Teaching Fellows

2008-2009

Documents

Orientation 2008

English 1102 Spring 2009 Course Descriptions

Job Market Application Materials Workshop (R, 9-25)

Meeting Notes (updated W, 4-15)

Meetings

Fall 2008 Date Agenda/Location
Week 1
W, 8-20

Library Visits: meet in Library Room 241
Week 2
W, 8-27
 
Week 3
W, 9-3

GeorgiaVIEW Vista: meet in Arts & Sciences 254
Week 4
W, 9-10
 
Week 5
W, 9-17

constructing paper prompts, dealing with plagiarism, classroom visits: meet in Arts & Sciences 315

(bring two paper prompts to the meeting: your best and one you think needs work)

Week 6

W, 9-24
 
Week 7
W, 10-1

no meeting due to class observations and Textbook Committee

reader: Meyer, Michael, ed. The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing. 8th ed. Boston: Bedford-St. Martin's, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0-312-46959-7
Week 8
W, 10-8
 
Week 9
W, 10-15

self assessment: meet in Arts & Sciences 315
Week 10
W, 10-22
 
Week 11
W, 10-29
 
Week 12
W, 11-5
 
Week 13
W, 11-12

constructing 1102 syllabi and assignments: meet in Arts & Sciences 315

Week 14
W, 11-19
 
Week 15
W, 11-26

Thanksgiving Holidays
Week 16
W, 12-3
 
Finals
W , 12-10
 

 

Spring 2009 Date Agenda/Location
Week 1
W, 1-14

syllabi due by M, 1-12 (to Alex Blazer in electronic format, to Melinda Martin as hard copy)
Week 2
W, 1-21

meeting in A&S 315: from discussing essays to discussing literature
Week 3
W, 1-28

[Meeting with Marty Lammon for those traveling to AWP]

Week 4
W, 2-4

meeting in A&S 315: from grading composition essays about composition essays to grading composition essays about literature
Week 5
W, 2-11

 

Week 6

W, 2-18
 
Week 7
W, 2-25

 
Week 8
W, 3-4

Pearson Textbook Fair: 12:30-3:30 in Arts & Sciences 349
Week 9
W, 3-11

Bedford/St. Martin's Textbook Fair: 12:30-4:30 in Arts & Sciences 349

Week 10
W, 3-18

meeting in A&S 315: composition reader and writing rhetoric annotations due (fall 1101 Teaching Fellows invited)

Textbook Committee meets M, 3-16 at 12:30 to choose handbook for next year

result:

handbook: Lunsford, Andrea A. EasyWriter: A Pocket Reference. 3rd ed. Boston: Bedford-St. Martin's, 2006. ISBN-13: 978-0-312-59459-6
Week 11
W, 3-25

Spring Break
Week 12
W, 4-1
 
Week 13
W, 4-8

meeting in A&S 315: best 1101 and 1102 assignments

Week 14
W, 4-15

Textbook Committee meets W, 4-15 at 12:30 to choose reader and rhetoric for next year

results:

reader: Miller, James S. Acting out Culture: Reading and Writing. Boston: Bedford-St. Martin’s, 2008. ISBN-13: 978-0-312-45416-6

rhetoric: Kennedy, X. J., Dorothy M. Kennedy, and Marcia F. Muth. Writing and Revising: A Portable Guide. Boston: Bedford-St. Martin's, 2007. ISBN-13: 978-0-312-45458-6

Book Orders Due Thursday, 4-16
Week 15
W, 4-22

Stephen Cavitt's thesis defense
Week 16
W, 4-29
 
Finals
W , 5-6

Finals

Class Observations

Fall 2008 Instructor Day/Date/Time/Room
Week 6
Carrie Anne Tocci Thursday, September 25, 9:30-10:45AM, Atkinson 101
Week 9
Shawnsey Rudolph Wednesday, October 15, 11:00-11:50AM, A&S 351B
Week 10
Ashleigh Eisinger Wednesday, October 22, 11:00AM-12:15PM, A&S 363
Week 13
Joey Grisham Tuesday, November 11, 5:30-6:45PM, A&S 338
Week 14
Zach Burkhart Monday, November 17, 11:00-12:15PM, Chappell Hall 105
Park Parkison Tuesday, November 18, 8:00-8:50AM, Arts & Sciences 351B
John Teschner Tuesday, November 18, 12:30-1:45PM, Arts & Sciences 351B
Week 15
Nathan Tucker Tuesday, December 2, 5:30-6:45PM, Arts & Sciences 351B

 

Spring 2009 Instructor Date/Time/Room
Weeks 3-4
Leah Norton Friday, January 23, 11:00-11:50AM, A&S 351B
Will Torrey Thursday, January 29, 5:30-6:45PM, A&S 366
Weeks 5-6
Marie Elliott Tuesday, February 10, 12:30-1:45PM, A&S 351B
Ardith Brown Thursday, February 12, 8:00-9:15AM, A&S 368
Weeks 7-8
Meredith Dodson Tuesday, February 24, 12:30-1:45PM, A&S 340B
Angela Hall
 Monday, March 2, 10:00-10:50AM, A&S 243
Weeks 9-10
Adam McGraw Monday, March 16, 5:30-6:45PM, A&S 351B
Week 11
Spring Break  

Weeks 12-13

Andrew Howard Thursday, April 2, 5:30-6:45PM, A&S 351B
Weeks 14-15
   

 

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