Week, Topic, Dates |
Daily Activities and Readings (*
= coursepack) |
1
the sense of place
jan 10 - 14 |
M |
greetings and logistics |
| W |
Wallace Stegner, "The Sense of Place" |
| F |
Barry Lopez, The Rediscovery of North America |
2
writing, reading, research
jan 17 - 21 |
M |
continue Lopez, William Stafford, "A Way of Writing"
due: beginning reflection essay |
| W |
Richard Wright, "The Library Card"; Eudora Welty,
"A Worn Path" and "The Point of the Story" (write a log to warm up) |
| F |
Meet in McConnell Library
classroom 350 |
3
past
24 - 28 |
M |
Wendell Berry, "A Native Hill" |
W |
Donald Hall, "Keeping Things"; James Kunstler,
"Life on the Gridiron"* |
F |
E.B. White, "Once More to the Lake"; Kuntsler,
"Eden Updated"* |
4
culture
31 - feb 4 |
M |
Shirley Abbott, "The Importance of Dissimulation" |
| W |
Alice Walker, "The Black Writer and the Southern
Experience," Ralph Ellison, "On Becoming a Writer" |
| F |
Ishmael Reed, "The Multinational Society"; Kunstler,
"Joyride"* |
5
nature
7 - 11 |
M |
Henry David Thoreau, "from the Journals: Nov. 30,
1858" |
| W |
Robert Finch, "Very Like a Whale"; Kunstler,
"The Evil Empire"* |
| F |
Paul Theroux, "Burning Grass" |
6
work
14 - 18 |
M |
Gretel Ehrlich, "About Men"; Studs Terkel,
"Phil Stallings, Spot Welder" |
| W |
Edith Rylander, "Picking Rock" and
"Lambing"; Don Sharp, "Under the Hood" |
| F |
George Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant"; Joyce Carol
Oates, "On Boxing" |
7
drafting of proposal
21 - 25 |
M |
MEET IN WALKER 225 |
| W |
MEET IN WALKER 225 |
| F |
Doris Kearns, "Angles of Vision"; Kunstler, "A
Place Called Home"*
(Bring copies of your paper to class) |
8
peer review of proposal
28 - Mar 3 |
M |
peer review (check your group's time) |
| W |
peer review |
| F |
peer review |
spring break
mar 4 - 12 |
|
no class |
9
stories
13 - 17 |
M |
Tillie Olsen, "I Stand Here Ironing" |
| W |
Flannery O'Connor, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" |
| F |
William Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily" |
10
places
20 - 24 |
M |
Igor Stravinsky, "The Dearest City"; Kunstler,
"Three Cities"* |
| W |
James D. Houston, "Sand, Tattoo, and the Golden
Gate"; Kevin Cunningham, "Gentrification"* |
| F |
John McPhee, "The Search for Marvin Gardens" |
11
all
27 - 31 |
M |
John McPhee, The Pine Barrens |
| W |
cont'd |
| F |
cont'd |
12
drafting the draft
april 3 - 7 |
M |
WALKER 225 or conferences |
| W |
WALKER 225 or conferences |
| F |
no class |
13
putting together the final
10 - 14 |
10 |
evaluations--bring copies of your draft for your peer review
group |
| 12 |
Margret Atwood, "Pornography"; Michael Booth,
"Watch out for Traffic Jams on the Information Highway" |
| 14 |
Van Noy out of town |
14
peer review of draft
17 - 21 |
17 |
peer review |
| 19 |
peer review |
| 21 |
meet in the classroom -- pick anything out of the text that
looks interesting to read and write your final response on. Justify your choice.
|
15
presentations
24 - 28 |
M |
presentations |
| W |
presentations, Richard Feynmanm, "It's as Simple as One,
Two, Three." No response required. |
| 28 |
voting and final comments--final draft due |
exam |
|
turn in /take final reflection essay |
