Week 1
Intro: Feminism as Rhetorical Tool, Feminist Space, Service Learning

1.21
Introduction to the course

1.23
What is feminism? Who Says?
Using the online forum

Homework:
Prepare for BookWoman visit over the weekend

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1.26
BookWoman
Introduce Writing Project #1

Homework:
Visit BookWoman

Due: BookWoman worksheet

Read in Packet: "Pushed to the Margins"

Read in WfR: Service-Learning Partnerships, 6-7; What Is Community-Based Writing?, 17-21

1.28
What is service learning?
Where do I find a feminist space?

Homework:
Due: Mission statement from an organization you're interested in doing service learning with; Signed up for office hour visit (bring course/work schedule for me)

1.30
Assumptions: Feminisms, Research, and Service

Homework:
Read Online: Statement on Scholastic Responsibility
(http://www.drc.utexas.edu/rhe306/
student_guide/chapter_6/1/)

Due: Scholastic Responsibility Agreement
(http://www.drc.utexas.edu/rhe306/
student_guide/chapter_6/2a/)

Week 3
Home and the Public/Private Sphere(s)
(click here to find out what tools this discourse offers for reading feminist spaces)

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2.2
The Revolt of Mother

Homework:
Due: Organization chosen; complete Placement and Project Assessment Worksheet, WfR 63

2.4
Getting Started with Service Learning

Homework:
Read in WfR: Negotiating Community-Based Assignments, 76-93

2.6
Service Learning Contacts:
Calls and Letters of Introduction

Developing examples for Writing Project #1

Homework:
Bring WfR and your course packet to class

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2.9
No More Separate Spheres!

Homework:
Due: Proposal 1

Read in Packet: "Introduction," from No More Separate Spheres!, 7-15 (and attendant footnotes)

2.11
He, She, & It

Homework:
Read in Packet: selection from He, She, & It

2.13
Return proposal 1
"I turned around and saw ..."

Narrative analysis and journal entries

Homework:
Due: Letter of Introduction

Week 5
Women's Land
(click here to find out what tools this discourse offers for reading feminist spaces)

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2.16
Class at the Women's Resource Center

Homework:
Look Online at: the WRC website (http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/sa/ commsagencies/wrc/)

2.18
Writing Workshop

Homework:
Due: Primary Draft 1

2.20
Herland
How to write a Catalog Entry

Homework:
Due: Peer Review

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2.23
Revising

Homework:
Due: One catalog entry

Read online: Assignment for Writing Project #1

Read Handout: Guidelines & Pitfalls

Read in WfR: Revising and Editing, 224-240

2.25
Catalog Entries Returned
Peer Review

Homework:
Due: Catalog Introduction (Bring two copies of your introduction and your revised catalog entry, each set stapled together. If you did not rewrite a catalog entry for Monday, you'll need to rewrite one for today.)

2.27
Introductions Returned
Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
Wrap up Theme

Homework:
Read in Packet: Michigan Womyn's Music Festival brochure; "I Saw You Naked in Michigan"

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3.1
How to make a Journal Entry
Michigan Womyn's Music Festival: addressing class questions

Homework:
Due: Secondary Draft 1

3.3
Michigan Womyn's Music Festival: class posterboard presentations

Homework:
Bring your course packet to class

Due: Email updating me on your plans to contact and meet with your service-learning organization

3.5
Introduce Writing Project #2
Wrap up theme:
MWMF & Women's/Womyn's Land
Putting the tools on the web

Homework:
Due: Reading questions (handout), an image that depict society's gender roles

Read Handouts: Eden Built by Eves, pages 59-76; Handbook on Discussing the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, pages 38-39, 54-56

Week 8
Feminist Writing Space
(click here to find out what tools this discourse offers for reading feminist spaces)

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3.8
This Bridge Called My Back

MOO Introduction and Assignment Description

Homework:
Read in Packet: selection from This Bridge Called My Back (read two forewords; skim over pages xviii-xxix)

3.10
Introductions &conclusions
Using quotes from This Bridge

Homework:
Due: Proposal 2

Read in WfR: Mapping, Organizing, and Drafting, 170-193

3.12
Return proposal 2
This Bridge Called My Back, continued

Homework:
Due: Service Learning Contract, Journals for mid-term check-in, MOO Assignment Part I

Read in Packet: selection from This Bridge Called My Back (read "A Black Feminist Statement")

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3.22
Writing Workshop

Homework:
Due: Primary Draft 2, MOO Assignment Part I (if you didn't turn it in on Friday, 3/12)

3.24
A Room of One's Own

Homework:
Due: Peer Review

Read in Packet: selection from A Room of One's Own , vii, 3-10, 20-24, 111-114

3.26
Continued discussion of A Room of One's Own and the Combahee River Collective's "A Black Feminist Statement"

Homework:
Review A Room of One's Own and "A Black Feminist Statement"

Week 10

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3.29
Return Primary Draft 2
Peer Journal Response
Service learning: self care and your community writing project

Homework:
Read in WfR: Discourse Communities, 103-105; Writing Purposes, Genres, and Assignments in the Community, 106-116

Homework:
Due: MOO Assignment, Part II

3.31
Classroom MOO: Taking Part in Feminist Writing Space

4.2
Power Out! No class.

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4.5
Wrap up the MOO
MOO lessons for Writing Project #2

4.7
Wrap up theme
Putting the tools on the web

Homework:
Look back over our readings from this unit (Feminist Writing Space), and think about what feminist writing space can do, according to these texts

4.9
Paper Self-Assessment
Introduce Writing Project #3 and Presentations

Introduce next unit: Body as Space

Homework:
Due: Secondary Draft 2
Begin reading for Monday

Week 12
Body as Space

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4.12
Reproductive Rights and Women's Bodies

Homework:
Read in Packet: "Abortion" (from page 110 to the top of page 126, and read the section 'Women's Rights and foetal rights,' from page 135 to page 138)

Read Handout: Women of Color and the Reproductive Rights Movement, pages 1-7

Complete reading worksheet

4.14
Talking about Vaginas

Homework:
Read in Packet: selection from The Vagina Monologues

4.16
Talking about Vaginas Again

Homework:
Read in Packet: selection from The Vagina Monologues

Week 13
Body as Space

and

Presentations: Conversations with Feminist Spaces

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4.19
Gregory Gym as feminist space?
Wrapping up theme

Homework:
Due: Proposal 3

Read in Packet: "Beyond the Burn"

4.21
Return Proposal 3
Presentations: Stephanie R. and Krysta

Service learning check in and preparing for semester's end

Homework:
Prepare for presentations

Read in WfR: Assessing Your Community-Based Writing, 241-250

4.23
Presentations: Andrea

Discussing questions raised during the semester

Homework:
Read in Packet: hattie gossett's "womanmansion" and hattie gossett's bio

Prepare for presentations

Week 14
Presentations: Enacting Feminist Spaces

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4.26
In Your Own Feminist Space:
Work on Writing Project #3 and Develop Your Presentations

4.28
Writing Workshop

Homework:
Due: Primary Draft 3

4.30
Presentations: Laura & Lindsy, Josh, and Ashwinta

Homework:
Due: Peer Review

Week 15
Presentations & Building Your Own Feminist Spaces

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5.3
Return Primary Draft 3
Presentations: Christine, Jessica, and Magen

Homework:
Prepare for Presentations

5.5
Presentations: Stephanie C. & Kristen, Leticia & Eric, and Matt

Homework:
Due: Completed 10 hours of service with your organization

Prepare for Presentations

5.7
What next? building your own feminist space
Course evaluations

Homework:
Due: Completed journals with final review; Email from agency mentor acknowledging your completion of writing project and hours of service

Finals Begin
Writing Project #3 Due

5.12
Due: Secondary Draft 3
Due between 2-4pm.