Week 05: Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline, "Leavin' On Your Mind" (1963)

Week 05: Patsy Cline

Mo 09.16

• Read: eR—“Writing about Music” (University of Calgary), “A Guide to Writing about Music, Pt. 2: Thinking” (Invisible Oranges), “The NPR 100: The Most Important American Musical Works of the 20th Century” (NPR)
• Class: Reading discussion; Multimedia presentations

Tu 09.17

• Read: eR—“Writing about Music” (University of Calgary), “A Guide to Writing about Music, Pt. 2: Thinking” (Invisible Oranges), “The NPR 100: The Most Important American Musical Works of the 20th Century” (NPR)
• Class: Reading discussion; Multimedia presentations; Lecture—“On Wordiness: Exercises”
• Due: EXPOSITORY ESSAY

We 09.18

• Class: Reading discussion; Lecture—“On Wordiness: Exercises”
• Due: EXPOSITORY ESSAY

Upcoming:

Week 06: Carlos Santana

Mo 09.23

• Read: eR—“Infographics: Separating the Great from the Mediocre” (The Next Web), “What Makes a Great Infographic?” (DashBurst), “70 Best Infographics on the Web” (Creative Bloq), “You Suck at Infographics” (Wired)
• Class: Multimedia presentations; Lecture—“The Most Common Grammatical Errors—And How to Avoid Them”

Tu 09.24

• Read: WARS—“Hip Hop Causes Violence” – “Hip Hop Hurts Black People;” eR—“Infographics: Separating the Great from the Mediocre” (The Next Web), “What Makes a Great Infographic?” (DashBurst), “70 Best Infographics on the Web” (Creative Bloq)
• Class: CLOSE READ ESSAY; Multimedia presentations; Lecture—“The Most Common Grammatical Errors—And How to Avoid Them”
• Due: REFLECTION 04

We 09.25

• Read: WARS—“Hip Hop Causes Violence” – “Hip Hop Hurts Black People”
• Class: CLOSE READ ESSAY
• Due: REFLECTION 04

Due by Tu 10.1:

LEARNINGCURVE GRAMMAR EXERCISES 1 & 2:

1. ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
2. COMMA SPLICES AND FUSED (RUN-ON) SENTENCES
3. PARALLELISM
4. FRAGMENTS
5. PRONOUNS
6. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT