ENGL 101 Assignments

T 5/8 - Revision (cont)
Conferences -- Meet with Professor in class.

R 5/3 NO CLASS
Revise: Work on Immersion Projects and Portfolios

T 5/1 - Works Cited Page
Bring: come to class with a hard copy of your Works Cited Page in MLA format. In addition, bring two paragraphs where you have included research to support your observation.

R 4/19 - Immersion Project Workshop
Submit: Bring a hard copy and electronic version of your six-page draft of the Immersion Project. Complete the Writer Response about your own essay. Then fill out a Reader Response for a member of your group.

T 4/17 - Research and Observation
Write: revise two paragraphs from your previous work in which you integrate research with your observations.
Outline: bring an outline of your six-page Immersion Project
Read: 1-176 in Henrietta Lacks
Blog: Choose one chapter from HL and discuss why it resonates with you.

R 4/12 - No Class Creative Writing Forum

T 3/27 - Interview Essay Workshop
Workshop: bring 1 hard copy and an electronic version of your "Interview" essay. Include in your essay two introductions, and make sure your closing paragraph is a scene.

R 3/22 - Observation Notes
Read: "Kobe Bryant Doesn't Want Your Love"
Submit: 1. Bring your second set of observation notes with you to class (handwritten). 2. bring your interview questions for four possible interviewees -- 4 general questions you can use with each interview, and 6 specific questions for each interviewee. Let your questions reflect your research. TYPED.

T 3/20 - Interview Questions
Read: "Kobe Bryant Doesn't Want Your Love"
Submit: 1. bring your interview questions for four possible interviewees -- 4 general questions you can use with each interview, and 6 specific questions for each interviewee. Let your questions reflect your research.

R 3/15 - Revision
Write: revise the introduction of your Observation Essay so that it is a vivid description of a person, place, or thing -- exclusively.

T 3/13 - Occupy Teach-In J-137
Attend: Meet in J-137 for Occupy Teach-In.

R 3/8 - Observation Essay
Workshop: bring 1 hard copy and an electronic version of your Observation Essay. Include in your essay two introductions: one vivid description of a scene and one that provides more background and context -- and anecdote of sorts.

T 3/6 - Researching HeLa
Attend: Meet in N-220 for the discussion with Ms. Heather Harris about researching Henrietta Lacks.
Read: 158-211 in HeLa
Blog: Prepare three (3) questions for Ms. Harris.

R 3/1 - Observation Notes
Submit: Bring at least three pages of observation notes. These may be handwritten.
Read: 87-157 in HeLa
Blog: Choose one of the three prompts here and write a blog post about it.

T 2/28 - NO CLASS
Read: 87-157 in HeLa
Observe: Choose a location related to your research question and spendf a few hours there observing and taking notes. Remember these notes are for you -- they will most likely form the basis for the FRAME of your final essay. No detail is too small or too specific.

R 2/23 - Workshop (cont)
Workshop: Complete the Writer Response for your own essay. In addition, fill out a Reader Response for each member of your group.
Observation: Go outside and observe a scene for ten minutes, taking as many notes as possible. Try to really discover the elements of the scene.

T 2/21 -- Workshop 1
Workshop: bring 1 hard copy and an electronic version of your "What I Know" essay. Include in your essay one new introduction, with a style/scene different than the vivid description you used last week.
Read: 34-86 in HeLa

R 2/16 - Intro
Read: Effective intros, Ineffective intros
Write: write an introductory paragraph for your "What I Know" essay. Use vivid description as your strategy.

T 2/14 - Research Question
Submit: Bring a hard copy of your research question, typed. Include with your question a description of the observations you will attempt -- be as specific as possible.
Read: "Susie Bayer's T-shirt"
Blog: Describe the structure of "Susie Bayer" and reflect on how that affects the main idea/point of the essay.

R 2/9 - Immersion Questions (cont)
Read: Henrietta Lacks 1-33; "Susie Bayer's T-shirt" (handout)
Blog: 1. Post your 'Story of My Name' piece on the blog. 2. Discuss/describe the structure of the Prologue to HeLa

T 2/7 - Immersion Questions
Read: Henrietta Lacks 1-33;
Blog: List 5 possible topics/questions for your immersion project. Bring hard copy as well.

R 2/2 - Syllabus
Read: Intro to Course, Syllabus
Be prepared to take a quiz on the syllabus.

T 1/31 - Intro to Course
Write in Class: in a brief essay -- 1-2 pages -- tell the story of your name and what you would choose as a profession if you had no restrictions on money, education, family, etc.
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