UNDER CONSTRUCTION!
UPDATED Nov 8, 2019
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
ENG 1121, E104, Fall 2019
Professor Sean Scanlan (NYCCT)
Please bring this schedule to each class as assignments and due dates may change.
Week 1: Introduction
Aug 27- T Discussion of course, Policies, and texts; Introductions; Home descriptions. Orientation–OpenLab; Q and A; Freewriting; In-Class Reading: Scibona; HW for Sept 3: Read Alexie; Get textbook (2014 edition); then write Journal 1–300 words on which reading you liked the most and why (use journal template).
Week 2: First Person
Sept 3 Due: Journal 1. Freewrite; Essay 1 explained. Discuss readings; Writing concepts (Thesis, sentence, paragraph); HW for Sept 10: read Read/print Malcolm X, Whitehead, and White and write Journal 2: 300 words reflecting on your NYC; prepare for Quiz 1.
Week 3: Home, Intellectual Home, Homesickness
Sept 10 Due: Quiz 1, Due: Journal 2. Freewrite. Discuss home, homesickness, and mapping. Discuss readings and essay format. HW for Sept 17: Readings Rahmani (Dwell); Keller and Thiong’o (both OpenLab); Draft of Essay 1
Week 4: Essays
Sept 17 Due: Draft of Essay 1. Freewrite and discussion over essay 1; HW: revise and proofread Essay 1; readings TBA
Week 5: Poetry
Sept 24 Due: Final Draft of Essay 1. Introduction to poetry; HW: 350-372 in our textbook; Write Journal 3: 300 words, compare two poems from readings
Week 6: NO Class
Oct 1 NO CLASS!
Week 7: NO Class
Oct 8 NO CLASS!
Week 8: Writing about Poetry
Oct 15 Journal 3 Due; freewrite; Discuss poetry terms and genres. HW: Study for Quiz 2 on poems and poetry terms
Week 9: Writing about Poetry
Oct 22 Due: Quiz 2; Discuss readings and poetry essay. HW: 250 word draft of Poetry Essay. Extra Credit: Fine a sound or film recording of a poem that you like…so we can put the link on our site (10 points)
Week 10: Writing about Poetry
Oct 29 Due: Draft of Essay 2. Freewrite. Peer review of Essay 2. HW: revise and proofread Essay 2.
Week 11: The Novel
Nov 5 Due: Final Draft of Essay 2. Freewrite and discuss the novel as form. HW: Journal 4
Week 12: Writing about Novels
Nov 12 **library session** Due: Journal 4; Discuss themes and questions. HW: Read to page 65 in The Intuitionist, bring in two questions (in your notebooks)
Week 13: Writing about Novels
Nov 19 Due: Read to page 162. Homework for the 26th: Finish the novel.
Week 14: Writing about Novels
Nov 26 Discuss Essay 3 Details. prepare for Quiz 3
Week 15: Writing about Novels
Dec 3 Due: Quiz 3 Peer review of Essay 3
Week 16: Final Exam
Dec 10 Due: Final Draft of Essay 3. Exam prep
Week 17: Finale
Dec 17 Final Exam
