Calendar
| Class Dates/Times | In-Class Activities | Reading & Assignments Due |
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| T, Aug 22 |
Overview of course goals, policies, and assignments
Introduction to you and to course themes Discuss: Common Assignment & resources |
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| R, Aug 24 | Discussion: Intro to WOVEN Communication
Activity: Common Assignment Video Workshop |
WOVENText (1-40 & 147-50)
Bring digital copy of Common Video script to class for W/S |
| T, Aug 29 |
Reflection: Common first week video
Skills: Mahara ‘How-to’ Discussion: Representing Nature |
Final Common First Week Video uploaded to T-Square by 5:00 PM
Completed Student Instructor Agreement Form WOVENText (146-7 & 151-160) |
| R, Aug 31 |
Group Write: Figuring Nature
Discussion: Slow Violence and Environmental Rhetoric |
WOVENText (125-30)
Nixon, “Scenes from the Seabed” (273-280) & Nieman Storyboard |
| T, Sept 5 | Rhetorical Analysis of environmentalist and/or sustainability graphics
Tool Workshop: Graphic tools |
WOVENText (125-30)
Bring 2-3 examples of sustainability graphics or visual renderings of environment devastation |
| R, Sept 7 | Discussion: Defining key terms | Clark, “Nature, Post Nature” (75-89) |
| T, Sept 12 | Class Cancelled |
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| R, Sept 14 |
Quiz: Theoretical Readings: Nixon, Clark, & Morton Discussion: Nature and genre |
Morton,“Introduction: Critical Thinking” (1-14) WOVENText (84-97) |
| T, Sept 19 | Visual Rendering Group Workshop |
Post a draft of your Visual Rendering to your section feed before class |
| R, Sept 21 | Karen Viars, Humanities and Science Fiction Librarian, instruction session.
Reflection: Nature and Visual Rendering (Mahara) |
Final Visual Rendering Project due uploaded to T-Square by 5:00 PM WOVENText (144-149; 651-53; & 756-58) |
| T, Sept 26 | Discussion: Intro to King Lear & Making Nature |
King Lear, Scene 1 (99-116) |
| R, Sept 28 | Discussion: Reading Nature
Skills: “Elements of Argumentation” |
King Lear, Scenes 2-6 (116-142)
WOVENText (478-88) |
| T, Oct 3 | Quiz: King Lear, Scenes 1-7
Skills: Crafting an Arguable Claim Discussion: Into Nature |
King Lear, Scene 7 (152-177) |
| R, Oct 5 | Discussion: Storm!!: inside or out?
Skills: Rhetoric of Academic Style: leads, source integration |
King Lear, Scenes 8-13 (177-204)
WOVENText (396-99) |
| T, Oct 10 | No Class: Fall Break | |
| R, Oct 12 | Quiz: King Lear, Scenes 8-19
Skills: Writing your readings and supporting your claims |
King Lear, Scenes 14-19 (205-229)
Post your Article Annotation to your section feed by Saturday, Oct 14 5:00 PM |
| T, Oct 17 | Discussion: Conclusion Skills: Sentence level revisions, MLA, conclusions
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King Lear, Scenes 20-24 |
| R, Oct 19 | Literary Analysis paper workshop | Post a draft of your Argument Paper to your section feed by 8:00AM |
| T, Oct 24 | Team Assignments and Unit Overview
Group Write: Life after Nature? Skills: Key terms and techniques in video/film analysis |
WOVENtext (306-18) Walking Dead, Ep. 1 |
| R, Oct 26 | Reflection: Writing Argument/Analysis (Mahara)
How to Podcast: (Guest or Video)+groups assigned for Podcast Project |
Upload Final Argument/Analysis essay to T-square by 5:00 PM WOVENText (438-42) |
| T, Oct 31 |
25-30 min content and skills video “lecture,” and team writing response in Google Docs. Prompt will ask: How/why do zombies and zombie shows figure life after nature? What do you think of when you think of zombies? Does Jeffrey Cohen’s definition of zombies challenge yours’? Does the first two episodes confirm or challenge your understanding? |
Cohen, “Undead (A Zombie Oriented Ontology)” (397-410)
Walking Dead, Ep. 2 |
| R, Nov 2 |
25-30 min content and skills video that will cover themes and content in TV show, as well as rhetorical features of podcasts. In their Team Google Docs, students will analyze the rhetorical features of a podcast episode of their choice to glean best practices for their own podcast. |
Dead Fans Talking, Ep. TBA
Walking Dead, Ep. 3 |
| T, Nov 7 |
Students will take a Google Quiz on Walking Dead eps. 1-4. |
WOVENText (165-75)
Walking Dead, Ep. 4 |
| R, Nov 9 |
25-30 min content and skills video “lecture,” on ‘best practices’ for generating a collaborative script/podcast. In their Team Google Docs, students will discuss brainstorm script: how to draw on writing they’ve done so far, what genre of podcast works best to meet content/audience, audio queues, outcome goals, etc. |
Walking Dead, Eps. 5-6 |
| T, Nov 14 | Podcast Team Meetings to be held in person in your classroom at the time assigned your team | Post group scripts by Monday, Nov 14 by 8:00 AM in your Team Google Doc |
| R, Nov 16 | Podcast Team Meetings to be held in person in your classroom at the time assigned your team | Post group scripts by Wednesday, Nov 16 by 8:00 AM in your Team Google Doc |
| T, Nov 21 | No Class: Revision/Recording Day | |
| R, Nov 23 |
No Class: Thanksgiving Break | |
| T, Nov 28 |
Final Portfolio Workshop 1 (Mahara)
Reflective Introduction: Assignment review, analysis, & drafting |
Review Portfolio Assignment Requirements |
| R, Nov 30 | Final Portfolio Workshop 2 (Mahara)
Artifact Reflection: Assignment review, analysis, & drafting |
Bring final drafts of all major projects and process documents for all major projects |
| T, Dec 5 | Final Portfolio Workshop 3 (Mahara)
Composing Portfolio: Page layout/design, Mahara How-to, & submission instructions |
Final Podcast due uploaded to T-Square by 5:00 PM |
| R, Dec 7 | Finals: ENGL.D2 (1:30-2:45) | Final Portfolio Due by 11:55PM |
| F, Dec 8 | Finals: ENGL.N1 (12:00-1:15) | Final Portfolio Due by 11:55PM |
| R, Dec 14 | Finals: ENGL.F2 (9:30-2:45) | Final Portfolio Due by 5:00PM |
