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 âHow to Read Like a Writerâ and âOnline Discussions: Tips for Students.â Please also review âStudent Tips for Online Learning Successâ 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, âHow to Tame a Wild Tongueâ and review of blog post. Blog Here.
HW: Please read and do blog post for Gloria Anzaldua, âHow to Tame a Wild Tongueâand watch Jamila Lyiscott â3 Ways to Speak English.â 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 âHow to Tame a Wild Tongueâ and â3 Ways to Speak English.â Brief discussion about Donald Murray, âAll Writing is Autobiographyâ and Yolonda Sealey-Ruiz, âGetting to Here from Thereâ and review of blog post.
HW:Â Please read Donald Murray, âAll Writing is Autobiographyâ and Yolonda Sealey-Ruiz, âGetting to Here from There.â
Class 4 9/7:Â
Discussion about reflective writing. Review about Reflection Assignments. Discussion about and blog workshop for âAll Writing is Autobiographyâ and âGetting to Here from There.âBlog 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, âSharing Our Vulnerabilities as Writersâ and Nancy Sommer and Laura Saltz, âThe Novice as Expertâ.
Class 6 9/14:
Discussion about and blog workshop for âSharing Our Vulnerabilities as Writers âand âThe Novice as Expertâ. 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, âResearch Starts with Answersâ and Emily A. Wierszewski, âResearch Starts with a Thesis Statementâ and review of blog post.
HW:Â Please read Alison C. Witte, âResearch Starts with Answersâ and Emily A. Wierszewski, âResearch Starts with a Thesis Statement.â Please find them within the same book linked in the course materials.
Class 8 9/21:
Discussion about and blog workshop for âResearch Starts with Answersâ and âResearch Starts with a Thesis Statement.â
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:Â Â 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 âThe Deceptive World of Ghost Kitchensâ by Eddy Burback and read âGhost kitchens on the rise: Effects of knowledge and perceived benefit-risk on customersâ behavioral intentionsâ
Class 11 10/3: Â
Discussion about critical analysis. Discussion about research citation formats and annotated bibliographies. Brief discussion about Ghost Kitchens.
HW:Â Please read Fabricant âAs Food Deliveries Boom, So Do Ghost Kitchensâ and âGhost Kitchens & Ghost Restaurants: What Are They and How Do You Start One?â
Class 12 10/5: Review of rhetoric and audience. Discussion about and blog workshop for âThe Deceptive World of Ghost Kitchens,â Fabricant âAs Food Deliveries Boom, So Do Ghost Kitchens,â and âGhost Kitchens & Ghost Restaurants: What Are They and How Do You Start One?â 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:Â Part Two Reflection submit by Oct 31st to Blackboard.
Class 18 10/31:Â
Discussion about proposals.
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 âDiscourse Communityâ and Kerry Dirk, âNavigating Genresâ and review of blog post.
HW: Â Please read âDiscourse Communityâ and Kerry Dirk, âNavigating Genresâ and watch âUnderstanding Genre Awareness.â
Class 22 11/14:
Review and blog workshop for âDiscourse Communityâ, âNavigating Genresâ and âUnderstanding Genre Awareness.âBlog Here.
Class 23 11/16:
MLA Review
HW: Please read Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, âChapter 3: As He Himself Puts It â The Art of Quotingâ 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
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