| Week
1 |
Jan 7
Monday
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Introduction and
overview;
discuss Journal
Assignment; discuss on-line handouts. |
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Jan 9
Wednesday |
Read 1-8 (Sellers); Read Brian
Doyle's "The
Greatest Nature Essay Ever"; bring handout to class; discuss first
writing prompt. |
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Jan 11
Friday |
Read 11-20
(Sellers).
Journal Activity:
complete "Practice" at the bottom of page 15.
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| Week
2 |
Jan 14
Monday |
Read 27-29 and 32-34
(Sellers); Read Sherman Alexie's "Every Little
Hurricane"; bring handout to class.
Journal Activity:
Answer the questions on page 28 as you read Alexie's story.
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Jan 16
Wednesday |
Read 34-35 (Sellers);
Read Lorraine Lopez's "The Night Aliens . . ." and Jamaica Kincaid's
"Girl".
Journal Activity:
Complete one of the journal prompts.
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Jan 18
Friday |
Writing
Prompt Due: Bring Brian Doyle Imitation to class |
| Week 3 |
Jan 21
Monday |
Martin Luther King Day--No Class
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Jan 23
Wednesday |
Read Amy Fusselman,
From The Pharmacist's Mate
(59).
Journal Activity:
complete "Practice" on page 35.
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Jan 25
Friday |
Read 35-36
and 40-45 (Sellers); Read Bob Hickok's "A Primer" (51)
and Betsy Sholl's "Genealogy" (52); Complete "Practice" on page 45-46.
Writing Prompt Due:
Bring Poetry Imitation to class. |
| Week 4 |
Jan 28
Monday |
Read 66-72 (Sellers); Read Raymond Carver's
"Cathedral" (102).
Journal Activity:
complete "Practice" on page 69. |
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Jan 30
Wednesday |
Read 73-77 (Sellers); Read Tobias
Wolff's "Bullet in
the Brain"; bring handout to class.
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Feb 1
Friday |
Read Etgar Keret's "Fatso";
bring handout to class.
Journal Activity:
complete second "Practice" on page 75. |
| Week 5 |
Feb 4
Monday |
Read 29-31 (Sellers).
Writing Prompt Due: Bring a 1-2 page story with conflict to
class.
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Feb 6
Wednesday |
Read 78-87 (Sellers); Read Kim Addonizio's
"First Poem for You" (95) and Weslie Court's "The Obsession (99).
Journal Activity:
complete "Practice" at the bottom of page 80. |
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Feb 8
Friday |
Read 87-92 (Sellers); Read Sherman Alexie's
"Bird Watching" (95) and Brenda Miller's "Swerve" (101).
Journal Activity: complete third "Practice" on page 90.
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| Week 6 |
Feb 11
Monday |
Read 117-123 (Sellers); Read Akhil
Sharma's "Surrounded by Sleep" (160).
Complete "Practice" on page 123. |
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Feb 13
Wednesday |
Wriiting Prompt Due: Bring revised
draft of story from Feb 4. |
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Feb 15
Friday |
Read 123-131 (Sellers); Read Tony Hoagland's
"Personal" (141) and Gary Soto's "Everything Twice" (142). Write a poem
composed primarily of images in your notebook.
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| Week 7 |
Feb 18
Monday |
President's
Day--No Class
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Feb 20
Wednesday |
Read David Owen's "The Dime Store Floor"
(146).
Journal Activity: Click here for the journal prompt.
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Feb 22
Friday |
Read John
McPhee's "Silk Parachute".
Journal
Activity:
Complete one of the journal prompts. |
| Week 8 |
Feb 25
Monday |
Writing Prompt due: Bring a sensory
driven poem (20 lines), a short essay (1-2 pages) , or a short story
(1-2 pages) to class; Discuss Final
Portfolios.
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Feb 27
Wednesday |
Read 170-181 (Sellers); Read Rick Moddy's
Boy's (198) and Donald Barthelme's "The School"
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March 1
Friday |
Read 182-189 (Sellers); Read
Brian Arundel's "The Things I've Lost" (202) and Brian Turner's "What
Every Soldier Should Know. (203).
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| Week 9 |
March 4
Monday |
Read 189-195 (Sellers); Read
Denis Johnson's "Car
Crash While
Hitchhiking"
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March 6
Wednesday |
No Class -
Work on Portfolios
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March 8
Friday |
No Class -
Work on Portfolios
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Spring Break |
| Week 10 |
March 18
Monday |
Workshop:
Bring 4 copies of a revised peice of writing to class.
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March 20
Wednesday |
Read 205-215 (Sellers);
Read Marisa Silver's "What I Saw from Where I Stood" (335). |
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March 22
Friday |
Read
215-228 (Sellers); Read Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are You Going,
Where Have You Been" |
| Week
11 |
March 25
Monday |
Writing
Prompt due: Bring a poem (20 lines), a short essay (1-2 pages) ,
or a short story
(1-2 pages) to class. |
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March 27
Wedensday |
Read
Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux"s "Meter, Rhyme, and Form" |
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March 29
Friday |
Read
264-275 (Sellers); Read Gregory Orr's "The River" (286), Ellen Dore
Watson's "Ghazel" (286), and Carolyn Kizer's "Parent's Pantoum" (287). |
| Week 12 |
April 1
Monday |
Read 275-285 (Sellers); Read Lorrie Moore's
"How to Become a Writer" (292). |
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April 3
Wednesday |
Read Poems
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April 5
Friday |
Writing
Prompt due: Bring a poem (20 lines), a short essay (1-2 pages) ,
or a short story
(1-2 pages) to class. |
| Week 13 |
April 8
Monday |
Read Scott Russell Sander's "Under the Influence" |
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April 10
Wednesday |
Read Lauren Slater's "Three
Spheres" |
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April 12
Friday |
Read Tony Early's "Shooting
the Cat" |
| Week 14 |
April 15
Monday |
Read Flanner O'Connor's "A Good Man Is
Hard to Find" |
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April 17
Wednesday |
Read Gabriel Marquez's "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" |
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April 19
Friday |
Read Tobias Wolff's "The Chain" |
| Week 15 |
April 22
Monday |
Workshop:
Bring 4 copies of a revised peice of writing to class. |
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April 24
Wednesday |
Read 359-370 (Sellers); bring one copy of a
peice you want to place in your final portfolio to class. |
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April 26
Friday |
Read 370-385 (Sellers); bring one copy of a
peice you want to place in your final portfolio to class. |
| Week 16 |
May 3
Friday |
Final
Portfolios Due in Avery 451 |