Class-by-Class Schedule
F, 1/9: Introduction
M, 1/12: What is good writing? Better–how do we get there?
Read Making Your Case,
chapter 1
W, 1/14: Intro to the Library and Library Research
Discussion of plagiarism and
turnitin.com
F, 1/16: What is "voice" in writing?
Read Making Your Case,
chapter 2
**Brief Writing Due
(assignment below)
M, 1/19: No Classes: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
Hamlet
W, 1/21: Shakespeare, Hamlet
F, 1/23: Hamlet
M, 1/26: Hamlet
W, 1/28: Hamlet
F, 1/30: Hamlet
M, 2/2: Hamlet
W, 2/4: Hamlet
F, 2/6: Hamlet
M, 2/9: Hamlet
W, 2/11: Hamlet
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
F, 2/13: Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
**Essay One Due
Brief Writing Assignment
Write a brief essay of no fewer than 2 full pages. Your work must be typed, double-spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font, with one inch margins. This is due Friday, January 16.
A current American phenomenon is the sentiment that you’re nobody unless you’re on television. We witnessed the explosion of this idea in the late 1980s and 1990s with shows such as Jenny Jones and Jerry Springer. These have now morphed into so-called "reality shows." Given the opportunity, would you appear on a "reality television show"? If so, why? And if not, why not? Try to avoid money as the only motivating factor.