ENVIRONMENTAL
WRITING (English 316) SYLLABUS: FALL 2009
*As we
begin work on each assignment, we will confirm the specific due dates.
*Reading assignments will be announced in class with the assignments.
*Print out the readings and bring them to class
*Bring the course pamphlet to class.
*Bring rough drafts to class to get credit for doing them.
Note: * = new assignment, à
= rough draft due, è
= final draft due
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Week |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
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1 |
8/25
Introduction
Project overview
Creative non-fiction |
8/27
Environmental issues
Environmental writing
The Project
A sense of place
Readings: Grossman
Rudizt (if it's there by Wed evening) |
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2 |
|
9/3
Environmental issues/ project topics
àInitial
proposal
Readings: Wikipedia articles about the Palouse (1.
Moscow, ID, 2.
Palouse, 3.
Columbia River Basin, 4.
Columbia River Plateau,5.
Columbia River Basalt Group, 6.
Channeled Scab Lands,7.
Glacial Lake Outburst Flood, 8.
Hells Canyon, 9.
Kamiak Butte, 10.
Dworshak Dam) |
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3 |
9/8
Sustainability
Darin Saul, UI Sustainability Coordinator
Readings:
1) D. Saul (see the course web page or click
here)
2) Green Metropolis (see the course Web page or click
here)
3) Jensen (under ARTICLES - e-reserve) - optional
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9/10
*Assignment: Proposals
è
DUE: Initial proposal - follow the
outline on the web (click
here)
Reading: Duncan- salmon
-- look at Sample Proposal in the course pamphlet
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4 |
9/15
No Class |
9/17
Proposals
àDue: Abstracts of
articles (Methods section rough draft) |
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5 |
9/22
Conferences
|
9/24
à
Due: Drafts of various sections of proposal
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6 |
9/29
Style check
*Place/Narration essay
Work on place/narration assignment
Creative Non-fiction
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9/30 èDue: Proposal Final draft
by 2 PM |
10/1
Susan Spallinger -- Bunker Hill and Senegal: environmental disaster
cleanup
Reading: Kvinta |
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7 |
10/6
à
Rough draft: Place Narration
Characterization
|
10/8
Sentence style
*Assignment : Interview section (Assignment 3) |
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Palouse Basin Water Summit |
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8 |
10/13
èDue:
Place/narration assignment
Work on Assignment 3: Interviews
Reading: Fromme
Check Gann - see how he handles interviews |
10/15
Work on
assignment 3
Due: interview questions (rough draft)
Reading: Carpenter
Schedule the interview by today |
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9 |
10/19 Monday,
7PM
Novella
Carpenter: Farm City
Administration Auditorium
Write a very short
summary of the event for
extra
credit: submit by email (no attachment--just write the doc in Word,
then cut/paste to email)
Do the interview→→ |
10/20
Novella
Carpenter: Farm City
NO
CLASS
→→ |
10/22
à
Due: rough draft of assignment 3
NO
CLASS
→→ |
10/23
Scott R Sanders/LCSC 7PM
→→
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10 |
10/27
àDue:
rough draft of assignment 3
CLASS MEETS: work
on draft
On Monday, send a copy of your rough draft to your team (emails
exchanged in class on Tuesday, Oct13) so they can read/respond |
10/29
èDue:
Assignment 3, Final draft: Interview Section
on Nov 2, Monday
*Assignment 4: Section of final article
Sentence style
No
Class |
|
11 |
11/2
èDue:
Assignment 3, Final draft: Interview Section by 9AM
(late papers will receive a reduced grade).
1. Email the final draft to me as a Word attachment.
2. In the email, write a short memo by responding to
Introductory memo--"interview"
section or section of the final article
3. Check sentence style
before you turn this in. |
11/3
Work on Assignment 4
No
Class
Reading: Kolbert |
11/5
Work on Assignment 4
No
Class
Reading: Fromme and Preston |
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12 |
11/10
CLASS MEETS
à
Due: rough draft of Assignment 4 |
11/12
No Class
Reading: Kolbert
à
Due: Rough draft of Assignment 4 |
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13 |
11/17
èDue:
Final draft of Assignment 4: Section of final essay
Sentence
style
Due in class: rough draft, new section |
11/19
èDue:
Final draft of Assignment 4: Section of final
Work on
final essay and adding a new section
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FALL BREAK |
FALL BREAK |
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14 |
12/1
*Assignment: Letter of transmittal
Work on final article: develop a new sections/transitions
How to give oral reports
Sign up for oral reports |
12/3
Oral reports
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15 |
12/8
è
Oral reports (no absences allowed)
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12/10
è
Oral reports (no absences allowed)
èDue:
Assignment 5: Final Article, Dec. 10.
èDue:
Letter of transmittal, Dec. 10(with
final article) |