Spring 2020, Banks

1. UNIT 4 SCHEDULE – ENGL 208
*Remember that you need to write in your Penzu notebook 5 times a week!
DUE BY
*All assignments will be due before
11:59 p.m. on the day they are listed. In
parentheses I list where you can find
them on the UNIT 4 page.
ASSIGNMENTS DUE
Wednesday, March 18 1. Notebook check! Email Professor Banks
(abanks@uidaho.edu) a screenshot of your
latest Penzu notebook entries (since we’re a
bit more than halfway through the
semester, you should have around 40).
2. Watch Slidedoc 1: Writing About Cultural
Objects from a Personal Point of View
3. Read Erich Kuerstern’s “’Venus in Furs’ by
the Velvet Underground” (READINGS)
4. Complete the writing task on description
(UNIT 4 ASSIGNMENTS)
Sunday, March 22 1. Read the Unit 4 Assignment Sheet: Writing
About a Song (HANDOUTS).
2. Read Chuck Klosterman’s “March 24, 1984”
AND Carl Wilson’s “Let’s Talk About ‘Let’s
Talk About Love’”(READINGS)
3. Complete the Reading Journal comparing
the Klosterman and Wilson essays (UNIT 4
ASSIGNMENTS)
Wednesday, March 25 1. Watch Slidedoc 2: Why and How to Use
Research in Personal Writing (LECTURES)
2. Complete the Unit 4 Brainstorming and
Invention activity: Give Your Song Cultural
Context (UNIT 4 ASSIGNMENTS)

2. Sunday, March 29 Complete a draft of your Writing About a Song
Essay and upload to the Unit 4 Peer Review Forum
(UNIT 4 ASSIGNMENTS).
Wednesday, April 1 Follow the instructions to complete reviews of
TWO of your peers’ Writing About a Song essays
in the Unit 4 Peer Review Forum (UNIT 4
ASSIGNMENTS).
Sunday, April 5 Submit final draft of your Writing About a Song
Essay (UNIT 4 ASSIGNMENTS)