Unit 1 Letter Writing and Memoirs Schedule

Unit 1 Letter Writing and Memoirs Schedule
Date	In-Class	Assignment due in class
Thursday 30 August	Orientation, introduction, go over syllabus Journal 1	Read CTW, pp.117-138 and MR, pp. 1-3 Journal 2
Tuesday 4 September	Letter writing assignment, Journal 3, LBC section on parallelism, pp. 123-126	CTW, pp. 139-140. Select one of the topics and write a letter, and bring draft to class for peer review. See pp. 141-147 for additional tips.
Thursday 6 September	Peer review of letters, Journal 4, Introduction to Memoir Assignment See student sample memoirs	Final copy of letter is due next class. Read CTW, pp. 155-180 and MR, pp. 4-21 and 31-59. Journal 5
Tuesday 11 September	Time Capsule, Review of Memoir Assignment, Journal 6	Journal 7. Read CTW, pp. 181-189 and LBC, pp. 9-15. Write draft of memoir. See Tips for Memoir Assignment,
Thursday 13 September	Memoir and Time Capsule continued. Introduction to website project. LBC section on variety and details, pp. 126-130	Revise draft of memoir. Bring 2 copies to class for peer review. Journal 8
Tuesday 18 September	Peer review of memoir. See CTW, p. 189, #2. LBC section on verb tenses, pp. 183-189.	Revise memoir. See CTW pp. 190 and ff. for suggestions. See CLB, pp. 27-38. Final copy of Memoir is due next class!