ENG 1101 Schedule

Refer to the College’s Fall 2021 Academic Calendar for all holidays etc.

This schedule is subject to change.

Week 1

• Dates: Wednesday, 8/25-Tuesday, 8/31
• Location: Zoom, Tuesday 8/31 12:00-1:40pm, and our OpenLab site
• Topic: Introductions; Distance Learning
• Actions:
  • Join the OpenLab (follow these instructions to create an account)
  • Join this course on the OpenLab (follow these instructions to join this course.)
  • Complete the Student Survey about your access to technology
• Reading:
  • Read OpenLab materials and course materials according to the Week 1 agenda
  • Read the following short pieces about tips to succeed in distance learning:
    • From City Tech: “Tips for Success” on The OpenLab for Students.
    • From Guttman Community College, CUNY: “Tips for a Successful Transition to Distance Learning” on Distance Learning Resources for Students”
    • From North Hennepin Community College “Tips for Online Learning Success”  
    • From University of Waterloo “Online Discussions: Tips for Students” 
• Writing:
  • Participate in the FYLC Introductions discussion, according to the included instructions
  • Participate in the ENG 1101 What about Online Learning? discussion according to the included instructions.
  • Ask questions! Use the ENG 1101 Q&A or email me directly at jrrosen AT citytech.cuny.edu.

Week 2

• Dates: Wednesday, 9/1-Tuesday, 9/14 (no class meeting on Tuesday, 9/7)
• Location: Zoom, Tuesday 9/14 12:00-1:40pm, and our OpenLab site
• Topic: Introductions; Project #1: Education Narrative
• Activities & Due Dates:
  • Reading:
    • Mike Bunn, “How to read like a Writer”
    • José Olivarez, “Maybe I Could Save Myself By Writing”
    • Anne Lamott, “Shitty First Drafts”
    • Resources:
      • Washoe School District, “The Quote Sandwich”
      • Butte College, “Double-Entry Reading Journals”
    • Read through the assignment guidelines for “Project #1: Education Narrative”
  • Writing:
    • Contribute to the week’s discussion, according to the Week 2 agenda
    • Write a post according to the Week 2 agenda

Week 3

• Dates: Wednesday, 9/15-Tuesday, 9/21
• Location: Zoom, Tuesday 9/21 12:00-1:40pm, and our OpenLab site
• Topic: Project #1: Education Narrative
• Activities & Due Dates:
  • Reading:
    • Katherine Peach, “Marc Murphy Talks Chopped And How A Dyslexia Diagnosis Changed His Life – Exclusive Interview“–focus on the sections from “The real reason Marc Murphy became a chef” through “Marc Murphy reveals chefs don’t have it easy” (use ctrl-F or Command-F to find that heading more than halfway through the article)
    • Michael Caton, “Architecture Needs a Culture Shift“
    • Ksenya Samarskaya, “Nontsikelelo Mutiti on Interrogating the Euro-centric Design Canon.”
    • Plato, The Republic, Book VII (“Allegory of the Cave”)
    • Watch the short videos for Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”: start here for a good overview of this section of the text and the philosophy behind it; then this one that’s more of a reading of the text; and another one that might help us understand it better.
    • The comments and posts from throughout the week
  • Writing:
    • Follow the Project #1 guidelines and the Week 3 Agenda

Week 4

• Dates: Wednesday, 9/22-Tuesday, 9/28
• Location: Zoom, Tuesday 9/28 12:00-1:40pm, and our OpenLab site
• Topic: Project #1: Education Narrative
• Activities & Due Dates:
  • Reading:
    • Frederick Douglass, “Chapter 7” from the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
    • Malcolm X, “Learning to Read”
    • Anne Lamott, “Shitty First Drafts”
    • Watch Phil Smyth and CAES, “Understanding Genre Awareness” 
  • Writing:
    • Follow the Project #1 guidelines and the Week 4 Agenda

Week 5

• Dates: Wednesday, 9/29-Tuesday, 10/5
• Location: Zoom, Tuesday 10/5 12:00-1:40pm, and our OpenLab site
• Topic: Project #1: Education Narrative
• Activities & Due Dates:
  • Reading:
    • Toni Morrison, “The Reader as Artist”
    • Jacqueline Woodson, “What Reading Slowly Taught Me About Writing”
  • Writing:
    • Follow the Project #1 guidelines and the Week 5 Agenda

Week 6

• Dates: Wednesday, 10/6-Tuesday, 10/12
• Location: Zoom, Tuesday 10/12 12:00-1:40pm, and our OpenLab site
• Topic: Project #1: Education Narrative
• Activities & Due Dates:
  • Reading:
    • read your draft
    • consider reading classmates’ drafts
  • Writing:
    • Continue working on Project #1, using the questions in the Week 6 Agenda

Week 7

• Dates: Wednesday, 10/13-Tuesday, 10/19
• Location: Zoom, Tuesday 10/19 12:00-1:40pm, and our OpenLab site
• Topic: Project#2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography; library session
• Activities & Due Dates:
  • Reading:
    • Alison C. Witte’s “Research Starts with Answers” in Bad Ideas About Writing, pp 226-230 (that’s the page numbers within the book–the page numbers in the actual file are a little different), paying attention to 228-229.
    • The City Tech Library’s Guide to Developing a Research Question
    • Read the Declaration of Independence
    • Listen to the Declaration of Independence
    • Randy Barnett, article in The Declaration of Independence Annotated
  • Writing: Follow the Project #2 guidelines and the Week 7 Agenda

Project #1: Education Narrative due Wednesday, 10/13

Week 8

• Dates: Wednesday, 10/20-Tuesday, 10/26
• Location: Zoom, Tuesday 10/26 12:00-1:40pm, and our OpenLab site
• Topic: Project#2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography
• Activities & Due Dates:
  • Reading:
    • Research for Project #2
  • Writing:
    • Follow the Project #2 guidelines and the Week 8 agenda

Week 9

• Dates: Wednesday, 10/27-Tuesday, 11/2
• Location: Zoom, Tuesday 11/2 12:00-1:40pm, and our OpenLab site
• Topic: Project#2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography
• Activities & Due Dates:
  • Reading:
    • Research for Project #2
  • Writing:
    • Follow the Project #2 guidelines and the Week 9 Agenda

Week 10

• Dates: Wednesday, 11/3-Tuesday, 11/9
• Location: Zoom, Tuesday 11/9 12:00-1:40pm, and our OpenLab site
• Topic: Project#2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography
• Activities & Due Dates:
  • Reading:
    • Research for Project #2
    • Prof. Rosen’s sample annotated bibliography draft, “Should restaurants buy local?“
    • Emily A. Wierszewski’s “Research Starts with A Thesis Statement” in Bad Ideas About Writing, pp 231-235
    • Texas A&M University Writing Center, “Ethos, Pathos & Logos”

• Writing:
  • • Follow the Project #2 guidelines and the Week 10 Agenda

Week 11

• Dates: Wednesday, 11/10-Tuesday, 11/16
• Location: Zoom, Tuesday 11/16 12:00-1:40pm, and our OpenLab site
• Topic: Project#2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography
• Activities & Due Dates:
  • Reading:
    • Sources for your Reflective Annotated Bibliography
  • Writing: Follow the Project #3 guidelines and the Week 11 Agenda
• Project #2 Annotated Bibliography DRAFT due Sunday, 11/14

Week 12

• Dates: Wednesday, 11/17-Tuesday, 11/23
• Location: Zoom, Tuesday 11/23 12:00-1:40pm, and our OpenLab site
• Topic: Project #3: Composing in a New Genre
• Activities & Due Dates:
  • Reading:
    • Continue reading our OpenLab site and materials for Project #3
  • Writing:
    • Follow the Project #3 guidelines and the Week 12 Agenda
• Project #2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography due Monday, 11/22 or as close to then as possible

Week 13

• Dates: Wednesday, 11/24-Tuesday, 11/30
• Location: Zoom, Tuesday 11/30 12:00-1:40pm, and our OpenLab site
• Topic: Project #3: Composing in a New Genre
• Activities & Due Dates:
  • Reading:
    • Continue reading our OpenLab site and materials for Project #3
  • Writing:
    • Work according to Project #3 guidelines and the Week 13 Agenda

Week 14

• Dates: Wednesday, 12/1-Tuesday, 12/7
• Location: Zoom, Tuesday 12/7 12:00-1:40pm, and our OpenLab site
• Topic: Final Reflection and Portfolio
• Activities & Due Dates:
  • Reading:
    • Continue reading our OpenLab site and materials for your Final Reflection and Portfolio
  • Writing:
    • Work according to the Final Reflection and Final Portfolio guidelines and the Week 14 Agenda
• Project #3: Composing in a New Genre due Wednesday 12/1

Week 15

• Dates: Wednesday, 12/8-Tuesday, 12/14
• Location: Zoom, Tuesday 12/14 12:00-1:40pm, and our OpenLab site
• Topic: Final Reflection and Portfolio
• Activities & Due Dates:
  • Reading:
    • Continue reading our OpenLab site and materials for your Final Reflection and Portfolio
  • Writing:
    • Work according to the Final Reflection and Final Portfolio guidelines and the Week 15 Agenda
• Final Reflection and Final Portfolio due 12/16 Revised deadline: Tuesday, 12/21
• Optional extra student support hours (office hours) and class meeting time available–to be determined in class on 12/14

Have a healthy, safe, and restorative Winter Break! Spring semester begins on January 28, 2022.

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