| Date | Topic | Assignments |
| 8/30 | Course Overview / Diagnostic Essay | Read: Syllabus
Due: Join OpenLab Sign up for a City Tech New York Times Subscription Diagnostic Essay |
| 9/6 | Plagiarism /
The Writing Process – Prewriting |
Read: Wikiversity – The Socratic Method
James Bessen – “The Automation Paradox” Excelsior OWL – Plagiarism – Click through and read all the slideshows and do the self-check quizzes City Tech Library Plagiarism Tutorial In Conversation – Plagiarism and Ethical Citation, Understanding Rhetoric, Audience, Writer, Purpose, Brainstorming Excelsior OWL – Prewriting Strategies Writing For Success – Apply Prewriting Models Lab: Prewriting/Brainstorming |
| 9/13 | The Writing Process – Arguments, Logic, and Thesis | Read: Clinton Lawson – “America’s 150-Year Opioid Epidemic”
Austin Frakt – “Overshadowed by the Opioid Crisis: A Comeback by Cocaine” Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking Chapter 1 Excelsior OWL – Modes of Persuasion & Argumentative Thesis Writing For Success – Developing a Strong, Clear Thesis Statement |
| 9/20 | Read: Ezra Klein – “How Politics Makes Us Stupid”
Daniel DeNicola – “You don’t have a right to believe whatever you want to” In Conversation – Introduction to Summary Writing Excelsior OWL – Paragraphing & Transitioning Lab: In-Class Writing #1 |
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| 9/27 | The Writing Process – Summarizing, Quotation, and Transitions | Read: Skye C. Cleary – “Human Nature Matters”
Stephen T. Asma – “What Religion Gives Us (That Science Can’t)” Excelsior OWL – Revising and Editing Writing For Success – Revising and Editing Due: Personal Essay Draft (in class) – 2 copies Lab: Peer Review |
| 10/4 | The Writing Process – Revising and Editing | Read: Andrew Jacobs – “In Sweeping War on Obesity, Chile Slays Tony the Tiger”
Michael Pollan – “My Adventures With the Trip Doctors” Lab: Individual Essay Review |
| 10/7 | Personal Essay Final | Due: Personal Essay Final Draft (on Blackboard) |
| 10/11 | Read: Jeff Sebo – Should Chimpanzees Be Considered ‘Persons’?
Vasilis Kostakis – “Utopia Now” Lab: In-Class Writing #2 |
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| 10/18 | Read: Michael Robillard – The ‘Killer Robots’ are Us
Matthew Stewart – “The 9.9 Percent is the New American Aristocracy” Due: Compare/Contrast Draft (in class) – 2 copies Lab: Peer Review |
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| 10/25 | Read: Andrew Reiner – “Talking to Boys the Way We Talk to Girls”
Aaron R. Brough & James E.B. Wilkie – “Men Resist Green Behavior as Unmanly” Lab: Individual Essay Review |
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| 10/28 | Compare/Contrast Final | Due: Compare/Contrast Final Draft (on Blackboard) |
| 11/1 | Midterm Essay
The Research Process |
In-Class Midterm Essay
Read: David McGlynn – “In the #MeToo Era, Raising Boys to Be Good Guys” Lab: Introduction to Research |
| 11/8 | Doing Research | Read: Jeff Goodell – “Can New York Be Saved?”
Bill McKibben – “Winning Slowly is the Same as Losing” Due: Research Question and Thesis (in class) Lab: In-Class Writing #2 |
| 11/15 | Academic / Reliable Sources
Scholarly Communication / Peer Review |
Read: Jason W. Moore – “The Rise of Cheap Nature”
Lab: Reliable and Academic Sources, Evaluating Sources |
| 11/22 | NO CLASS | NO CLASS |
| 11/29 | Organizing and Applying Research | Read: Hans J. Morgenthau – “Death in the Nuclear Age”
Due: Annotated Bibliography (in class) Lab: Applying Research |
| 12/6 | Organizing and Applying Research | Read: Henry David Thoreau – “Civil Disobedience”
Martin Luther King Jr. – “A Letter from Birmingham Jail” Here is a link to a scan of the actual typed letter and audio recordings Lab: In-Class Writing #3 Due: Research Outline (in class) |
| 12/13 | Read: Ta-Nehisi Coates – “The Case for Reparations”
Lab: Hand out Final Exam Reading |
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| 12/16 | Research Essay Final | Due: Research Essay (on Blackboard) |
| 12/20 | Final Exam | Final Exam |
