Monday, August 27
--- Introduction to the course
--- Introduction to the course
Wednesday, August 29
--- Writing: Two truths and one lie (Check your email for the link to a Google doc. Please complete assignment before class.)
Friday, August 31
--- Writing: Send me an e-mail with a short essay (maybe 250 words or so) about one of your two truths. Please turn it in to me by 8:00 PM on Thursday night.
WEEK TWO
Monday, 9/3 --- NO CLASS! LABOR DAY!
Wednesday, 9/5
--- George Saunders, "Thank You, Esther Forbes" (PDF available via SLU Global)
Friday, 9/7
--- Reading: three short essays from In Brief, PDF available via SLU Global
Brady Udall, "One Liar's Beginnings"
Brady Udall, "One Liar's Beginnings"
Albert Goldbarth, "Parnassus"
Jonathan Raban, "Gullywasher"
Jonathan Raban, "Gullywasher"
WEEK THREE
Monday, 9/10
--- Reading:
David Foster Wallace, "The View From Mrs. Thompson's" (PDF via SLU Global)
David Foster Wallace, "The View From Mrs. Thompson's" (PDF via SLU Global)
Faigley, Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond
Part 1, Chapter 1: "Making Discoveries"Part 1, Chapter 2: "Reading to Explore"
Wednesday, 9/12
--- Reading: Faigley, Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond (in MyLabsPlus)
Part 2, Chapter 9: "Writing Effectively in College" [sample essays not required]
Part 2, Chapter 10: "Reflections" [sample essays not required]
--- Writing: Please decide on your paper topic. You don't have to write anything before class, but I'd like everyone to have a concrete idea of the personal experience that will be the basis for the first essay.
Part 2, Chapter 9: "Writing Effectively in College" [sample essays not required]
Part 2, Chapter 10: "Reflections" [sample essays not required]
--- Writing: Please decide on your paper topic. You don't have to write anything before class, but I'd like everyone to have a concrete idea of the personal experience that will be the basis for the first essay.
Friday, 9/14
--- Writing: Please write out one paragraph for the rough draft of your essay. This doesn't have to be the introduction specifically, but just something that will begin to establish and hint at the overall tone of the essay. You might think about how you are including details, for example, or the way that you seek to connect with your reader (ethos? pathos? logos?). You can show this to me on your laptop, print it out, or email it to me -- full credit just for completing the paragraph!
WEEK FOUR
Monday, 9/17
--- No homework. Continue to write for Essay #1.
Wednesday, 9/19 -- Meet in Des Peres Hall, Room 212
--- Peer Review draft of Essay #1 due in class
Friday, 9/21 -- Final draft of Essay #1 due via e-mail by midnight
--- Reading for class: Faigley, Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond
Part 2, Chapter 11: "Observations" [sample essays not required]
Part 2, Chapter 11: "Observations" [sample essays not required]
WEEK FIVE
Monday, 9/24
--- David Foster Wallace, short section from the essay "Getting Away From Already Being Pretty Much Away From It All," about the author's trip to the Illinois State Fair in 1994 (PDF via SLU Global)
Wednesday, 9/26 -- Meet in Des Peres Hall, Room 212
--- Susan Orlean, "The American Male at Age Ten" (1992) CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO ESSAY
Friday, 9/28
--- Reading for class: Faigley, Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond
Annie Dillard, "Life on the Rocks: The Galapagos" (pp. 130-138)
--- Writing: Remember to e-mail your in-class "American Male" essays to me
--- Writing: Remember to e-mail your in-class "American Male" essays to me
WEEK SIX
Monday, 10/1
--- Reading for class: Faigley, Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond
Annie Dillard, "Life on the Rocks: The Galapagos" (pp. 130-138)
Wednesday, 10/3 -- Meet in Des Peres Hall, Room 212
--- Reading for class: Two short essays about Twitter
Frank Rose: "The Selfish Meme"
Jack and Suzy Welch: "Why We Tweet"
Frank Rose: "The Selfish Meme"
Jack and Suzy Welch: "Why We Tweet"
--- Writing: Short photography project due via e-mail. Using your own camera or camera-phone, take a picture of one statue on campus from an angle that you think would best express the idea, purpose, or feeling of that sculpture. Send this picture to me in an e-mail along with a 120-150 word response about why you chose this particular vantage and what it might "say" about the sculpture.
Friday, 10/5
--- Reading for class: Faigley, Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond
Stephanie Rosenbloom, "The Nitpicking Nation" (pp. 440-443)--- Reading for class: Write the Perfect Craigslist Post & How To Write a Great Craigslist Ad
WEEK SEVEN
Monday, 10/8
--- Required reading for class: Susannah Mandel: "Apples" (PDF available via SLU Global)
--- Recommended reading for class: "The Secret to Good Writing: It's About Objects, Not Ideas"
--- Recommended reading for class: "The Secret to Good Writing: It's About Objects, Not Ideas"
Wednesday, 10/10 -- Meet in Des Peres Hall, Room 212
--- Peer Review draft of Essay #2 due in class
Friday, 10/12
--- NO CLASS! (Personal work day)
WEEK EIGHT (Week of Midterms)
Monday, 10/15
--- Final draft of Project #2 due by via e-mail by midnight
--- No additional reading assignment
--- No additional reading assignment
Wednesday, 10/17 -- Meet in Des Peres Hall, Room 212
--- In-class writing exercise
Friday, 10/19
--- In-class group discussion
WEEK NINE
Monday, 10/22 ---- NO CLASS! FALL BREAK!
Wednesday, 10/24 -- Meet in Des Peres Hall, Room 212
--- No homework: we'll begin our in-class viewing of Let The Right One In
Friday, 10/26
--- Read writing prompt for Essay #3 and come to class with questions
WEEK TEN
Monday, 10/29
--- Finish watching Let The Right One In via SLU Global (additional instructions will be sent via e-mail)
--- Reading for class: Faigley, Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond
Chapter 12: Informative Writing (only pages 188-192, 198-200, and 240-241)
Wednesday, 10/31 -- Meet in Des Peres Hall, Room 212
--- Writing Assignment: Identify two general themes from the film Let The Right One In (such as "revenge" or "suffering"), and then write down a short description of three scenes
that convey that theme somehow. It may be possible to use the same
scene for more than one theme. Try to draw this out visually and bring to class, since
we'll use this assignment to brainstorm paper topics tomorrow.
Friday, 11/2
--- Reading for class: Tammy Oler, "Bloodletting: Female Adolescence in Modern Horror Films" (PDF available via SLU Global)
--- Reading for class: Patrick McCormick, "It's In The Blood" (PDF available via SLU Global)
--- Reading for class: Patrick McCormick, "It's In The Blood" (PDF available via SLU Global)
WEEK ELEVEN
Monday, 11/5
--- Library Tour: Meet in Pius Library, Room LL7 (it's in the basement!)
--- Before class, view the following short tutorial videos:
Finding Books in the Saint Louis University Libraries (3:57)
Finding Articles on a Topic (3:02)
--- Before class, view the following short tutorial videos:
Finding Books in the Saint Louis University Libraries (3:57)
Finding Articles on a Topic (3:02)
Wednesday, 11/7 -- Meet in Des Peres Hall, Room 212
--- Reading for class: Faigley, The Penguin Handbook, 4/e (PLEASE NOTE: This is the other textbook available through MyLabsPlus -- not the one that we've been reading from so far. You can access this text a little lower down on the left side of the home screen.)
Chapter 23: "Understand and Avoid Plagiarism" (pp. 304-316)
Chapter 24: "Use Sources Effectively" (pp. 317-328)
--- Before class: Find and read at least one research source for your essay. Please use some of the skills and strategies from our Pius Library tutorial session. We will be using this source in class, so please have access to it (either online, on your computer, or in a book).
Chapter 23: "Understand and Avoid Plagiarism" (pp. 304-316)
Chapter 24: "Use Sources Effectively" (pp. 317-328)
--- Before class: Find and read at least one research source for your essay. Please use some of the skills and strategies from our Pius Library tutorial session. We will be using this source in class, so please have access to it (either online, on your computer, or in a book).
Friday, 11/9
--- Reading for class: Faigley, The Penguin Handbook, 4/e
Chapter 3: "Compose Paragraphs" (pp. 31-42)
Chapter 4: "Rewrite, Edit, and Proofread" (pp. 43-48)
--- Writing for class: Please bring anything that you have written on the current project to class. Even if it is an outline, a paragraph, or a summary of your research, I'd like to see how you've been approaching this project so far.
Chapter 3: "Compose Paragraphs" (pp. 31-42)
Chapter 4: "Rewrite, Edit, and Proofread" (pp. 43-48)
--- Writing for class: Please bring anything that you have written on the current project to class. Even if it is an outline, a paragraph, or a summary of your research, I'd like to see how you've been approaching this project so far.
WEEK TWELVE
Monday, 11/12
--- Peer Review draft of Essay #3 due in class
Wednesday, 11/14 -- Meet in Des Peres Hall, Room 212
--- Final draft of Paper #3 due by 5:00 PM
Friday, 11/16
--- No homework to prepare.
WEEK THIRTEEN
Monday, 11/19
--- Reading for class: Faigley, Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond
Part 2, Chapter 13: "Rhetorical and Literary Analyses" (only pages 266-275,
314-326, and 330-331)
Part 2, Chapter 13: "Rhetorical and Literary Analyses" (only pages 266-275,
314-326, and 330-331)
Wednesday, 11/21 ---- NO CLASS! THANKSGIVING BREAK!
Friday, 11/23 ---- NO CLASS! THANKSGIVING BREAK!
WEEK FOURTEEN
Monday, 11/26
--- Reading for class: Faigley, Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond
Part 3, Chapter 28: "Avoiding Errors" (pp. 710-719)
Part 3, Chapter 28: "Avoiding Errors" (pp. 710-719)
Wednesday, 11/28 -- Meet in Des Peres Hall, Room 212
--- Nigel Hollis, "Why Good Advertising Works (Even when You Think It Doesn't)" from the Atlantic Monthly
--- In-class writing assignment to be announced
--- In-class writing assignment to be announced
Friday, 11/30--- John Berger, a chapter from Ways of Seeing (PDF available via SLU Global) **Note: This essay about advertising is slightly older and definitely British, so some of the ads will seem dated; the key points, however, remain valid and relevant. Also, whenever you see the word "publicity," substitute the word "advertising" and it will make much more sense!
WEEK FIFTEEN
Monday, 12/3
--- Using the Pius Libraries research database, find the following article: "Images in Advertising: The Need for a Theory of Visual Rhetoric" by Linda M. Scott
--- Then, read pages 252-256 and 265-268 of this article. We will be discussing these sections briefly in class.
--- Then, read pages 252-256 and 265-268 of this article. We will be discussing these sections briefly in class.
Wednesday, 12/5 -- Meet in Des Peres Hall, Room 212
--- Annotated Bibliography due by midnight via e-mail
Friday, 12/7
--- Peer Review draft of Essay #4 due in class
WEEK SIXTEEN
Monday, 12/10 ---- LAST DAY OF CLASS!
Wednesday, 12/12
--- Section S01: Meet in class for official final exam period (8:00 AM)
Friday, 12/14
--- Final draft of Paper #4 due by 5:00 PM
WEEK SEVENTEEN
Monday, 12/17
--- Section S02: Meet in class for official final exam period (8:00 AM)
