ENGLISH 229:  COURSE SCHEDULE
(Subject to Change)
 
 

PART ONE:  INTRODUCTIONS

1/6
The Course and its Participants


1/11
COWS and You

PART TWO:  TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING IN CONTEXT--WRITERS AND READERS IN THEIR DISCOURSE  COMMUNITIES

1/13
A river, a Tunnel, a Memo, a Flood:  Writers, Readers, and their Purposes
READ:  Boiarsky and Soven, Chpt. 1


1/18
DUE:  Rough Draft, Short Assignment 1--bring 5 copies
Peer Conferences

1/20
Discourse Communities and Academic Writing vs. Workplace Writing
READ:  Kristin R. Woolever's "Coming to Terms with Different Standards of Excellence for Written Communication" from Worlds of Writing:  Teaching and Learning in Discourse Communities of Work" (in the coursepack)
DUE:  First Revision of Short Assignment 1--Copy for Instructor

1/25
Discourse Communities (continued)
READ:  M. Jimmie Killingsworth's and Michael K. Gilbertson's "Communities of Discourse" from Signs, Genres, and Communities in Technical Communication (in the coursepack)

1/27
Continue Discussion of Discourse Communities
Case Studies:  "The Challenger Disaster" and "The African Slave Burial Ground"
Begin Short Assignment 2--Analytical Essay
READ:  Boiarsky and Soven, Chapts. 9 & 10

2/1
Collaborative Project Work Day:  Discuss Potential Ideas and Begin Forming Groups
Work on Short Assignment 2
DUE:  Instructor to have Completed Reviews of First Revisions of Short Assignment One
DUE:  A list of 5 Collaborative Project Ideas from each Group

2/3
 DUE:  Rough Draft Short Assignment 2--Analytical Essay (Bring at least 5 copies)
 Peer Conferences

PART THREE:  TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING--GENRES,
 STRATEGIES, AND PROCESSES

2/8
Collaborative Writing
Collaborative Project Work Day:  Finalize Groups and Work on Project
DUE:  First Revision of Short Assignment 2--Copy for Instructor


2/10
Discourse Strategies in Technical and Professional Writing
READ:  Boiarsky and Soven, Chpt. 2

2/15
The Genres of Technical and Professional Writing:  Instructions (Manuals) and Reports
READ:  Boiarsky and Soven, Chpts. 4 & 6
DUE:  Instructor to have completed reviews of First Revisions of Short Assignment 2 before class begins

2/17
The Genres of Technical and Professional Writing:  Proposals
READ:  Boiarsky and Soven, Chpt. 5

2/22
Collaborative Project Workday--Prepare Project Proposal

2/24
DUE:  Project Proposals--Groups will meet to Discuss Proposals and Meet with Instructor

3/7
The Genres of Technical and Professional Writing:  Correspondence
READ:  Boiarsky and Soven, Chpts 3 & 8

3/9
DUE:  Rough Draft of Short Assignment 3--Correspondence (Bring at least 5 Copies)
Peer Conferences

3/14
The Genres of Technical and Professional Writing:  Employment Genres--Résumés and Letters
(etc.) of Self promotion
DUE:  First Revision of Short Assignment 3--Copy for Instructor

3/16
DUE:  Rough Draft Short Assignment 4--Résumé anf Promotion Message (Must Bring at Least 6 Copies to Class)
Peer Conferences

3/21
Project Work Day
DUE:  Instructor to have completed reviews of First Revisions of Short Assignment 3  before class begins
DUE:   All COWs Assignment (Topic 1) Article "Conversations" must have begun

3/23
DUE:  Rough Drafts of Collaborative Project:  Copies to Instructor and to Groups Commenting on Your Project--bring copies for each member of your own group and 5 additional copies
DUE:  First Revision of Short Assignment 4--Copy for Instructor
 Peer Conferences

3/28
From Text to Presentation
Project Work Day

3/30
Project Work Day
DUE:  First Revisions of Collaborative Projects

4/4
Presentations of Collaborative Projects

4/6
 Presentations of Collaborative Projects
 DUE:  Instructor to have completed comments on First Revisions of Collaborative Projects

4/11
Presentations of Collaborative Projects

4/13
Course Evaluations
DUE:   All COW Article "Responses" must have been completed

MONDAY, 4/19
DUE:  Portfolios--Due no later then 5:00 P.M. at 3141 or 3161 Angell Hall; portfolios turned in after 5:00 P.M. on 4/19 but by 5:00 P.M on 4/20 lose one full grade; portfolios turned in after 5:00 on 4/20 but by noon on 4/21 lose two full grades; no portfolios will be accepted after noon on 4/21.
 

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