Readings and Responsibilities                                                      

Week 1                                                                       

1/24

  • Syllabus.  Introductions

  • Early and Published Drafts of "Macular Degeneration"

  • Workshop Schedule--in class

 Jeremy, Micaela, Chad, Kayrn distribute

 

 

Week 2

1/31

  • Read:  An Interview with Jane Smiley  (e-reserve)

  • Read:  Workshops  (website handout)

  • Read:  Peer Response

  • Workshop:  Jeremy, Micaela, Chad, Karyn 

  • Write 4 Peer Responses

 5-8 distribute

 

Week 3           

2/7

  • Read:  Jane Smiley:  What Stories Teach Their Writers:  The Purpose and Practice of Revision (e-reserve)

  • Class Workshop:  5-8

 

 9-12 distribute

 

Week 4

2/14
  • Read:  Susan Sontag's "Read, Write, Rewrite (e-reserve)
  • Class Workshop 9-12 
1-6 distribute first revision

 

Week 5

2/21
  • First Revision 1-6   
7-12 distribute first revision

  

 

Week 6                                                           

2/28
  • First Revision 7-12
 		 1-6 distribute second revision

 

 

Week 7

3/7
  • Second Revision 1-6

 

 7-12 distribute second revision

  

 

Week 8

3/14

Spring Break

                                                                         

 

Week 9

3/21
  • Second Revision 7-12
1-4 distribute new piece

  

                                                                                              

Week 10

3/28
  • Class Workshop 1-4 (New Piece)
 5-8 distribute new piece

 

 

Week 11

4/4
  • Class Workshop 5-8 (New Piece)
 9-12 distribute new piece

 

 

Week 12

4/11
  • Class Workshop 9-12 (New Piece)
 1-6 distribute first revision

 

 

Week 13

4/18
  • First Revision 1-6
 7-12 distribute first revision

 

 

Week 14

4/25
  • First Revision 7-12
 1-6 distribute second revision

 

 

Week 15

5/2

  • Second Revision 1-6

 7-12 distribute second revision

 

 

Week 16

5/9
  • Second Revision 7-12

 

Influence Reflection Due, in my box, the final day of exam week 5/13

 

Week 17

 

  • Party at My House   date TBA