Unit One Schedule / English 102 / Shearer

1. Unit One:
Exploring Personal Narrative
Class Schedule
English 102​ ​– Spring 2019
Shearer
MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY
WEEK 1
Jan 6-12
January 9
Course Introduction
• Syllabus overview
• Blog assignments & expectations
• Unit 1 Assignment overview
Readings Due:
• ENGL 102 Syllabus
• Unit 1 Assignment Instructions:
Personal Narrative Essay
January 11
Discussion: ​Sedaris
Readings Due:
• David Sedaris, “The Living Dead”
• Becoming Rhetorical, Chapter 3:
Analyzing Textual Rhetoric (Sections
3A & 3D)
Writing Assignments Due​:
• Blog Post #1: reading response to
Sedaris due by class
WEEK 2
Jan 13-19
Admin
Deadline:
Jan 17 =
last day to
add or
register
January 14
Discussion:
Lopate & Jamison
Nonfiction, rhetoric, and the essay
Readings Due:
• Phillip Lopate, “The Essay, An
Exercise in Doubt”
• Leslie Jamison, “How To Write
A Personal Essay”
• Becoming Rhetorical, Chapter 1:
The Basic Rhetorical Situation
(Sections 1A-1C)
January 16
On Notes & Notebooks:
Writing journals
Readings Due:
• Joan Didion, “On Keeping a
Notebook”
January 18
Discussion: ​Iyer & Gay
Readings Due:
• Pico Iyer, “Chapels”
• Roxane Gay, “What We
Hunger For”
Writing Assignments Due:
• Blog Post #2: reading response to
Iyer & Gay due by class

2. WEEK 3
Jan 20-26
Admin
Deadline:
Jan 23 =
last day to
withdraw
without
receiving a
“W”
January 21
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
NO CLASS
January 23
Personal Geographies:
Mapping our identities
Readings Due:
• ​Cindy Fuhrman, “Hells Canyon
Revival”
• Kim Barnes, “On Language, a Short
Meditation”
Writing Assignments Due:
• Blog Post #3: reading response to
Fuhrman & Barnes due by class
January 25
Discussion:​ Didion
& Finding Focus
Readings due:
• Joan Didion, “Goodbye To All
That”
• Becoming Rhetorical: Chapter 13,
Creating Written Compositions
(Section 13A)
Writing Assignments Due:
• Blog Post #4: reading response to
Didion due by class
WEEK 4
Jan 27 -
Feb 2
January 28
On Introductions & Drafting
• Essay instructions review
• Rough Draft (work in class)
Readings Due:
• Anne Lamott, “Shitty First
Drafts”
January 30
On Expansion & Structure
• Conference Sign-Ups
• Rough Draft (work in class)
February 1
Discussion:​ Solnit
Reading Due:
• Solnit, “Abolish High School”
Writing Assignments Due:
• Blog Post #5: reading
response to Solnit due by
class
WEEK 5
Feb 3-9
February 4
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 10AM
February 6
Conferences
NO CLASS
February 8
Conferences
NO CLASS

3. WEEK 6
Feb 10-16
Admin
Deadline:
Feb 12 =
Early
Warning
Grades
Due
February 11
Peer Review Prep
• Expectations and Contracts
Readings Due:
• Becoming Rhetorical: Chapter
2, The Expanded Rhetorical
Situation (Sections 2A & 2C)
​February 13
Peer Review
NOTE: ​Bring a hard copy of your
rough draft to class
Reading Due:
• Jessica Handler, “Write What
You Don’t Know”
February 15
Peer Review
NOTE: ​Bring a hard copy of your
rough draft to class
Reading Due:
• Stephen King, “Toolbox”
WEEK 7
Feb 17-23
February 18
Move on to Unit 2
Writing Assignments Due:
• Personal Narrative Essay
Final Draft ​DUE​ via BbLearn
by 11:59 pm