Course Schedule

ENG 1121: Schedule for online instruction

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

Introduction: Course Overview & Tips for Being an Online Student

Wednesday, August 25

READING:

• Sign up for OpenLab site: if you encounter problems, please email me at eng1121citytech1@gmail.com.
• 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

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Unit 1: Investigating a Discourse Community 

Monday, August 30

READING & WATCHING:

• Amy Tan, “Mother Tongue”
• Lisa Beasley, “What is Code Switching?”

WRITING: Thinking About Community

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Wednesday, September 1

READING:

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

RESOURCES:

• Butte College, “Double-Entry Reading Journals”

WRITING: Introduction to Discourse Communities 

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Monday, September 13

READING:

• Assignment guidelines for “Unit 1: Investigating a Discourse Community” (email/ask me if you have any questions about these guidelines)

 WRITING: Thinking about Genre and Discourse Communities

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Monday, September 20

READING:

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

WRITING: Responding to Wollstonecraft

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Wednesday, September 22

RESOURCES:

• Purdue OWL “Effective Persuasion Presentation”

 WRITING: Brainstorming Discourse Communities and Research

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Monday, September 27

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

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Wednesday, September 29

READING & WATCHING: 

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (A.O.C), “I am Someone’s Daughter too”

WRITING: Pick a Model & Organize Your Ideas

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Monday, October 4

RESOURCE:

• Washoe School District, “The Quote Sandwich” 
• Purdue OWL “MLA Style Introduction”

WRITING: Drafting

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Wednesday, October 6

WRITING: Drafting

• Peer review!
• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

 Unit 2 — Annotated Bibliography Project

Wednesday, October 13

• SUBMIT Unit 1 (Discourse Community Assignment)
• Write a short letter reflecting on the process of writing Unit 1. Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

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:

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Monday, October 18

READING:

• Read Sophocles, Antigone (lines 1-625, pp.1-21)

WRITING: Antigone Day 1

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Wednesday, October 20

READING:

• Sophocles, Antigone (lines 626, pp. 22-45)

WRITING: Antigone Day 2

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Monday, October 25

RESOURCE:

• The City Tech Library’s Guide to Developing a Research Question

 WRITING: Developing Research Questions

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Wednesday, October 27

WATCHING:

• Watch video: PBS’s Theater of War’s Antigone in Ferguson 

WRITING: Antigone Day 3

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Monday, November 1

• Library Day

 WRITING: Research Prep Day (Writing Workshop)

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Wednesday, November 3

RESOURCES:

• The City Tech Library’s “Citation and Formatting Guide.”
• Purdue OWL, “Handout: Quoting Others”

WRITING: Drafting the Annotations

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Monday, November 8

WRITING: Drafting

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Wednesday, November 10

WRITING: Drafting– Finalizing the Annotated Bibliography Project

• Peer review!
• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Unit 3: Multimodal Project

Monday, November 15

• SUBMIT Unit 2: Annotated Bibliography Project
• Write a short reflection on the process of writing Unit 2.

 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

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Wednesday, November 17

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

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Monday, November 22

WRITING: Drafting

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Wednesday, November 24

WRITING: Drafting

• Peer review!
• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Final Reflection and Portfolio

Monday, November 29

• 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

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Wednesday, December 1

WRITING: Reflecting and Building the Portfolio

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Monday, December 6

WRITING: Drafting

• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Wednesday, December 8

WRITING: Drafting

• Peer review!
• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

 Conclusions

Monday, December 13

• SUBMIT Final Reflection and Portfolio Assignment
• Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.

Wednesday, December 15 & Monday, December 20

• TBA