1/14 Introduction to the course and each other
For Wed.: Read "How to Be a Wise Man" by MFK Fisher (handout); print
and bring your course syllabus (or pick up your course packet) |
1/16 Syllabus overview; discussion about what we'll do and why
For Fri.: Read "Shitty First Drafts" by Anne Lamott; bring something you consider to be good writing
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1/18 What makes writing good and how we'll go about doing it in this class; introduction to essay 1
For Wed.: Read "Two Years" and "On Kitchens, Kunefe, and Culinary Diplomacy"; Write your first blog response |
1/21 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
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1/23 Strategies for writing a successful essay
For Fri.: Read "The Process of Writing" ; Write a blog response
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1/25 Brainstorming topics: what to write about
For Mon.: Read "Sherry Trifle" by Nigel Slater (in your course packet) and Reviving Lemon-Lime Icebox Cake on Kitchen Window; read and listen to Farm Aid on Hidden Kitchens; Write a blog response
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1/28 Drafting: conquering the blank page!
Read: "Unlearning" and "Clarity"; Bring whatever you have so far
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1/30 Writing workshop: crafting your voice
Read: "The Plain Style" and "Concision"; Bring copies of your draft for your group |
2/1 First draft due: model peer review
Bring: your response to your group's drafts |
| 2/4 Mardi Gras Holiday |
2/6 Mardi Gras Holiday |
2/8 Peer Review in groups
For Mon.: Revise! |
2/11 Final draft of Essay 1 due; introduction to research project
Read: "Unhappy Meals" by Michael Pollan
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2/13 Discussion: Food in America today
Read: "Certified Organic" in Newsweek and "When Buying Organic Makes Sense and When It Doesn't" by Betsy McKay |
2/15 Discussion: Organic? Local? Industrial? How do we decide and why should we care?
Read: Introduction and excerpts from Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser |
2/18 Discussion: Culture and consequences of convenience
Read: "You Are What You Grow" by Michael Pollan and "Farmers on the Dole" by Stephen Spruiell |
2/20 Discussion: The politics of what we eat
Read sections of chapter 1 in The Curious Researcher;
finish response we started in class Monday
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2/22 Research 101: Meet in the library
For Monday: keep researching until you find a topic you'd be interested
in writing about. Bring to class a list of research questions related
to your topic.
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| 2/25 Researching and writing the investigative report:
the assignment
For Wed.: Read pages 97-113 in The Curious
Researcher (CR, from now on); Email your focused research
question to me by class time
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2/27
Research: How to conduct primary research; developing questions, keeping up with
info for works cited
For Fri.: Read CR,
pages 63-96; bring one potential source for defining your issue
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2/29 Describing and
defining the issue: what to do with a secondary source
For Monday: complete your interviews; bring
interview notes
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| 3/3 Drafting: working with primary
source material
For Wed.: Bring a draft of
your introduction and a working outline
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3/5 Putting it all
together: strategies for organization
For
Fri.: Bring TWO copies of your complete draft and works cited page.
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3/7 Peer review day;
sign up for presentation days
For Mon.: Final draft of investigative report due
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| 3/10 Moving into
the presentation and longer paper: the next steps in the process
Investigative report due today by class time!
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3/12 Oral Presentations
Over the next 4 class periods:
Read: chapter 3, CR, and keep
researching! Remember, you're working towards the longer paper.
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3/14 Oral Presentations
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| 3/17 Spring Break |
3/19 Spring Break |
3/21 Spring Break |
| 3/24 Oral
Presentations |
3/26 Oral
Presentations
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3/28 Regrouping: where to go from here
Read: CR, pages 120-130, 165-67,
202-205; the last two pages in your course packet, "Absolutely, the
Government Has No Business Interfering with What You Eat," and
"Blaming the Victim Is Just an Excuse to Let Industry Off the Hook" |
| 3/31 Working with sources:
evaluation, integration, considering all the sides
For Wed.: Bring
one body paragraph that includes at least two non-interview sources,
formatted according to these
instructions
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4/2 Workshop:
supporting your point
For Fri.: Read CR,
pages 182-87, 189-99, 210-11. Be prepared
to email a complete draft to your group and to me by the weekend.
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4/4 Thesis
statements, openings and closings:
sign up for group workshops next week
For
Mon.: At least two days in advance, email a completed draft to your
group members and to me
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| 4/7 Group workshops |
4/9 Group workshops |
4/11 Strategies for revision:
read CR, chapter 5
For Monday: Final draft of long research essay due
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| 4/14 Final research project due;
reflection |
4/16 Introduction
to final project
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4/18 No regular class meeting: go to the Earth Day celebration on the Parade Grounds, the Farmer's Market on Saturday, or Earth Day downtown on Sunday
For Monday: bring research notes, samples, etc. (more details on the Announcements page)
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4/21 Drafting workshop: describing the problem
Ag
Magic is this week!Check out the blog:
post questions or responses |
4/23 Drafting workshop: finding the best solution
TWO copies of a draft are due on Monday |
4/25 Drafting day: no regular class meeting (go to Ag Magic instead and get extra credit!) |
| 4/28 Peer review: draft due today |
4/30 Final draft of
final paper due; course evaluation; reflection |
5/2 LAST DAY OF CLASS: wrapping up, reflecting on the semester |
