Core Books at CUNY 1121 Materials

Dear Instructors,

The semester schedule and the accompanying assignments linked to below have been specifically designed for teaching English 1121. We encourage you to use the documents in whichever way is most helpful: use them in their entirety by cloning the English 1121 Core Books Model Course on the OpenLab or copying the materials into a Blackboard site, pluck out certain units, or adapt the exercises to fit with your existing syllabus. These materials incorporate ideas from both the Core Books at CUNY curriculum and the English Department’s First-Year Writing curriculum, as well as distance education and continuity best practices.

Review the Core Books 1121 materials on the English 1121 Core Books Model Course.  It includes the following:

• Instructor Schedule with details regarding all assignments and readings
• Student Schedule with a streamlined calendar of due dates and assignments
• Assignment guidelines for Unit 1
• Assignment guidelines for Unit 2
• Assignment guidelines for Unit 3
• Final Reflection and Portfolio guidelines

The model course includes suggested materials, ideas, and prompts that can be used to create your weekly agendas and lessons to facilitate the planning of class sessions and writing assignments. These materials have been revised to allow greater flexibility for a variety of teaching modalities.

Please feel free to contact us if you have questions about Core Books at CUNY curriculum or these materials.

Ruth Garcia RGarcia@citytech.cuny.edu 

Suzanne M. Miller SMMiller@citytech.cuny.edu

Core Books at CUNY Campus PIs