Week 1
Monday, 1/31 (asynchronous, work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
READING:
- Sign up for our OpenLab site:
- If you encounter problems, please email me at RGarcia@citytech.cuny.edu.
- Begin to familiarize yourself with the class site: be sure to read the introduction to the course, look over the syllabus, and open and review all course tabs/sections.
- Review: “Tips for Success” on “The OpenLab for Students.”
WRITING: Introductions
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments
Wednesday, 2/2 (in-person session at City Tech)
READING:
- TBA
WRITING: Getting Set Up and Started
- In-class activities and writing will occur during our in-person class session.
Week 2
Monday, 2/7 (asynchronous, work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
READING & WATCHING:
- Amy Tan, “Mother Tongue”
- Lisa Beasley, “What is Code Switching?”
WRITING: Thinking About Community
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments
Wednesday, 2/9 (in-person session at City Tech)
READING:
- John Swales, “Reflections on the Concept of Discourse Community”
- Assignment guidelines for “Unit 1: Investigating a Discourse Community” (email or speak with me if you have any questions about these guidelines)
RESOURCES:
- Carrie Hall, “Discourse Communities”
- Butte College, “Double-Entry Reading Journals”
WRITING: Introduction to Discourse Communities
- In-class activities and writing will occur during our in-person class session.
Week 3
Monday, 2/14 (asynchronous, work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
READING:
- Mary Wollstonecraft “Dedicatory Letter” to A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
WRITING: Responding to Wollstonecraft
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments
Wednesday, 2/16 (in-person session at City Tech)
RESOURCES:
- Purdue OWL “Effective Persuasion Presentation”
WRITING: Brainstorming Discourse Communities and Research
- In-class activities and writing will occur during our in-person class session.
Week 4
Monday, 2/21 (asynchronous, work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
- No work assigned, college closed
Wednesday, 2/23 (in-person session at City Tech)
READING & LISTENING:
- Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
- Listen to “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
- Note: there are different versions of this text’s title
RESOURCE:
- Washoe School District, “The Quote Sandwich”
WRITING: Responding to Douglass
- In-class activities and writing will occur during our in-person class session.
Week 5
Monday, 2 28 (asynchronous, work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
READING & WATCHING:
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (A.O.C), “I am Someone’s Daughter too”
WRITING: Pick a Model & Organize Your Ideas
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments
Wednesday, 3/2 (in-person session at City Tech)
RESOURCE:
- Washoe School District, “The Quote Sandwich”
- Purdue OWL “MLA Style Introduction”
WRITING: Drafting
- In-class activities and writing will occur during our in-person class session.
Week 6
Monday, 3/7 (asynchronous, work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
WRITING: Drafting
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments
Wednesday, 3/9 (in-person session at City Tech)
- SUBMIT Unit 1 (Investigating a Discourse Community)
- A short reflection will be due with your Unit 1 assignment. Directions will be posted on our class site.
READING:
- Assignment guidelines for Unit 2: Opinion Essay/Op-Ed
- John McWhorter, “Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People”
RESOURCE:
- Purdue OWL, “Argumentative Essays”
WRITING: Introducing the Argument & Persuasion Project: Writing an Op-Ed
- In-class activities and writing will occur during our in-person class session.
Week 7
Monday, 3/14 (asynchronous, work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
READING:
- Read Sophocles, Antigone (lines 1-625, pp.1-21)
(Note: if your class meets synchronously, consider devoting class time to reading sections of the script out loud.)
WRITING: Antigone Day 1
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments
Wednesday, 3/16 (in-person session at City Tech)
READING:
- Sophocles, Antigone (lines 626, pp. 22-45)
RESOURCES:
- The City Tech Library’s Guide to Developing a Research Question
WRITING: Antigone Day 2
- In-class activities and writing will occur during our in-person class session.
Week 8
Monday, 3/21 (asynchronous, work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
WRITING: Preliminary Research and Picking a Topic for your Op-Ed
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments
Wednesday, 3/23 (in-person session at City Tech)
WATCHING:
- Watch video: PBS’s Theater of War’s Antigone in Ferguson
WRITING: Antigone Day 3
- In-class activities and writing will occur during our in-person class session.
Week 9
Monday, 3/28 (asynchronous, work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
RESOURCES:
- The City Tech Library’s “Citation and Formatting Guide.”
- Purdue OWL, “MLA Sample Works Cited Page”
WRITING: Research Prep (this is for you, no posting necessary)
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments
Wednesday, 3/30 (in-person session at City Tech)
READING:
- Frank Bruni, “The End of College as We Knew It”
RESOURCE:
- Texas A&M University Writing Center, “Ethos, Pathos & Logos”
- Purdue OWL’s “Handout: Quoting Others”
- Washoe School District, “The Quote Sandwich”
WRITING: Looking at the Op-Ed Genre and Thinking about Argument
- In-class activities and writing will occur during our in-person class session.
Week 10
Monday, 4/4 (asynchronous, work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
- The Op-ed Project, “Op-ed Writing: Tips and Tricks”
RESOURCES:
- Purdue OWL, “Developing Strong Thesis Statements”
- Purdue OWL, “Thesis Statements”
WRITING: Thinking about Thesis and Structure
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments
Wednesday, 4/6 (in-person session at City Tech)
READING:
- Harvard Kennedy School Communications Program, “How to Write an OP-ED or Column”
WRITING: Drafting & Conferencing
- In-class activities and writing will occur during our in-person class session.
Week 11
Monday, 4/11 (asynchronous, work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
WRITING: Drafting — Finalizing the Op-Ed
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments
Wednesday, 4/13 (in-person session at City Tech)
- SUBMIT Unit 2: Op-Ed Piece
- A short reflection will be due with your Unit 2 assignment. Directions will be posted on our class site.
READING:
- Read the assignment guidelines for Unit 3: Multimodal Project.
- Read and review student samples of the Multimodal Project
RESOURCES:
- “Ms. Alexis’ Classroom,” Multimodal Texts
- Amy Holly, ENG121: Strategies for Composing Multimodal Texts
WRITING: Introducing the Multimodal Project
- In-class activities and writing will occur during our in-person class session.
Week 12
Monday, 4/18 (asynchronous, work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
- No work assigned, Spring Recess
Wednesday, 4/20 (in-person session at City Tech)
- No class, Spring Recess
Week 13
Monday, 4/25 (asynchronous, work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
READING:
- Chelsea Harrison, “College Students and Social Media.”
- Annie Correal, “Love and Black Lives, in Pictures Found on a Brooklyn Street”
WRITING: Looking at Multimodal Texts and Analyzing Samples
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments
Wednesday, 4/27 (in-person session at City Tech)
WRITING: Drafting
- In-class activities and writing will occur during our in-person class session.
Week 14
Monday, 5/2 (asynchronous, work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
WRITING: Drafting
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments
Wednesday, 5/4 (in-person session at City Tech)
- SUBMIT UNIT 3: Multimodal Project
READING:
- Read through all your work so far this semester and the comments you received.
- Read through the assignment guidelines for the “Final Reflection and Portfolio.”
- Look over your work from this semester (all small and large assignments).
WRITING: Thinking about Revisions
- In-class activities and writing will occur during our in-person class session.
Week 15
Monday, 5/9 (asynchronous, work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
WRITING: Reflecting and Building the Portfolio
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments
Wednesday, 5/11 (in-person session at City Tech)
WRITING: Drafting
- In-class activities and writing will occur during our in-person class session.
Week 16
Monday, 5/16 (asynchronous, work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
WRITING: Drafting
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments
Wednesday, 5/18 (in-person session at City Tech)
- SUBMIT Final Reflection and Portfolio Assignment
Week 17
Monday, 5/23 (asynchronous, work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments
