–incorporating Core Books at CUNY and the First Year Writing curriculum–
Introduction: Course Overview
Table of Contents
Week 1
Monday, January 31
READING:
- Sign up for OpenLab site: if you encounter problems, please ask me or email me at eng1121citytech1@gmail.com.
- You MUST register for OpenLab and join this course–all written assignments will be posted on this site!
- 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
Wednesday, February 2
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.
Week 2
Monday, February 7
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.
Wednesday, February 9
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.
Week 3
Monday, February 14
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, February 16
RESOURCES:
- Purdue OWL “Effective Persuasion Presentation”
WRITING: Brainstorming Discourse Communities and Research
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 4
No classes Monday, February 21
Wednesday, February 23
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.
Week 5
Monday, February 28
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.
Wednesday, March 2
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.
Week 6
Monday, March 7
WRITING: Drafting
- Peer review/self review!
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Unit 2 — Annotated Bibliography Project
Wednesday, March 9
- 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.
Week 7
Monday, March 14
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, March 16
READING:
- Sophocles, Antigone (lines 626, pp. 22-45)
WRITING: Antigone Day 2
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 8
Monday, March 21
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, March 23
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.
Week 9
Monday, March 28
WRITING: Research Prep Day (Writing Workshop)
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Wednesday, March 30
Library day!
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.
Week 10
Monday, April 4
WRITING: Drafting
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Wednesday, April 6
WRITING: Drafting– Finalizing the Annotated Bibliography Project
- Peer review/self review!
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Unit 3: Multimodal Project
Week 11
Monday, April 11
- 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, April 13
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.
Spring Break!
Week 12
Monday, April 25
WRITING: Drafting
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Wednesday, April 27
WRITING: Drafting
- Peer review/self review!
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Final Reflection and Portfolio
Week 13
Monday, May 2
- 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, May 4
WRITING: Reflecting and Building the Portfolio
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 14
Monday, May 9
WRITING: Drafting
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Wednesday, May 11
WRITING: Drafting
- Peer review/self review!
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Conclusions
Week 15 & 16
Monday, May 16, Wednesday, May 18, & Monday, May 23
- SUBMIT Final Reflection and Portfolio Assignment
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
