Schedule
- All reading and writing assignments are due on the days listed. Unless otherwise stated, all blogs (and comments) are due by 11:59pm on the due date.
- Except for some films, all texts not available through the College Bookstore will be provided in-class or on our OpenLab course site (including readings on writing process/strategies to accompany our in-class writing workshops and help you with your assignments). It is your responsibility to print out these texts and bring them to class with you (you can print for free at the college’s computer labs). It is mandatory to have the assigned texts printed and in class when we are discussing them. If you don’t, you will be considered absent for the day.
- Additional texts/assignments may be added throughout the semester to supplement the texts listed here.
- Some weeks require a heavy amount of reading and/or writing, so I encourage you to plan ahead.
- Always consult the dynamic Schedule on our OpenLab site for the most up-to-date version of the schedule, access to readings, and more detail about assignments.
Date | Focus | Reading/Writing (Due on Date Listed) |
Tu 8/29 | Class Notes: Nick
Introduction to Course, OpenLab, & Fiction
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Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Th 8/31 | Class Notes: Gemanna
Elements of Fiction; Close Reading Writing Workshop: active reading (annotation, asking questions, making notes, defining vocabulary, identifying claims/evidence)
*Th 8/31: Last Day to drop without the grade of WD. *F 9/1: Withdrawal Drop Period Begins; A grade of WD is assigned to students who officially drop a class |
Read/Watch
*bring these texts to class, having read them (multiple times!) and annotated them Blog/Due
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Tu 9/5 | Class Notes: Imani | Â Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Th 9/7 | Class Notes: Penina | Read/Watch
Blog/Due |
Tu 9/12 | Class Notes: Blanca
Writing Workshop: blogging & paragraph structure and development (topic sentences, transitions, claims, incorporating evidence & quotes) |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Th 9/14 | Class Notes: Kina
*Th 9/14: Last day to drop a course without the grade of W; Withdrawal Drop period ends *F 9/15: Course Withdrawal period begins; A grade of W is assigned to students who officially drop a course |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Tu 9/19 | Class Notes: Chris Hamilton
*CUNY Thursday |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Th 9/21 | *No Classes Scheduled | Read/Watch
Blog/Due |
Tu 9/26 | Class Notes: Ita
*Framework for Analyzing Utopian/Dystopian/Science Fiction Text (handed out in class on Tu 9/26)
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Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Th 9/28 | Class Notes: Patrick | Read/Watch
Blog/Due |
Tu 10/3 | Class Notes: Samuel | Read/Watch
Blog/Due |
Th 10/5 | Class Notes: Sebastian | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Tu 10/10 | Class Notes: Daniel | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Th 10/12 | Class Notes: Anoop | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Tu 10/17 | Class Notes: Jeffrey
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Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Th 10/19 | Class Notes: Sharie
*F 10/20: National Day of Writing |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Tu 10/24 | Class Notes: Timothy | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Th 10/26 | Class Notes: Kainat
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Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Tu 10/31 | Class Notes: Heder
In-Class Peer Review & Writing Workshop (Essay #1) *Tu 10/31: Faculty to inform students of midterm grades |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Th 11/2 | Class Notes: Adrian | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Tu 11/7 | Class Notes: Terry (and Blanca)
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Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Th 11/9 | Class Notes: Cristian D.
*F 11/10: Course Withdrawal period ends; Last day to drop a course with a grade of “W.” |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due |
Tu 11/14 | Class Notes: Stephen
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Read/Watch
 Blog/Due
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Th 11/16 | Class Notes: Jordan
*WF period begins; A grade of WF is assigned to students who elect to withdraw from a class |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due |
Tu 11/21 | *NO CLASS (CUNY Friday) | Read/Watch
Blog/Due |
Th 11/23 | *NO CLASS (Thanksgiving) | Read/Watch
Blog/Due |
Tu 11/28 | Class Notes: Taisha | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Th 11/30 | Class Notes: Chris S. | Read/Watch
Blog/Due |
Tu 12/5 | Class Notes: Calvin
*W 12/6: City Tech Science Fiction Symposium (Extra Credit!) |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due |
Th 12/7 |
Class Notes: Sharie (2nd time: extra credit!) *Last day Withdraw with a WF grade |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Tu 12/12 | Class Notes: Stevens | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Th 12/14 | Class Notes: Gem (2nd time: extra credit!)
*Final Exams |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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Tu 12/19 |
*Final Exams
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Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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