Course Schedule

Week 1: Course Overview & Annotating Texts

Tue 8/29: Intro’s and Syllabus

Thu 8/31: Habits and Techniques

Unit 1 — Education Narrative

Week 2: Understanding the term “Education Narrative”

Tue 9/5: Habits and Techniques

• Read “How to Read like a Writer” by Mike Bunn.

Thu 9/7: Genre Analysis

• Read “The Memory of My Grandmother” (City Tech student essay) by Anita Jiang.

Week 3: Reading Plato and Working with Writing Strategies

Tue 9/12: Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X

• Read “Chapter 7” from the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass.
• Read “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X.

Week 4: Continuing the Narrative

Tue 9/19: Plato’s Allegory of the Cave

• Read “Allegory of the Cave” (Book VII) from The Republic, by Plato.

Thu 9/21: W.E.B DuBois

• Read “Of the Coming of John” by W.E.B DuBois.

Week 5: Drafting the Unit 1 Assignment

Tue 9/26: Drafting

• Read “The Fourth of July” by Audre Lourde.
• Read “Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott.

Thu 9/28: Education Poems

Week 5: Peer Review

Tue 10/3: Peer Review

Thu 10/5: Finishing Touches

Unit 2 — Reflective Annotated Bibliography Project

Week 6: Ending Unit 1 & Starting Unit 2 

Tue 10/10: No Class (Monday Schedule)

SUBMIT Unit 1 (Education Narrative)

Thu 10/12: Introducing the Reflective Annotated Bibliography Project

• Read “A Talk to Teachers” by James Baldwin.

Week 7: Research & Research Questions

Tue 10/17: Library Day

• Read “Research Starts with a Thesis Statement” from Bad Ideas about Writing.

Thu 10/19: Analyzing the Declaration of Independence & Brainstorming Research Topics

• Read the Declaration of Independence. 
• Listen to the Declaration of Independence. 
• Read The Declaration of Independence Annotated by Randy Barnett.
• Read “Declaration” by Tracy K. Smith

Week 8: Drafting Annotations

Tue 10/24: On Questions

• Read “Schools are Killing Curiosity” from The Guardian 

Thu 10/26: Peer Review

• Read “38” by Layli Long Soldier.
• Read “Johannesburg Mines” by Langston Hughes

Unit 3 — Writing in a New Genre

Week 9: Ending Unit 2 & Starting Unit 3

Tue 10/31: Introducing the Writing in a New Genre Project 

• Read “Annoying Ways People Use Sources” by Kyle Stedman

Thu 11/2: Considering Genres – Twitter Thread

• Read Twitter Thread on Selena Netflix Movie, Maria Elena Garcia.
• Read Twitter Thread on Women and the Pandemic, Katie Porter.

                  SUBMIT Unit 2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography Project

Week 10: Considering Genres

Tue 11/7: No Class

Thu 11/9:  Considering Genres – Interview

• Read & listen to “Louise Erdrich On Her Personal Connection To Native Peoples’ ‘Fight For Survival’” (NPR interview).

Week 11: Considering Genres – Podcast

Tue 11/14: Podcast

• Listen “The Problem We All Live With, Part One”

Thu 11/16: Podcast

• Listen “The Problem We All Live With, Part Two”

Week 12: BREAK

Tue 11/21: No Class [Thanksgiving Break]

Thu 11/23: No Class [Thanksgiving Break]

Week 13: Considering Genres – Documentary Poetry

Tue 11/28: Documentary Poetry, Part 1

Thu 11/30: Read “The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts” by Donald M. Murray

Final Reflection and Portfolio

Week 14: Reflections & Revisions & Portfolios

Tue: 12/5: Presentations

                   SUBMIT UNIT 3: Writing in a New Genre Assignment

Thu 12/7: Presentations

Week 15: Finalizing Revisions & Conclusion

Tue 12/11:

Tue 12/13: No Class

SUBMIT Final Reflection and Portfolio Assignment

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