Summer I, 2007
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Current Assignment(s)
Course Schedule (Summer I, 2006)
Week 1: What Is Narrative Research?
June 4 Monday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Getting started (course introduction)
Assignment
due for June 5
- Read Narrative Inquiry
- Chapters 1-3
June 5 Tuesday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Discussion of Narrative Research basics
- Discussion of Narrative Inquiry
- Chapters 1-3
Assignment
due for June 6
- Read Living the Narrative Life
- Parts One
June 6 Wednesday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Discuss Living the Narrative Life
- Parts One
Assignment
due for June 11
- Read Stories from the Heart
- Chapters 1, 2, 5
June 7 Thursday
NO CLASS
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- We’ll be going to Pittsburgh on Friday in place of our regular class meeting
June 8 Friday
Field Research at Border’s Bookstore in Pittsburgh
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Lunch at Taipei Tokyo in Monroeville (11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.)
- 304 Mall Blvd.; Monroeville, PA 15146-2229
- (412) 373-5464
- Directions to Taipei Tokyo
- Reviews of the Restaurant and Second Map
- Border’s Bookstore Field Trip (Approximately 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.)
- Select class novel
- I’m hoping everyone can attend, but attendance is not mandatory (though I’m sure the trip will be a blast for all of us)
Assignment
due for June 11
- Read Stories from the Heart
- Chapters 1, 2, 5
- Book Club Assignment
DUE for July 3 Tuesday- Novel: Old School
- Author: Tobias Wolf
- Read as much as you can of the book club novel by the due date
- Take your time with the book: your goal here is to enjoy some pleasurable reading
- It is not mandatory to finish the book, just read as much as you can at a pace that allows you to enjoy the novel
Week 2: Getting Started Doing Narrative Research
June 11 Monday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Discuss Book Store Trip
- Discuss Stories from the Heart
- Chapters 1, 2, 5
Assignment
due for June 12
- Read Narration as Knowledge
- Introduction, Chapters 5, 8, 13, 18, & 19
June 12 Tuesday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Discuss Narration as Knowledge
- Introduction, Chapters 5, 8, 13, 18, & 19
Assignment
due for June 13
- Write Narrative Research Proposal (approximately one page)
June 13 Wednesday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Narrative Research Proposal DUE (approximately one page)
- Further discussion of Narration as Knowledge
- Introduction, Chapters 5, 8, 13, 18, & 19
Photos & Quote for Home Page Task
due for June 13
- We’ll devote a little bit of class time to creating a home page for you (or updating your home page if you already have one). We’ll mostly use your home page as a place to link up class documents. You are welcome, though, to personalize your home page. So you are welcome to bring pictures (or email them to yourself) in digital format, so we can post them on your web site.
- Also please find one interesting quote for posting on your web site. The quote will give visitors to your web site something interesting to read when they get there.
- Additionally, please bring an electronic version of your proposal (accessible in Microsoft Word)
- We will post your proposal online so that everyone in the class has access to it
June 14 Thursday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Create/Update Web Home Pages
- Post Narrative Proposals online for review
- Review Narrative Proposals
- Discuss Narrative & Art
Assignment
due for June 18
- Write Rough Draft of Narrative Paper
- Bring about 3 copies to share in a small group
Weeks 3: Crafting Stories
June 18 Monday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
Narrative Draft Editing & Breakfast at Foster Dining Hall
- Narrative Paper Draft Review Day
- Bring about 3 copies of your draft to share in a small group
- Bring $4.15 for breakfast at Foster Dining Hall
Assignment
due for June 19
- Read The Things They Carried
- Pages 1-150 (try to get through as much as you can of this material; it’s especially good to read the last two stories in this section)
June 19 Tuesday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Discuss The Things They Carried
- Pages 1-150
Assignment
due for June 20
- Read Narrative Inquiry
- Chapters 4-5
June 20 Wednesday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Discuss Narrative Inquiry
- Chapters 4-5
Assignment
due for June 21
- Bring some sort of food to share at the Big Fish Feast
- Work on Narrative Paper
June 21 Thursday
Big Fish Feast
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- View Big Fish
- Bring some sort of food to share at the Big Fish Feast
Assignment
due for June 25
- Write Full Draft of Narrative Paper
June 25 Monday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Discuss Big Fish
- Full Draft of Narrative Paper DUE
- Set up paper conferencing schedule
Assignment
due for June 25
- Read from Class Novel
June 26 Tuesday thru June 28 Thursday
Individual Narrative Paper Conferences
- Paper Conferences Schedule
- Meet with Dr. Pagnucci individually to discuss your Narrative Paper
- No regular class meeting
- Individual meeting times will be scheduled in class; you only need to attend your one individual meeting on the day and at the time assigned to you
- Individual meetings will be held in 213 Leonard Hall (our regular computer classroom)
Assignment
due for July 2
- Read Living the Narrative Life
- Part Two
- Revise Narrative Paper as needed
- Read from Class Novel
Week 5: Living the Narrative Life
July 2 Monday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Discuss Living the Narrative Life
- Part Two
- Discuss narrative ideology
- Discuss narrative dissertations
Assignment
due for July 3
- Finish reading as much as you can from Class Selected Novel
- But don’t go too fast!
- I want you to enjoy reading this book and to remember why it is we all start out loving to hear (and read) stories
July 3 Tuesday
Book Club Meeting
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Class Book Club Meeting
- One more story
Assignment
for July 6
- Finish revising Narrative Paper as required
July 4 Wednesday – Fourth of July Holiday
NO CLASS
Assignment
for July 4
- Enjoy some fire works
July 5 Thursday
NO CLASS
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- No regular class meeting
Assignment
for July 6
- Finish revising Narrative Paper as required
July 6 Friday
NO CLASS
Assignment: Revised Narrative Paper
DUE for July 6 Friday
- Drop off paper in Dr. Pagnucci’s English Dept. mailbox in 110 Leonard Hall
- Paper is due by 11:30 a.m.!
Assignment
for the future
- Live a Narrative Life!