In Class

Readings Due

Assignments Due

Week 1

Review syllabus.
Introductions. Global &
local concerns in papers.
Experiences with writing.
Week 2

Creepy Romance. Terms.

The Little Mermaid. Anne
Lamott on First Drafts.

Paper #1 assignment sheet.

Invention strategies.
Process. Share trope
examples.

3 Ways to Speak English.

Academic discourse
communities.
Writing Center.

Original Little Mermaid

fairy tale.
Gender & Sexuality
Tropes. Invention
Strategies (St. Martin's
Guide Ch. 11, pg. 508520).
FYW Joining the
Academic Conversation,
pg. 53 & Collaborative
Groups, pg. 13-17.

5 examples of the tropes in

TV/movies/books/etc.
you've seen/read.

Writing Response #1
Due.

Week 3
M
W
F

No class. Martin Luther

King Jr. Day.
Review sample essays.
Sign up for Peer Review
groups. Presentations.

Justifying an Evaluation
(SMG Ch. 8, pg. 350-362).
Writing Response #2
Due.

Presentations.

Week 4
M
W
F

Presentations. Revision
strategies. Real World
Writers on Revision.
***MANDATORY PEER
REVIEW
Local level peer review.

SMG pg. 46-47. Purdue

OWL Steps for Revision.

Week 5
Monday: Narrative Essay due. Plagiarism quiz grade due.