ENGL215:

READINGS

None

ASSIGNMENTS and ACTIVITIES

Read and complete the "Initial Activities" contained in the "Getting Started" folder.

READINGS

Creative Nonfiction, chapters 1-2

On Writing Well, chapters 1 & 11

Read Project One: The Event Story

ASSIGNMENTS and ACTIVITIES

Post an introduction of yourself as if you were being introduced into a story as a character. What does a reader (or classmate) need to know about you?

(MINOR WRITING ASSIGNMENT #1) List 10 different identities for yourself (e.g., student, Republican, Jew, boxer). Then, write a short paragraph describing yourself in each of these activities. (See Creative Nonfiction, 20-24)

Briefly summarize two articles and post to the Reading Response Discussion Forum and respond to one or two of your classmate's

READINGS

Creative Nonfiction, chapter 3

On Writing Well, chapters 2-3

Jon Franklin "Mrs. Kelly's Monster" (Intimate Journalism, 97-108)

ASSIGNMENTS and ACTIVITIES

Post a Reading Response to sample reading using Gerard as lens.

(MINOR WRITING ASSIGNMENT #2) For Lesson 1, you listed ten identities for yourself. Now, select one of those identities and write a scene that typifies that identity, or that exemplifies you participating in that activity. This scene should give concrete form to one of the passions in your life.

READINGS

Creative Nonfiction, chapter 5

On Writing Well, chapters 4-5

Madaline Blais "In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle" (Intimate Journalism,125-140)

ASSIGNMENTS and ACTIVITIES

By Wednesday, "Pitch a Story" for Project 1.

Post a Reading Response to sample reading using Gerard as lens.

(MINOR WRITING ASSIGNMENT #3) Go some place you've never been. Describe the setting (and the people you encounter). Write about the experience.

READINGS

Creative Nonfiction, chapter 7

On Writing Well, chapters 6-7

Walt Harrington "The Shaping of Her Dream" (Intimate Journalism, 297-320)

ASSIGNMENTS and ACTIVITIES

Post a Reading Response to sample reading using Gerard (Creative Nonfiction) as lens.

DUE: Draft for Peer Review—Sunday, 11:59 pm

READINGS

Creative Nonfiction, chapter 10

ASSIGNMENTS and ACTIVITIES

Read and review the drafts submitted by the members of your group in accordance with the instructions on the review sheet. Return the drafts to the writers by Wednesday.

DUE: Final Event Story draft (to the instructor)—Sunday, 11:59 pm

READINGS

Creative Nonfiction, chapter 4

On Writing Well, chapter 12

Joseph Mitchell "Professor Sea Gull" and "Mazie" (Available online via electronic reserves)

Read Project Two: The Profile

ASSIGNMENTS and ACTIVITIES

Post a Reading Response to sample reading using Gerard as lens.

(MINOR WRITING ASSIGNMENT #4) Talk to a stranger. Pick a person—any person, someone you don't know—interview him or her, and write a short characterization.

READINGS

Creative Nonfiction, chapter 9

On Writing Well, chapters 8-9

Susan Orlean "The American Male at Age 10" (Intimate Journalism, 43-58)

Walt Harrington, "True Detective" (Intimate Journalism, 245-273)

ASSIGNMENTS and ACTIVITIES

By Wednesday, "Pitch a (Profile) Story" to the class on the discussion forum

Post a Reading Response to sample reading using Gerard as lens.

(MINOR WRITING ASSIGNMENT #5) Etch-a-Sketch (painting from memory): From memory, describe someone who is important to you, someone you know well. Put your memories into a scene.

READINGS

Creative Nonfiction, chapter 11

On Writing Well, chapter 10

ASSIGNMENTS and ACTIVITIES

By Wednesday, Select and dissect a profile from a current periodical.

DUE: Draft for Peer Review—Sunday, 11:59 pm

READINGS

Creative Nonfiction, chapter 10

On Writing Well, chapters 2, 3, and 10

ASSIGNMENTS and ACTIVITIES

Return the drafts and the completed review sheets to the writers by Wednesday.

DUE: Final Profile draft to the instructor: Sunday, 11:59 pm

READINGS

On Writing Well, chapter 20

Walt Harrington "A Writer's Essay" (Intimate Journalism, xvii-xlvi)

Gary Smith "The Man Who Couldn't Read" (Intimate Journalism,1-18)

Read Project Three: Feature-Length Article

ASSIGNMENTS and ACTIVITIES

Post a Reading Response to sample reading using Harrington as lens.

(MINOR WRITING ASSIGNMENT #6) Submit three possible feature-length story ideas. For each idea, specify the theme and how you intend to research the story.

READINGS

Creative Nonfiction, chapter 6

On Writing Well, chapter 21

David Finkel "TV Without Guilt" (Intimate Journalism, 77-93)

ASSIGNMENTS and ACTIVITIES

By Wednesday, "Pitch a (Feature) Story" for Project three.

Post a Reading Response to the reading using Gerard as lens.


(MINOR WRITING ASSIGNMENT #7) Submit three potential venues for your article. Explain why you think these magazines will make good vehicles for your story.

READINGS

Gannon "The Body Farm" and analysis/dissection (available online via electronic reserves)

On Writing Well, chapter 22

ASSIGNMENTS and ACTIVITIES

By Wednesday, post a link to the article AND a one- or two-page dissection of it on your team’s Lesson 12 Response (Dissection) discussion forum.

(MINOR WRITING ASSIGNMENT #8) Dissect a feature article from the magazine to which you plan to submit.

Compare and contrast two of your fellow students' articles. Post this comparison to your team's Lesson 12 Response (Compare/Contrast Articles) discussion forum.

READINGS

On Writing Well, chapters 23 and 25

ASSIGNMENTS and ACTIVITIES

DUE: Draft for Peer Review—Sunday, 11:59 p.m.

READINGS

None

ASSIGNMENTS and ACTIVITIES

• Return the drafts and the completed review sheets to the writers by Tuesday.
• DUE: Final Feature-Length Article—Friday, 11:59 p.m.
• Complete and submit your SRTE Evaluation.