Here are the course readings and videos.
Introductory Weeks
Gurung, Reagan A. R., “Adapting for 2021: A Student’s Guide.” 21 Dec 2020. https://www.teachingprofessor.com/covid-19/adapting-for-2021-a-students-guide/
Hassan, Mohamed, “(un)Learning My Name.” 30 Sept 2018. https://www.mohamed-hamad.com/mohamed-hassan-unlearning-my-name-spoken-word/
“Online Discussions: Tips for Students.” University of Waterloo, https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/developing-assignments/blended-learning/online-discussions-tip-students
“Student Tips for Online Learning Success.” North Hennepin Community College, www.nhcc.edu/student-resources/online-learning-d2l/tips-for-online-learning-success.
Willis-Abdurraqib, Hanif. “Zayn Malik and the Songs that Bring us to Prayer.” MTV News. 15 Mar 2016. http://www.mtv.com/news/2794038/zayn-malik-and-the-songs-that-bring-us-to-prayer/
Unit 1 – Portrait of a Word
Barry, Lynda. “Tardy.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjmwJX4KobY&feature=youtu.be
Diaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Riverhead Books, 2007. https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/_YVO217NhC0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP1
Lamott, Anne. ‘Shitty First Drafts.” in Language Awareness: Readings for College Writers. edited by Paul Escholz, Alfred Rosa, and Virginia Clark. 9th ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2005. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx3YXJyZW5zY2xhc3Nyb29tb25saW5lfGd4OjYzZmM1ZTBjNjhiNmE4NjU
Melzer, Dan. “Understanding Discourse Communities,” Writing Spaces: Readings About Writing, Volume 3, 2020. https://writingspaces.org/sites/default/files/melzer-understanding-discourse-communities.pdf
DePeter, Ron. “How to Write Meaningful Peer Response Praise.” Writing Spaces: Readings about Writing, Volume 3, 2020. https://writingspaces.org/sites/default/files/depeter-write-meaningful-peer-response-praise.pdf
Willis-Abdurraqib, Hanif. “Tell ‘Em All To Come and Get Me: A Year of Being ‘Alright’.” MTV News. 29 Feb 2016. http://www.mtv.com/news/2746115/tell-em-all-to-come-and-get-me-a-year-of-being-alright/
Unit 2 – Inquiry-Based Research
“A Letter on Justice and Open Debate.” Harper’s. 7 July 2020. https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate/
Booker, Cory. “Why I’m Behind the Athletes Bill of Rights.” Sports Illustrated. 20 Jan 2021. https://www.si.com/college/2021/01/20/cory-booker-athletes-bill-of-rights
Coates, Ta-Nehisi. “I’m Not Black, I’m Kanye.” The Atlantic. 7 May 2018. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/05/im-not-black-im-kanye/559763/
Havilesky, Heather. “Is Marriage Obsolete? The first part of a weeklong series that attempts to understand marriage.” The Cut. 31 Mar 2019. https://www.thecut.com/2019/03/marriage-an-investigation.html
Morrison, Sara. “The year we gave up on privacy.” Vox. 23 Dec 2020. https://www.vox.com/recode/22189727/2020-pandemic-ruined-digital-privacy
Sanders, Laura. “How coronavirus stress may scramble our brains.” Science News. 24 May 2020. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid19-stress-brain
Unit 3 – New Audience, New Genre
Gagich, Melanie. “An Introduction to and Strategies for Multimodal Composing.” Writing Spaces: Readings About Writing, Volume 3. 2020. https://writingspaces.org/sites/default/files/1gagich-introduction-strategies-multimodal-composing.pdf
Final Portfolio
Murray, Donald. “Internal Revision.” https://profbintermediatecomp.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/murray-on-revision.pdf
