ENG 1101 Course Schedule

Week 1

• Dates: 8/26-9/1
• Location: our course site (and your ARCH 1101 Zoom meeting)
• Topic: Introductions; Distance Learning
• This week:
• Actions:
  • Join the OpenLab (follow these instructions to create an account)
  • Join this course on the OpenLab (follow these instructions to join this course.)
  • Complete the Student Survey about your access to technology
• Reading:
  • Read OpenLab materials and course materials according to the Week 1 agenda
  • Read the following short pieces about tips to succeed in distance learning:
    • From City Tech: “Tips for Success” on The OpenLab for Students.
    • From Guttman Community College, CUNY: “Tips for a Successful Transition to Distance Learning” on Distance Learning Resources for Students”
    • From North Hennepin Community College “Tips for Online Learning Success”  
    • From University of Waterloo “Online Discussions: Tips for Students” 
• Writing:
  • Participate in the FYLC Introductions discussion, according to the included instructions
  • Participate in the ENG 1101 What about Online Learning? discussion according to the included instructions.
  • Ask questions! Use the ENG 1101 Q&A or email me directly at jrrosen AT citytech.cuny.edu.

Week 2

• Dates: 9/2-9/8
• Location: our course site
• Topic: Introductions; Project #1: Education Narrative
• Activities & Due Dates:
• Reading:
  • Ellen Lupton, “Why Collaborate”
  • Mike Bunn, “How to read like a Writer”
  • Toni Morrison, “The Reader as Artist”
  • José Olivarez, “Maybe I Could Save Myself By Writing”
  • Read through the assignment guidelines for “Project #1: Education Narrative” (look for the announcement later this week)
• Writing:
  • Contribute to the week’s discussion, according to the Week 2 agenda
  • Write a post according to the instructions in the Week 2 agenda

Week 3

• Dates: 9/9-9/15
• Location: our course site
• Topic: Project #1: Education Narrative
• Activities & Due Dates:
• Reading:
  • Michael Caton, “Architecture Needs a Culture Shift“
  • Ksenya Samarskaya, “Nontsikelelo Mutiti on Interrogating the Euro-centric Design Canon.”
  • Plato, The Republic, Book VII (“Allegory of the Cave”)
  • Watch the short videos for Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”: start here for a good overview of this section of the text and the philosophy behind it; then this one that’s more of a reading of the text; and another one that might help us understand it better.
  • The comments and posts from throughout the week

• Writing:
  • Contribute to the week’s discussion, according to the Week 3 agenda
  • Write a post according to the instructions in the Week 3 agenda

Week 4

• Dates: 9/16-9/22
• Location: our course site
• Topic: Project #1: Education Narrative
• Activities & Due Dates:
• Reading:
  • Re-read Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”
  • Anne Lamott, “Shitty First Drafts”
  • Watch Phil Smyth and CAES, “Understanding Genre Awareness” 
• Writing:
  • Contribute to the week’s discussion, according to the Week 4 agenda
  • Write a post according to the instructions in the Week 4 agenda
  • Continue drafting Project #1: Education Narrative
  • Provide peer review according to the instructions in the Week 4 agenda

Week 5

• Dates: 9/23-9/29
• Location: our course site
• Topic: Project #1: Education Narrative
• Activities & Due Dates:
• Reading:
  • Re-read your draft, and any readings that are relevant for your revision
• Writing:
  • Contribute to the week’s discussion, according to the Week 4 agenda
  • Write a post according to the instructions in the Week 4 agenda
  • Continue drafting Project #1: Education Narrative
  • Submit Project #1: Education Narrative, including reflection and accompanying materials on 9/30

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Week 6

• Dates: 9/30-10/6
• Location: our course site
• Topic: Project#2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography
• Readings: Lex Berko’s “What If You Could Choose Between the Fastest Route and the Most Beautiful?” and Patrick Sisson’s “How better photos can help you document, and shape, your neighborhood”
• Activities & Due Dates: Work according to Project #2 guidelines and the Week 9 Agenda

Week 7

• Dates: 10/7-10/13 (Remember, Monday is a holiday, so no classes)
• Location: our course site
• Topic: Project#2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography
• Readings: Alison C. Witte’s “Research Starts with Answers” in Bad Ideas About Writing, pp 226-230 (that’s the page numbers within the book–the page numbers in the actual file are a little different), paying attention to 228-229.
• Activities & Due Dates: Work according to Project #2 guidelines and the Week 7 Agenda

Week 8

• Dates: 10/14-10/20 (10/14 is not a Wednesday schedule–it’s a Monday schedule so we will have office hours then and will adjust the rest of the week accordingly)
• Location: our course site
• Topic: Project#2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography
• Readings: Emily A. Wierszewski’s “Research Starts with A Thesis Statement” in Bad Ideas About Writing, pp 231-235
• Activities & Due Dates: Work according to Project #2 guidelines and the Week 8 Agenda

Week 9

• Dates: 10/21-10/27
• Location: our course site
• Topic: Project #2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography
• Activities & Due Dates: Work according to Project #2 guidelines and the Week 9 Agenda

Week 10

• Dates: 10/28-11/3
• Location: our course site
• Topic: Project #2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography
• Activities & Due Dates: Work according to Project #2 guidelines and the Week 10 Agenda

Week 11

• Dates: 11/4-11/10
• Location: our course site
• Topic: Project #2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography
• Activities & Due Dates: Work according to Project #2 guidelines and the Week 11 Agenda

Week 12

• Dates: 11/11-11/17
• Location: our course site
• Topic: Project #2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography
• Activities & Due Dates: Work according to Project #2 guidelines and the Week 12 Agenda; finalize Project #2.

Week 13

• Dates: 11/18-12/1
• Location: our course site
• Topic: Project #3: Composing in a New Genre
• Activities & Due Dates: Work according to Project #3 guidelines and the Week 13 Agenda; Project #2 due 11/18

Week 14

• Dates: 12/2-12/8
• Location: our course site
• Topic: Project #3: Composing in a New Genre; Final Reflection and Final Portfolio
• Activities & Due Dates: Work according to Project #3 guidelines and the Week 13 Agenda.

Week 15

• Dates: 12/9-12/16
• Location: our course site
• Topic: Final Reflection and Final Portfolio
• Activities & Due Dates: Work according to the Final Reflection and Final Portfolio guidelines and the Week 15 Agenda; Final Reflection and Final Portfolio due around 12/16 (later as needed–let’s discuss!)