Tentative Schedule
ENG 111 Sections HJ and HM (TR)

BB = Beyond Borders
AW = Across the Wire
KW = Keys for Writers

Date
 Before class, you should
 In class, we will
 In class, you will turn in
Week One
 T 1/13
º Make introductions
º Discuss the syllabus
R 1/15
 º Skim "The Writing Process" (KW 1-28)
º Read "Self-Identity" (BB 14-16)
 º Introduce the Writing Process
º Go over the Border Narrative Assignment
º Discuss language, "political correctness," diction, and abstraction
Week Two
T 1/20

· Read “Borders” (BB 37-46), “Mother Tongue” (BB 60-65) and “Exotic” (79-83)

· After reading Tan’s essay, write a one-page reaction paper describing your family’s relationship to language (second languages, accent, reading, writing, unique vocabulary)

· Discuss relationship between identity and writing; the ways that borders shape identity
· Introduce genre

· Assign Groups		 · Your description paper (SW 1)
R 1/22

· Read “Collective Trauma” (BB124-135)
· After reading “Collective Trauma,” write a one-page description of a community that you belong to

· Discuss the function and value of community and the ways that community relates to identity

· Introduce and practice invention and prewriting techniques

 · Your description paper (SW 2)
Week Three
T 1/27

· Read “MAUS” (424-427), and “Confronting Stereotypes” (BB 428-444)

· Write a one- or two-page reflection about an occasion when a stereotype was applied to you

· Discuss and analyze stereotypes

· Introduce Purpose, Tone, and Audience

· Introduce analysis

 · Your reflection paper (SW 3)
R 1/29

· Complete a draft of your Border Narrative (optional)

· Watch “Slim Hopes”

· Practice cultural analysis

· Identify revision strategies		 · The first draft of your Border Narrative (optional)
Week Four
T 2/3

· Read “The ‘90s Culture of Xenophobia” (687-694) and “Growing up in LA” (BB 100-113)

· Write a one-page analysis of the purpose, tone, and audience of “The ‘90s Culture of Xenophobia”

· Discuss Readings

· Discuss thesis, claim, and evidence

and strategies for evaluating them in the writing of others

· Introduce the Border Analysis assignment

· Practice cultural analysis		 · Your analysis paper (SW 4)
R 2/5
 · Choose an image from “Border Visions: An Image Portfolio” (BB) and answer both questions below the image (1-2 pages)

· Analyze images from “Border Visions”

· Practice cultural analysis

· Discuss and practice the elements of summary		 · Your visual analysis paper (SW 5)
Week Five
T 2/10

· Read “White Man’s Indian” (BB 219-227) and “Middle Ground” (BB 262-274)

· Write a one-page summary of “White Man’s Indian”

· Discuss the social construction of identity

· Consider “Joining the Conversation”: integrating, critiquing, interrogating, and documenting sources

· Revision strategies

 · Your summary paper (SW 6)
R 2/12
 · Read “Style” (KW 248-278)

· Introduce Style

· Introduce Across the Wire

· Introduce the Letter assignment

· Group Time		 · The final Border Narrative

T 2/17
MONDAY/TUESDAY CLASS EXCHANGE DAY

MONDAY CLASSES MEET		 NO CLASS
 MONDAY/TUESDAY CLASS EXCHANGE DAY
 MONDAY CLASSES MEET
R 2/19

· Complete a draft of your Border Analysis (bring two copies to class)

· Begin reading Across the Wire		 · Peer Review · Two copies of your Border Analysis draft
Week Seven
T 2/24

· Read Part I (AW 1-56)

· Write a one-page evaluation of the thesis, claim, and evidence in your own Border Analysis draft

· Discuss Across the Wire

· Group Time

 · Your evaluation paper (SW 7)
R 2/26

· Read Part II (AW 59-121)

· Revise your Border Analysis

· Discuss Across the Wire

· Group Time		 · The final draft of your Border Analysis
Week Eight
M 3/2

· Finish Across the Wire

· After finishing the book, write a one-page reflection about the value or importance of volunteering, social work, or performing “good works.”

· Complete Across the Wire discussion

· Group Time

· Your reflection paper (SW 8)
R 3/4

· Read “On Not Being a Victim” (BB 364-374)

· Write a one-page analysis of the ways that sexual violence (or the threat of sexual violence) is a border.

· Discuss the relationship between violence and borders

· Introduce the Documented Argument Assignment and Checklist

· Discuss Topic Selection

· Your analysis paper (SW 9)
Week Nine
T 3/9

· Read “Doing Research/Evaluating Sources” (KW 65-120)

· List five possible research topics; choose one

· Write one-page reflection on the Collaborative Letter

· Meet in the Computer Classroom (Mosler 319)

· Research Orientation

· Discuss topic selection

· The final draft of your Collaborative Letter

· Your reflection paper (SW 10)

· Your research topic (and four alternatives)
R 3/11

· Meet in the Computer Classroom (Mosler 319)

· Discuss and practice research strategies
15-19 March
 SPRING BREAK
 WOO HOO!
Week Ten
T 3/23

· Begin collecting sources for your Documented Argument

· Write one-page reflection on what you think will argue about your topic (a sort of page-long meditation on the working thesis)

· Meet in the Computer Classroom (Mosler 319)

· Discuss the evaluation  of sources; the use of on-line resources
· Your reflection paper (SW 11)
R 3/25
 · Collect fifteen sources related to your topic

· Review the thesis

· Discuss organizing information		 · Works Cited page(s)
Week Eleven
T 3/30

· Make a list of evidence that you plan to use to support your thesis

· Draft three variations of a working thesis		 · Discuss and practice strategies for outlining and paraphrasing

·Your evidence

·  Your working thesis (and its variations)
R 4/1

· Write a one-page, counter-argument to your thesis

· Create a working outline for your Documented Argument

· Discuss, evaluate, and practice approaches to writing the Introduction

· Discuss integrating and citing multiple sources

· The working outline of your Documented Argument

· Your counter-argument paper (SW 12)
Week Twelve
T 4/6
 · Write a working introduction for your Documented Argument

· Discuss the paragraph and transitions

· Peer review		 · Three copies of your working introduction for peer review
R 4/8

· Draft the first main point of your Documented Argument

 · Peer review · Three copies of your first main point for peer review
Week Thirteen
T 4/13
 · Draft the second main point of your Documented Argument · Peer review · Three copies of your second main point for peer review
R 4/15
 · Draft third main point of your Documented Argument · Peer review
· Discuss strategies for writing conclusions
 · Three copies of your third main point for peer review
Week Fourteen
T 4/20

· Draft conclusion to your Documented Argument

· Write a one-page self-evaluation of the ways you have fulfilled the promise of your thesis; include any changes that you might have to make to your thesis		 · Peer review

· Discuss the ways to apply your research and writing strategies to education and employment


 · Three copies of your conclusion for peer review
· Self-evaluation paper (SW 13)
R 4/22

· Write a one- or two-page reflection paper about a border (or borders) that you have faced this semester and how you reacted

 NO CLASS—REVISION CONFERENCES

· Draft of Documented Argument

· Reflection paper + Portfolio of all writing (SW 14)
Week Fifteen
T 4/27
 · Write a one- or two-page reflection paper about a border (or borders) that you have faced this semester and how you reacted NO CLASS—REVISION CONFERENCES

· Draft of Documented Argument

· Reflection paper + Portfolio of all writing (SW 14)
R 4/29
 · Write a one- or two-page reflection paper about a border (or borders) that you have faced this semester and how you reacted NO CLASS—REVISION CONFERENCES

· Draft of Documented Argument

· Reflection paper + Portfolio of all writing (SW 14)
FINALS WEEK
M 5/3

· I will be in my office all day (8:00-3:30) for you to drop off the final drafts of your Documented Argument.

· Electronic submissions will not be accepted.



Final grades will not be posted. In the interest of student privacy, grades will not be released in advance of official notification from the Office of Records and Registration.

You may pick up your portfolios in my office next semester. I will keep them until November 30, 2004.