| Class # | Topics / Assignments |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to course; introducing ourselves as products of our ethnicity and culture; reading and writing history assigned. |
| 2 | Reading Notes due for essays by Sanders, White. Reading/writing history discussed. Presenters. |
| 3 | Reading Notes for Rich and Steele essays. Assignment #1, Reading and writing history is due; bring 3 copies to class. Small group workshops. |
| 4 | Large group workshop; focus on revising content, form, and appeal to reader. Reading Notes due: "Growing Up Asian in America." |
| 5 | Revision #1 due. Reading Notes due for "No Name Woman" & "White Tigers." Discuss. Presenters. |
| 6 | Large group workshop on Revision #1. Essay 2 discussed; theory handout. |
| 7 | Reading Notes due for Cisneros and Soto stories & theory. Discussion. Presenters. |
| 8 | Essay #2 due; bring 3 copies for small group workshops; theory handout. |
| 9 | Group workshop of essay #2. |
| 10 | Revision #2 due. Reading Notes due for Caucasia selection. Assign't. 3 presented. Presenters. |
| 11 | Group workshop of revision #2. |
| 12 | Essay #3 due. Small group workshops-bring 3 copies. Theory handout. |
| 13 | Reading Notes due for "Mr. Pirzada" and handout. Discussion. Presenters. |
| 14 | Reading Notes due for "Shaman" & handout; discuss. Presenters. |
| 15 | Revision #3 due; large group workshop. |
| 16 | Reading Notes due for Alexie stories and handout. Discuss. Presenters. |
| 17 | Essay #4 due. Small group workshops. |
| 18 | Reading Notes due for "At the Western Palace." Discussion. Presenters. |
| 19 | Large group workshop on Essay #4 (returned for revision). View Smoke Signals (PM?). |
| 20 | Viewing/Reading Notes due: Smoke Signals, "Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe," and handout. Presenters. |
| 21 | Revision #4 due. Small group workshops. Assignment 5 presented. View Mississippi Masala? (We'll schedule a time together.) Handout. |
| 22 | Essay #5 due. Small group workshops. (View Mississippi Masala?) |
| 23 | Viewing Notes due: Mississippi Masala & theory. Discuss. Presenters. |
| 24 | Retrospective essays discussed. Portfolios due. (Option: 1 revision later). |
| 25 | Retrospective essays due; small or large group workshop. |
| 26 | Revised and/or expanded retrospective essays due. Short reading or description of favorite piece of writing. (NO late papers!) |