Writing and Reading the Essay

Calendar

Lec #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	In Depth, Introduction, 2-7	Writing and reading profiles due
2	In Depth, Discussion of Bacon, Montaigne, and White Essays
3	Discussion of Fadiman and Gopnik Essays
4	In Depth, Discussion of Didion, Walker, and White Essays	First essay submission day
5	Workshop of Essays Submitted on Lec #4
6	In Depth, Discussion of Oates, and Chetkovich Essays	Second essay submission day
7	Workshop of Essays Submitted on Lec #6	Revisions due of essays workshopped on Lec #5
8	In Depth, Discussion of Mairs, Gould, and Orwell Essays	Third essay submission day
9	Workshop of Essays Submitted on Lec #8	Revisions due of essays workshopped on Lec #7
10	Discussion of Diamond, Fadiman, and Pollan Essays	Proposals for investigative essay due
11	In Depth, Discussion of Oates, Wolfe, and White Essays	Revisions due of essays workshopped on Lec #9
12	In Depth, Discussion of Dillard, Woolf, Eiseley, and Doyle Essays	Fourth essay submission day: investigative essays
13	Workshop of Essays Submitted on Lec #12
14	Discussion of Mori and Koestenbaum Essays	Fifth essay submission day: investigative essays
15	Workshop of Essays Submitted on Lec #14	Revisions due of essays workshopped on Lec #13
16	Oral Presentations	Sixth essay submission day
17	Workshop of Essays Submitted on Lec #16	Oral presentations Seventh essay submission day Revisions due of essays workshopped on Lec #15
18	Workshop of Essays Submitted on Lec #17	Revisions due of essays workshopped on Lec #17
19	Discussion of Allen and Walker Essays	Eighth essay submission day
20	Silent Reading Session
21	Workshop of Essays Submitted on Lec #19
22	Discussion of Orwell, Twain, White, and Woolf Essays	Revisions due of essays workshopped on Lec #21 due one day after Lec #22
23	Silent Reading Session
24	Course Summary and Evaluations
25	Last Class: Tea and Celebratory Reading	Portfolios due