Wednesday, August 18 Getting acquainted, practical stuff
Friday, August 20 More
of the same
Monday, Aug. 23 Group
assignments, short freewriting exercise
Wednesday, Aug. 25 Computer lab tour, Internet
practice
Friday, Aug. 27
Intro to pop culture
Monday, Aug. 30 Intro
to urban legends, feeder assignment 1 distributed
Wednesday, September 1 Group work
Friday, Sept. 3 Group
work. *Bring draft of feeder assignment 1* for peer feedback
Monday, Sept. 6 Labor Day, no class
Wednesday, Sept. 8 *Feeder Assignment 1 Due*
Friday, Sept. 10 Feeder
Assignment 2 distributed
Monday, Sept. 13 Unit
paper assignment distributed, discussion about sources and documentation
Wednesday, Sept. 15 *Feeder Assignment 2 due*
Share with group mates
Friday, Sept. 17 Voting and discussion of
feeder assignment 2. *Sign up for paper conferences*
Monday, Sept. 20 Group work
Wednesday, Sept. 22 Group work, discussion
of papers
Friday, Sept. 24 *Pop
Culture Unit Paper Due*
Monday, Sept. 27 More about sources, annotated
bibliography format
Wednesday, Sept. 29 Intro to public
issues, feeder assignment distributed
Friday, October 1 Group
work; decide on an issue
Monday, Oct. 4 Intro to oral communications;
unit assignment distributed
Wednesday, Oct. 6 Group work
Friday, Oct. 8 Group work; *feeder assignment
(annotated bibliography) due*
Monday, Oct. 11 Work on speeches
Wednesday, Oct. 13 Public speaking tips; possible
in-class speech exercise
Friday, Oct. 15 Fall Break
Monday, Oct. 18 Distribute
review sheets for classmates' speeches; speeches
Wednesday, Oct. 20 Speeches
Friday, Oct. 22 Speeches
Monday, Oct. 25 Speeches
Wednesday, Oct. 27 Speeches; peer review
Friday, Oct. 29 Peer review
Monday, November 1 Samhain. Please bring
suitable victim for human sacrifice.
Wednesday, Nov. 3 Intro to Professional
Communities
Friday, Nov. 5 Feeder
assignment 1 distributed; brainstorm interview questions in groups
Monday, Nov. 8 Group work
Wednesday, Nov. 10 Feeder
assignment 2 distributed
Friday, Nov. 12 Group work
Monday, Nov. 15 *Feeder assignment 1 due*
Wednesday, Nov. 17 Unit
paper assignment distributed
Friday, Nov. 19 Group work
Monday, Nov. 22 Feeder assignment 2 due.
Group work.
Wednesday, Nov. 24 Catch-up day.
Friday, Nov. 26 Thanksgiving break
Monday, Nov. 29 *Draft of unit paper due.*
Please bring copies for all group members
Wednesday, December 1 Paper workshopping
Friday, Dec. 3 Paper workshopping
Monday, December 6 Last day of class, *final papers due*
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