Note:  Readings and writing assignments are due on the date listed.

 

   Readings and Responsibilities                                                      Workshop Day

Week 1                                                                       

1/21

Introductions.  Syllabus.  Defining the Memoir.

 

 

1/23

 

 

Week 2           

1/28

 

 

1/30

 

 

Week 3

2/4

 

                                                    

2/6

Nothing to Declare

 

 

Week 4                                                           

2/11

Peer Responses (due each workshop day)

Workshops

First Memoir WS  (2)*

 

2/13

 

First Memoir WS  (2)

 

Week 5

2/18

Iron and Silk.  Reading Response

 

 

2/20

Iron and Silk

 

 

Week 6

2/25

 

First Memoir WS  (2)

                                                                         

2/27

 

First Memoir WS  (2)

 

Week 7

3/4

A Family Vacation  & A Small Place.  Reading Response 

 

                                                                                                  

3/6

A Family Vacation & A Small Place 

 

 

Week 8

3/11

 

First Memoir Workshop (2)

 

3/13

 

First Memoir Workshop (3)

 

Week 9

3/18 & 3/20

Spring Break

 

 

Week 10

3/25

 In An Antique Land.  Reading Response

 

 

3/27

 In An Antique Land

 

 

Week 11

4/1

 

Second Memoir Workshop (2)

 

4/3

 

Second Memoir Workshop (2)

 

Week 12

4/8

 West with the Night.  Reading Response

 

 

4/10

 West with the Night

 

 

Week 13

4/15

 

Second Memoir Workshop (2)

 

4/17

 

Second Memoir Workshop (2)

 

Week 14

4/22

 Island of the Color Blind.  Reading Response

 

 

4/24

 Island of the Color Blind

 

 

Week 15

4/29

 

Second Memoir Workshop (2)

 

5/1

 

Second Memoir Workshop (3)

 

Week 16

5/6

 Out of Sheer Rage.  Reading Response

 

 

5/8

 Out of Sheer Rage

 

 

Week 17

5/13

 Craft Annotations and Revisions Due

 

 

 

*Indicates number of student drafts to be workshopped that day.