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Weeks/Dates
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Things to do
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Week 1
8/19- 8/21
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Prompt I: Strengths Assessment Overview
Homework: Do Strengths Assessment (30-90 minutes) and write a response to outcome
^Respond to the top 5 in your assessment results (or anything else that catches your attention). Which words feel like they fit you? Which maybe don't? Are there some words that you ranked high on that you don't fully understand or haven't thought much about? Are some true in some contexts but not others or around some people but not others? Which do you most want to cultivate and why? Respond with 1 page on whatever feels most significant.
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Last day to Add & Drop w/o ‘W’ Aug 21st
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Week 2
8/24-8/28
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In class work: Discuss Strengths; Discuss Uptake Guidelines (introduction)
Homework: Read and respond to “My Apology to Limpo”; The Civil War Letter using Elements of the Personal Essay
^ Read both stories, mark up and write up what the author is doing to make the essay work. Use terms from Elements of the Personal Essay to make your points. (1/2 page-1 page for each story)
Prompt II: Uptake as process/progress document
Homework: Begin filling out uptake document using Strengths response or reading response.
^What ideas have stood out the most so far? What kind of work have you done to connect? Match anything from the semester that is significant with the positive psychology terms from your uptake document.
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Week 3
8/31-9/4
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In class work: Discuss personal essay genre; discuss My Apology to Limpo and Civil War Letter; discuss Unit 1, Option A; Conflict Letter
Homework: Read and respond to “V is for Vanity” using Elements of the Personal Essay
^ Same as last week. Use the Elements of the Personal Essay sheet to break down what is happening in the essay, what is working, what is not, how and why.
Prompt III: Unit 1, Option A Guidelines
Homework: Draft 1 page, minimum, of a potential conflict letter for Unit 1, Option A
^Make sure you read over the Guidelines for the conflict letter. Think about what ideas have urgency and immediacy for potential topic choices. Think about the Personal Essay Elements and begin a first draft of page one of a potential conflict letter.
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Week 4
9/7-9/11
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In class work: Discuss first drafts of conflict letter; Discuss “V is for Vanity"; Introduce Unit 1, Option B (Strengths/Values Essay); Sign up for Conferences
Homework: After doing the homework below (Drafting 1 page, minimum, of a potential strengths/virtues essay, decide whether you want to continue with this essay or the conflict letter and document why in uptake)
Prompt IV: Unit 1, Option B Guidelines
Homework: Draft 1 page, minimum, of a potential strengths/values essay for Unit 1, Option B
^Make sure you read over Unit B guidelines, and use Personal Essay elements to begin writing about a topic for this essay. Find a strength and some kind of complication for it in your life. Maybe the issue is with you, maybe it's with a context outside of you, maybe it's two strengths that are hard to maintain at the same time. Maybe it's something else. Write a rough draft of page 1 of this potential essay.
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Week 5
9/14-9/18
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In class work: One-on-one conferences
Homework: Edit, revise, finish essay; complete uptake
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Homework: N/A
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Week 6
9/21-9/25
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Due: Unit 1 Essay and Uptake (by the start of your class section)
In class work: Discuss finished projects; Introduce Unit 2 (Podcast); Discuss Strength clusters in regard to The Alchemist/Podcasting; Freewrite (character/movie/strength)
Homework: Read and respond to The Alchemist, pgs. 3-56
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Week 7
9/28-10/2
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In class work: Discuss The Alchemist (prologue; pgs. 3-56)
Homework: Read and respond to The Alchemist (pgs. 56-112)
Prompt V: Example of a Podcast topic using strengths clusters
Homework: Brainstorm a list of potential movies, books, characters, topics for the Podcast unit [In your Unit 2 Uptake Doc]
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Week 8
10/5-10/9
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In class work: Discuss The Alchemist (pgs. 56-112); Discuss topics; choose groups
Homework: Read and respond to The Alchemist (pgs. 112-167)
Podcast Pre-Plan/Podcast Guidelines
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Midterm Grades due Tuesday Oct 13th
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Week 9
10/12-10/16
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In class work: Discuss The Alchemist (pgs. 112-167); create Podcast Pre-Plan
Homework: Work on Podcast and Uptake
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Homework: N/A
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Week 10
10/19-10/23
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In class work: Podcast Group Conferences
Homework: Finish Podcast and Post-Podcast Uptake
Prompt VI: Positive Emotions and List
Homework: Response to Positive Emotions and List
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Week 11
10/26-10/30
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Due: Podcast; Pre and Post Uptake
In class work: Introduce Unit 3 (Social Media Style Article); Discuss Positive Emotions
Homework: Read and Respond to Social Media Style Articles [TBD]
Prompt VII: Joy as Example
Homework: Choose 1-2 potential emotions for paper, discuss pros and cons for each
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Week 12
11/2-11/6
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In class work: Discuss Social Media Style Articles; Discuss potential topics; choose topic
Homework: Field Exercise and Report (1)
Prompt VIII: How-to field exercise and social media style article (guidelines)
Homework: Create an outline for research and article
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Week 13
11/9-11/13
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In class work: Discuss field research and outlines
Homework: Field Exercise and Report (2); start writing paper
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Homework: N/A
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Last day to Drop Courses w/ ‘W’ Nov 13th
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Week 14
11/16-11/20
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In class work: One-On-One Conferences
Homework: Continue working on Unit 3 and Uptake
Final Portfolio Video
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Week 15
11/23-11/27
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Thanksgiving break
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Week 16
11/30-12/4
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Due: Social Media Style Article and Uptake
In class work: N/A
Homework: N/A
Video: N/A
Homework: Finalize Portfolio
Final Portfolio due by December 7th
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Final Exams Dec 7-11th
Grades due by 8 am Monday Dec 14th
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