| 1 |
Introductions
Course Overview |
Letter to me due |
| 2 |
Voice and Sensibility
Audience
Analogy and Argument |
Homework 1 due |
| 3 |
Food and Memory, Family and Culture
What Makes Good Writing? |
Homework 2 due |
| 4 |
Share Journals
"Starving Children": The Meaning and Value of Shared Meals
Elements of the Essay |
Homework 3 due |
| 5 |
Discuss Fisher and Dillard
What is an Essay?
Ideas for Essay 1? |
Homework 4 due
Draft of essay 1 due |
| 6 |
Workshop Essay 1 |
Homework 5 due |
| 7 |
Writing Clinic re: Essay 1
Bourdain and Bilger: Cooking As a Profession |
Homework 6 due
Revise essay 1 due |
| 8 |
Introduce Research Project
Watch Julia Child Episode and Discuss |
Homework 7 due |
| 9 |
The Book Review As an Essay
Gopnik and Acocella: Food and History |
Homework 8 due
Journal entry on fast food nation due |
| 10 |
Discuss Fast Food Nation, Part 1 |
Homework 9 due |
| 11 |
Discuss Fast Food Nation, Part 2 |
Homework 10 due
Proposal for essay 3 due |
| 12 |
Share Proposals and Refine Them
"Java Man": Food As Science and Symbol |
Homework 11 due
Journal entry: link two readings due |
| 13 |
Discuss Readings: Solutions to the Fast Food Culture?
The Economics of Our Food Supply |
Homework 12 due
Proposal for essay 2 due |
| 14 |
Work on Ideas for Essay 2 |
Homework 13 due
Draft of essay 2 due |
| 15 |
Workshop Essay 2 in Small Groups |
Homework 14 due
Essay 3 revised proposal and annotated bibliography due 5 days after Lec #15 |
| 16 |
Writing Clinic: Issues From Essay 2 |
Homework 15 due
Revise essay 2 due on Lec #17 |
| 17 |
Library Visit |
Homework 16 due
Work on essay 3 due |
| 18 |
Meetings re: Essay 3 |
Homework 17 due
Draft of essay 3 due |
| 19 |
Workshop Essay 3 in Small Groups |
Homework 18 due
Work on revising essays as needed due |
| 20 |
Writing Clinic: Issues From Essay 3
Alice's Restaurant |
Homework 19 due
Proposal for oral presentation due 3 days after Lec #20 |
| 21 |
Meetings re: Essay 3 As Needed |
Homework 20 due
Revise essay 3 due |
| 22 |
Writing Clinic As Needed |
Homework 21 due
Re-revise essay 2 due
Essay 3 due one day after Lec #22 |
| 23 |
Edit and Polish Essay 2 Re-revisions |
Homework 22 due
Work on oral presentation due |
| 24 |
Oral Presentations |
Homework 23 due
Work on revision for portfolios due |
| 25 |
Oral Presentations (cont.) |
Homework 24 due
Work on revision for portfolios due |
| 26 |
Evaluations |
Homework 25 due
Portfolios all work due |