Course Home Page | Assignment #1 | Assignment #2 | Assignment #3
Response Assignment #1 (Percy) | Response Assignment #2 (O’Gieblyn) | Response Assignment #3 (Griffin)
Diagnostic Writing Assignment | Points of Clarification | The Questionnaire
The work in our section of UWP 101 follows a designed sequence; as we progress through the essay assignments, you’ll be asked to combine ideas from all the readings we’ve done to date. Your assignments will also include out of class activities that you must schedule yourself: a tour and a purposeful meeting of a group.
You’ll write a one or two-page response to each essay by itself. Then your three long papers will be made up of the following components:
Essay #1: Walker Percy Essay + tour
Essay #2: Walker Percy + Megan O’Gieblyn + Assert the Function of a Purposeful Meeting of a Group
Essay #3: Collage-style essay using (or informed by) Percy, O’Gieblyn, and especially Griffin
You are responsible for researching and addressing the problems with argument, structure, style and grammar that I bring up in my comments on your essays. Over the course of the quarter, we will review Ann Raimes’ “5 C’s of Style.”
April 3
Course and Student Introductions
Receive Diagnostic Essay and Response I assignments
April 5
Begin reading Walker Percy, “The Loss of the Creature”
Decide upon the site of your tour
Prepare for your Tour assignment
April 10
Response #1 Due
Be ready to discuss Walker Percy, “The Loss of the Creature”
Review sentence from your Diagnostic Essay assignment
April 12
Complete your tour by today
Rough Draft of Essay #1 Due
April 17
Response #1 returned
Discuss rough drafts
April 19
Essay #1 Due April 2o before midnight (via Canvas)
Decide upon an approach for your Megan O’Gieblyn essay
April 24
Read Megan O’Gieblyn, “Flyover Country”
Discuss and write about life-changing experiences
April 26
Response #2 Due
Discuss the midterm
May 1
For context on assigning meaning to a place, read Zadie Smith’s “Find Your Beach”
Discuss the midterm
May 3
Midterm
May 8
Midterms returned, with discussion
May 10
Reading: Boe & Schroeder, “An Interview with David Bartholomae,” in virtual reader
Evaluate online writing resources on revision
May 15
Begin Susan Griffin’s long collage essay, “Our Secret”
Essay #2 Due
May 17
Finish Reading Susan Griffin’s “Our Secret”
Answer the “Questions to Ask Yourself” (for Assignment #3)
May 22
Peter Elbow, “Collage: Your Cheatin’ Art,” in virtual reader
Response #3 Due
May 24 — No Class Today
Make sure to have met with Dr. Andy for 15 minutes in previous office hours to review remaining writing concerns
On your own, complete the “Stages of Your Life” assignment
May 29
Reading: Robert Root, “Beyond Linearity,” in virtual reader
Discuss revision strategies.
May 31
Rough Draft #3 Due
June 5
Review primary themes covered in your collage essay
June 7 — Last Day of Instruction for UWP 101
Address remaining writing concerns in final draft of Essay #3
Essay #3 due June 7 via Canvas
Discuss In-Class Writing / Final Exam
FINAL EXAM: The final exam for our section of UWP 101 takes place on Thursday, June 14 from 6:00-8:00p.m. in our classroom.
