Engl 208 Unit 4 Schedule

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 20 1. Notebook check! Email Jodie
(jnicotra@uidaho.edu) a
screenshot of your list of 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 24 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 27 1. Watch Slidedoc 2: Why and
How to Use Research in
Personal Writing (LECTURES)
2. Complete the Unit 4
Brainstorming and Invention

2. activity: Give Your Song Cultural
Context (UNIT 4 ASSIGNMENTS)
Sunday, March 31 Complete a draft of your Writing
About a Song Essay and upload to
our Eli Review site (UNIT 4
ASSIGNMENTS).
Wednesday, April 3 Complete reviews of TWO of your
peers’ Writing About a Song essays on
the Eli Review site.
Sunday, April 7 Submit final draft of your Writing
About a Song Essay (UNIT 4
ASSIGNMENTS)