| First-Year Writing Seminar |
Spring 2003 O'Neill 254 |
Schedule: Weeks 5-8
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Reading Assignment |
Writing Assignment |
Notes |
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Week 5 Tues 2.11.03 |
Handout: Ginsberg, "Fourteen Steps for Revising Poetry" FI: "Morally Straight" Elbow: "More Ways to Revise: Introduction"; "Thorough Revising"; "Revising with Feedback"; "The Last Step: Getting Rid of Mistakes in Grammar" |
Due in class: "Finished" version of Essay #1 |
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Thur 2.13.03 |
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*By Monday 2.17 at noon: Email first draft of Essay #2 to your group members and to me |
No class Option #1: Attend a conversation with poet Robin Becker (4:30 pm, McGuinn 5th floor lounge) and/or her reading (7:30 pm, Devlin 101) Option #2: Read one essay from Fresh Ink and one essay from Best American Non-Required Reading (your choice). Post: 2-3 page written response. |
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Week 6 Tues 2.18.03 |
BANR: Schlosser, "Why McDonald's Fries Taste So Good"; Corbett, "The Lost Boys" | none |
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Thur 2.20.03 |
Read peer essays for workshop | Write one-page letter to authors |
Peer workshop #2
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Week 7 Tues 2.25.03 |
Elbow: "Audience: Introduction," "Other People," "Audience as Focusing Force," "Writing for Teachers" | Revise Essay #2, incorporating notes from conference and workshop |
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| Thur 2.27.03 |
Read one essay from FI or BANR (your choice) |
Post: 1-2 page response to essay from FI or BANR |
No class |
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Week 8 3.4.03 - 3.6.03 |
Spring Break |
No classes |