Unit 1 / Schedule / English 102 / Shearer / Fall 2019 / 9.25

1. Unit One:
Exploring Personal Narrative
Class Schedule
English 102 – Fall 2019
Shearer
MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY
WEEK 1
Aug 26 –
Sep 1
August 26
Course Introduction
• Syllabus overview
• Discussion Board posts &
expectations
• Unit One Assignment overview
Readings Due:
• ENGL 102 Syllabus
• Unit One Assignment Sheet:
Personal Narrative Essay
August 28
Discussion: Didion
Nonfiction, rhetoric, and the essay
Readings Due:
• Joan Didion “Goodbye to All That”
• Becoming Rhetorical, Chapter 3:
Analyzing Textual Rhetoric (Sections
3A & 3D)
Writing Assignments Due:
• Discussion Post #1: reading
response to Didion due by class
August 30
Discussion:
Jamison & Chapter 1
Readings Due:
• Leslie Jamison, “How To Write A
Personal Essay”
• Becoming Rhetorical, Chapter 1:
The Basic Rhetorical Situation
(Sections 1A-1C)
Writing Assignments Due:
Revised copy of in-class assignment
on Didion from Wednesday 8/28
Note: Print out assignment and bring
to class today
WEEK 2
Sep 2-8
Admin
Deadline:
Sep 3 =
last day to
add or
register
September 2
LABOR DAY
No Class
September 4
Writing About the
World Around Us:
Going Outside
NOTE: We will be meeting outside
today in the arboretum amphitheater
near the Kibbie Dome and tennis
courts
Readings Due:
• Pico Iyer, “Chapels”
• Becoming Rhetorical, Chapter 2:
The Expanded Rhetorical Situation
(Sections 2A & 2C)
Writing Assignments Due:
• Discussion Post #2: reading
response to Iyer due by class
September 6
Personal Geographies:
Mapping Our Identities
Readings Due:
• Cindy Fuhrman, “Hells Canyon
Revival”
• Kim Barnes, “Work”
Writing Assignments Due:
• Discussion Post #3: reading
response to Fuhrman & Barnes due by
class

2. WEEK 3
Sep 9-15
Admin
Deadline:
Sep 9 =
last day to
withdraw
without
receiving a
“W”
September 9
Discussion: Baldwin
& Finding Focus
Readings due:
• James Baldwin,
“Autobiographical Notes”
• Becoming Rhetorical: Chapter
13, Creating Written Compositions
(Section 13A)
Writing Assignments Due:
• Discussion Post #4: reading
response to Baldwin due by class
September 11
On Introductions & Drafting
• Essay instructions review
Readings Due:
• Anne Lamott, “Shitty First
Drafts”
Writing Assignments Due:
• Discussion Post #5: Revision of
Outdoor Notebook due by class
NOTE: Print out your Outdoor
Notebook and bring to class
September 13
On Expansion & Structure
• Rough Draft (work in class)
• Conference sign-ups
Writing Assignments Due:
• Worksheet – Developing your
Personal Essay: Due to dropbox on
BbLearn by class
• Begin drafting your personal essay
WEEK 4
Sep 16-22
September 16
Conferences
NO CLASS
NOTE: bring a hard copy of your
rough draft to conference
Writing Assignments Due:
• Personal Narrative Essay
Rough Draft DUE via BbLearn
by 9:30 AM
September 18
Conferences
NO CLASS
September 20
Conferences
NO CLASS
WEEK 5
Sep 23-29
Admin
Deadline:
Sep 24 =
Early
Warning
Grades
Due
September 23
Peer Review
• Expectations and contracts
• Global Review of essay draft
Reading Due:
• Stephen King, “Toolbox”
Writing Assignments Due:
• Revision of Personal Essay due
by class
NOTE: Bring hard copy of
Personal Essay to class for Peer
Review
September 25
Introduction to Research Project
& Library Week
Reading Due:
• Tommy Orange, There There,
“Prologue”
• Units 2 & 3 Assignment Sheet
Writing Assignments Due:
• Discussion Post #6: reading
response to Orange due by
class
September 27
Peer Review
• Structural & Local Review of essay
draft
Reading Due:
• Chapter 12a in Becoming Rhetorical
Writing Assignments Due:
• Topic for Unit 2 Research & Library
Week
• Personal Narrative Essay
Final Draft due via BbLearn
by Monday 9/30
NOTE: Bring hard copy of Personal
Essay to class for Peer Review