Schedule for Task One

English 100: Introduction to College Writing

Task One

Week One

Aug. 30 - Introduction to course and BlogSpot. Review course syllabus and the impending schedule.

Work due Sept. 1:

Create an account with BlogSpot and email me the link to your blog. Draft a letter of introduction in which you introduce yourself and discuss your experiences as a reader and writer, post this to your blog.

Read the Introduction and Chapter 1 in “A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers.”

Sept. 1 – Introduce Task One.

Work due Sept. 3:

Read “Learning to Let the Past Go” by Brianna Howell (257).

Read “Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott.

Sept. 3 - Compile a list of ideas to write about. Think about the implications of your subject and what you would like to write.

Work due Sept. 6:

Think about what you would like to write for Task One. Respond to your blog with your ideas for Task One. What are you thinking about writing? Why? What sort of problems do you think may arise for Task One? What do you anticipate? Why? What questions do you have for Task One?

Read “Rite of Passage” by Anthony Brandt (124). To your blog, draft a response to one of the questions outlined in Questions for Reflection and Writing (129 and 130).

Week Two

Sept. 6 - Labor Day

Homework for Sept. 8:

Read “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston (145). To your blog, draft a response to the first question outlined in Questions for Reflection and Writing (148).

Read Chapter 2, 5 and 7 in “A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers.

Sept. 8 - Writer’s Workshop: Constructing a thesis for task one.

Homework for Sept. 10:

Read “On Becoming a Chicano” by Richard Rodriguez (page 169). Respond to your blog, a response to the first question outlined in Questions for Reflection and Writing (175).

Sept. 10 - Writer’s Workshop (building on your ideas): Why is your subject important? Workshop our ideas including the main point(s) of our task papers.

Homework for Sept. 13:

Prepare your rough draft of task one for peer critique

Read Chapter 9, 10 and 13 in “A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers.”

Week Three

Sept. 13 - Rough drafts of Task One due

Homework for Sept. 15:

Optional Reading: Read “Freedom on the Farm” by Laura Sapp (270).

Sept. 15 – Writers Workshop

Homework for Sept. 17:

Optional Reading: Read “School of Thought” by Frank Nemeth (267).

Required Reading: Read Chapters 18, 19 and 25 in “A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers.”

Sept. 17 – Writers Workshop

Homework for Sept. 20:

Prepare final drafts of Task One for evaluation.

To your blog, draft a brief review about Task One.

· What would you like for the instructor to know?

· What would you like for the audience to know?

· What would you like feedback on specifically?

· Tell the readers about the strengths and weaknesses of task one.

· Where did you excel and why?

· Where did you struggle?

Week Four

Sept. 20 - Task One due