2/21 |
Read: Craft Features: Quotes, Ideas, Questions,
Working Definitions (Web Handout) Read: Molly Cooney's 3 drafts of "Missing Pieces" (e-reserve) Write: Reading Response #5: 2-3 pages on the major eliminations, developments and new additions over the course of the three drafts |
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2/23 |
Read Rachel Pratt's 3 drafts of "Broken
Waters"
(e-reserve) Write: Response #6: 2-3 pages on the major eliminations, developments and new additions over the course of the three drafts |
#s1-6 Distribute Draft 2 |
Week 7
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2/28
3/2 |
WS 1-3
WS 4-6 |
#s7-9 Distribute Draft 2 |
Spring Writers Festival: March 1st-3rd 7PM Locations TBA
Week 8
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3/7
3/9 |
WS 7-9 CLASS CANCELLED for AWP Conference |
#s10-16 Distribute Draft 2 |
Week 9
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3/14&16 |
Spring Break |
Week 10
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3/21
3/23 |
WS 10-12 WS 13-15 |
3/24 7 PM Works-in-Progress Reading Winnings Cafe 111 Harvard SE
Week 11
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3/28
3/30 |
WS 16 Read: Paul Bogard's drafts of "Drowning" (e-reserve) Write: Response #7: 2-3 pages on the major eliminations, developments and new additions over the course of the drafts |
Week 12
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4/4 & 4/6 |
We watch a cool movie (Suspense = curiosity + delay) No Preparation Necessary |
Best American Essays Reading Project: Pick Your Four Favorite Essays: Write a Reading Response for Each following the specific format for Reading Responses on the website. |
Week 13
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4/11
4/13 |
Best American Essays
Reading Responses DUE: 4 Responses
(#s8,9,10,11) Movie Response Due (Reading Response #12): 2-3 page reflection on the movie from last week Line-by-line revision Discussion: Volunteer Draft |
Volunteer Draft
#s1-6 Distribute Draft 3 |
4/14 7 PM Works-in-Progress Reading Winnings Cafe 111 Harvard SE
Week 14
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4/18
4/20 |
WS 1-3 WS 4-6 |
#s7-12 Distribute Draft 3 |
Week 15
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4/25
4/27 |
WS 7-9
WS 10-12 |
#s 13-16 Distribute Draft 3 |
Week 16
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5/2
5/4 |
WS 13-15 WS 16 |
Week 17
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5/9 |
Portfolio & Treadmill Journal Due in my office by 5PM |
* Assignments Due on the Date Listed