This will be the format for your weekly schedule all year long. Checking the blog is your responsibility; you don't have an excuse if you lose a handout, if you aren't in class, or if you don't remember what I assigned for homework.
Monday: 8/23
IC (In Class): Hand in your summer reading assignments. Introductions, go over syllabus and expectations, explain blog.
HW (Homework): Review the class syllabus and read and sign the academic integrity contract.
Handouts:
Course Syllabus
Tuesday: 8/24 - Happy Birthday Chloe!
IC (In Class): Hand in your signed Academic Integrity Contract. Discussion of style - What is style, and what does it mean to write with style? Analysis of the elements of style from three sources: King, Dillard, and what you have been taught about writing. Characterization of your own style, as a person and as a writer.
HW (Homework): Read "How to Write With Style" by Kurt Vonnegut
Handouts:
"How to Write With Style" - Kurt Vonnegut
Wednesday: 8/25
IC (In Class): Discussion of "How to Write With Style" - sounding like yourself. Introduction to voice. Read and discuss Chapters One and Two of A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck. Generate a list of factors that contribute to your particular voice as a writer.
HW (Homework): Compose a thoughtful response that characterizes and explores your voice as a writer. What elements contribute to your voice, and how does it manifest itself in your writing?
Thursday: 8/26
IC (In Class): Hand in the thoughtful exploration of your voice as a writer. Introduction to close reading. Close reading activity.
HW (Homework): Revisit your notes and thoughts over the summer reading material - consider specific elements of each author's style. Complete your close reading of the passage distributed in class today.
Handouts:
Close Reading
Close Reading Activity Handout - Paper handout will be distributed in class.
Friday: 8/27
IC (In Class): In class essay assessment over the summer reading assignments.
HW (Homework): Close read "Under the Influence" by Scott Russell Sanders.
Handouts:
"Under the Influence" - Scott Russell Sanders (Paper handout will be distributed in class.)
Saturday: 8/28 - Happy Birthday Emily B!
