English 1101- First Year Writing Online Course Guide- Fall 2020

Weekly assignments run from Thursday to Wednesday.

All assignments are in the modules for the weeks activities

Date Topic Required Activity – In Class Required Assignment – Online

Week One

Aug. 27- Sept. 2

Module One – First Day of Class; Introductions
  • Review Course Guide
  • Discuss course topic: Activism, Advocacy, and Social Movements
 Discussion Board One: Write a response to
Week Two

 

Sept. 3- Sept. 9

 Module Two-

 

Definitions, contestations and conceptualizations of activism
  • Discuss class reading
  • Introduce The Declaration of Human Rights

Assignment due: Sept. 9
Week Three

 

Sept. 10- Sept. 16

 Module Three- Abolitionist Movement
  • Discuss Class reading
  • Discussion Board #Two

Due Sept. 16
Week Four

 

Sept. 17- Sept. 23

 Module Four- Women’s Suffrage Movement to present day women’s rights/feminism
  • Discuss class reading
  • 500 page essay draft one due

Due Sept. 23
Week Five

 

Sept. 24- Sept. 30

 Module Five- Times Up; # Me Too  
  • Discussion board three
Week Six

 

Oct. 1- Oct. 7

 Module Six- Black Lives Matter & Police Movements
  • Class reading
  • Class writing
  • Watch video
  • Send me an email just checking in and letting me know how everything is going so far in the course.
  • 500 page essay draft two due
Week Seven

 

Oct. 8- Oct. 14

 Module Seven-

 

Internet Activism- Social media, Hack attacks
  • Discuss reading
  • class writing assignment
  • Begin thinking about a research question pertaining to your topic
  • Discussion board Four
Week Eight

 

Oct. 15- Oct. 21

 Module Eight- Analytical Writing: Dissecting your essay: Introduction to Annotated Bibliography
  • Introduction to research
  • Begin thinking about your 500 word essay and how you will expand your essay to a 1200-1250 page paper
  • Begin to locate sources for your analytical essay topic
Week Nine

 

Oct. 22- Oct. 28

 Module Nine- Introduction & Thesis Development
  • Discussion on Research
  • Watch short video on Introduction & Developing theses
Week Ten

 

Oct. 29- Nov. 4

 Module Ten-Organizing and Developing Body Essays
  • Class discussion
  • Watch short video on Developing body paragraphs
  • Begin to locate sources for your essay topic
  • Analytical Research paper draft One due Nov. 4
Week Eleven

 

Nov. 5- Nov. 11

 Module Eleven- Online virtual Office Hours   Attend online virtual office hours
Week Twelve

 

Nov. 12- Nov. 18

 Module Twelve- Online virtual Office Hours   Attend online virtual Office Hours
Week Thirteen

 

Nov. 19- Nov. 24

 Module Thirteen- Final Exam Preparation   Attend online virtual hours
Week Fourteen

 

Nov. 25- Dec. 2

 Module Fourteen-

 

Final Exam

 Begin building your portfolio Analytical Paper Final Draft Two due Dec.2
Week Fifteen

 

Dec. 3- Dec. 9

 Final Preparation TBD Begin working on your reflection paper
Week Sixteen

 

Dec.10- No Class

 Final Preparation TBD Final Reflection Paper and portfolio due Dec. 10
Week Seventeen

 

Dec. 13- Dec. 17- Finals Week

 End of class