Getting started.
Writing in class, more getting started. Syllabus quiz. Be prepared! Also read The Bedford Researcher, pages 1-44.
Read "The Black Widow" by Gordon Grice. Reading response 1 due.
Also read The Bedford Researcher, pages 150-161. We'll begin WP 1 in class.
Read "If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I?" by Geeta Kothari. Available on BSU Library's course reserve. Reading response 2 due.
Bring your first round of field notes to class. Read The Bedford Researcher, pages 177-238.
WP 1 Rough Draft due at the beginning of class.
Revision work in class. Read "Portrait of a Masked Man" by John Berger (available on BSU Library's course reserve) and The Bedford Researcher, pages 251-261.
WP 1 Peer Review in class. Bring two copies of your second draft to class with you. Download your peer review worksheet here.
WP 1 final draft due at the beginning of class. Consult your resources before your final submission. We'll begin WP 2 together in class.
Optional conferences in Victoria's office from 11:00 to 2:00 and 3:30 to 5:30: bring your WP 2 topic ideas and research questions. We will not meet in the classroom.
More optional conferences in RB 2113 from 11:00 to 2:00 and 3:30 to 5:30: bring your WP 2 topic ideas and research questions. We will not meet in the classroom.
Library tutorial. Meet in Bracken Library, on the main floor, near the spiral staircase. Read The Bedford Researcher, pages 99-149 and 162-176. Also bring your completed research questions.
Library tutorial. Meet in Bracken Library, on the main floor, near the spiral staircase. Bring your follow-up research questions. Also read The Bedford Researcher, pages 47-98.
Annotated Bibliography due at the beginning of class. Read "More Than Just a Disease" by Morgan Yoder.
Read "Stripped for Parts" by Jennifer Khan. Reading response 3 due.
WP 2 Rough Draft due at the beginning of class.
Spring Break. No class meetings. Behave yourselves.
Read "The Problem With Boys" by Tom Chiarella. Reading response 4 due. Also bring your revised Reading Response 3, which you revised with the Research Workshop.
WP 2 Peer Review in class. Bring two copies of your second draft with you. Download your worksheet here.
WP 2 due at the beginning of class. We'll begin WP 3 together.
Review all four readings for which you've written reading responses, plus the John Berger. Choose one on which you'd like to focus. We'll begin your draft during class.
Research and writing day. Be sure to bring your laptop, your draft, and all your notes.
WP 3 rough draft due at the beginning of class.
Mandatory conferences to discuss your progress in RB 2113. We will not meet in the regular classroom.
Mandatory conferences to discuss your progress in RB 2113. We will not meet in the regular classroom.
WP 3 Peer Review in class. Bring two copies of your second draft.
WP 3 due at the beginning of class. We'll begin WP 4 together.
Read "Do I Love My Wife?" by A.J. Jacobs. Reading response 5 due.
WP 4 group work time.
WP 4 Peer Review during class.
Optional draft conferences, in groups, in RB 2113. We will not meet in the regular classroom.
Section 85 (normally meets at 6:30 p.m.): Tuesday, 5/4, 7:00 p.m.
Section 42 (normally meets at 12:30 p.m.): Thursday, 5/6, 12:00 noon.
Section 67 (normally meets at 3:30 p.m.): Friday, 5/7, 2:15 p.m.
Final grades will be submitted to the university by Monday at noon, and available to students the week following finals.