Online, Spring 2020, Anna Banks

1. UNIT 5 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, April 15 1. Notebook check! Email Professor
Banks (annab@uidaho.edu) a
screenshot of your list of Penzu
notebook entries (since we’re now
¾ through the semester, you
should have around 60).
2. Read the Unit 5 Assignment Sheet:
Audio Essay (HANDOUTS).
3. Read the article “Podcasting Is the
new personal essay” (READINGS)
4. Listen to “Hang a Picture in Front
of the Mic”(LECTURES)
5. Complete the writing task on
finding a story in a photo (UNIT 5
ASSIGNMENTS)
Sunday, April 19 1. Watch Andrew Stanton, “The Clues
to a Great Story” (LECTURES) – as
you watch, write down Stanton’s
tips for storytelling.
2. Read Tammie M. Kennedy, “Dead
Babies Photo”
3. Complete the Reading Journal
assignment for Stanton/Kennedy
(UNIT 5 ASSIGNMENTS)
Wednesday, April 22 1. Keeping Stanton’s tips in mind,
write a draft of the script of your
Audio Essay (approximately 750
words). Upload your script to the

2. Unit 5 Script Review Forum (UNIT 5
ASSIGNMENTS).
Sunday, April 26 1. Complete reviews of TWO of your
peers’ Audio Essay scripts on the
Unit 5 Script Review Forum.
2. Do a test SoundCloud post using
the script provided. NOTE: If
you’re uncomfortable or don’t
want to have your voice recorded,
you can ask someone else to
record it for you (UNIT 5
ASSIGNMENTS).
Wednesday, April 29 1. Read Perl and Schwartz, “The Craft
of Revision” (READINGS)
2. Look at Slidedoc 1, “Writing for the
Ear” (LECTURES)
3. Revise your script, record yourself
(or someone else) reading the
essay, and post the SoundCloud
link to the Unit 5 Audio Essay
Forum (UNIT 5 ASSIGNMENTS).
Sunday, May 3 Complete reviews of TWO of your peers’
Audio Essays on the Audio Essay Forum
(UNIT 5 ASSIGNMENTS)
Wednesday, May 6 Rerecord your essay (or have someone
else rerecord it) based on feedback from
your reviewers, and post two things to the
Unit 5 Final Audio Essay Draft link (UNIT 5
ASSIGNMENTS):
1. The SoundCloud link to the final
draft of your Audio Essay.
2. A reflection on the experience of
writing a script to be read aloud
(and then reading it/directing
someone else to read it). What
differences did you find from other

3. writing tasks we’ve done this
semester?