Unit 1:

Education

Class 1 8/29:

Class introductions, read and review the class syllabus, and exploration of class expectations. Review of Education Narrative assignment.

HW: Please go to, signup for, and explore our Openlab site.  Please read Mike Bunn “How to Read Like a Writer” and “Online Discussions: Tips for Students.” Please also review “Student Tips for Online Learning Success” from the course materials.

Class 2 8/31:

Review of outlining, brainstorming, and drafting. Review of essay structure and thesis statements. Explanation about peer/blog workshops and review conferences. In class review of Gloria Anzaldua, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” and review of blog post. Blog Here.

HW: Please read and do blog post for Gloria Anzaldua, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”and watch Jamila Lyiscott “3 Ways to Speak English.” In addition, please submit your Education Narrative outline to Openlab by Sept 5th. Outline Blog Post Here

Class 3 9/5:

Peer workshop and review conferences for Education Narrative Outline. Discussion about and blog workshop for “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” and “3 Ways to Speak English.” Brief discussion about Donald Murray, “All Writing is Autobiography” and Yolonda Sealey-Ruiz, “Getting to Here from There” and review of blog post.

HW: Please read Donald Murray, “All Writing is Autobiography” and Yolonda Sealey-Ruiz, “Getting to Here from There.”

Class 4 9/7: 

Discussion about reflective writing. Review about Reflection Assignments. Discussion about and blog workshop for “All Writing is Autobiography” and “Getting to Here from There.”Blog Here. Review and discussion about your Education Narrative first drafts.

HW: Please submit the first draft of your Education Narrative (2 pages) to Blackboard by Sept 12th.

Class 5 9/12:

Conferences and peer review for Education Narrative first draft.

 HW: Please read Jeff Anderson, “Sharing Our Vulnerabilities as Writers” and Nancy Sommer and Laura Saltz, “The Novice as Expert”.

Class 6 9/14:

Discussion about and blog workshop for “Sharing Our Vulnerabilities as Writers “and “The Novice as Expert”. Blog Here.Discussion about revision, editing, and proofreading.

HW: Submit to Blackboard the final draft of the Education Narrative and Part One Reflection by Sept 19th.

Unit 2:

Bibliography

Class 7 9/19:

Review of Bibliography and New Genre assignment. Brief discussion about Alison C. Witte, “Research Starts with Answers” and Emily A. Wierszewski, “Research Starts with a Thesis Statement” and review of blog post.

Blog Here.

HW: Please read Alison C. Witte, “Research Starts with Answers” and Emily A. Wierszewski, “Research Starts with a Thesis Statement.” Please find them within the same book linked in the course materials.

Class 8 9/21:

Discussion about and blog workshop for “Research Starts with Answers” and “Research Starts with a Thesis Statement.”

HW: Try to develop a question you want your New Genre assignment to answer. Then, develop a thesis that would answer that question and post to Openlab by Sept 26th.

Class 9 9/26:

Education Narrative conferences.

HW:   Reddit packet. Please review the links. Links found in the Blog.

Class 10 9/28:

Discussion about Reddit. Discussion about discourse communities. Thesis and question review for New Genre assignment. Blog Here.

HW: Respond to Reddit blog post on Openlab. Please also watch “The Deceptive World of Ghost Kitchens” by Eddy Burback and read “Ghost kitchens on the rise: Effects of knowledge and perceived benefit-risk on customers’ behavioral intentions”

Class 11 10/3:  

Discussion about critical analysis. Discussion about research citation formats and annotated bibliographies. Brief discussion about Ghost Kitchens.

HW: Please read Fabricant “As Food Deliveries Boom, So Do Ghost Kitchens” and “Ghost Kitchens & Ghost Restaurants: What Are They and How Do You Start One?”

Class 12 10/5: Review of rhetoric and audience. Discussion about and blog workshop for “The Deceptive World of Ghost Kitchens,” Fabricant “As Food Deliveries Boom, So Do Ghost Kitchens,” and “Ghost Kitchens & Ghost Restaurants: What Are They and How Do You Start One?” Blog Here.

Class 13 10/12: Library research session. Students will find one source that ties into their New Genre/Bibliography assignments.

HW: Please post a link to the piece you will use for your New Genre assignment and write an analysis for it and how you will use it to Openlab.Blog Here. Continue finding pieces for your Bibliography assignment. In addition, begin writing your Bibliography assignment first draft. The first draft should be for at least 2 sources.

Class 14 10/17:

Discussion and review of Bibliography assignment.

HW:  Bibliography assignment first draft Post to Blackboard by Oct 19th. The first draft should be for at least 2 sources.

Class 15 10/19:

Conferences and Peer Review for your Bibliography first drafts.

HW: Continue writing your Bibliography assignments.

Class 16 10/24:

Conferences about Midterm grades.

HW: Please submit the final draft of the Bibliography assignment by Oct 26th  to Blackboard.

Class 17 10/26:

Review of New Genre assignment.

HW: Part Two Reflection submit by Oct 31st to Blackboard.

Class 18 10/31: 

Discussion about proposals.

Proposal Blog Here.

HW: Write a brief proposal for your New Genre assignment and submit it to Openlab by Nov 2nd.

Class 19 11/2:

Conferences for Bibliography.

Class 20 11/7:

Peer review and conference for brief proposals on Openlab.

HW:  Outline for your New Genre assignment posted to Openlab by Nov 9th. Outline Blog Post Here

Unit 3:

New Genre

Class 21 11/9:

Peer workshop and review conferences for New Genre outline. Brief discussion about “Discourse Community” and Kerry Dirk, “Navigating Genres” and review of blog post.

HW:  Please read “Discourse Community” and Kerry Dirk, “Navigating Genres” and watch “Understanding Genre Awareness.”

Class 22 11/14:

Review and blog workshop for “Discourse Community”, “Navigating Genres” and “Understanding Genre Awareness.”Blog Here.

Class 23 11/16:

MLA Review

HW: Please read Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, “Chapter 3: As He Himself Puts It – The Art of Quoting” In addition, start working on New Genre Assignment first draft (2 pages) of New Genre paper and submit it to Blackboard by Nov 21st.

Class 24 11/21:

MLA practice and discussion.

Class 25 11/28:

Conferences and peer review for New Genre first draft.

Class 26 11/30:

Work on New Genre piece and Part Three Reflection

HW: Submit to Blackboard the final draft of New Genre paper and Part three of your reflection by Dec 5th.

Class 27 12/5:

Portfolio and Final Reflection Review

HW: New Genre final draft and Part Three Reflection posted to Blackboard

Class 28 12/7:

Portfolio Review

HW: Portfolio and Final Reflection due by Dec 12th  to Blackboard.

Class 29 12/12:

Finish up wrapping up your portfolio and Final Reflection and hand in by the end of today to Blackboard.

Class 30 12/14:

Reading Day