Engl
3130 Advanced Composition, Spring 2022
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last update: April 10, 2022
Notes:
BAM = Best American Magazine Writing
2021
SS = The Sense of Style by Pinker
Week 1
Wednesday Jan 19
Read the following:
- Waking Nightmares:
Visits from My Sleep Paralysis Demons. By Harrison Pollitte, Fall 2020
- Vacationing in Redneck Paradise: Lakewood Camping Resort in South Myrtle
Beach, South Carolina--“Yee-Haw”. By Grace
Roberts, Fall 2019
- The Secret Heart: A Memoir of My Grandfather Thurman Cooper’s Life. By Samantha Matney, Fall 2021
Friday Jan 21
- Today is a zoom class: 491 423 6356.
- In BAM, read "Twelve Minutes and a
Life" p477-495.
- At the UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Center
web site, read "Responding to Other People's Writing"--writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/writing-groups/responding-to-other-peoples-writing/-- and read
"Reacting to Other People's Responses to Your Writing"-- writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/writing-groups/reacting-to-other-peoples-responses-to-your-writing/.
Week 2
Monday Jan 24
- First draft Essay 1: Narrative due
-- Peer review
Wednesday Jan 26
- In SS, read the Prologue, p1-9, and Chapter
1 "Good Writing," p11-26.
Friday Jan 28
- In BAM, read "Witness and
Respair" p259-267.
Week 3
Monday Jan 31
- Revised Essay 1: Narrative due
Wednesday Feb 2
Read the following student essays:
- Breaking My Father’s Heart: Understanding Atrial Fibrillation Catheter
Ablation. By William R. Wight, Fall 2019
- Cooking Like Mamaw: A Guide to Cooking Biscuits and Gravy; Boston Roast
with Brown Gravy; and Blackberry Cobbler. By Kayla
Welden, Fall 2017
- A Guide to Caring for Your Pet Rats. By
Anne-Marie Wilson, Fall 2019
- Stop Fighting Your Curls: A Guide to Embracing Your Natural Hair Texture. By Tracy Ezel, Fall 2020
- How
to Spend a Weekend in Johnson City, Tennessee: A Guide from a Local. By
Taylor Harr, Fall 2021
Friday Feb 4
- Today is a zoom class: 491 423 6356.
- In BAM, read "Excerpts From 'Marie
Claire's Guide to Protecting Yourself Online'" p317-341.
Week 4
Monday Feb 7
First draft Essay 2: How To/ Tech Writing due
-- Peer review
Wednesday Feb 9
Online, read "36 Hours in Asheville,
N.C." By Jeremy Egner. New York Times, Oct 13, 2016. www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/10/10/travel/what-to-do-36-hours-in-asheville-north-carolina.html
Friday Feb 11
In SS, read "Chapter 3: The Curse of Knowledge--the
main cause of incomprehensible prose is the difficulty of imagining what it's
like for someone else not to know something that you know" p57-76.
Week 5
Monday Feb 14
Revised Essay 2: How To/ Tech Writing
due
Wednesday Feb 16
- The
Album That Started Heavy Metal Music: A Review of Black Sabbath’s Black
Sabbath Album. By Brett Strother, Fall 2021
- The
Hideaway: 3 Reasons Why Johnson City, Tennessee Needs This Punk Sanctuary.
By Kylee Phalen, Fall 2021
- Of
Hope and White Wings: A Review of Hatoful Boyfriend. By Emma
Sheedlo, Fall 2021
- The Power of Interactive Narrative: A Review of What Remains of
Edith Finch. By Cameron Davis, Fall 2019
- Why
Tamora Pierce’s Protector of the Small Quartet Should Have
Been Gen Z’s Harry Potter. By Emrie Gilbert, Fall 2021
Friday Feb 18
Read the following, online:
-
"Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Community’. This cult favorite comedy
had a simple premise, but its mission was more complex: to deconstruct the
modern sitcom." By Calum Marsh. The New York Times. July 23,
2021. www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/arts/television/community-nbc-streaming.html
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"Subversive, queer and terrifyingly relevant: six reasons why Moby-Dick
is the novel for our times. By Philip
Hoare. The Guardian [Manchester, UK], July 30, 2019. amp.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/30/subversive-queer-and-terrifyingly-relevant-six-reasons-why-moby-dick-is-the-novel-for-our-times
Week 6
Monday Feb 21
First draft Essay 3: Review/ Critique
due -- Peer review
Wednesday Feb 23
In BAM, read "Graham Court: The
Gilded Age Rental" p341-353.
Friday Feb 25
In
SS, by Steven Pinker, read the intro to Chapter 6, "Telling Right from
Wrong," p187-201. Also read the entry entitled "adjectives and
adverbs," p201-203.
Week 7
Monday Feb 28
Revised Essay 3: Review/ Critique due
Wednesday March 2
- Wikipedia writing exercise due:
Edit a wikipedia article. Then write a concise memo, addressed to me, and to
your Engl 3130 classmates, providing the exact information a reader would need
in order to see what changes you made to the article.
- In class today we will brainstorm topics
for your Viewpoint essay.
Friday March 4
Class cancelled.
Week 8
Monday March 7
- Bring to class 2 sources that
you might use for your essay 4. If a given source is a published book, or if
you have a printout (hard copy), bring the printed copy to class. If a source
exists primarily online, bring the url and a hard copy of a full written
citation; be ready to present and discuss.
- Read the section entitled "Key
differences in MLA 8th Edition," in A Complete Guide to MLA 8th
Edition, here online at easybib dot com: www.easybib.com/guides/citation-guides/mla-8/ultimate-guide-mla-eighth-edition/.
Also, browse the rest of that page.
Wednesday March 9
In BAM, read the following:
- "Global Inequality and the Corona
Shock" p155-165.
- "The Limits of Telecommuting"
p165-175.
Friday March 11: Class cancelled.
Spring Break --
March 14-18
Week 9
Monday March 21
First draft Essay 4: Viewpoint due
-- Peer review
Wednesday March 23
In BAM, read "Editor's Letter from
'The Great Fire'" p253-259, and "The Trayvon Generation"
p307-315.
Friday March 25
Bring one copy of you Viewpoint draft to
class -- in whatever state of completion it's in -- printed on one side
of the paper.
Week 10
Monday March 28
Revised Essay 4: Viewpoint due
Wednesday March 30
In BAM, read "On Doulas"
p383-388; "Rebuilding Solidarity in a Broken World" p175-183.
Friday April 1: Class cancelled.
Week 11
Monday April 4
First draft Essay 5: Nonfiction Genre
of Your Choice due -- Peer review
Wednesday April 6: Readings to be announced.
Friday April 8: Readings to be announced.
Week 12
Monday April 11
Revised Essay 5: Nonfiction Genre of Your
Choice due
In-class writing -- revision
proposal.
Also in class today, we will discuss this
revision checklist.
Wednesday April 13: Class cancelled.
Friday April 15: Good Friday holiday.
Week 13
Monday April 18
In BAM, read "The Weirdly Enduring
Appeal of Weird Al Yankovich" p411-436.
On Monday, class will meet at the
University Woods Gazebo, which is at the top of parking lot #13 (see this map of campus).
Directions:
1. Immediately
south of the Sherrod library and Governors Hall is the intersection of J. L.
Seehorn, Jr. Rd. and Southwest Ave.
2. From that
intersection, walk south, beneath the concrete railroad bypass.
3. On the other
side of the bypass is the entrance to lot #13. At the top of that lot, at the edge
of University Woods, is the University Woods Gazebo.
Wednesday April 20
Bring a working copy of the essay you are
revising for the web, for in-class revision activities.
In BAM, read "The Whale Mother"
[fiction] p497-513.
Friday April 22: Read - "SEO 101:
What is it, and why is it important?"
Chapter One of The Beginner's Guide to SEO: Rankings and traffic
through search engine optimization.
Posted at Moz.com, and SEO software and services company based in the
Pacific Northwest. Last Updated: July 28, 2021.
moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo/why-search-engine-marketing-is-necessary
Week 14
Monday April 25: Best essay(s) revised for
the web, due.
- Bring a hard copy to class, AND email me
a pdf by classtime.
- The filename of the pdf should be based
on key search terms for your essay. (We will discuss this in class.)
- When you "save as" a pdf, put
a complete title with all search terms into the title field.
- Also when you "save as" a pdf,
include at least 3 search terms as "tags". In your email to me, tell
me what your search terms are.
- Include an "about the author
box," with a contact email address.
- You are welcome to publish under a pen
name, if you don't want your real name on the web.
Wednesday April 27: Responding to 2
classmates' essays on the web: An out-of-class writing activity, due.
Instructions will be announced. Bring hard copies of your responses
to class today.
Friday April 29: Class cancelled.