WRITING ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES
Spring 2003
T-F 3:30 – 4:50, D38
Below is course schedule (which may change, depending on the class) for Writing Across the Disciplines. In the
interest of saving paper, I have not given you the complete syllabus: the full syllabus can be found at
www.marlboro.edu/~jsheehy/courses/wlink. Details about grading, timing, books, etc., can be found there. If you
take the class, you should read the full syllabus before January 24.
Date
Friday, Jan. 24
Tuesday, Jan. 28
Friday, Jan. 31
Tuesday, Feb. 4
In Class
First class – introductory writing assignment
will be given at the intro class
Discussion: Richard Rodriquez
Reading for the Day
Richard Rodriguez, “The Achievement of
Desire” (WOR, 652-676)
Friday, Feb. 14
Writing out of Rodrizuez
First Draft of Linked Assignment 1 due
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Draft day
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Peer reviews
Conferences
Second Draft of Linked Assignment 1 due
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Writing Workshop
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Self-Assessment
Discussion: Paulo Freire
Tuesday, Feb. 18
Friday, Feb. 21
Writing out of Freire
Discussion: Berger, Mitchell, seeing
Tuesday, Feb. 25
Friday, Feb. 28
Writing out of Berger and Mitchell
Discussion: Hirsch
Tuesday, March 4
Friday, March 7
Writing project – Berger, Mitchell, Hirsch
First Draft of Linked Assignment 2 due
Craft of Research, 234-54, 149-74
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Draft day
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Peer reviews
Conferences
Craft of Research 201-234
Second Draft of Linked Assignment 2 due
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Writing Workshop
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Self-Assessment
March 15 – 30: Spring Break
Discussion: Tompkins
Jane Tompkins, “’Indians’” (WOR 718 – 738)
Research Prospectus Due
Craft of Research, 29-84
Writing out of Tompkins
Discussion: Pratt
Mary Louise Pratt, “Arts of the Contact Zone”
(605-626)
Writing out of Pratt
Discussion: Geertz
Clifford Geertz, “Deep Play,” (WOR, 305-344)
Writing out of Geertz
First Draft of Linked Assignment 3
(Research Paper) due
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Draft day
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Peer reviews
Conferences
TBA
Second Draft of Linked Assignment 3 due TBA
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Writing Workshop
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Self-Assessment
Sentence-level revision workshop
Course evaluations, final portfolio Q&A
Portfolios due to English Committee: Dalrymple 37, 8:30 a.m.
Friday, Feb. 7
Tuesday, Feb. 11
Tuesday, March 11
Friday, March 14
Tuesday, Apr. 1
Friday, Apr. 4
Tuesday, Apr. 8
Friday, Apr. 11
Tuesday, Apr. 15
Friday, Apr. 18
Tuesday, Apr. 22
Friday, Apr. 25
Tuesday, Apr. 29
Friday, May 2
Tuesday, May 6
Thursday, May 8
Craft of Research, 1-29, 85-148
Paulo Freire, “The Banking Concept of
Education” (WOR, 259-277)
John Berger, “Ways of Seeing” (WOR 105 –
140); W.J.T. Mitchell, “The Photographic
Essay” (WOR 510 – 553)
Marianne Hirsch, “Projected Memory” (WOR
400 – 425)