Week
One
F: 8/21 In
Class: Syllabus, Introductions, What is Composition?
Week
Two—Unit One (Critical Reading Methods)
M:
8/24 The Carolina Reader: David Foster Wallace “This is Water”
(xii-xviii)
The Little Penguin Handbook: Chapter Two (4-6)
In Class: Reading beyond our default settings
The Little Penguin Handbook: Chapter Two (4-6)
In Class: Reading beyond our default settings
W:
8/26 The Carolina Reader: Lewis Carroll “The Jabberwocky"
(31-32); Relook at David Foster Wallace “This is Water” (xii-xviii)
In Class: Reading “Jabberwocky” for limitations, possibilities, and probabilities
Bureaucratic Announcement: Last day to change/drop course without receiving a “W” on your transcript
In Class: Reading “Jabberwocky” for limitations, possibilities, and probabilities
Bureaucratic Announcement: Last day to change/drop course without receiving a “W” on your transcript
F:
8/28 The Carolina Reader: Roland Barthes “Death of the
Author” (2-7); Relook at Lewis Carroll “The Jabberwocky” (31-32)
In Class: Differentiating between “What does she mean” and “What does it mean;” Discuss SWA 1
In Class: Differentiating between “What does she mean” and “What does it mean;” Discuss SWA 1
Week
Three
M:
8/31 The Carolina Reader: Guy de Maupassant “The Necklace”
(32-40); Relook at Roland Barthes “Death of the Author” (2-7)
In Class: Generating multiple interpretations; Discuss Essay 1
Due: SWA 1
In Class: Generating multiple interpretations; Discuss Essay 1
Due: SWA 1
W:
9/2 The Carolina Reader: Stanley Fish “How to Recognize a Poem
When you See One” (7-20); Relook at Guy de Maupassant “The Necklace” (32-40).
In Class: The power of genre
In Class: The power of genre
F:
9/4 The Carolina Reader: H.P. Lovecraft "The Rats in the Walls" (40-56); Relook
at Stanley Fish “How to Recognize a Poem When you See One” (7-20).
In Class: Utilizing the different reading strategies
In Class: Utilizing the different reading strategies
Week
Four
M:
9/7 No Class—Labor Day!
W:
9/9 No Reading: Work
on your paper!
In Class: Introduction to peer review; Establish local, mezzo, and global issues for this paper
Due: First Draft Essay 1 (4 hardcopies)
In Class: Introduction to peer review; Establish local, mezzo, and global issues for this paper
Due: First Draft Essay 1 (4 hardcopies)
F: 9/11 In
Class: Peer Review
Due: Peer Review Letters (2 hardcopies of each)
Due: Peer Review Letters (2 hardcopies of each)
Week
Five
M:
9/14 The Little Penguin Handbook: Chapters 3-5 (7-15)
In Class: Evaluating your paper and making a revision plan
Due: Bring the latest version of your paper (digital or hardcopy)
In Class: Evaluating your paper and making a revision plan
Due: Bring the latest version of your paper (digital or hardcopy)
W:
9/16 The Little Penguin Handbook: Chapters 12-13 (58-67)
In Class: Source integration and plagiarism
Due: Bring the latest version of your paper (digital or hardcopy)
In Class: Source integration and plagiarism
Due: Bring the latest version of your paper (digital or hardcopy)
F:
9/18 No Reading: Work
on your paper!
In Class: The standard reflection exercise!
Due: Second Draft Essay 1 (1 hardcopy and Blackboard)
In Class: The standard reflection exercise!
Due: Second Draft Essay 1 (1 hardcopy and Blackboard)
Week
Six—Unit Two (Visual Reading Practices)
M: 9/21 The Carolina Reader: John
Berger “Hiroshima” (128-134)
In Class: Visual representations, affect, and meaning
In Class: Visual representations, affect, and meaning
W:
9/23 Blackboard: Phillip Levine
“A Photo-Essay on the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki”; Unforgettable FireThe Carolina Reader: Review John
Berger “Hiroshima” (128-134)
In Class: The affective power of visual representation
In Class: The affective power of visual representation
F:
9/25 Blackboard: RadioLab “Sight Unseen”
In Class: Do photo-essays have a unique power? Discuss SWA 2; view photo-essays
In Class: Do photo-essays have a unique power? Discuss SWA 2; view photo-essays
Week
Seven
W:
9/30 The Carolina Reader: Scott McCloud “from Understanding Comics” (70-107)
In Class: the layout of comics; Discuss Essay 2
Due: SWA 2
In Class: the layout of comics; Discuss Essay 2
Due: SWA 2
F:
10/2 The Carolina Reader: Guy Delisle “from Pyongyang” (150-160);
Relook at Scott McCloud “from Understanding
Comics” (70-107).
In Class: Storytelling and affect with iconic characters
In Class: Storytelling and affect with iconic characters
Week
Eight
M:
10/5 The Carolina Reader: Art Spiegelman “from Maus”
(134-1424); Relook at Scott McCloud “from Understanding
Comics (70-107)
In Class: Breaking conventions with style
In Class: Breaking conventions with style
W:
10/7 No Reading: Work on
your papers!
In Class: Discuss difficulties with this paper; Establish local, mezzo,and global issues for this paper;
Due: First Draft Essay 2 (4 hardcopies)
In Class: Discuss difficulties with this paper; Establish local, mezzo,and global issues for this paper;
Due: First Draft Essay 2 (4 hardcopies)
F: 10/9 In
Class: Peer Review
Due: Peer Review Letters (2 hardcopies of each)
Due: Peer Review Letters (2 hardcopies of each)
Week
Nine
M:
10/12 No Reading: Revise your
essay!
In Class: Organization; Reverse outlining
Bureaucratic Announcement: Last day to drop a course or withdraw without a grade of "WF" being recorded
Due: Bring the latest version of your essay (digital or hardcopy)
In Class: Organization; Reverse outlining
Bureaucratic Announcement: Last day to drop a course or withdraw without a grade of "WF" being recorded
Due: Bring the latest version of your essay (digital or hardcopy)
W:
10/14 No Reading: Revise
your essay!
In Class: Rethinking introductions and conclusions
Due: Bring the latest version of your essay (digital or hardcopy)
In Class: Rethinking introductions and conclusions
Due: Bring the latest version of your essay (digital or hardcopy)
F:
10/16 No Reading: Revise
your essay!
In Class: The standard reflection exercise!
Due: Second Draft Essay 2 (1 hardcopy and Blackboard)
In Class: The standard reflection exercise!
Due: Second Draft Essay 2 (1 hardcopy and Blackboard)
Week
Ten—Unit Three (Cultural and Historical Criticisms)
M:
10/19 The Carolina Reader: Charlotte Perkins Gilman “The Yellow
Wallpaper” (208-222)
Blackboard: Anne Stiles “Go Rest, Young Man”
In Class: Fiction as social critique
Blackboard: Anne Stiles “Go Rest, Young Man”
In Class: Fiction as social critique
W:
10/21 The Carolina Reader: Relook at Charlotte Perkins Gilman “The
Yellow Wallpaper” (208-222)
Blackboard: S. Weir Mitchell “Rest in the Treatment of Nervous Disease” (95-97)
The Little Penguin Handbook: Chapters 8-10 (32-53)
In Class: Gilman as subversive; Discuss SWA 3
Blackboard: S. Weir Mitchell “Rest in the Treatment of Nervous Disease” (95-97)
The Little Penguin Handbook: Chapters 8-10 (32-53)
In Class: Gilman as subversive; Discuss SWA 3
F:
10/23 No Class—Fall Break!
Week
Eleven
M: 10/26 Blackboard:
Malcolm X “Message
to the Grassroots”
In Class: Understanding X in context
Due: SWA 3
In Class: Understanding X in context
Due: SWA 3
W:
10/28 The Carolina Reader: Stokely Carmichael “Black Power”
(247-261); Relook at Malcolm X “Message to the Grassroots”
In Class: Comparing Carmichael and X; Discuss Essay 3
In Class: Comparing Carmichael and X; Discuss Essay 3
F:
10/30 The Carolina Reader: Martin Luther King “The World House”
(283-300); Relook at Malcolm X “Message to the Grassroots”; Relook at
Stokely Carmichael “Black Power” (247-261)
In Class: Comparing X, Carmichael, and King
In Class: Comparing X, Carmichael, and King
Week
Twelve
M:
11/2 The Carolina Reader: Relook at Martin Luther King “The World
House” (283-300); Relook at Malcolm X “Message to the Grassroots;” Relook at
Stokely Carmichael “Black Power” (247-261)
In Class: What does looking at these authors in tandem teach us?
In Class: What does looking at these authors in tandem teach us?
W:
11/4 No Reading: Work on
your paper!
In Class: Discuss difficulties with this paper; Establish local, mezzo,and global issues for this paper
Due: First Draft Essay 3 (4 hardcopies)
In Class: Discuss difficulties with this paper; Establish local, mezzo,and global issues for this paper
Due: First Draft Essay 3 (4 hardcopies)
F: 11/6 In
Class: Peer Review
Due: Peer Review Letters (2 hardcopies of each)
Due: Peer Review Letters (2 hardcopies of each)
Week
Thirteen
M:
11/9 The Little Penguin Handbook: Chapters 18-21 (156-177)
In Class: What does your writing sound like?; Read aloud exercise
Due: Bring the latest version of your paper (digital or hardcopy)
In Class: What does your writing sound like?; Read aloud exercise
Due: Bring the latest version of your paper (digital or hardcopy)
W:
11/11 The Little Penguin Handbook: Loosely skim Parts 5 and 6
(178-254)
In Class: The cultural bias of the academic essay
In Class: The cultural bias of the academic essay
F:
11/13 No Reading: Revise
your essay!
In Class: The standard reflection exercise!
Due: Second Draft Essay 3 (1 hardcopy and Blackboard)
In Class: The standard reflection exercise!
Due: Second Draft Essay 3 (1 hardcopy and Blackboard)
Week
Fourteen—Unit Four (Comparative Analyses)
M: 11/16 The Carolina Reader: Julia Ward
Howe “Battle Hymn of the Republic”
(462-464)
In Class: Mutation, allusion, and cultural touchstones; Discuss SWA 4
(462-464)
In Class: Mutation, allusion, and cultural touchstones; Discuss SWA 4
W: 11/18 The Carolina Reader: Julia Ward
Howe “Battle Hymn of the Republic”
(462-464)
Blackboard: Peruse Civil War Trust “Music of the 1860s”
In Class: Describing the different sides of a conflict
(462-464)
Blackboard: Peruse Civil War Trust “Music of the 1860s”
In Class: Describing the different sides of a conflict
F:
11/20 The Carolina Reader: Julia Ward Howe “Battle Hymn of the
Republic” (462-464)
Blackboard: Titus Andronicus “A More Perfect Union”
In Class: Mutation, allusion, and cultural touchstones
Blackboard: Titus Andronicus “A More Perfect Union”
In Class: Mutation, allusion, and cultural touchstones
Week
Fifteen
M: 11/23 The
Carolina Reader: Cornel West “Moral Obligation of Living in a
Democratic Society” (456-461)
In Class: West’s perspective on community; Discuss Essay 4
Due: SWA 4
In Class: West’s perspective on community; Discuss Essay 4
Due: SWA 4
W: 11/25 No Class—Thanksgiving Break!
F: 11/27 No Class—Thanksgiving Break!
Week
Sixteen
M:
11/30 The Carolina Reader: Ralph Waldo Emerson “Self Reliance”
(437-456)
In Class: Comparing Emerson and West
In Class: Comparing Emerson and West
W:
12/2 No Reading: Work on
your paper!
In Class: Discuss difficulties with this paper; Establish local, mezzo,and global issues for this paper
Due: First Draft Essay 4 (4 hardcopies)
In Class: Discuss difficulties with this paper; Establish local, mezzo,and global issues for this paper
Due: First Draft Essay 4 (4 hardcopies)
F: 12/4 In
Class: Peer Review
Due: Peer Review Letters (2 hardcopies of each)
Due: Peer Review Letters (2 hardcopies of each)
Finals
Week
Final Portfolio Due During our Final
Period—Details TBA
(Optional prep reading for 102—Wayne C.
Booth “The Rhetorical Stance”)
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