Course Schedule

ENG 1121: Schedule for online instruction

–incorporating Core Books at CUNY and the First Year Writing curriculum–

Week 1: Wednesday, 8/26 – Friday, 8/28

Introduction: Course Overview & Tips for Being an Online Student

By end-of-day Wednesday, 8/26:

• Sign up for OpenLab site/Go to Blackboard class site: if you encounter problems, please email me at _____________.
• Take a tour of OpenLab/Blackboard: be sure to read the introduction to course, look over the syllabus, and open and review all course tabs/sections

READING:

•  “Tips for Online Learning Success”
• “Online Discussions: Tips for Students”
• Go here and sign up for your free subscription to The New York Times.

WRITING:

Quick Comments

• Respond to Discussion Question asking you to introduce yourself to the class

Micro-Activity #1: Introductions

• Write in response to prompts about online learning.
• Take the online technology survey

Week 2: Monday, 8/31- Friday, 9/4

 Unit 1: Investigating a Discourse Community 

By end-of-day Monday, 8/31 

READING:

•  John Swales, “Reflections on the Concept of Discourse Community”

WRITING

Micro-Activity #2: Introduction to Discourse Communities 

• Complete double-entry journal for Swales reading.
• Begin to brainstorm discourse communities for Unit 1: Investigating a Discourse Community
• Respond to classmates about being online students

By end-of-day Wednesday, 9/2

READING:

• Read Geeta Kothari, “If You Are What You Eat, Then What am I?”
• Read through the assignment guidelines for “Unit 1: Investigating a Discourse Community”

WRITING:

Quick Comments

• Respond to Discussion Question regarding Unit 1: Investigating a Discourse Community assignment.
• Respond to Discussion Question on Geeta Kothari and discourse community

Micro-Activity #3: Brainstorming Discourse Communities

• Brainstorm issues related to a discourse community of your choice for Unit 1:
• Begin researching your discourse community issue.

Week 3: Monday, 9/7 – Friday, 9/11

(Monday: Labor Day–no classes)

By end-of-day Wednesday, 9/9

READING:

• Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Negro 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

WRITING:

Quick Comments

• Respond to peers’ posts on their discourse community issue.

Micro-Activity #4: Responding to Douglass

• Pick quotations and write in response to Douglass.
• Analyze Douglass’s writing strategies

Week 4: Monday, 9/14 – Friday, 9/18

(Friday– no classes)

By end-of-day Monday, 9/14 

READING:

• Continue reading Douglass

WRITING:

Micro-Activity #5: Google Doc “Analyzing Douglass”

• Participate in group work close reading Douglass.

By end-of-day Wednesday, 9/16 

READING:

• Mary Wollstonecraft “Dedicatory Letter” to A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

WRITING:

Quick Comment

• Revisit group work responding to Douglass and engage with your peers’ ideas.

Micro-Activity #6: Responding to Wollstonecraft

• Write in response to prompts about Wollstonecraft’s discourse community and writing strategies.

Week 5: Monday, 9/21 – Friday, 9/25

By end-of-day Monday, 9/21

READING: 

• Reread Douglass’s speech and Wollstonecraft’s letter, and decide which one you want to use as a model.

WRITING:

Micro-Activity #7: Pick a Model & Organize Your Ideas

• Begin drafting Unit 1: Investigating a Discourse Community assignment

By end-of-day Wednesday, 9/23

READING:

• Review your research on your discourse community issue.
• Watch and/or read Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (A.O.C’s) speech responding to Rep. Ted Yoho. You can watch and read here.

WRITING:

Quick Comment

• Respond to Discussion Question on A.O.C’s speech.

Drafting

• Work on your draft of Unit 1: Investigating a Discourse Community.

Week 6: Monday, 9/28 – Friday, 10/2 

(No classes Monday; Tuesday is a Monday schedule)

Unit 2: Inquiry-Based Research (Annotated Bibliography)

By end-of-day Tuesday, 9/29

WRITING:

• Unit 1 Assignment: Discourse Communities Due 

Micro-Activity #8: Reflection on Unit 1: Investigating a Discourse Community

• Write a reflection on the process of writing your speech or letter.

By end-of-day Wednesday, 9/30

READING:

• Read the Declaration of Independence
• Listen to the Declaration of Independence 
• Read through the assignment guidelines for “Unit 2: Annotated Bibliography”

WRITING:

Quick Comment

• Respond to Discussion Question on Unit 2: Annotated Bibliography assignment

Micro-Activity #9: Analyzing the Declaration of Independence

• Write in response to prompts about the Declaration of Independence.
• Connect the Declaration of Independence to concerns, issues, or problems in American society today, and explain your choice (or choices).

Week 7: Monday, 10/5 – Friday, 10/9

By end-of-day Monday, 10/5

READING: 

• Peter D. Kamer, “The Declaration of Independence, with 2020 Vision” (Read this section to help you prepare and think about Micro-Activity # 10. If you are interested in viewing the entire piece, you may find it here):

WRITING:

Micro-Activity #10: Brainstorming Research Topics

• Begin to brainstorm issues that you feel passionately about to help you get started on the Unit 2 Assignment: Annotated Bibliography.

By end-of-day Wednesday, 10/7

READING: 

• Jeremy S. Hyman and Lynn F. Jacobs, “8 More Research Tips for College Students”

WRITING:

Micro-Activity #11: Developing Research Questions

• Pick an issue for you annotated bibliography and begin to develop research questions.

Week 8: Monday, 10/12 – Friday, 10/16

(No classes Monday; Wednesday is a Monday schedule)

By end-of-day Wednesday, 10/14

READING:

• Review the four questions you developed about your topic (and posted last class).
• Review any comments I may have provided regarding your questions.

WRITING:

Micro-Activity #12: Researching 

• Finalize your research question.
• Complete the library tutorial.
• Begin to locate sources for your Unit 2: Annotated Bibliography assignment.

Week 9: Monday, 10/19 – Friday, 10/23 

By end-of-day Monday, 10/19

READING:

• Your source to help you answer your research question.

WRITING: 

Quick Comments

• Respond to Discussion Question about research and library databases.

Micro-Activity #13: Drafting the Annotations

• Draft your first annotation for the annotated bibliography.
• Continue researching and looking for sources.

By end-of-day Wednesday, 10/21

READING:

• Your other sources to help you research your question.

WRITING:

Micro-Activity #14: Continue Drafting the Annotations

• Draft the next two annotations for the annotated bibliography.
• Work on the other parts of your annotated bibliography.

Week 10: Monday, 10/26 – Friday, 10/30 

Unit 3: Multimodal Project 

By end-of-day Monday, 10/26

WRITING:

• Unit 2: Annotated Bibliography Due 

Micro-Activity #15: Reflecting on the Research Process

• Write a reflection on the research process and what you learned. 

By end-of-day Wednesday, 10/28

READING:

• Watch these videos: Multimodal Texts and ENG121:Strategies for Composing Multimodal Texts
• Read through the assignment guidelines for “Unit 3: Multimodal Project”

WRITING:

Quick Comments

• Respond to Discussion Question about the assignment guidelines for Unit 3: Multimodal Project guidelines.

Micro-Activity #16: Looking at Multimodal Texts

• Write in response to genre and multimodal compositions.

Week 11: Monday, 11/2 – Friday, 11/6

By end-of-day Monday, 11/2

READING:

• Review your Unit 2: Annotated Bibliography, and think about the issue you have been researching. Pay special attention to the concluding section of your bibliography as you will be expanding on this section for today’s writing assignment.
• Read the sample multimodal text: Chelsea Harrison, “College Students and Social Media.”

WRITING:

Quick Comments

• Participate in group work and respond to Discussion Question on Chelsea Harrison, “College Students and Social Media” in Google Doc

Micro-Activity #17: Choosing a Discourse Community

• Write in response to prompt for helping you choose your audience and genre for Unit 3: Multimodal Project.

By end-of-day Wednesday, 11/4

READING:

• Review your research and feel free to do further research as you start to draft Unit 3: Multimodal Project (be sure to document all sources as you go).

WRITING:

Quick Comments

• Revisit group work on Harrison and engage with your peers’ ideas.

Micro-Activity #18: Choosing a Mode

• Write in response to prompt analyzing the genre you have chosen to use for Unit 3.

Week 12: Monday, 11/9 – Friday, 11/13

By end-of-day Monday, 11/9

WRITING:

Drafting

• Work on drafting your Unit 3: Multimodal Project

By end-of-day Wednesday, 11/11

WRITING:

Drafting

• Work on drafting and use virtual office hours to check in with me about your project.

Week 13: Monday, 11/16 – Friday, 11/20

By end-of-day Monday, 11/16

WRITING:

Quick Comments

• Respond to Discussion Question about your progress on your Unit 3 assignment. Comment on your progress with UNIT 3: Multimodal Project.

Drafting

• Continue drafting and check in using virtual office hours.

By end-of-day Wednesday, 11/18

WRITING:

• UNIT 3: Multimodal Project Due  

Micro-Activity #19: Reflecting on Multimodal Composing

• Write a reflection on the experience of creating a multimodal project. 

Week 14: Monday, 11/23 – Friday, 11/27

(Wednesday follows a Friday schedule; College closed Nov 26-29 (Thursday-Saturday) for Thanksgiving)

Revisions

By end-of-day Monday, 11/23

READING:

• Read through all your work so far this semester and the comments you received.

WRITING:

Micro-Activity #20: Revisions

• Use this week to revise one Unit Assignment.
• Write a response explaining what assignment you will revise and why you chose this assignment.

Week 15: Monday, 11/30 – Friday, 12/4

Final Reflection and Portfolio

By end-of-day Monday, 11/30

READING:

• Please read through the assignment guidelines for the “Final Reflection and Portfolio.”
• Look over your work from this semester (all small and large assignments).

WRITING:

Quick Comments

• Respond to Discussion Question regarding the guidelines for the “Final Reflection and Portfolio.”

Micro-Activity #21: Reflecting and Building the Portfolio

•  Begin to draft your final reflection and to build your portfolio.

By end-of-day Wednesday, 12/2

WRITING: 

• Work on drafting your final reflection

Week 16: Monday, 12/7 – Wednesday, 12/9

(Thursday December 10 and Friday December 11 are Reading Days, no classes meet)

By end-of-day Monday, 12/7

WRITING:

• Continue working on your reflections and portfolios.
• Attend virtual office hours if you need help with any aspect of the portfolio or reflection

By end-of-day Wednesday, 12/9

WRITING:

• Final Reflection and Portfolio Assignment Due. (submit to OpenLab/Blackboard)

Week 17 (Finals Week): Monday, 12/14 – Friday, 12/18

Conclusions

By end-of-day Monday, 12/14

WRITING:

Micro-Activity #22: Final Writing Assignment: Letter to a Future Student

• Reflect on and write about ENG 1121 and your experience this semester.