Unit 1 Schedule

Week 1 -- Introductions / Defining Terms

In-Class Homework (Due By Next Class Meeting)

Yarn Activity READ syllabus -- come with Qs

Play board games READ “Introduction” (Best Essays editors)
Discuss expectations, goals, and hopes
for the class

In-Class Homework (Due By Next Class Meeting)

Go over syllabus READ “Metaphors” (Thibodeau and Boroditsky,

Collectively define terms 2011)
Introduction to Unit 1 LISTEN to Act Three, “The Weight of Words”
BRAINSTORM what objects to bring (Calhoun, 2019)
BEGIN drafting essay this weekend READ “How to Tame” (​Anzaldúa,1987​)

Week 2 --​ W
​ hy Language and Community Matter / Playing with Objects

In-Class Homework (Due By Next Class Meeting)

Discuss frame, spin, language, and

community BRING multiple objects to the next class

In-Class Homework (Due By Next Class Meeting)

Writing Habits journal talk begins

Discuss framing our communities ANALYZE two essays from Object Lessons
Discuss writing abstracts/ view samples website
Discuss and play with chosen objects

Week 3 --​ L
​ earning from Professional Writers/Social Identities and Writing

In-Class Homework (Due By Next Class Meeting)

READ “All Writing is Autobiography”(Murray,

In-class discussion about samples 1991)
Object Lessons READ “Writing Enacts and Creates Identities and
Ideologies” (Various, 2015)
SUBMIT Abstract of essay by​ 11:59pm, Sept. 3

In-Class Homework (Due By Next Class Meeting)

Peer review abstracts/drafts READ “They Pretend To Be Us (Zhang, 2015)

Discuss approaches to revision READ “Perspectives”(Eckstein, 2013)
Analyze social media posts for our READ “Plagiarism Deserves ” (Mott-Smith, 2017)
social identities
Week 4 -- Questions on Writing Truth

In-Class Homework (Due By Next Class Meeting)

READ “In a Grove” (Akutagawa, 1922)

Explore case study of lying and READ “The Great Pretender” (Zhang, 2015)
plagiarism in professional writing

In-Class Homework (Due Day of Class Meeting)

What does it mean to be responsible for

truth? When is lying acceptable?
BRING rough draft
Reflect on how truth/authenticity is
presented in your drafts

Week 5 -- Workshop and Peer Review

In-Class Homework (Due By Next Class Meeting)

Workshop rough drafts Sign-up for one-on-one conferences

In-Class Homework (Due By Next Class Meeting)

NO CLASS Complete drafts and write process letter

One-on-one conferences instead Submit narrative and process letter​ (Sept. 24)
September 19 and September 20