Class Schedule / Homework Schedule

This page tells you what we will do in each class and what to do for homework each night.

(Note: This schedule is tentative and subject to change).

MoA = Mirror on America

WEEK 1

Mon. 9/21: Introduction to the course: go over syllabus, class expectations, assignments

HW: Re-read syllabus, class / homework schedule.  Write down any questions you have; Fill out Student Information Form; Email Katie a paragraph about yourself

Wed. 9/23: Turn in Student Information Form; Introduction to the Reader’s Journal; Introduction to Unit 1: “Defining American”   

HW: MoA: Read pp. 48-63; 77-85: “They’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught” (Konig); “I Want to Be Miss America” (Alvarez); “Do I Look Like Public Enemy Number One?” (Ali); “How Boys Become Men” (Katz); “Men Peek Out from the Cave” (Zane)
Choose 2-3 words you don’t know from the readings and bring them to class
Write a Journal Entry

WEEK 2
Mon. 9/28: Discuss journal entries in groups; Make Vocabulary List 1; Discuss Unit 1 readings    HW: Define Vocabulary List 1 words; TBA

Wed. 9/30: Go over Vocabulary List 1 words; Discuss Unit 1 readings (continued); Introduce Essay 1

HW: Study for Quiz 1 (Vocabulary List 1); Write a Journal Entry; Essay 1: prewriting / planning

 

WEEK 3
Mon. 10/5: Quiz 1 (Vocabulary List 1); Share journal entries in groups; Essay 1 (first draft workshop) 

HW: Essay 1 (revise into 2nd draft)

Wed. 10/7: Go over Quiz 1 results; Essay 1 (second draft workshop) + turn in to Katie; Introduce Unit 2 readings (“How Others Define Us; How We Define Ourselves”)

HW: Unit 2 readings--MoA: pp. 97-130: “Dying to Be Bigger” (H.D.) “The Eye of the Beholder” (Suh); Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self (Walker); “Meet Marnie” (Wood); “Venus Envy” (McLaughlin)
Choose 2-3 words you don’t know from the readings and bring them to class
Write a Journal Entry
Write a sentence for each word missed on Quiz 1 (journal)

 

WEEK 4
Mon. 10/12: Share journals in groups; Katie returns Essay 1 (2nd drafts); Discuss Unit 2 readings; Make Vocabulary List 2    

HW: Essay 1 (FINAL draft DUE Wed. 10/14); Define words on Vocabulary List 2

Wed. 10/14: Essay 1 (FINAL draft DUE today); Go over Vocabulary List 2 words; Discuss Unit 2 readings (continued); Introduce Essay 2

HW: Study for Quiz 2 (Vocabulary List 2); Essay 2: prewriting / planning; Write a journal entry

 

WEEK 5
Mon. 10/19: Quiz 2 (Vocabulary List 2); journal discussions in groups; Essay 2 (1st draft workshop)

HW: Essay 2: revise into 2nd draft

Wed. 10/21: Go over Quiz 2 results; Essay 2 (2nd draft workshop) + turn in to Katie; Introduce Unit 3 readings: “Fashion Trends and the Signals They Send” (Midterm)

HW: No journal this week; Write a sentence for each word missed on Quiz 2 (journal); Unit 3 readings: MoA: pp. 148-158; 163-169; 174-179: “The Modern Primitives” (Leo); “Latino Style Is Cool” (La Ferla); “On the Covers of Many Magazines, a Full Racial Palette Is Still Rare”(Carr); “The Tyranny of Abercrappie”(Cave)

WEEK 6
Mon. 10/26: Katie returns Essay 2 (2nd drafts); Midterm Review today: Unit 3 readings; Introduce Unit 4: “Marketing American Culture”

HW: Study for the midterm; Begin Unit 4 readings (due Mon. 11/9)

Wed. 10/28: MIDTERM TODAY (IN-CLASS ESSAY): NO MAKE UPS

HW: Essay 2 (FINAL draft DUE in your Midterm Conference)

 Unit 4 readings (Due Mon. 11/9)  MoA: pp. 186-209; 224-229: “Mad Ave” (Follis); “Illusions Are Forever”(Chiat); “The Selling of Rebellion”(Leo); “Lunchbox Hegemony?”(Cook); “Custom-Made”(Parker-Pope)

Find 2-3 unfamiliar vocabulary words from the readings
Write a journal entry

 

WEEK 7
Mon. 11/2: Turn in Essay 2 (FINAL draft DUE today); MIDTERM CONFERENCES TODAY         

HW: See Wed. 10/28 for homework

Wed. 11/4: Turn in Essay 2 (FINAL draft DUE today); MIDTERM CONFERENCES TODAY   

HW: See Wed. 10/28 for homework

 

WEEK 8
Mon. 11/9: Discuss journals in groups; Discuss Unit 4 readings; Make Vocabulary List 3   

HW: Define Vocabulary List 3; TBA

Wed. 11/11: Discuss Unit 4 readings (continued); Go over Vocabulary List 3; Introduction to Essay 3: prewriting and planning

HW: Essay 3: write 1st draft;  Study for Quiz 3 (Vocabulary List 3)

 

WEEK 9
Mon. 11/16: Quiz 3 (Vocabulary List 3); Essay 3: (1st draft workshop)   

HW: Essay 3: revise into 2nd draft; TBA

Wed. 11/18: Go over results of Quiz 3; Essay 3 (2nd draft workshop) + turn in to Katie; Introduction to Unit 5 readings: “Music and Culture"

HW: Write a sentence for each word missed on Quiz 3 (journal); Journal Entry; Unit 5 readings: MoA: pp. 288-292; 304-328: “Same Old Song”(Ali); “Does Sex Still Sell?”(Girard & Skinner); “The Digital Music Renaissance”(Leonard); “Hip Hop Holds Blacks Back”(McWhorter); “To the Academy with Love, from a Hip Hop Fan”(Evelyn)

 

WEEK 10
Mon. 11/23: Journal discussion in groups; Return Essay 3 (2nd drafts); Discuss Unit 5 readings    HW: Write Essay 3 (Final draft DUE Wed. 11/25)

Wed. 11/25: Turn in Essay 3 (FINAL draft DUE today); Unit 5 readings (continue discussion); Introduce Group Project   

HW: Prepare for In-Class Essay 2 (written on Mon. 11/30); Final journal entry: prepare journal to turn in (Mon. 11/30); Group Project Outline (due Mon. 11/30)

 

WEEK 11
Mon. 11/30: Katie collects journals / group project outlines; In-Class Essay 2 (you have the entire class time to write)

HW: Begin planning for Final Portfolio; Group Project work

Wed. 12/2: Katie returns in-class Essay 2; Final Portfolio Assignment; Final Assessment Essay Assignment

HW: Begin putting Final Portfolio together; Prepare for Final Assessment Essay (in-class writing; Mon. 12/7); Group Project work

 

WEEK 12
Mon. 12/7: Katie returns journals; Turn in Final Portfolios; Final Assessment Essay (in-class writing

HW: Finish putting Final Portfolio together; Group Project work

Wed. 12/9 (CLASS MEETS 4-6 PM TODAY): Group Project Presentations; Class Party

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