| Week
1 |
Aug 21
Tuesday
|
Introduction and
Overview
|
| |
Aug 23
Thursday |
Read
pages 1-11 in MM and Brian
Doyle's "The Greatest Nature Essay Ever" before class
|
| Week
2 |
Aug 28
Tuesday |
Read pages 29-38 and
Dennis
Johnson's "Emergency" in MM before class
|
|
Aug 30
Thursday |
Read MLA formatting guidelines; use these guidelines to
submit all work this semester.
Prompt
1 due (bring 1 copy to class)
|
| Week
3 |
Sept 4
Tuesday |
Read 147-160 and ZZ
Packer's
"Brownies"
in MM before class |
|
Sept 6
Thursday |
Read Donal
Barthelme
"Me and Miss Mandible" and Rick Bass "Wild
Horses" in MM before class |
| Week 4 |
Sept 11
Tuesday |
Prompt 2 due (bring 1 copy to class) |
| |
Sept 13
Thursday |
Read
pages 326-338 and Tobias Wolff "Bullet in the Brain" in MM before class. |
| Week 5 |
Sept 18
Tuesday |
No Class
|
|
Sept 20
Thursday |
Read handout on Tension
(141-151) and Joyce Carol Oates "Where are you Going, Where Have you
Been?" in MM before class |
| Week 6 |
Sept 25
Tuesday |
Prompt 3 due
(bring 3 copies to class)
|
| |
Sept 27
Thursday |
Read Donald Hall's "The Insides of Words" and Scott Russell Sander's "Under the Influence" before class |
| Week 7 |
Oct 2
Tuesday |
Revise prompt
2 or 3 (bring 1 copy to class);
be prepared to discuss your revision process in detail |
| |
Oct 4
Thursday |
Finish handout on Tension
and read Dan Chaon "The Bees" in MM
before class |
| Week 8 |
Oct 9
Tuesday |
Read
257-267 and Amy
Bloom's
"Silver Water" in MM before
class |
| |
Oct 11
Thursday |
Read Michael
Cunningham's "White Angel" in MM
before class
|
| Week 9 |
Oct 16
Tuesday |
Prompt 4 due
(bring 1 copy to class) |
| |
Oct 18
Thursday |
Read Raymond Carver's "Cathedral" before
class. |
| Week 10 |
Oct 23
Tuesday |
Read
Barbara Gowdy's "Disneyland"
in MM before class |
| |
Oct 25
Thursday |
Prompt 5 due
(bring 3 copies to class) |
| Week 11 |
Oct 30
Tuesday |
Workshop; attendance
and preparation for workshop days is strongly recommended |
| |
Nov 1
Thursday |
Workshop |
| Week 12 |
Nov 6
Thursday |
Workshop |
| |
Nov 8
Thursday |
Workshop |
| Week
13 |
Nov 13
Tuesday |
Workshop |
| |
Nov 15
Thursday |
Workshop |
| Week
14 |
Nov 19-23 |
Thanksgiving Break: No Class |
| Week
15 |
Nov 27
Tuesday |
Workshop |
|
Nov 29
Thursday |
Workshop
|
| Week
16 |
Dec 4
Tuesday |
Discuss Portfolio |
| |
Dec 6
Thursday |
No Class: Work on Portfolio |
| Week
17 |
Dec 10
Monday |
Portfolio
due in Avery 451 by 5:00 p.m. |