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
- PowerPoint 2
- Diagnostic writing assignment
- Read and discuss Maybe I Could Save Myself by Writing by Jose Olivarez
Homework
- Read and write a response to “How to Read Like a Writer” by Mike Bunn on Homework Assignment 2.
Unit 1: The Education Narrative
DAY 3 Wed. Sep. 6th
In Class
- PowerPoint 3
- Discuss the Bunn reading
- Project 1: Education Narrative assigned
Homework
- Read “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, write a response on Homework Assignment 3.
DAY 4: Mon. Sep. 11th
In Class
- PowerPoint 4
- Project 1 Road Map
- Project 1: Step 1
- Discuss “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan
- Listen to and discuss Jamila Lyiscott’s “Broken English” Transcript here
Homework
- Read “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Antonio Vargas and write a response to the questions on Homework Assignment 4.
DAY 5: WED. SEPT. 13th
In Class
- PowerPoint 5
- Project 1: Step 2, 3, 4
- Discuss “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas
Homework
- Read “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X and respond to the questions Homework Assignment 5
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
- PowerPoint 7
- Read and Discuss “All Writing is Autobiography” by Donald Murray
- Project 1: Step 6: Revise and Edit Our Education Narratives (Peer Editing Groups)
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
- PowerPoint 9
- Celebration of completed Education Narratives!
- Closely look at Project 2
- Project 2: Step 1: Choose a Topic
- Read and discuss “Research Starts with a Thesis Statement” from Bad Ideas about Writing
Homework
- Project 2: Step 1: Choose a Topic Handout
DAY 10: Wed. Oct. 4th
In Class
- PowerPoint 10
- Project 2: Step 1: Research Questions/ Freewrite Handout
- Read “Freewriting Exercises” by Peter Elbow and practice!
Homework
- Read “School Is Killing Curiosity” by Wendy Berliner and write a response to the questions on OpenLab
***DAY 11: TUE. Oct. 10th**
In Class
- PowerPoint 11
- Explore the elements of a Reflective Annotated Bibliography
Homework
- Read “Backpacks vs. Briefcases” by Laura Bolin Carroll and write a response on OpenLab
DAY 12: Wed. OCT. 11th
In Class
- PowerPoint 12
- Sources!
- **Library Visit**
Homework
- Find 3 Sources!
- Complete Project 2 Source List
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
- Complete the MLA Citation and Source Credibility Handout
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
- Write a summary of your 3 sources.
- Read “Is Google Making Us Stupid” by Nicholas Carr and write response on OpenLab
DAY 15: Mon. Oct. 23rd
In Class
- PowerPoint 15
- Prepare Oral Presentations
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
- PowerPoint 20
- Revise and Edit Project 2
- Unit 2 Reflection
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
- Read “Annoying Ways People Use Sources” by Kyle Stedman and write a response to the questions on OpenLab
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
- PowerPoint 27
- Discuss “Reflective Writing and the Revision Process: What Were You Thinking?” By Sandra L. Giles
- Introduce the Final Portfolio Template and discuss how to create a portfolio
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!
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