Quick Guide Calendar for English 810
McC = McComisky; Mil = Miller; Ost = Ostergaard, Ludwig, Nugent
Introduction to seminar and the 810fa14syllabus ; keeping a reading journal.
Preparation: Purchase texts and explore Google Site. Fill out Google Form with your info.
Activity: Definition of Basic Terms – Epistemology, Theory, Methodology, Praxis
Discussion: The 3 readings we had for today had ideas about what makes knowledge, what the function of a university is, and how language and ideas of language use fit into their concepts. What were they for Bacon, Newman, and Arnold. How do we see historical traces of this today?
End of Class: Complete the Ticket Out
Intersections of history, theory, and practice in English Studies.
Guest Lecturer: Jackie Stein from the Office of Research on PIVOT
Preparation: Read McC, pp. 1-65; Mil pp. 1-23; Ost, Chs 1, 2. Articles in GD folder for this date (Google Drive – not the other thing you might be thinking) – Be prepared to report out.
- Fulkerson 1979 – Lucas, Kim
- Fulkerson 1980 – Shana, Dianne
- Fulkerson 2005 – Julie, Aubrey
- Phelps 1991 – Janice, Carol
Discussion:
- History, You Mystery
- Reporting out on the many voices of Fulkerson and Phelps
- Definition of Basic Terms Redux
End of Class: Complete the Ticket Out
Technology and Media Studies.
Guest lecturer: Dr. Kevin Moberly
Preparation: Read: GD articles in folder for this date.
Discussion: (We never got to these last week, and the ticket out suggested you wanted to get back to them.)
End of Class: Complete the Ticket Out
PAB Posts for Paper#1 Due
Linguistics and Discourse Analysis.
Guest lecturer: Dr. Alla Zareva and her World Englishes PowerPoint
Preparation: Read: Barton in McC, pp. 67-105; Burt in Ost, Ch 3. GD articles in folder for this date.
Discussion:
- Compare Axiology and Lore for Different Disciplines within English Studies
- How does adoption of World English as an axiological principles impact the various fields in English Studies?
- What would a mission statement look like for a department that took on World Englishes as part of its axiological value set?
End of Class: Complete the Ticket Out
Paper#1 Post Due
Rhetoric and Composition.
Guest lecturer: Dr. Pamela VanHaitsma
Preparation: Read: Janice Lauer in McC, pp. 106-152; GD articles in folder for this date.
Discussion:
- Historical Timeline w/ overlaps, conversations, and differences (we will start this and add to it as the semester rolls along.) Your teams are – Kim/Shana, Lucas/Carol/Aubrey & Meredith/Julie
- The idea here is to start creating timelines in your teams of the history of of the various branches of English studies both within and outside the academy. You can use Google Draw, Slides, something like Popplet, which creates a mindmap, etc. It is open. So you will need to find ways of indicating the following on your timelines. Use color, labels, shapes,:
- Years.
- The disciplines you are mapping.
- Where they entered formally into the academy (you’ll need to make arguments for your start point, likely.)
- Where they were aligned and where they had differences or delineated themselves.
- Other interesting historical markers.
- The idea here is to start creating timelines in your teams of the history of of the various branches of English studies both within and outside the academy. You can use Google Draw, Slides, something like Popplet, which creates a mindmap, etc. It is open. So you will need to find ways of indicating the following on your timelines. Use color, labels, shapes,:
End of Class: Complete the Ticket Out
PAB Posts for Paper#2 Due
Professional Writing, Technical Communication, Information Design….
Guest lecturer: Dr. Daniel Richards
Preparation: Read GD Articles in folder for this date. Important Note: The Johnson-Eilola article is optional, but very interesting.
Discussion:
- Handout: Major Debates in Professional and Technical Communication
- PowerPoint: Major Debates, P&TW
- Academic Trends Activity (directions on site)
- What is in a Name? (directions on site)
End of Class: Complete the Ticket Out
Paper#2 Post Due
Literature and Literary Criticism.
Guest lecturer: Dr. Manuela Mourao.
Preparation: Read: Richard Taylor in McC, pp. 199-222; GD articles in folder for this date.
Discussion:
End of Class: Complete the Ticket Out
PAB Posts for Paper#3 Due
Fall Break!! Woohoo! Take a Deep Breath.
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies.
Guest lecturer: Dr. David Roh
Preparation: Read: Amy Elias in McC, pp. 223-274; GD articles in folder for this date.
Discussion:
- Historical Timeline w/ overlaps, conversations, and differences (time to update!) Your teams are – Kim/Shana, Lucas/Carol/Aubrey & Meredith/Julie
- The idea here is to start creating timelines in your teams of the history of of the various branches of English studies both within and outside the academy. You can use Google Draw, Slides, something like Popplet, which creates a mindmap, etc. It is open. So you will need to find ways of indicating the following on your timelines. Use color, labels, shapes,:
- Years.
- The disciplines you are mapping.
- Where they entered formally into the academy (you’ll need to make arguments for your start point, likely.)
- Where they were aligned and where they had differences or delineated themselves.
- Other interesting historical markers.
- The idea here is to start creating timelines in your teams of the history of of the various branches of English studies both within and outside the academy. You can use Google Draw, Slides, something like Popplet, which creates a mindmap, etc. It is open. So you will need to find ways of indicating the following on your timelines. Use color, labels, shapes,:
End of Class: Complete the Ticket Out
Paper#3 Post Due
English Education.
Preparation: Yagelski in McC, pp. 275-319; Town in Ost, Ch 4; GD articles in folder for this date.
Discussion: Questions of Literacy – its definitions and what it means for the shape of English Education as a discipline
- Talkin’ ’bout Timelines
- Literacy – What is it? No, really. How have things evolved in our understanding of what literacy is and why does it matter?
- CCS and VA SOLs – What do they mean for English Studies?
- Take your time and look through the requirements for 10-12 grade.
- Note 3 things about what they require that strike you for whatever reason.
- After writing down 3 things about each set of standards, take 5 minutes to jot down ideas about what they might mean for your particular discipline and for English Studies as a whole.
- What’s Old What’s New – Updating Lester Faigley and the Implications
End of Class: Complete the Ticket Out
PAB Posts for Paper#4 Due
Creative Writing.
Guest lecturer: Dr. Luisa Igloria
Preparation:Read: Katherine Haake in McC, pp. 153-198; GD articles in folder for this date, and the two following links:
- “Learning to Write by Learning to Read,” Francine Prose
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/08/close-reading/5038 - “Can You teach Creative Writing?” Janet Murray for The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/may/10/creative-writing-courses
Discussion: both the above and a bit of last week:
- Talkin’ ’bout Timelines
- Literacy – What is it? No, really. How have things evolved in our understanding of what literacy is and why does it matter?
- CCS and VA SOLs – What do they mean for English Studies?
- Take your time and look through the requirements for 10-12 grade.
- Note 3 things about what they require that strike you for whatever reason.
- After writing down 3 things about each set of standards, take 5 minutes to jot down ideas about what they might mean for your particular discipline and for English Studies as a whole.
- What’s Old What’s New – Updating Lester Faigley and the Implications
End of Class: Complete the Ticket Out
Paper#4 Post Due
Disciplinary Enactment.
Preparation: Read: Ost, Part II, pp. 69-140; GD reading in folder for this date.
End of Class: Complete the Ticket Out
No PAB post due. Browse through Collection of PAB readings in Google Drive; in an email or better yet on the Google+ community list your top 4 choices. It would be wonderful to give a quick rationale for your choices..
Curricular Designs for English Studies.
Preparation:Read:Ost, Part III, pp. 141-194. Mil, conclusion, pp. 218-250, GD – Graff, preface and ch 1.
Activity: Create your own Curriculum
End of Class: Complete the Ticket Out
Paper#5 Post Due
Oral presentations on Being a Scholar, entering the Debates.
Preparation: GD – 4 PAB Readings nominated by the class from the PAB posts.
Presentations:
- Meredith
- Kim
- Lucas
- Aubrey
End of Class: Complete the Ticket Out
Oral presentations on Being a Scholar, entering the Debates.
Preparation:Read:Ost, Part IV, pp.195-253 & GD PAB readings in folder for this date.
Presentations:
- Shana
- Carol
- Julie
End of Class: FINAL TICKET OUT! Please do this one because I’m collecting ideas to tweak the class.
Paper #6 Post Due on December 9 by midnight.