English 102

Spring 2018
Schedule

Week 1
W Jan 17 Welcome, Intro, Discuss Syllabus

F Jan 19 In class writing

Week 2
M Jan 22 Read: p. 354-357 Shitty First Drafts (also available on website in readings)
Discuss: Ethnography, blogging

W Jan 24 Read: Friday Night at Iowa 80 (in reading on website) Discuss: reading and
essay #1

F Jan 26 Due: Blog Post 1 in response to prompt on blog

Week 3
M Jan 29 Due: Blog Post 2 in response to prompt on blog Read: Excerpts from
Fieldworking on Observation (in readings on website) Discuss: Positioning Yourself, Pov,
rhetoric, and permission

W Jan 31 Writing Day Class Will Not meet

F Feb 2 Due Essay #1 I, Researcher Draft for workshop Read: Excerpts from Fieldworking on
space (in readings on website) Discuss: Space and observation, essay #2

Week 4
M Feb 5 Due: Essay #1 I, Researcher Read: "On Keeping a Notebook" and notetaking
excerpt (in reading on website) Discuss: Notetaking and reading

W Feb 7 Due: Essay #1 I, Researcher Read: "On Keeping a Notebook" and notetaking excerpt
(in reading on website) Discuss: Notetaking and reading, essay #2

F Feb 9 Class Cancelled

Week 5
M Feb 12 Due: Blog Post 3 in response to prompt on blog.

W Feb 14 Due: Blog post #4 Research day. Class will not meet. Use this time to go to
your site or to make up for the time you have spent at your site.
F Feb 16 Read: Excerpts from Fieldworking on artifacts Discuss: Artifacts

Week 6
M Feb 19 President’s Day No Class

W Feb 21 Monday Class Schedule Read: Excerpts from Fieldworking on People.

Discuss: observing people and drafting

F Feb 23 Research day. Class will not meet. Use this time to go to your site or to
make up for the time you have spent at your site.

Week 7
M Feb 26 Due: Blog post #5 Read: On Writing Well ch 6&7 (in links on website) and Prof.
Williams’s “Reading the Gardner” p.6-9 and 14-17 (under research tab on website) Discuss:
Descriptive writing.

W Feb 28 Career Services Visit

F Mar 2 Drafting Day. Bring all notes for ethnography project from observation and laptop.

Week 8-Spring Break

Week 9
M Mar 12 Due: Essay #2 The Lay of the Land draft for workshop Writing time. Bring
ethnography research and laptop to class.