This document provides the class schedule for English 102 - Spring 2019, taught by Professor Shearer. The schedule outlines the readings, discussions, and assignments for Unit 1, which focuses on personal narrative. Over the first three weeks, students will read essays by writers like Sedaris, Lopate, Jamison, and Didion. They will also begin drafting their own personal narrative essay. Weeks 4-5 involve conferences to discuss rough drafts. Weeks 6-7 include peer review sessions to provide feedback on drafts before the final narrative essay is due.

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