Course Schedule

Reference the City Tech Fall 2018 Calendar here.

Week

Topic

Assignments

8/27-8/31  Introductions
Description
Syllabus Overview, Register for Open Lab
Ice Breaker: Interview and Description, Diagnostic.
9/3-9/7  Description and Narrative College is Closed Monday. For Wednesday, Read Mother Tongue   Answer Reading and Discussion Questions, Pick one Activity.
9/10-9/14  Description and Narrative College is Closed Monday. For Wednesday, Read Learning to Read Answer Reading and Discussion Questions, Pick one activity.
9/17-9/21 Description and Narrative. Paper #1 Due Monday. College is Closed Wednesday. Lab Topic: Peer Review.
9/24-9/28  Compare and Contrast  Compare two works of art, Read Gendergap in Cyberspace. Final Draft of Paper #1 Due. Lab Topic: Two Types of Comparison.
10/1-10/5  Compare and Contrast  College is Closed Monday  Read Two Views of the River.  Answer discussion questions. Lab: Grammar
10/8-10/12  Cause and Effect  Read Black Men in Public Spaces Answer Reading and Discussion Questions, Pick one Activity. Lab: Thesis Statements
10/15-10/19  Cause and Effect  Read The Brain on Love In class essay response: How is it an example of cause and effect? What is the cause and what is the effect? Lab: MIDTERM PREP
10/22-10/26  Interpretation and Argument  MIDTERM    Read The Yellow Wallpaper
10/29-11/2  Interpretation and Argument  Introduce Literary Interpretations of The Yellow Wallpaper.
11/5-11/9   Interpretation and Argument  Debate and Vote. Lab: Outline Paper #2
11/12-11/16  Interpretation and Argument  Paper #2 Due. Read and discuss Harrison Bergeron. Watch Film. Discuss Dystopic Fiction and Interpretation. Lab: Peer Review, Grammar
11/19-11/23   Interpretation and Argument  Final Draft Paper #2 Due. Read and discuss Where Are You Going Where Have You Been

Lab: Outline Paper #3

11/26-11/30   Interpretation and Argument  Debate and Vote. Paper #3 Due. Lab: Peer Review
 12/3-12/7   Interpretation and Argument  Final Draft Paper #3 Due, Watch and Discuss Smooth Talk.
12/10-12/14   Interpretation and Argument  FINAL EXAM REVIEW. Lab: Grammar Review
12/17-12/21 FINAL EXAM