• What is personal writing?
• In what ways are personal writing made public?
• What is the role of audience in personal writing?
• Is there a difference between private writing and personal writing?
• What are forms for making personal writing public?
• How does the prospect of making personal writing public affect the logos, ethos and pathos of the text?
• What is the role of gender in personal writing? For example, does gender influence the public spaces in which personal writing is published?

	Table Talk: Appalachian Meals and Memories. Sidney Saylor Farr. Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh P, 1995.
	Death in the Jungle: Diary of a Navy Seal. Gary Smith. Ivy Books. 1996.
	Idiot Letters: One Man's Assault on Corporate America. Paul Rosa. Main Street, 1995.
	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Memories of Life and Death. Jean-Dominique Bauby. Vintage, 1995.
	Keeping a Journal You Love. Shelia Bender. Walking Stick P, 2001.
	Love, Janis: A Revealing New Biography of Janis Joplin with Never-Before-Published Letters. Laura Joplin. Villard, 1992.
	The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition. Anne Frank. Bantam, 1997.

I expect to see you in class each day, but I understand that your life outside this classroom can sometimes prevent your attendance. You may miss two days of class (that's one full week!). Each day that you miss after that will be counted against you. At your third absence, your final course grade will be lowered by one-third (an A- would go to a B+). At your fourth absence, it will be lowered by another third (a B+ would go to a B-), and so on. At your fifth absence, you will receive an F unless you drop the class. If you come for the first hour and leave for the second, you will be counted absent for the whole class period. If you only come for the second hour, you will be counted absent for the whole class period.

Late assignments will not be tolerated. Most of the assignments in this class have a presentation element included with them, so you must be here the day that an assignment is due. If you know in advance that you need to miss one of those days, then you must turn in the assignment before it is due. Points will be deducted from your grade for your lack of presentation.

Barely anything makes me more angry than plagiarism. I do not quite understand why students plagiarize, but I can say that if you pass someone else's work off as your own in my class you will fail it for the quarter. I am not against collaboration at all. In fact, I hope that you leave this class and get your roommates and friends to help you on your assignments, but what I do protest to is copying someone else's work. If you are unsure if what you are doing is plagiarism, please come and see me.

Below is a listing of the assignments for this class. As we approach the due date of each assignment, I will give you a complete assignment sheet with all of the necessary details.

Journal 25%

Personal Essay 25%

Research Paper 25%

Reflection Paper 25%

It is very important that you come to class everyday. Not only will you benefit from each day's discussions, but the schedule of due dates and readings will change on a regular basis. What you see below is a working schedule for the quarter.