COURSE SYLLABUS
City.Tech.What.Is.Writing.Syllabus.Fall.2013
ASSESSMENT RUBRICS
Blog Grading Rubric
Essay Performance Rubric
Reading and Writing Assignment Grading Rubric
DETAILED COURSE SCHEDULE
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COURSE READINGS
Required Texts
All of the required texts for this course are Open Access, which means that the copyright holder has made them available to you for free. See below for details.
1) Rodgers, Johannah. What Is Writing? A Brief Introduction to Writing as an Act of Communication (this is available in print and on the Web). Please let me know if you would like a printed copy.
2) Norton Field Guide to Writing Web Site (Web only: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/write/fieldguide/index.asp).
If you would like a print copy of this text, please come talk to me. There are several places where you can purchase this book, which is available on several different reading platforms, including mobile phones. Click here to purchase the book on Amazon. If you’d like to buy a copy immediately, I’d suggest going to the Barnes and Noble bookstore at Union Square in Manhattan or on Court Street in Brooklyn.
3) A College-level English Dictionary. You can use reliable dictionaries on the web, e.g., Merriam Webster (http://www.merriam-webster.com), Oxford, and/or a dictionary that you already own.
In addition to the titles listed above, we will be using several different texts for our course this semester, all of which are available on the Web. You will find links to these texts either in the weekly assignment and/or below.
Norton Reading Strategies
“Reading as a Writer”
Literacy Narratives Reading Packet (Litt, Alexie, Gee)
| Detailed Schedule | Fall 2013 ENG1101 | Professor Rodgers | |
| Topic | TO WRITE | ||
| TO READ | |||
| Week 1: Sept. 9 and 11 | What Is Writing? Introduction | Course Syllabus | RWA1: What Is This Class About? |
| Introduction to What Is Writing? | LJ1: Yourself | ||
| Norton Rhetorical Situations | GA1: Introductions/Questions | ||
| Sign Up for OpenLab | |||
| Week 2: September 16 and 18 | Rhetoric, Reading, Writing | Norton: Reading Strategies | LJ2: Technology |
| What Is Writing?: pp. 1-17 | |||
| Essays/Articles: Literacy Narrative Readings: Litt, Alexie, Gee, “Reading as a Writer” | RWA2: Responding to Readings | ||
| Handouts: What Is the MLA?; Taking Notes; Sample Essay in MLA Format; What Is a Paragraph? | GA2: Questions About College Writing | ||
| Week 3: September 23 and 25 | Writing As a Process: Brainstorming and Drafting | Norton Writing Literacy Narratives | LJ3: Strengths as Communicator and Your Writing Process |
| What Is Writing? Pp. 18-31 | |||
| Essays/Articles: Lamott | |||
| PLEASE NOTE: BOTH CLASSES THIS WEEK WILL BE HELD ONLINE! | Handouts: Sample Overview of a Writing Process, Developing Paragraphs; Model Paragraphs | RWA3: Reviewing What You Have Written, Brainstorming and Drafting Essay 1 | |
| see assignment folder for GA3: |
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| Week 4: September 30 and October 2 | Writing as a Process: Revision, Editing, and Proofreading | Norton: Assessing Your Own Writing | DRAFT ESSAY 1 DUE |
| Norton Beginnings and Endings | |||
| Essays/Articles: Mellix | LJ4: Dialect Map/Exploration | ||
| Handouts: Revision Worksheet, Editing Worksheet, Proofreading Worksheet | RWA4: Preparing a Finished Piece of Writing | ||
| GA4.1: Editorial Letter | |||
| GA4.2: Peer Editing | |||
| Week 5: October 7 and 9 | Discuss Tan and Dialects; Thesis Statements | Norton: Thesis Statements | RWA5: Summarize Tan |
| Essays/Articles: Tan | LJ5.1: What Is and Is Not On Your Mind | ||
| Handouts: Writing About Texts; Writing Summaries | LJ5.2: Responding to Tan | ||
| GA5: What Is Grammar? | |||
| Week 6: October 14 and 16 | Discuss Tan and Essay 2 | Norton: Writing Textual Analyses | RWA6: Brainstorm and Draft Essay 2 |
| Essays/Articles: | |||
| Handouts: | |||
| LJ6: Writing Inventory | |||
| GA6: Choose a NYTimes article and summarize it |
