Monday, 1/14
--- Introduction to the course
Wednesday, 1/16
--- Wellesley College Project on Social Computing, Netiquette Guidelines: "How to E-Mail Your Professor"
Friday, 1/18
--- Glasgow Philips, "The T-Shirt: More Problems of Signification in American Low Couture" (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page)
WEEK TWO
Monday, 1/21
--- No class (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
Wednesday, 1/23
--- Amy Fusselman, a short section of her memoir 8: All True, Unbelievable (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page)
Friday, 1/25
--- Nick Hornby, "Puff, the Magic Dragon" and "I've Had Time / You've Had It" (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page)
WEEK THREE
Monday, 1/21
--- No class (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
Wednesday, 1/23
--- Amy Fusselman, a short section of her memoir 8: All True, Unbelievable (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page)
Friday, 1/25
--- Nick Hornby, "Puff, the Magic Dragon" and "I've Had Time / You've Had It" (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page)
WEEK THREE
Monday, 1/28
--- Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond, Chapter 15: "Evaluations" (only pages 410-414 & 421)
--- Nick Hornby, "Puff, the Magic Dragon" and "I've Had Time / You've Had It" (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page)
--- Peer Review Draft of Essay #1 due in class. Please print out and bring to class; we'll be specifically working with hard copies, not on the computers.
--- Due by 11:00 PM... Complete the three available diagnostics in MyLabsPlus: "MLA 2," "Sentence Grammar 2," and "Usage and Style 2." To locate these in MyLabsPlus, go to the Student Study Plans & Assignments tab, and then click on My Assignments, and then Due.
WEEK FOUR
--- Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond, Chapter 15: "Evaluations" (only pages 410-414 & 421)
--- Nick Hornby, "Puff, the Magic Dragon" and "I've Had Time / You've Had It" (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page)
Wednesday, 1/30
--- Sean T. Collins, "How 2012's Most Miserable Album Helped Me Through Depression"
--- Prepare a rough draft of your first two paragraphs for class: either print out or on laptop (work will be checked for credit)
Friday, 2/1--- Prepare a rough draft of your first two paragraphs for class: either print out or on laptop (work will be checked for credit)
--- Peer Review Draft of Essay #1 due in class. Please print out and bring to class; we'll be specifically working with hard copies, not on the computers.
--- Due by 11:00 PM... Complete the three available diagnostics in MyLabsPlus: "MLA 2," "Sentence Grammar 2," and "Usage and Style 2." To locate these in MyLabsPlus, go to the Student Study Plans & Assignments tab, and then click on My Assignments, and then Due.
WEEK FOUR
Sunday, 2/3 --- Essay #1 due via e-mail by midnight
Monday, 2/4
--- No homework (in-class writing assignment)
Wednesday, 2/6
--- Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond, Chapter 16: "Arguments for a Position" (for now, only pages 466-478)
--- Listen, and read along with the lyrics to the song "None Shall Pass" by Aesop Rock (link to song) (link to lyrics)
Friday, 2/8 --- Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond, Johnson: "Hillary vs. Grand Theft Auto" (pp. 497-99)
WEEK FIVE
Monday, 2/4
--- No homework (in-class writing assignment)
Wednesday, 2/6
--- Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond, Chapter 16: "Arguments for a Position" (for now, only pages 466-478)
--- Listen, and read along with the lyrics to the song "None Shall Pass" by Aesop Rock (link to song) (link to lyrics)
Friday, 2/8 --- Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond, Johnson: "Hillary vs. Grand Theft Auto" (pp. 497-99)
WEEK FIVE
Monday, 2/11
--- Jay-Z, short section from his book Decoded (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page)
Wednesday, 2/13
--- Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond, Chapter 5: "Thinking Visually"
--- Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond, Chapter 18: "Planning Research"
--- "16 Wordpress Sites to Help You Build a Better Blog"
Friday, 2/15
--- Michael Eric Dyson, "Gangsta Rap and Hip-Hop Culture" (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page)
--- The RZA, "Gangsta Chi: A Mediation on Art and Violence" (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page)
WEEK SIX
--- Jay-Z, short section from his book Decoded (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page)
Wednesday, 2/13
--- Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond, Chapter 5: "Thinking Visually"
--- Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond, Chapter 18: "Planning Research"
--- "16 Wordpress Sites to Help You Build a Better Blog"
Friday, 2/15
--- Michael Eric Dyson, "Gangsta Rap and Hip-Hop Culture" (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page)
--- The RZA, "Gangsta Chi: A Mediation on Art and Violence" (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page)
WEEK SIX
Monday, 2/18
--- Jeffery O.G. Ogbar, "The Minstrel Reprise: Hip-Hop and the Evolution of the Black Image in American Popular Culture" (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page) -- As I noted in class, this book chapter is slightly longer than our recent readings, so please give yourself enough time to get through it all.
Wednesday, 2/20
--- Library Visit: Please meet in Room LL7, in the basement of Pius Library
Friday, 2/22
--- Re-reading from ENGL150: Faigley, The Penguin Handbook, 4/e (PLEASE NOTE: This is the other textbook available through MyLabsPlus -- not the one that we've been reading from so far. You can access this text a little lower down on the left side of the home screen.)
Chapter 23: "Understand and Avoid Plagiarism" (pp. 304-316)
Chapter 24: "Use Sources Effectively" (pp. 317-328)
--- Purdue OWL: All six sections of "Logic in Argumentative Writing" (LINK)
--- Purdue OWL: All four sections of "Establishing Arguments" (LINK)
--- Remember to send me a link to the "rough draft" of your website!
WEEK SEVEN
--- Jeffery O.G. Ogbar, "The Minstrel Reprise: Hip-Hop and the Evolution of the Black Image in American Popular Culture" (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page) -- As I noted in class, this book chapter is slightly longer than our recent readings, so please give yourself enough time to get through it all.
Wednesday, 2/20
--- Library Visit: Please meet in Room LL7, in the basement of Pius Library
Friday, 2/22
--- Re-reading from ENGL150: Faigley, The Penguin Handbook, 4/e (PLEASE NOTE: This is the other textbook available through MyLabsPlus -- not the one that we've been reading from so far. You can access this text a little lower down on the left side of the home screen.)
Chapter 23: "Understand and Avoid Plagiarism" (pp. 304-316)
Chapter 24: "Use Sources Effectively" (pp. 317-328)
--- Purdue OWL: All six sections of "Logic in Argumentative Writing" (LINK)
--- Purdue OWL: All four sections of "Establishing Arguments" (LINK)
--- Remember to send me a link to the "rough draft" of your website!
WEEK SEVEN
Monday, 2/25
--- Terri M. Adams and Douglas B. Fuller, "The Words Have Changed But the Ideology Remains the Same: Misogynist Lyrics in Rap Music" from the Journal of Black Studies, 2006. (Applying what we've learned from the library tours and tutorials, please find this article using the databases at libraries.slu.edu)
Wednesday, 2/27
--- Purdue OWL: All sections of "Sentence Variety" (LINK)
--- Purdue OWL: All sections of "Conciseness" (LINK)
Friday, 3/1
--- No homework to prepare. In-class essay workshop.
WEEK EIGHT
Monday, 3/4
--- Terri M. Adams and Douglas B. Fuller, "The Words Have Changed But the Ideology Remains the Same: Misogynist Lyrics in Rap Music" from the Journal of Black Studies, 2006. (Applying what we've learned from the library tours and tutorials, please find this article using the databases at libraries.slu.edu)
Wednesday, 2/27
--- Purdue OWL: All sections of "Sentence Variety" (LINK)
--- Purdue OWL: All sections of "Conciseness" (LINK)
Friday, 3/1
--- No homework to prepare. In-class essay workshop.
WEEK EIGHT
Monday, 3/4
--- Peer Review draft of Paper #2 due in class. Upload the essay to your website, and include any embedded media that you plan to use. We will be reviewing the essays as they will appear on your site!
Wednesday, 3/6 --- Paper #2 due by midnight on your homepage.
--- In-class essay workshop.
--- Sound recording of Essay #2 due by class time (either as a link, on your computer, or on your phone)
Friday, 3/8
--- No homework to prepare.
WEEK NINE
Spring Break
WEEK TEN
Wednesday, 3/6 --- Paper #2 due by midnight on your homepage.
--- In-class essay workshop.
--- Sound recording of Essay #2 due by class time (either as a link, on your computer, or on your phone)
Friday, 3/8
--- No homework to prepare.
WEEK NINE
Spring Break
WEEK TEN
Monday, 3/18
--- No homework. In-class exercise.
Wednesday, 3/20
--- No homework. In-class exercise.
Friday, 3/22
--- Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond, Chapter 17: "Proposal Arguments" (only pages 534-539, 546, and 572-575)
--- Bring to class any pre-writing or brainstorming work you've done for the final project.
WEEK ELEVEN
--- No homework. In-class exercise.
Wednesday, 3/20
--- No homework. In-class exercise.
Friday, 3/22
--- Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond, Chapter 17: "Proposal Arguments" (only pages 534-539, 546, and 572-575)
--- Bring to class any pre-writing or brainstorming work you've done for the final project.
WEEK ELEVEN
Monday, 3/25
--- Yuval Taylor, "Funk's Death Trip" (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page)
Wednesday, 3/27
--- No reading homework. In-class exercise. Remember that your proposal is due by midnight on your webpage.
Friday, 3/29
--- No class (Easter Break)
WEEK TWELVE
Monday, 4/1
--- No class (Easter Break)
Wednesday, 4/3
--- In-class exercise.
Friday, 4/5
--- In-class exercise.
--- Yuval Taylor, "Funk's Death Trip" (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page)
Wednesday, 3/27
--- No reading homework. In-class exercise. Remember that your proposal is due by midnight on your webpage.
Friday, 3/29
--- No class (Easter Break)
WEEK TWELVE
Monday, 4/1
--- No class (Easter Break)
Wednesday, 4/3
--- In-class exercise.
Friday, 4/5
--- In-class exercise.
WEEK THIRTEEN
Monday, 4/8
--- Joli Jensen, one chapter from The Nashville Sound (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page)
Wednesday, 4/10
--- In-class exercise
Friday, 4/12
--- Amy Fusselman, another short section of her memoir 8: All True, Unbelievable (Available as a PDF on our SLU Global page). NOTE: The first two pages of this PDF are from different sections of the book to provide some necessary context for the reading; after that, pages 79-90 of the book are presented in order.
WEEK FOURTEEN
Monday, 4/15
--- In-class exercise.
Wednesday, 4/17
--- Peer Review Draft of Essay #4 due in class. Please update your website with the rough draft before class begins.
Friday, 4/19
Monday, 4/15
--- In-class exercise.
Wednesday, 4/17
--- Peer Review Draft of Essay #4 due in class. Please update your website with the rough draft before class begins.
Friday, 4/19
--- Final Draft of Essay #4 due on your website by midnight
WEEK FIFTEEN
Monday, 4/22
--- In-class exercise
Wednesday, 4/24
--- In-class exercise
Friday, 4/26
--- In-class exercise
Monday, 4/22
--- In-class exercise
Wednesday, 4/24
--- In-class exercise
Friday, 4/26
--- In-class exercise
WEEK SIXTEEN
Monday, 4/29
--- In-class exercise
Wednesday, 5/1
--- In-class exercise
Friday, 5/3
--- Peer Review Draft of Essay #5 due in class
Sunday, 5/5
--- Final Draft of Essay #4 due on your website by midnight
WEEK SEVENTEEN
Monday, 5/6
--- Last day of classes
