theories and methods of teaching
technical and professional writing
engl 534 spring 2006
instructor: dr. patricia freitag ericsson
ericsson@wsu.edu
spring 2005
phone: 335-4820
office: avery 223
office hours: 1:15-2:00 tth and by appointment
This schedule is a work in progress. Assignments will be added and linked as the schedule grows throughout the semester. Plan to check the online version of this schedule at least once a week for updates. The online version is available at http://www.wsu.edu/~ericsson/534_sched_S06.html
Week 1 Jan. 10 Introduction to class; review of syllabus and schedule; academic honesty policy; review of three main issues in technical and profesisonal writing (Peeples) Jan. 12 Peeples: Introduction and Part 1 (skip Regli article p. 71-80) Week 2 Jan. 17 Peeples: Chapters 3 & 4 Jan. 19 Peeples: Chapter 5
Week 3 Jan. 24 Peeples: Chapters 6, 7, 8 (specfic articles to be read--TBA) Jan. 26 Latour; Journal Review Assignment Week 4 Jan. 31 Latour; short paper on Peeples due Feb. 2 Latour Week 5 Feb. 7 Latour Feb. 9 Kostelnick and Hassett; Chapter 1; begin IV Exercises (Ball and Arola)
Week 6 Feb. 14 Kostelnick and Hassett; Chapters 2 & 3; short paper on Latour due Feb. 16 Kostelnick and Hassett; Chapter 4 Week 7 Feb. 21 Kostelnick and Hassett; Chapters 5 & 6; Ball and Arola completed Feb. 23 Gee Week 8 Feb. 28 Gee; short paper on Kostelnick and Hassett due Mar. 2 Gee
Week 9 Mar. 7 Visit to MASC Mar. 9 Finish Gee: Overveiw of Final Assignment Spring Break No Class Week 10 Mar. 21 No class; work on Journal Review Assignment; short paper on Gee due Mar. 23 No class; work on Journal Review Assignment Week 11 Mar. 28 Conference Reports Mar. 30 Journal Review Presentations Week 12 April 4 Journal Review Presentations April 6 Bring sample syllabi to class for analysis Week 13 April 11 Textbook Reviews Due--class dicussion/informal presentation
April 13 ?????? Week 14 April 18 Assignment and Syllabi Review Due--class discussion/informal presentation April 20 402 teacher discussions Week 15 April 25 Final Project Presentations April 27 Final Project Presentations Finals Week TBA All parts of Final Assignment due by Wed. at midnight