Syllabus—313w

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Cook, Claire Kejrwald. MLA's Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing.

Lippi-Green, Rosina. English with an Accent: Language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States.

Tyack, David and Larry Cuban. Tinkering Toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform.

Williams, Robin. The Non-Designer's Design Book. Peachpit Press, 2nd edition.

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Course Description
English 313w Welcome Page

Cline Library
WebCT Discussions

Barron's Mainpage

The Syllabus Will Change As Needed Throughout the Term.
Please note that the syllabus has changed regarding our WebCT courses. We will meet during week 4, February 2nd. We will have WebCT assignments during week 6, Febrary 16th. Check below.

The Week Literacy, Rhetoric, Bias: ***	What to Read by this Day	What to Do by this Day or Week	What We'll Do In Class
Week One— January 12th	In Class: Definitions of Literacy Definitions of Rhetoric Definitions of Bias	Show up.	Interviews
Week Two— January 19	Martin Luther King Jr. Day — No Class.	Review these webpages and be prepared to discuss them in class on Jan. 26th.	King Center	MLK Jr. Papers Project (make sure your audio is turned on)
Week Three— January 26	King Jr. websites Tyack and Cuban "Prologue" and Chapters 1 through 3.	Bring an image (photo/magazine image) of literacy, or a literacy event. Remember: Final Paper/Project Proposals due next week.	Book discussion, peer presentations, then we'll work on understanding isolated images. We'll discuss the chapters, and then off to the Cline. Ideas for Projects: Bi-Lingual Education in Arizona, Literacy Volunteers, No Child Left Behind, Literacy and Accents, Literacy and Images, ...
Week Four— February 2	Tyack and Cuban Chapters 4, 5	Proposal for paper/project: purpose, audience, constraints... submit to me in hard copy.	Video
Week Five— February 9	Tyack and Cuban Epilogue Lippi-Green Part I (pp 3-76)	Quick discussion, collaborate, then to the lab.Defining Others through Images and Sound, Part 2	Introduction to a few software programs. We'll go to LA 317 Guest Speaker
History and Culture	What to Read by this Day	What to Do by this day or week	What We'll Do In Class
Week Six— February 16	Lippi-Green Part II (focus on Chapters 5 & 6) Cline Reserves	WEBCT Discussions	WEBCT Discussions
Week Seven— February 23	Part III (chapters 9 & 10) Cline Reserves	Revised Proposal.Make sure you include your photo ideas.	Discussion, in-class exercise. LA 317
	Websites:
Week Eight— March 1	WEBCT Lippi-Green Chapter 11	WEBCT	WEBCT Discussions Go to the Lab! Work on your projects.
Week Nine— March 8	Cook Preface, Introduction, and Chapter 1. Cline Reserves	Journal ImpressionsDefining Others Through Images, Sounds, and Language, Part 3	Discussion, hopefully we'll have 2 speakers Guest Speakers
Spring Break!!!Spring Break!!!Spring Break!!!Spring Break!!!Spring Break!!!Spring Break!!!Spring Break!!! March 15-19 — no class, :-(
Cutlure and Nature	What to Read by this Day	What to Do by this day or week	What We'll Do In Class
Week Ten— March 22	WEBCT Review of the course. Prompts will cover Tyack and Cuban, Lippi-Green, and Cook's chapters.	See you on the WebCT	WEBCT Discussions Go to the Lab! Work on your projects.
Week Eleven— March 29	Cook (blue book) Focus on Chapter 2 and Chapter 5 Williams (yellow and purple book) Chapters 1-5	Bring in a hard copy of the WebCT hour paper. (commitment paper)	Sign up for Final Presentations
Week Twelve— April 5	Review Cook.	Final Paper Full Drafts		Lab Time
Week Thirteen— April 12	Presentations	If you're absent, you'll lose 5 points. If you're absent and you present, you'll lose 10 points.	We practice as audienc members, offer feedback, and appreciate all the preparation our peers have done.
Week Fourteen— April 19	Presentations	If you're absent, you'll lose 5 points. If you're absent and you present, you'll lose 10 points.	We practice as audienc members, offer feedback, and appreciate all the preparation our peers have done.
Week Fifteen— April 26	Presentations/Open House	If you're absent, you'll lose 5 points. If you're absent and you present, you'll lose 10 points.	We practice as audienc members, offer feedback, and appreciate all the preparation our peers have done. Portfolio Due: - Cover Memos for group project, paper, and final project - final draft of research paper - reading notes -final versions of group project -final version of individual project
Finals Week! — May 3-7	Congratulations Graduates! Pick up your Portfolios. I'll toss out the contents by the end of the week.	Have a good graduation!