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date

I

1/03

• Where are you from?
• Place-based education.
  Place and topic; topos; place and memory
• Cal Poly Land project
• Writing skills and writing process
• Interviews and notes
• Outlining

Email draft of essay #1 to partner
9:00 PM

Email partner response to essay #1
9:00AM

1/05

• Where are we now?
• Review student essay 1
• Using Track Changes in MS Word
• Sentence structure, paragraphing.

• Observation and Description
• Preview of hike--
  Zoomify
  Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide, 222-223
• Preview Essay #2

Essay #2--Canyons and Mountains (Narrative description)

Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide

1. Browse the whole book
2. Read Preface and Introduction, 1-23

II

1/10

Discussion of Essay #1 and principles of revision

134 Style Manual--A Work in Progress

Receive essay #1 from instructor
6:00 A.M.

Field Trip #1--Canyons and Mountains: The Natural Landscape

This is a moderately strenuous hike over steep, rough and slippery ground. Wear strong closed shoes and long pants. Be prepared for mud. Bring water, a snack, your Field Guide, a journal to write in and a pen. If you want to take pictures, bring your own camera or check out a digital from Media Distribution Services in Bldg 10 or 3.

Meet at Gate to Poly Canyon at 7:30 AM sharp

Pictures

Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide

1. Geology, Climate and Soils, 24-59
2. The Visual Experience of Cal Poly Land, 194-199
3. Journal entries, 204-207
4. Hike maps, 223-229
5. Architectural Study area, 198-9

Descriptive Writing

1. Methods (Infowrite)
2. Methods (OWL)

III

1/17

holiday

1/19

Biology of Cal Poly Land

Student nature writing

Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide

1. Vegetation 61-102
2. Wildlife 103-129

Student writing

1. Journals--Ecolit
2. Cal Poly Land 1
3. Cal Poly Land 2

Quiz #1 Field Guide Readings

IV

1/24

Field Trip #2: From Cerro Vista to Indonesian Reservoir: The Working Landscape

• Feed Mill and Abattoir
  Blacksmith Crossing--fish ladder
• Bull Test/Student Housing North
• Drumm Reservoir
• Horticulture Unit and Arboretum

Meet at Poly Canyon gate 8:10 AM

pictures

Essay #3: A Working Landscape
(Description and Exposition)

"Designs in the Land: Meandering Through the Nature/Culture Divide" Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide, 200-203

Expository Modes

1. Definition (Infowrite)
2. Comparison and Contrast (Infowrite)
3. Process Analysis (Infowrite)
4. Division and Classification (Infowrite)
5. Cause and Effect (Infowrite)

1/26

The Working Landscape: Human Uses and Impacts

Primary research techniques

Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide

1. Archaeology and History 131-151
2. Agriculture 153-172
3. Techology 174-189

Quiz #2 Field Guide Readings

Email revised essay #2 to instructor
6:00 AM
Receive revised essay #1 from instructor

V

1/31

Stewardship and sustainability at Cal Poly

Reading critically

Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide

1. Stewardship 242-256

Cal Poly Land site:

1. Stewardship

Other sources

1. The Talloires Declaration
2. Remarks by President Warren Baker
3. Moebius

2/2

Critical analysis assignment

Discussion of paper #3

Essay #4 Land Stewardship and Sustainability
(Critical Analysis)

Email essay #3 to instructor 6:00 A.M.
Receive revised essay #2 from instructor

VI

2/7

Critical Reading (InfoWrite)

Analyzing Argument:The Toulmin Method (Colorado State)

Quiz #3 Argumentative Essay Readings

2/9

Arguments to analyze

Ballot Arguments and other documents relating to the upcoming election on the Dalidio Marketplace project

VII

2/14

Persuasive and Argumentative Essays

Discuss essay #4

Finding topics for essay#5 and reading a sample

Essay #5 Contested Territory
(Persuasive Argument)

2/16

Field Trip #3--The Dairy Unit and the Experimental Farm

Meet at the Dairy Unit 8:10 A.M.
Take Highland Drive toward Highway 1. After the train underpass, take a right on Mt. Bishop road and follow it past the veterinary building to the Boone Dairy center on the right.

1. "Priesthoods and Power," Steven Marx

VIII

2/21

holiday

2/23

Reviewing revised Essay #3

Revising essay #4

Working on Essay #5

IX

2/28

Revising essay #4

conference schedule

3/2

email essay #5
6:00 A.M

X

3/7

3/9

XI

Exam Week

Monday 8:10 a.m.