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English 212, section 24 -- Topics in Critical Writing--Bablyon 5: Weekly things to do

English 212 -- B5
Weekly things to do
Reading & critiquing
In class or online
Missing the discussions
Your world
Making the mark
Creating the future?

Texts:

  • Robert C. Allen, ed. Channels of Discourse, Reassembled: Television and Contemporary Criticism, 2nd ed, University of North Carolina Press, 1992, ISBN 0807843741
  • Octavia Butler, Patternmaster, Aspect, 1995 [1976], ISBN: 0446362816

The homework assignments may change as class needs dictate.

Due dates: turn in homework or complete the readings and assignments on the dates listed. Late work is not accepted without an excused absence.

Date due
Week
(Theme/Focus) What is due on date indicated or what will be discussed in class

M 1/9/06 (lab)
W 1/11/06

1

M: (Introduction to course); discuss syllabus and course expectations; discuss Student Technology Center and Writing Center resources; complete permission to use student writing form
W: (Introduction to course); computer knowledge and online systems (Blackboard and Moodle); research paper assignment

M 1/16/06 (lab)
W 1/18/06
2
M: (Science & technology); research NASA in the lab
W: (Science & technology); research NASA in the library
M 1/23/06 (lab)
W 1/25/06
3
M: (Science & technology); introduction to Babylon 5; watching and discussing B5.1; NASA research paper due
W: (Critiqing the future); Discourse, chap. 2, pp. 67-77; watching and discussing B5.2
M 1/30/06 (lab)
W 2/1/06
4
M: (Critiqing the future); Discourse, chap. 2, pp. 77-94; watching and discussing B5.3; commentary 1 due
W: (Critiqing the future); watching and discussing B5.4; Patternmaster prologue and chapter 1
M 2/6/06 (lab)
W 2/8/06
5
M: (Critiqing the future); watching and discussing B5.5; Patternmaster chapter 2; commentary 2 due
W: (Critiqing the future); watching and discussing B5.6; Patternmaster chapter 3
M 2/13/06 (lab)
W 2/15/06
6
M: (Critiqing the future); watching and discussing B5.7; Patternmaster chapter 4; commentary 3 (on Patternmaster) due
W: (Critiqing the future); watching and discussing B5.8; Patternmaster chapter 5
M 2/20/06 (lab)
W 2/22/06
7
M: (Critiqing the future); watching and discussing B5.9; Patternmaster chapter 6; commentary 4 due
W: (Critiqing the future); watching and discussing B5.10; Patternmaster chapter 7
M 2/27/06 (lab)
W 3/1/06
8
M: (Critiqing the future); watching and discussing B5.11; Patternmaster chapter 8; commentary 5 due
W: (Critiqing the future); watching and discussing B5.12; Patternmaster chapter 9
3/6/06
3/12/06
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Spring Break
M 3/13/06 (lab)
W 3/15/06
9
M: (Critiqing the future); discussing analysis paper; commentary 6 due
W: (Critiqing the future); Discourse, chap. 1, pp. 31-39; post commentary 7 on Discourse, chap. 2 to Blackboard
M 3/20/06 (lab)
W 3/22/06
10
M: (Critiqing the future); discussion on three-pronged approach to the future: APG (analysis paper group); POG (project only group); CPPG (combined paper and project group)
W: (Storyboarding the future); watching and discussing B5.17
M 3/27/06 (lab)
W 3/29/06
11
M: (Storyboarding the future); library research (APG/CPPG) and storyboarding (POG); commentary 8 due
W: (Storyboarding the future); storyboarding (CPPG/POG); draft of telepaths analysis paper due (APG)--evaluation
M 4/3/06 (lab)
W 4/5/06
12
M: (Storyboarding/Creating the future); storyboarding (CPPG/POG); draft of telepaths analysis paper due (CPPG)
W: (Storyboarding/Creating the future); library research (APG/CPPG); storyboarding (CPPG/POG)
M 4/10/06 (lab)
W 4/12/06
13
M: (Creating the future); library research (APG); storyboarding (CPPG/POG)
W: (Creating the future); watching and discussing B5.20; revised telepaths analysis paper due (APG/CPPG)
M 4/17/06 (lab)
W 4/19/06
14
M: (Creating the future); storyboarding (CPPG/POG); commentary 9 due
W: (Seeing the future); visual project presentations (CPPG/POG); course evaluations
M 4/24/06
Exam week
M: Project critique & B5 portfolio due
 

Teacher:

Professor Fenobia I. Dallas
Classroom location/ days:
Science East 206 (Lab), Mondays
  
Science East 223, Wednesdays
Time:
10:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
Office location:
Science West 248
Office hours:
M 1-3 pm; T 10-11 am & 1-2 pm; and by appt.

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