Bridgewater State University

English280 Fall 2011 MW

Schedule

WW= On Writing Well TTS=Telling True Stories WT=Writing True

Week 1

W Sept 3 Introductions, syllabus

Week 2

M Sept 8 Read: WW ch 1,2,6, 8, 9, 10 Discuss: Principles and Methods, Blog
W Sept 10 Due: Blog WW Ch. 20, 21, 22; TTS pxv-xvii, p14-16 Discuss: Essay 1, Attitudes

Week 3

M Sept 15 Read: WW ch 12,., WT 256 and 257 Dinner at Uncle Borriss Discuss: Book Club, Reading,
interviewing

W Sept 17 class will not meet Due: Blog- Please make 2 posts (1 for each essay) and respond to 4
classmates this week. Read: WT Power of the Notebook and Mrs. Kellys Monster and Zepps Last Stand
(in readings on website) This work must be completed by Friday.

Week 4

M Sept 22 Read: WT 10 Ways to Draft, and Taking Shape Discuss: reading, profile writing

W Sept 24 Due: Book Club blog. Book Club meeting.

Week 5

M Oct 29 Read: TTS p104-107, p126-128, p132-135, p139-140, p158-159 Discuss: Reading
W Oct 1 Due: Workshop essay #1 Read: WT 82-84

Week 6

M Oct 6 Due: Essay 1 Read: WW 116, WW 147, WW 193 and Talk of the Town examples (reading on
website) Discuss: Essay 2, Reading


W Oct 8 Due: Book Club Blog post. Book Club meeting. Read: Bring to class a sample of a Talk of the
Town piece from The New Yorker or another newspaper or magazine and TTS p20-22, p24-28 Discuss:
readings



Week 7

M Oct 13 Columbus Day- No Class
W Oct 15 Due: Book Club Blog posts. Book Club meeting. Discuss: reference tools for essay #2,
Midterm Portfolio, Conferences.

Week 8

M Oct 20 Class Cancelled for Conferences (draft of essay #2 due)

W Oct 22 Midterm Portfolio Work Day

Week 9

M Oct 27 Read: Newspaper feature excerpt from Feature Writing (in readings on website) and TTS
p230-233, p233-235, Discuss: features in newspaper and examples, Essay #3 and #4

W Oct 29 Due: Midterm Portfolios (post the link to your blog and bring to class in a folder
the in class writings and essay drafts) and Book Club blog post. Book club meeting.
Read: Magazine Feature excerpt from Feature Writing (in readings on website) Discuss: Newspaper
features and examples



Week 10

M Nov 3 Read: Pearls Before Breakfast (in readings on website) and WT Chapter 9 The Role of Research
p132
W Nov 5 Due: Blog Read: Death of a Playmate (in readings on website) and WT Chapter 10 The Ethics
of Creative NonFiction p149 and TTS p164-169, p170-172, 172, 176

Week 11

M Nov 10 Read: TTS p198-202, p202-205, p235-239 Due: Essay #3 for workshop
Book Club Blog Post. Book Club Meeting.


W Nov 12 Tuesday Class Schedule. No Class.

Week 12

M Nov 17 Due: Essay #3 Read: WT p.299 Narrative Journalism and p303-313 Meet The Shaggs

W Nov 19 Due: Book Club Blog post. Book Club Meeting. Read: WT p275 Essay of Place and WT 281-
283 Southern Hospitality
Week 13

M Nov 24 Book Club presentation work day

W Nov 26 Due: Blog Discuss: Final Portfolios, publication opportunities


Thanksgiving Break Nov 26-Nov 30


Week 14

M Dec 1 Due: Essay #4 for workshop. Book club presentation work day.

W Dec 3 Due: Book Club Presentations

Week 15

M Dec 8 Final Portfolio workday/ in class conferences.

W Dec 10 Final Portfolio due by the end of class

Final Exam: