Faculty: Below is a streamlined schedule to share with students; it allows students to see the full semester without becoming overwhelmed. It does not include the detailed prompts students will need to complete weekly assignments. You can find details regarding all assignments and readings in the Instructor Schedule once you have cloned this course–otherwise, you can review it on the FYW Model Course Hub. You can then share these details with students in the Weekly Class Agendas. The Week 1 agenda is already published as a model; all other weekly agendas have been labeled in drafts and are ready to be filled with the weekly assignments. If you prefer, you can change or tailor the schedule for your course. You might want to divide the work into two class meetings per week. Please delete this informational block when you are ready to share your site with your students. You can find the Instructor Schedule listed in Dashboard > Pages > All Pages. You can find agenda drafts in Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Drafts. For help working with OpenLab Course sites, visit OpenLab Help.
Week 1: Course Overview & Annotating Texts
Texts:
- Read “How to Read like a Writer” by Mike Bunn.
- Review “RWL” (Reading like a Writer) Power Point by Laura Westengard.
Writing:
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 2: Understanding the term “Education Narrative”
Texts:
- Read “The Memory of My Grandmother” (City Tech student essay) by Anita Jiang.
- Read “Chapter 7” from the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass.
- Read “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X.
- Review “Double-Entry Reading Journals” (Butte College).
- Watch “Understanding Genre Awareness.”
Writing:
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 3: Reading Plato and Working with Writing Strategies
Texts:
- Read “Allegory of the Cave” (Book VII) from The Republic, by Plato.
- Watch “The Cave: An Adaptation of Plato’s Allegory in Clay.”
- Watch “Plato’s Allegory of the Cave” by Alex Gendler.
Writing:
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 4: Drafting the Unit 1 Assignment
Texts
- Read “The Fourth of July” by Audre Lourde.
- Read “Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott.
- Review “Narrative Basic Features” Power Point by Laura Westengard.
Writing:
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 5: Drafting (cont’d.) & Peer Review
Texts:
- Review “Citation and Formatting Guide” (City Tech Library).
- Review “MLA Style Introduction” (Purdue OWL).
- Review “Writing Transitions” (Purdue OWL).
- Review “What’s a Paragraph?” by Carrie Hall.
Writing:
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 6: Ending Unit 1 & Starting Unit 2
Unit 1: Education Narrative due
Texts
- Read “A Talk to Teachers” by James Baldwin.
- Watch “Writing an Annotated Bibliography” (City Tech Library).
- Review “Annotated Bibliography Breakdown” (Purdue OWL).
- Read the Declaration of Independence.
- Listen to the Declaration of Independence.
- Read The Declaration of Independence Annotated by Randy Barnett.
- Read “38” by Layli Long Soldier.
- Review “Quotation Handout” by Carrie Hall.
Writing:
Week 7: Research & Research Questions
Texts:
- Review the City Tech Library’s Guide to Developing a Research Question.
- Review “What Is Research?” by Carrie Hall.
- Review “Reflective Annotated Bibliography” Power Point by Laura Westengard
Writing:
Week 8: Drafting Annotations
Texts:
None for this week!
Writing:
Week 9: Ending Unit 2 & Starting Unit 3
Unit 2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography due
Texts:
- Read Twitter Thread on Selena Netflix Movie, Maria Elena Garcia.
- Read Twitter Thread on Women and the Pandemic, Katie Porter.
Writing:
Week 10: Considering Different Genres
Texts:
- Read & listen to “Louise Erdrich On Her Personal Connection To Native Peoples’ ‘Fight For Survival’” (NPR interview).
- Read & watch “Native American elder Nathan Phillips, in his own words” (CNN interview clip) by Sara Sidner.
Writing:
Week 11: Drafting Unit 3
Texts:
- Students review their individual mentor texts, which you will choose as part of our Unit 3 preparatory work.
Writing:
Week 12: Drafting Unit 3 (cont’d) & Peer Review
Texts:
None for this week!
Writing:
Week 13: Reflections & Revisions & Portfolios
Unit 3: Writing in a New Genre due
Texts:
None for this week!
Writing:
Week 14: Revisions
Texts:
- Read “The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts” by Donald M. Murray
Writing:
Week 15: Conclusion
- Final Reflection and Portfolio due (including revised work)
