English 102

Spring 2015
Schedule
Week 1
TR Jan 22 Welcome, Intro, Discuss Syllabus

Week 2
T Jan 27 Snow Day
TR Jan 29 Online Class Read: p. 354-357 Shitty First Drafts Discuss: Ethnography

Week 3
T Feb 3 Read: p. 24-37 Friday Night at Iowa 80 and 58-59 FreeWriting Discuss: reading
and essay #1

TR Feb 5 Due: Blog Post Read: p.63-65, p.119-122, p. 101-102, p.111-117 Discuss: Blogging,
Positioning Yourself, Pov, rhetoric, and permission

Week 4
T Feb 10 Snow Day
TR Feb 12 Read: All Souls chp 1-3 Discuss: Essay #2
Week 5
T Feb 17 Due Essay #1 I, Researcher Draft for workshop and Blog Post Read: p. 165-175,
p.186-195 Discuss: Space and observation

TR Feb 19 Due: Essay #1 I, Researcher Read: p.66-69 On Keeping a Notebook, p.78-84, and
All Souls chapters 4-6 Discuss: Notetaking and reading
Week 6
T Feb 24 Due: Blog Post Read: p.124-126, p.129-135 Everyday Use Discuss: Artifacts and
reading
TR Feb 26 Discuss: Midterm Portfolio Read: All Souls chapters 7-9

Week 7
T Mar 3 Due: Essay #2 The Lay of the Land draft for workshop and Blog Post Read: All Souls
to end

TR Mar 5 Due: mid-term portfolio and Blog Post Read: p. 219-222 and p. 225-228 Discuss:
Interview
Week 8 Spring Break
Week 9
T Mar 17 Read: 345-347, p.230-233 and p.234-242 Discuss: Essay #3 The Interview and
Annotated Bibliography, Recording and transcribing
TR Mar 19 Due: Blog post Read: p. 244-248 An Anthropologist on Mars, p. 264-266, p.271274 and p.281-286 Discuss: Interviews and language in writing
Week 10
T Mar 24 Read: p.311-313, p.325-330, p. 343-345, and p. 335-340 On Dumpster Diving
Discuss: Archives
TR Mar 26 Due: Blog Post Read: p.139-140 Discuss: Secondary Sources. Visit from Career
Services
Week 11
T Mar 31 Read: Skim Purdue Owl MLA and APA Guide Discuss: Documentation and Citation
TR Apr 2 Due: Essay #3 The Interview and Annotated Bibliography draft for workshop and
blog post Discuss: Essay #4 The So What?
Week 12
T Apr 7 Due: Essay #3 The Interview and Annotated Bibliography Read: p. 351-354 and Prof
Williams Sample Essay #4 (on website) Discuss: Drafting
TR Apr 9 Due: Blog Post Read: p.358-260, p. 361-371, and p. 381-382 Discuss: Revising and
final drafting

Week 13
T Apr 14 Class Cancelled for Conferences, Essay #4 draft due
TR Apr 16 Class Cancelled for Conferences, Essay #4 draft due

Week 14
T Apr 21 Group Project Workday
TR Apr 23 Due: Final Blog Post, Group Project Workday

Week 15
T Apr 28 Group Presentations
TR Apr 30 Group Presentations
Final Exam Due: Final Portfolio and Reading
12:30 class- Thursday May 7th 11-1
3:25 class- Thursday May 7th 2-4