Schedule
| Week | Date | Assignment | Writing due |
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| 1 | 1/18 | Canceled: Snow | |
| 2 | 1/23 | Introduction to the class | |
| 1/25 | Understanding Rhetoric, Introduction “Spaces for Writing”
(I understand some of you don’t have copies of this book yet. I uploaded a scan of this reading to library course reserves, which you can get to here) |
Course site created | |
| 1/28 | Sketch 1: Avatar | ||
| 3 | 1/30 | Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics, ch 1 (library reserves link) | |
| 2/1 | Understanding Rhetoric, issue 1 “Why Rhetoric?” | Literacy Narrative | |
| 2/4 | Sketch 2: Visual Note Taking | ||
| 4 | 2/6 | Maus 1, chapters 1 & 2
Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics, ch 2 (library reserves link) |
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| 2/8 | Maus 1, chapter 3
Understanding Rhetoric, issue 2 “Strategic Reading” |
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| 2/11 | Sketch 3: Sunday Sketches | ||
| 5 | 2/13 | Maus 1, chapters 4 & 5 Scott McCloud, Making Comics, ch 1 (library reserves link) |
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| 2/15 | Maus 1, chapter 6
Understanding Rhetoric, issue 3 “Writing Identities” |
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| 2/18 | Sketch 4: Human Document | ||
| 6 | 2/20 | Maus, book 2, chapter 1
Hillary Chute, “Comics for Grown-Ups?” from Why Comics?: From Underground to Everywhere (library reserves link) |
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| 2/22 | Maus, book 2, chapter 2 | ||
| 2/25 | Sketch 5: Triptych | ||
| 7 | 2/27 | Maus, book 2, chapters 3 & 4 | |
| 3/1 | Maus, book 2, chapter 5 | ||
| 3/4 | Sketch 6: What’s in your bag? | ||
| 8 | 3/6 | Palestine, chapters 1 & 2 (1-50) |
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| 3/8 | Palestine, chapters 3 (51-77) | Tracing Maus | |
| 3/13
3/15 |
Spring Break | ||
| 9 | 3/20 | Palestine, chapters 4 – 7 (81-213)
Peer feedback on literacy narrative comics. |
Literacy Narrative comic rough sketch due |
| 3/22 | Palestine, chapters 8 & 9 (217-85) | ||
| 3/25 | Sketch 7: Tell a True Story | ||
| 3/24
3/25 |
Potential make-up days | ||
| 10 | 3/27 | Pyongyang, 1 – 48 | |
| 3/29 | Pyongyang, 49 – 96 | ||
| 4/1 | Sketch 8: Combophoto | ||
| 11 | 4/3 | Pyongyang, 97 – 176 | Literacy narrative comics due |
| 4/5 | |||
| 4/8 | Sketch 9: Recreate a movie scene | ||
| 12 | 4/10 | Spinning, Preface and chpts 1 – 6 | |
| 4/12 | Spinning, chpt 7 – 8 | Comparing Palestine and Pyongyang | |
| 4/15 | |||
| 4/14
4/15 |
Potential make-up days | ||
| 13 | 4/17 | Mapping Spinning speed feedback
Spinning, chpts 9 – 10 |
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| 4/19 | |||
| 4/22 | Sketch 10: Data viz from everyday life
Sketch 11: Make a gif/cinemagraph |
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| 14 | 4/24 | Final Portfolio discussion/editing | Mapping Spinning |
| 4/26 | |||
| 4/29 | Sketch 11: Assemblies | ||
| 5/8
8:00 – 10:30a |
Final Exam Period | Final Portfolio and Reflection Letter | |
This schedule is subject to change.
