Schedule
All reading and writing assignments are due on the days listed.
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 may be added throughout the semester to supplement the texts listed here.
You will notice that some days are devoted entirely to discussing reading, some days are devoted entirely to discussing writing, and some days we will discuss both reading and writing. Some classes require a heavy amount of reading and/or writing, so I encourage you to plan ahead.
*Always consult this 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) |
| Th 1/29 | Introduction to Course, and OpenLab, and Science Fiction
Writing Workshop: blogging (posting, categorizing, commenting, adding links & media) |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Th 2/5 | Writing Workshop: active reading (vocabulary; identifying claims and evidence); summary, paraphrase, quotation, citation | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Th 2/12 | NO CLASS (Lincoln’s Birthday – College Closed) | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Th 2/19 | Writing Workshop: making claims and supporting them with evidence | Read/Watch
*Shown/discussed in class:
Blog/Due
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| Th 2/26 | Writing Workshop: paragraph structure and development (topic sentences, transitions, claims, evidence) | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
*Presenters/Discussion Facilitators for Today’s Class
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| Th 3/5 | Writing Workshop: quotations, analysis, citation | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
*Presenters/Discussion Facilitators
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| Th 3/12 | Writing Workshop: peer review (how to respond to others’ writing); strategies for revision (reverse outlining, color-coding) | Read/Watch
*Optional/recommended texts Blog/Due
**If you haven’t seen the exhibit/blogged yet, you have until Su 3/8 to still do so for credit!
*Note: if you don’t provide specifics/concrete discussion in your post along with correctly formatted in-text citations, your post will receive no credit. *Note: for this week, in additional to your discussion, you must include one outside example (with relevant link/citation) to add to the conversation (it can be anything–an article, TV show, film, blog post, current event, etc.–as long as you clearly relate it back to this week’s reading)
*Don’t forget to put your name in the (second) name boxes, and the person’s name you’re voting for in the big (first) text box (in the same space as your rationale). |
| Th 3/19 | In-Class Peer Review of Project #1, First Drafts
*Professor Belli away at conference; class will be held; Professor Lovegreen covering class |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Th 3/26 | Midterm Review | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Th 4/2 | In-Class Midterm Exam
*Mid-semester grades distributed this week (please see Professor Belli if you need to discuss your work/status in the course) |
Read/Watch
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| Th 4/9 | NO CLASS (Spring Break) | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
*Don’t forget to put your name in the (second) name boxes, and the person’s name you’re voting for in the big (first) text box (in the same space as your rationale). |
| Th 4/16 | Class Notes: Andrew | Read/Watch
Blog/Due *This week we’re back to normal deadlines: blogs due Tuesday nights and People’s Choice votes/comments by Wednesday nights)
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| Th 4/23 | Class Notes: Surge
*Individual conferences with Professor Belli this Week to Discuss Project #1 / Midterm Exam & Project #2 Ideas |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due *Vote for People’s Choice Post (from Responses #8 & 9) & comment on posts by Su 4/19
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| Th 4/30 | Class Notes: Joel | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Th 5/7 | *In-Class “Lab Day” for Project #2 (bring laptops, tablets, sources, drafts, etc. to class to work / get feedback) | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Th 5/14 | *Class will be held this week at Singularity & Co., NYC’s only Vintage SciFi, Fantasy, & Pulp Bookstore. We will meet there. Please arrive no later than 2:30pm, as we will get a brief overview / tour of the store then.
In-Class Student Presentations (Leo, Donovan, Aaron, Jonathan S., John, Danny, Zac) Class Notes: Aaron, Zac, Pete, Karl |
Blog/Due |
| Th 5/21 | *Finals Week In-Class Student PresentationsClass Notes: Jonathan S., John, & Nicholai |
Blog/Due |
