ENGL102 Spring 2021 Schedule MW Course
English 102
Spring 2021
Schedule
Week 1
Wed Jan 27 (Synchronous Zoom Class) Welcome, Intro, Discuss Syllabus, in class writing
Week 2
Mon Feb 1 Snow Day. Class Cancelled
Wed Feb 3 (Synchronous Zoom Class) Read: p. 354-357 Shitty First Drafts (available on website in readings) Discuss: Ethnography, blogging
Week 3
Mon Feb 8 (Synchronous Zoom Class) Due: Blog post #1 on Blackboard by class time Read: Friday Night at Iowa 80 (in reading on website) Discuss: reading and essay #1
Wed Feb 10 (Synchronous Zoom Class) Discuss: Essay 1
Week 4
Mon Feb 15 No Class. President's Day
Wed Feb 17 (asynchronous Zoom Class) Due: Essay 1 for Workshop. Follow instructions on Blackboard.
Week 5
Mon Feb 22 (Synchronous Zoom Class for assigned groups only. Log in at time listed.) Due: Essay 1 Group 1 12:20, Group 2 1:00. (Please post your final essay Google Doc link set as anyone with link can edit to your group discussion board by your group meeting time.)
Wed Feb 24 (Synchronous Zoom Class for assigned groups only. Log in at time listed.) Due Essay 1 Group 3 12:20, Group 4 1:00 (Please post your final essay Google Doc link set as anyone with link can edit to your group discussion board by your group meeting time.)
Week 6
Mon Mar 1 (Synchronous Zoom Class) Guest workshop
Wed Mar 3 (asynchronous Zoom Class) Read: Essay #2 assignment sheet, On Writing Well Ch6&7, "On Keeping a Notebook", and "Double Entry Notes" (all in readings on website) Due: Blog Post Prompt by 11:59pm
Week 7
Mon Mar 8 (Synchronous Zoom Class) Recap Last wed reading
Wed Mar 10 (Synchronous Zoom Class) Read: "What Students Are Saying About Remote Learning" Due: Blog Post Prompt by 11:59pm Discuss: Reading, research.
Week 8
Mon Mar 15 (Synchronous Zoom Class) Read: Excerpt from Fieldworking on Observation and “The Players Revolt”
Wed Mar 17 (Synchronous Zoom Class) Read: “The Race to Invent.” Due: Blog post on Blackboard by 11:59pm
Week 9
Mon Mar 22 (Synchronous Zoom Class) Read: Excerpt from Fieldworking on Space and Prof. Williams’s “Reading the Gardner” p.6-9 and 14-17 (under research tab on website)
Wed Mar 24 (Synchronous Zoom Class) Read: Read: Excerpts from Fieldworking on People and artifacts. Due: Blog post on Blackboard by 11:59pm Discuss: Recap readings and project
Week 10
Mon Mar 29 (Synchronous Zoom Class) Due: Essay #2 for workshop (post to group discussion board by beginning of class time)
Wed Mar 31 (Synchronous Zoom Class for assigned groups only. Log in at time listed.) Due: Essay #2 Final. (group 4 @12:20, group 3 @1:00)
Week 11
Mon Apr 5 (Synchronous Zoom Class for assigned groups only. Log in at time listed.) Due: Essay #2 Final. (group 2 @12:20, group 1 @1:00)
Wed Apr 7 Class Cancelled (Synchronous Zoom Class) Due: Blog post on Blackboard by 11:59pm
Week 12
Mon Apr 12 (Synchronous Zoom Class) Read: Excerpt from Fieldworking on Annotated Bibliography Discuss: Essay 3, Secondary Sources, annotated bibs
Wed Apr 14 (Synchronous Zoom Class) Due: Due: Blog post on Blackboard by 11:59pm Read: Excerpt from Fieldworking on Interviewing Discuss: Interviews, Recording and transcribing
Week 13
Mon Apr 19 (Synchronous Zoom Class) Patriot’s Day. No Class.
Wed Apr 21(Synchronous Zoom Class) No Blog Today. Read: Excerpt from Fieldworking on Archives and Excerpt on Secondary Research, and Excerpt on Language
Week 14
Mon Apr 26 (Synchronous Zoom Class) Due: Essay 3 annotated bib and interview draft for workshop Discuss: Essay #4 The So What? And Final Portfolio
Wed Apr 28 (Synchronous Zoom Class) Due Essay #3. Submit on Blackboard group discussion board by class time. (no group meetings) Read: Excerpt on drafting and Professor Williams’s Bowling Ethnography (in readings on website)
Week 15
Mon May 3 (Synchronous Zoom Class) Due: Final Ethnography draft for workshop. Revising and conference time during class.
Final Exam: May 5th Final Portfolios due on Blackboard by 1:00pm. NO EXCEPTIONS. NO LATE SUBMISSIONS.
