Class Schedule and Assignments

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   

• PowerPoint 6

• 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 Homework Assignment 8 

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

In Class

• PowerPoint 11
• Explore the elements of a Reflective Annotated Bibliography
• Project 2: Step 2: 3 Sources Handout 

Homework

• Find your 3 sources for your topic. Remember, the sources must be in 3 different genres. Add your sources to Project 2: Step 2: 3 Sources Handout.                 

DAY 12: Wed. OCT. 11th

In Class

• PowerPoint 12
• Project 2: Step 2: Bibliographic Information (MLA Citation) and Source Credibility Handout 
• Explore FAKE News! 
• **Library Visit**

Homework

• Complete Project 2: Step 2: Bibliographic Information (MLA Citation) and Source Credibility Handout 
• Read “Backpacks vs. Briefcases” by Laura Bolin Carroll and write a response on Homework Assignment 10

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). 
• Project 2: Step 4: Source summaries 
• Project 2: Step 4: Rhetoric, Rhetorical Situation and Rhetorical Appeals

Homework

• Read “Is Google Making Us Stupid” by Nicholas Carr and write response on Homework Assignment 11

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). 
• Project 2: Step 3: Prepare oral presentations

Homework

• Write a summary of your 3 sources.
• Finalize Project 3: Step 3” Oral Presentations for Oct. 23rd

DAY 15: Mon. Oct. 23rd

In Class

• PowerPoint 15
• Oral presentations of research
• Read and discuss “They Say I Say” by Graff and Birkenstein
• Project 2: Step 5: Choose and evaluate quotations from your sources
• Project 2: Step 5: Source Entries

Homework

• Draft first source entry on Project 2: Step 4: Source Entry Handout

DAY 16: Wed. Oct 25

In Class

• PowerPoint16
• Project 2: Step 5: Source Entries: Draft Second Source Entry
• Project 2: Step 5 and 6: how to write Introductions and Conclusions 

Homework

• Draft second source entry on Project 2: Step 4: Source Entry Handout

DAY 17: Mon. Oct. 30th

In Class 

• PowerPoint 17
• Project 2: Step 5: Source Entries: Draft third Source Entry
• Compile your Reflective Annotated Bibliography. Put all the pieces together: Introduction, 3 Source Entries, Conclusion. 

Homework

• Draft of Project 2 Due Wed. Nov. 1st. Late drafts cannot be accepted. 

DAY 18: Wed. Nov. 1st

In Class 

• PowerPoint 18
• Project 2: Step 7: Chose Quotes
• Project 2: Step 8: Revise and Edit using Revising and Editing Checklist 
• Share a favorite part of Project
• Introduce Unit 2 Reflection

Homework

• Project 2 Due Mon. Nov. 6th

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Unit 3: Writing In a New Genre

DAY 19: Mon. Nov. 6th      

In Class

• PowerPoint 19
• Introduce Project 3 and the Project 3 Roadmap
• Read and discuss “Navigating Genres” by Kerry Dirk
• Explore how different genres address a topic (listen to a speech, a song, a video, etc)

Homework

• Project 3: Step 1: Choose and Audience and Genre Handout

DAY 20: Wed. Nov. 8th

In Class

• PowerPoint 20
• Continue to explore how different genres address different topics for a specific audience
• Identify key genre elements 
• Project 3: Step 1: Project Proposal 

Homework

• Read “Annoying Ways People Use Sources”  by Kyle Stedman and write a response to the questions on Homework Assignment 12
• Complete Project Proposal

DAY 21: Mon. Nov. 13th

In Class

• PowerPoint 21
• Share and revise project proposals
• Discuss “Annoying Ways People Use Sources”  by Kyle Stedman 
• Project 2: Step 2: Choose a Publication and complete the  “Know Your Publication Worksheet” 
• Project 3, Step 3: Integrating Information Handout

Homework

• Begin Project 3 Draft

DAY 22: Mon. Nov. 15th     

In Class

• PowerPoint 22
• Strategies for explaining complex concepts and expanding ideas
• Individual meetings with students / Drafting Projet 3

Homework 

• Continue drafting Project 3
• Read  “Popular Culture Is Killing Writing” by Bronwyn T. Williams and respond to the questions on Homework Assignment 13                       

DAY 23: Mon. Nov. 20th

In Class

• PowerPoint 23
• Discuss “Popular Culture Is Killing Writing” by Bronwyn T. Williams
• Project 3: Step 4: Artist’s Statement

Homework

• Continue drafting Project 3

**NO CLASS WED. NOV. 22nd**

DAY 24: Mon. Nov. 27th

In Class

• PowerPoint 24
• Individual student check-ins

Homework

• *Project 3 Draft Due Wed. Nov. 29th. Late drafts will not be accepted. 

DAY 25: Wed. Nov. 29th

In Class

• PowerPoint 25
• Read “Sh*tty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott

• Peer revision and editing of Project 3 
• Review of how and when to cite sources. Add citations. 

Homework

• **Final Project 3 Due Mon. Dec. 4th

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 Unit 4: The Final Portfolio

DAY 26 Mon. Dec. 5

In Class

• PowerPoint 26
• Share favorite part(s) of Project 3)
• Introduce the Final Reflection
• Discuss the writing process and strategies that are transferable across genres and content areas, ways we use writing in our lives

Homework

• Read “Reflective Writing and the Revision Process: What Were You Thinking?” By Sandra L. Giles  and write a response to the questions on Homework Assignment 14

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

• Review and collect all of your work for your Final Portfolio begin to insert into template
• Prepare draft of Final Reflection to review in class on Monday Dec. 11th

DAY 28: Mon. Dec. 11th

In Class

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

Homework

• Final Portfolios Due Wed. Dec. 20th

DAY 29: Mon. Dec. 18th     

In Class

• Individual student check-ins                     

Homework

• Final Portfolios Due Wed. Dec. 21st

DAY 30: Wed. Dec. 20th

• **Celebration of learning, sharing of Portfolios! LATE PORTFOLIOS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!