Professor Coleman’s Weekly Schedule

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Project 1 Due: **Monday, Oct. 2nd**

          **DRAFT DUE Wed. Sept. 20th

Project 2 Due: **Monday, Nov. 6th***

          **DRAFT Due Wed. Nov. 1st **

Project 3 Due: **Mon. Dec. 4th**

          **Draft Due, Wed. Nov. 29th**

Final Portfolio Due:   **Wed., Dec. 20th**

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Introduction

DAY 1: Mon. Aug. 28th

In class 

  • PowerPoint 1
  • Review Course Syllabus and Course Schedule
  • Introduce and Join OpenLab site

Homework 

  • JOIN: OpenLab and explore the website! Don’t worry, you can’t break it! Play around, check it out, see what is on the site! 
  • WRITE: Introductory Writing Assignment 
DAY 2: Wed. Aug. 30th

In Class

Homework 

 Unit 1: The Education Narrative  

DAY 3 Wed. Sep. 6th

In Class

  • PowerPoint 3
  • Discuss  the Bunn reading 
  • Project 1: Education Narrative assigned                            

Homework 

DAY 4: Mon. Sep. 11th

In Class

Homework 

DAY 5: WED. SEPT. 13th

In Class

Homework 

DAY 6: Mon. Sep. 18th 

In Class   

  • Discuss “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X
  • Explore the elements of an education narrative
  • Project 1: Step 5 (individual conferences)

Homework 

  • Draft of Project 1 Due Wed. Sept. 20th. I cannot accept late drafts. 
DAY 7: Wed. Sep. 20th   

In Class

Homework

  • FINAL PROJECT 1 Due Mon., Oct. 2nd
DAY 8: Wed. Sep. 27th

In Class

  • PowerPoint 8
  • Discuss metacognition and transfer and the importance of reflective writing
  • Plan and draft Unit 1 Reflections
  • Look forward to Project 2

Homework

  • Final Project 1 Due Monday, Oct. 2nd
  • Unit 1 Reflection Due Mon. Oct. 2nd

Unit 2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography

DAY 9: Mon. Oct. 2nd

In Class

Homework

  • Project 2: Step 1: Choose a Topic Handout
DAY 10: Wed. Oct. 4th  

In Class                                            

Homework

***DAY 11: TUE. Oct. 10th**

In Class

  • PowerPoint 11
  • Explore the elements of a Reflective Annotated Bibliography

Homework

DAY 12: Wed. OCT. 11th

In Class

Homework

DAY 13: Mon. Oct. 16th

In Class

  • PowerPoint 13
  • Discuss “Backpacks vs. Briefcases” by Laura Bolin Carroll
  • BRING PRINT COPIES OF YOUR SOURCES TO CLASS! (if a video or podcast, bring a device to watch/ listen). 

Homework

DAY 14: Wed. Oct. 18th    

In Class       

  • PowerPoint 14
  • BRING PRINT COPIES OF YOUR SOURCES TO CLASS! (if a video or podcast, bring a device to watch/ listen). 

Homework

DAY 15: Mon. Oct. 23rd

In Class

Homework

  • Prepare Oral Presentations
DAY 16: Wed. Oct 25

In Class

  • PowerPoint 16
  • Oral Presentations! 
  • Review what goes into a source entry to prepare for drafting next week
  • Continue to work on Source Summaries and Reflection and Rhetorical Analysis

Homework

  • Prepare Source Summaries and Rhetorical Analysis of 3 Sources
DAY 17: Mon. Oct. 30th

In Class 

  • Work on drafting Summaries and Rhetorical Analysis

Homework

  • Draft Summaries and Rhetorical Analysis
DAY 18: Wed. Nov. 1st

In Class 

  • PowerPoint 18
  • Putting It All Together: Writing a Reflective Annotated Bibliography

Homework

  • Project 2 Draft Due Wed. Nov. 8th
DAY 19: Mon. Nov. 6th      

In Class

  • PowerPoint 19
  • Putting it all together: Writing a Reflective Annotated Bibliography
  • Expanding Ideas: Sentence Starters

Homework

  • Project 2 Draft Due Wed. Nov. 8th
DAY 20: Wed. Nov. 8th

In Class

Homework

  • Project 2 and Unit 2 Reflection Due Monday, Nov. 13th
DAY 21: Mon. Nov. 13th

In Class

  • PowerPoint 21
  • Introduce Project 3
  • Look closely at many different genres and how different genres present information about different topics to different audiences (Speech, Song, Video, etc)!
  • Read and discuss Navigating Genres by Kerry Dirk

Homework

DAY 22: Mon. Nov. 15th     

In Class

  • PowerPoint 22
  • Continue to think about how different genres address different topics and different audiences. Think about how we can apply this to our writing and our topics. 
  • Project 3: Step 1 – Choose an audience and a genre! DUE END OF CLASS TODAY!
  • Discuss what a project proposal is and what to include in one. Model how to write one and plan for how to write your own. Begin to draft your project proposals. 
  • Read and discuss the “Annoying Ways People Use Sources” by Kyle Stedman. Think about how we can better integrate / use our sources in our annotated bibliographies

Homework 

  • Complete the Project 3 Proposal                    
DAY 23: Mon. Nov. 20th

In Class

  • PowerPoint 23
  • Review Proposals! 
  • Identify the KEY / COMMON elements of some different genres (Infographics, Memes, News Articles, Opinion Articles, Wikis, Graphic Strips)
  • Find a mentor text and study the elements you would like to “borrow”
  • Discuss how to begin drafting genre piece

Homework

  • Begin to draft Project 3
**NO CLASS WED. NOV. 22nd**
DAY 24: Mon. Nov. 27th

In Class

  • PowerPoint 24
  • Share your Mentor Publication! Discuss
    • What Elements will you include? What TONE will you chose? What might you borrow (style wise) from your mentor publication?
  • Project 3: Drafting – What to Include
  • Project 3: Drafting – Strategies to explain complex concepts and expand ideas (Summarizing, Quoting and Paraphrasing) Transitional Words \ Phrases 
  • Individual student check-ins

Homework

  • *Continue Drafting Project 3
DAY 25: Wed. Nov. 29th

In Class

Homework

  • draft due Monday
DAY 26 Mon. Dec. 5

In Class

Homework

  • Final Project 3 Due Monday December 11th

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 Unit 4: The Final Portfolio

Day 27: Wed. Dec. 6

In Class

Homework

  • Project 3 Due Dec. 11th, Portfolio Due Dec. 18th
DAY 28: Mon. Dec. 11th

In Class

  • Compile work for Final Portfolio
  • Revise and edit Final Reflection

Homework

  • Final Portfolios Due Wed. Dec. 18th
DAY 29: Mon. Dec. 18th     

In Class

  • Individual student check-ins                     
DAY 30: Wed. Dec. 20th
  • **Celebration of learning, sharing of Portfolios! LATE PORTFOLIOS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!