Week 1: Should First Year Composition (FYC) be required?
Aug. 28 Tuesday
- Course Premiere
- The Abolitionist Movement
Week 2: Expressivism/Writing Process Theory
September 4 Tuesday
- Discuss freewriting
Week 3: The Lives of Writers
September 11 Tuesday
- Finish your poem and bring it with you
- Discuss The Story of Your Writing Life
- Discuss “Writing Stories in College” by Gian Pagnucci
- The Story of Your Writing Life DUE
Week 4: The History of Composition Studies I (Historical Moments)
September 18 Tuesday
- Discuss important moments in the history of Composition Studies
Week 5: A Vision for Teaching Composition
September 25 Tuesday
- Create your own home page
- Create a Composition Teaching Vision Statement
Week 6: The History of Composition Studies II (Historical Accounts)
October 2 Tuesday
- Discuss how to interpret the history of Composition Studies
Week 7: Cognitivism
October 9 Tuesday
- Discuss models of the mental process that writers use
Week 8: Finding Forrester
October 16 Tuesday
- View film
- Comp Theory Paper DRAFT DUE
Week 9: Paper Conferencing Day
October 23 Tuesday
- Individual conferences with Dr. Pagnucci to discuss paper drafts
Week 10: Social Constructionism
October 30 Tuesday
- Engage in the “conversation of humankind”
- The WikiBib Project
Week 11: Post-Process Theory
November 6 Tuesday
- Discuss how writing is public, situated, and interpretive
Week 12: Presentations I
November 13 Tuesday
- Individual presentations on comp theory
Week 13: Thanksgiving Holiday
November 20 Tuesday
- Holiday
- No Class
- Work on your Comp Theory Paper
Week 14: Presentations II
November 27 Tuesday
- Individual presentations on comp theory
- IUP Photographer visiting class
Week 15: Can Composition Make the World a Better Place?
December 4 Tuesday
National Cookie Day!
- Course Finale
- How should we teach composition?
- “Opinion: Composition Studies Saves the World!” by Patricia Bizzell: College English, Volume 72, Number 2, November 2009
- Comp Theory Paper DUE