Week Date In-class Reading Other
1 8/27 Intro, C&S Pinker essay, C&S p7–12 Join slack, bring 1-2 sentences about what you want to work on
2 9/3 Group ex: describe research Lamott essay, C&S p12–17 Bring draft to class next week
3 9/10 Watch 2 ABT videos Greene essay, C&S p17–24 Work on draft, edit with C&S and ABT in mind
4 9/17 Peer-edit Stylish Academic Writing by Helen Sword: Chapter 5 Peer-edit outside of class if you didn’t get enough time in class!
5 9/24 Diagram for subject-verb-object and find all prepositions Keep working on drafts. Think about your subjects and verbs
6 10/1 Peer-edit Lanham essay, C&S “Truth” p24–32 Incorporate editing notes from class
7 10/8 C&S Ex 2, 5 Imagine your subject in front of you, like a yellow leaf on the brick courtyard! Also, send me any draft/paragraph for some in-class editing next class
8 10/15 Class edits single work McCarthy essay Keep writing
9 10/22 Watch Larry McEnerney video Bring 3 influential/seminal papers in your field to class (printed). Also be prepared to turn in your draft(s) at the end of class next week
10 10/29 Finish LE video, find your code words C&S p32–45 (Presentation and Scene) Turn in your drafts, think about what you will work on for rest of semester