Schedule of Task Four

English 100:  Introduction to College Writing

Task Four

Week Twelve

Nov. 15 - Discuss “Reading and Writing:  A Journey Through My Life” by Hilary Whitfield (300) and “Read With Purpose” by Cheryl Barnett-Bey (279). Discuss the connection to Task Four.

Homework for Nov. 17: 

Discuss Kozol’s “Savage Inequalities:  Children in America’s Schools” (141 – 156)

To your blog, discuss your experiences with reading and writing.

Ø  Before this course, what did you anticipate?

Ø  What were you unsure of and why?

Ø  Discuss your process as a reader and as a writer.

Nov. 17 - Discuss your experiences with reading and writing/Kozol’s “Savage Inequalities:  Children in America’s Schools” (141 – 156).

Homework for Nov. 19: 

Read “How I Learned to Read and Write” by Frederick Douglass (137). To your blog, draft a response to one of the first two questions outlined in Questions for Reflection and Writing (142).

Nov. 19 - Discussion (connection to Task Four):  After reading “How I Learned to Read and Write” by Frederick Douglass, how is his story and yours different?

Homework for Nov. 29: 

Read “Savage Inequalities:  Children in America’s Schools” by Jonathan Kozol (223-233).

To your blog, draft a response to one of the three options outlined in the handout given to you in the “Literacy Autobiography” (review in class).

Week Thirteen

Nov. 21 – Nov. 28

Fall break

Week Fourteen

Nov. 29 - Review of Task Four. What do you intend to discuss for Task Four? For this discussion, review what you have posted recently to your blog in order to contribute to class participation.

Homework for Dec. 1: 

Read “The Lonely, Good Company of Books” by Richard Rodriguez (232). Respond to your blog, a response to the first question outlined in Questions for Reflection and Writing (236).

Dec. 1 – After reading “The Lonely, Good Company of Books” by Richard Rodriguez, what is your relationship with books? What about writing? Before this class, what did you read (if you did read at all)? What about writing? How has this changed?      

Homework for Dec. 3:

Read “One Writer’s Beginnings” by Eudora Welty (182).

Dec. 3 – Writers Workshop                                             

Review Chapters 9, 10 and 13 in “A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers.”

Homework for Dec. 6:

Prepare the rough drafts for peer critique.

Bring to class the task papers that you have written until now. For Monday, we are going to conduct peer review for Task Four and revision strategies for Task One, Two and Three.

Week Fifteen

Dec. 6    - Writers Workshop

Review Chapters 24 and 29 in “A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers.”

Homework for Dec. 8: 

Read “The Love of Books” by Gloria Naylor (225).

Dec. 8 - Writers Workshop/Discuss the final exam.

Review Chapters 18, 19 and 25 in “A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers.”

Homework for Dec.10:

Prepare task four and the revisions for evaluation

To your blog, draft a self-evaluation about Task Three.

• What is the thesis for your paper?

• List the main points you make in your paper.

• What was the most helpful advice you received from your peer evaluation?

• What was the most helpful information you received in class for your paper?

• How many drafts of this paper do you think you wrote and how/when did you write them? For example, did you compose at the keyboard, did you write lots of notes to yourself, did you pre-write or outline, did you write in small chunks of time or sit down and produce an entire draft at one sitting?

• What would you do differently with this paper to make it more effectively, or what did you try to do that you just don’t think you got a good handle on?

• What are most pleased with about this paper?

Dec. 10  - Task Four due (with revisions for Task One, Two and Three). Continue the discussion of the final exam.

For additional points, due Monday, Dec. 13 to your blog, I would like for everyone to write a formal review of English 100. Assuming you have written this assignment, the assigned points can only improve your grade. What I would like to hear is about your interactions with this class. Some questions that may guide your response:

Ø  If your reading and writing practices have changed since this class, how have they been modified because of English 100?

Ø  How have you become a better reader and/or writer?

Ø  How has the blog encouraged you to write more thoroughly or has it not?

Ø  What did you like about having a blog in a reading and writing course?

Ø  How is the blog similar to a journal? How is it different from a traditional journal?

Ø  What kind of experience have you had for English 100? Please explain.

Ø  What would you like to see change with this class including the smaller writing assignments and/or the task papers?

Think of this last writing assignment as a time for you to reflect on your experiences as a reader and a writer. Do not ask me about the length of the assignment. Points will not be awarded to very small constructed responses. Instead, think of it as a formal, but small writing assignment, much like the journal assignments you wrote throughout the semester.

Week Sixteen

Dec. 13  - Finals begin