Intersecting Literacies- Iraqi and U.S. Narratives Following the War (ENG 181)
| Week | Date | Reading | Writing |
| Phase 1 (Week 1-4): The Anatomy of an Argument | |||
| week1 | Wed., Aug. 26 | Syllabus | in-class writing: Personal Reaction/Reflection Paper |
| Fri., Aug. 28 | Argument Against Invasion Articles | Argument Extraction Response | |
| week 2 | Mon., Aug. 31 | Argument For Invasion Articles | Argument ID/ Response Handed Back |
| Wed., Sept. 2 | Victim’s and Heroines, Story #1 | ||
| Fri., Sept. 4 | Victim’s and Heroines, Story #2 | Argument ID / Response Final Draft Due | |
| week3 | Mon., Sept. 7 | The D/A: Impax and Advocacy | Shelling Handouts |
| Wed., Sept. 9 | The Prosecution of the War Articles Al-Jazeera / Jerusalem Times | Shelling Article Arguments | |
| Fri., Sept. 11 | The Prosecution of the War Articles Al Hadith / Beirut Star / BBC Egypt | Shelling Article Arguments | |
| week4 | Mon., Sept. 14 | Iraqi Women: Story 1 | Draft “Shell” for Advocacy Takeout Paper Due |
| Wed., Sept. 16 | Iraqi Women: Story 2 | Shelling Memoir Arguments | |
| Fri., Sept. 18 | Final Draft for Advocacy Takeout Paper Due | ||
| Phase 2 (Week 5-8): Operation Extraction: Distilling Claims and Warrants from Works of Literature. | |||
| week5 | Mon., Sept. 21 | Re-Deployment, 1-35 | Shelling Arguments |
| Wed., Sept. 23 | Re-Deployment, 36-70 | “ | |
| Fri., Sept. 25 | Re-Deployment, 71-110 | “ | |
| week6 | Mon., Sept. 28 | Re-Deployment, 110-160Three Kings Screening in class | Personal Narration Project (paper, poem, song, art) Proposals Due |
| Wed., Sept. 30 | Re-Deployment, 161-endThree Kings Screening in class | Personal Narration Project (paper, poem, song, art) Proposals Returned | |
| Fri., Oct. 2 | Field Trip: Memorial Plaza | Personal Narration Project (paper, poem, song, art) Due Via Email | |
| week7 | Mon., Oct. 5 | Death in Exile, Selections | Poetry Shelling Worksheets |
| Wed., Oct. 7 | Death in Exile, Selections | Poetry Shelling Worksheets | |
| Fri., Oct. 9 | Verso, Selections | Poetry Shelling Worksheets | |
| week8 | Mon., Oct. 12 | Verso, Selections | Argument Analysis Paper Draft Due |
| Wed., Oct. 14 | The Not Dead, Selections | ||
| Fri., Oct. 16 | The Not Dead, Selections | Argument Analysis Paper Due | |
| Phase 3 (Week 9-15): Argument-Based, Thesis-Driven Research and the D/A | |||
| week9 | Mon., Oct. 19 | Zero Dark-Thirty, Poems and Stories | |
| Wed., Oct. 21 | Zero Dark-Thirty, Poems and Stories | Proposal for Research Paper due | |
| Fri., Oct. 23 | Zero Dark-Thirty, Poems and Stories | ||
| week10 | Mon., Oct. 26 | Zero Dark-Thirty, Poems and Stories | reading response |
| Wed., Oct. 28 | Zero Dark-Thirty, Poems and Stories | ||
| Fri., Oct. 30 | Zero Dark-Thirty, Poems and Stories | Bibliography Argument Cards 1-3 Due | |
| week11 | Mon., Nov. 2 | Zero Dark-Thirty, Poems and Stories | “ |
| Wed., Nov. 4 | Zero Dark-Thirty, Poems and Stories | “ | |
| Fri., Nov. 6 | Zero Dark-Thirty, Poems and Stories | Bibliography Argument Cards 4-6 Due | |
| week12 | Mon., Nov. 9 | Lone Survivor, Ch 1-2 | |
| Wed., Nov. 11 | Lone Survivor, Ch 3-4 | Research Paper Full Shell Due | |
| Fri., Nov. 13 | Lone Survivor, Ch 5-6 | ||
| week13 | Mon., Nov. 16 | Lone Survivor, Ch 7-8 | Revisions |
| Wed., Nov. 18 | Lone Survivor, Ch 9-10 | “ | |
| Fri., Nov. 20 | Lone Survivor, Ch 11-12 | “ | |
| week14 | Mon., Nov. 23 | Lone Survivor, Ch 13-14 | “ |
| Wed., Nov.25 | |||
| Fri., Nov. 27 | Research Paper Final Draft Due | ||
| week15 | Mon., Nov. 30 | Portfolio Materials and Analyses for Assembly | |
| Wed., Dec. 2 | Policy Planning & Advocacy ArticlesLone Survivor Screening (In Class) | Portfolio Revision Reflection | |
| Fri., Dec. 4 | Policy Planning & Advocacy ArticlesLone Survivor Screening (In Class) | Portfolio Revision Reflection | |
| week16 | Mon., Dec. 7 | Policy Planning & Advocacy ArticlesLone Survivor Screening (In Class) | Portfolio Revision Reflection |
| week17 | Mon., Dec. 14 | Lone Survivor Screening | Portfolio Revision Reflection Due |
Arabic with a Redneck Accent 