ENG 1121: Model syllabus for online instruction
–incorporating Core Books at CUNY and the First Year Writing curriculum–
Introduction: Course Overview & Tips for Being an Online Student
Week 1: Monday, 2/1 – Friday, 2/5
Tuesday, 2/2 (asynchronous: work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
READING:
- Sign up for OpenLab class site: if you encounter problems, please email me at RGarcia@citytech.cuny.edu.
- Review 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
Unit 1: Investigating a Discourse Community
Thursday, 2/4 (synchronous session: reading & watching should be done before our virtual/Zoom class meeting)
READING & WATCHING:
- Amy Tan, “Mother Tongue”
- Lisa Beasley, “What is Code Switching?”
WRITING: Thinking About Community
- In-class activities and writing will occur at our Zoom meeting.
Week 2: Monday, 2/ 8 – Friday, 2/12 (Friday 2/12, College is Closed)
Tuesday, 2/9 (asynchronous: work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
READING:
- John Swales, “Reflections on the Concept of Discourse Community”
- Assignment guidelines for “Unit 1: Investigating a Discourse Community”
RESOURCES:
- Butte College, “Double-Entry Reading Journals”
WRITING: Introduction to Discourse Communities
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments.
Thursday, 2/11 (synchronous session: reading should be done before our virtual/Zoom class meeting)
READING:
- Bobby Henderson, “Open Letter to the Kansas School Board”
- Encyclopedia Britannica, “Flying Spaghetti Monster”
WRITING: Thinking about Genre and Discourse Communities
- In-class activities and writing will occur at our Zoom meeting.
Week 3: Monday, 2/15 – Friday, 2/19 (Monday 2/15, College is Closed)
Tuesday, 2/16 (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.
Thursday, 2/18 (synchronous session: reading of resources should be done before our virtual/Zoom class meeting)
RESOURCES:
- Purdue OWL “Effective Persuasion Presentation”
WRITING: Brainstorming Discourse Communities and Research
- In-class activities and writing will occur at our Zoom meeting.
Week 4: Monday, 2/22 – Friday, 2/26
Tuesday, 2/23 (asynchronous: work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
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 version of this text’s title
RESOURCE:
- Washoe School District, “The Quote Sandwich”
WRITING: Responding to Douglass
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments.
Thursday, 2/25 (synchronous session: reading & watching should be done before our virtual/Zoom class meeting)
READING & WATCHING:
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (A.O.C), “I am Someone’s Daughter too”
WRITING: Pick a Model & Organize Your Ideas
- In-class activities and writing will occur at our Zoom meeting.
Week 5: Monday, 3/1 – Friday, 3/5
Tuesday, 3/2 (asynchronous: work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
RESOURCE:
- Washoe School District, “The Quote Sandwich”
- Purdue OWL “MLA Style Introduction”
WRITING: Drafting
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments.
Thursday, 3/4 (synchronous session: come prepared to work on your draft of Unit 1 during our virtual/Zoom class meeting)
WRITING: Drafting
- In-class activities and writing will occur at our Zoom meeting.
Unit 2 — Annotated Bibliography Project
Week 6: Monday, 3/8 – Friday, 3/12
Tuesday, 3/9 (asynchronous: work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
- SUBMIT Unit 1 (Discourse Community Assignment)
- Write a Post that includes the following:
- A short letter (approx. 150-200 words) to me explaining your thoughts on writing in the genre you chose. Did you find it easier to express your thoughts through a letter or speech writing a traditional academic essay?Why or why not? Also, reflect on how A.O.C and Douglass or Wollstonecraft and Henderson helped youcreate your piece.
- A Google link to your Unit 1 assignment.
READING:
- Assignment guidelines for Unit 2: Annotated Bibliography Project
- Annotated Bibliography Project Student Samples
RESOURCES:
- Watch the City Tech Library’s Video, “Writing an Annotated Bibliography.”
- Read Purdue OWL’s “Annotated Bibliography Breakdown.”
WRITING: Introducing the Annotated Bibliography Project:
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments.
Thursday, 3/11 (synchronous session: reading should be done before our virtual/Zoom class meeting)
READING:
- Read Sophocles, Antigone (lines 1-625, pp.1-21)
WRITING: Antigone Day 1
- In-class activities and writing will occur at our Zoom meeting.
Week 7: Monday, 3/15 – Friday, 3/19
Tuesday, 3/16 (asynchronous: work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
READING:
- Sophocles, Antigone (lines 626, pp. 22-45)
WRITING: Antigone Day 2
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments.
Thursday, 3/18 (synchronous session: reading of resource should be done before our virtual/Zoom class meeting)
RESOURCE:
- The City Tech Library’s Guide to Developing a Research Question
WRITING: Developing Research Questions
- In-class activities and writing will occur at our Zoom meeting.
Week 8: Monday, 3/22 – Friday, 3/26
Tuesday, 3/23 (asynchronous: work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
WATCHING:
- Watch video: PBS’s Theater of War’s Antigone in Ferguson
WRITING: Antigone Day 3
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments.
Thursday, 3/25 (synchronous session: come prepared to do research for Unit 2 during our virtual/Zoom class meeting)
WRITING: Research Prep Day (Writing Workshop)
- In-class activities and writing will occur at our Zoom meeting.
Week 9: Monday, 3/29 – Friday, 4/2 (Spring Recess, no classes this week)
Tuesday, 3/30
- Spring Recess, no classes
Thursday, 4/1
- Spring Recess, no classes
Week 10: Monday, 4/5 – Friday, 4/9
Tuesday, 4/6 (asynchronous: work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
RESOURCES:
- The City Tech Library’s “Citation and Formatting Guide.”
- Purdue OWL, “Handout: Quoting Others”
WRITING: Drafting the Annotations
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments
Thursday, 4/8 (synchronous session: come prepared to work on Unit 2 during our virtual/Zoom class meeting)
WRITING: Drafting
- In-class activities and writing will occur at our Zoom meeting.
Week 11: Monday, 4/12 – Friday, 4/16
Tuesday, 4/13 (asynchronous: work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
WRITING: Drafting– Finalizing the Annotated Bibliography Project
- See weekly agenda on our OpenLab class site for activities and assignments.
Unit 3: Multimodal Project
Thursday, 4/15 (synchronous session: reading and watching of resources should be done before our virtual/Zoom class meeting; Unit 2 submission due by 11:59 pm.)
- SUBMIT Unit 2: Annotated Bibliography Project
- Write a Post the includes the following:
- A short reflection (approx. 150-200 words) on the research process and what you learned. In your reflection, consider the following questions: What did you find difficult about doing this type of research? In doing this type of research, what did you learn that you can take to future classes?
- A Google link to your Unit 1 assignment.
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 at our Zoom meeting.
Week 12: Monday, 4/19 – Friday, 4/23
Tuesday, 4/20 (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.
Thursday, 4/22 (synchronous session: come prepared to work on Unit 3 during our virtual/Zoom class meeting)
WRITING: Drafting
- In-class activities and writing will occur at our Zoom meeting.
Week 13: Monday, 4/26 – Friday, 4/30
Tuesday, 4/27 (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.
Final Reflection and Portfolio
Thursday, 4/29 (synchronous session: reading should be done before our virtual/Zoom class meeting; Unit 3 submission due by 11:59 pm.)
- 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 at our Zoom meeting.
Week 14: Monday, 5/3 – Friday, 5/7
Tuesday, 5/4 (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.
Thursday, 5/6 (synchronous session: come prepared to work on your portfolios during our virtual/Zoom class meeting)
WRITING: Drafting
- In-class activities and writing will occur at our Zoom meeting.
Week 15: Monday, 5/10 – Friday, 5/14
Tuesday, 5/11 (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.
Conclusions
Thursday, 5/13 (synchronous session: virtual/Zoom class meeting; Final Reflection and Portfolio submission due by 11:59pm.)
- SUBMIT Final Reflection and Portfolio Assignment
- Write a Post in which you insert links for the following:
- Final Reflection
- Portfolio with Revision
WRITING: TBA
- In-class activities and writing will occur at our Zoom meeting.
Week 16: Monday, 5/17 – Friday, 5/21 (Tuesday 5/18, Reading Day; Wednesday 5/19, Finals Begin)
Tuesday, 5/18
- Reading Day, no Classes
Thursday, 5/20 (synchronous session)
WRITING: TBA
- In-class activities and writing will occur at our Zoom meeting.
Week 17: Monday, 5/24 – Tuesday, 5/25 (Tuesday 5/25, Finals End)
Tuesday, 5/25 (asynchronous: work due on our class site by 11:59 pm)
WRITING: TBA
- In-class activities and writing will occur at our Zoom meeting.
