Refer to the Fall 2024 Academic Calendar for all holidays etc. This schedule is subject to change based on class needs and any college schedule changes.

Week 1, W 8/28 & W 9/4:

Wednesday, 8/28: Introductions & Course Overview

Texts:

  • Course Materials on our course site

Writing:

Monday, 9/2: College Closed

Wednesday, 9/4: Metacognition and Annotation

Texts:

Writing:

Week 2, M 9/9 & W 9/11:

Monday, 9/9: Plato’s Allegory of the Cave

Texts:

Writing:

  • Follow instructions on the Week 2 Agenda and the Project #1 Instructions.

Wednesday, 9/11: Genre, Education Narratives

Texts:

Writing:

  • Follow instructions in the Week 2 Agenda and the Project #1 Instructions.

Week 3, M 9/16 & W 9/18:

Monday, 9/16: Education Narratives

Texts:

Writing:

  • Follow instructions on the Week 3 Agenda and the Project 1 Instructions.

Wednesday, 9/18: Education Narratives

Texts:

Writing:

  • Follow instructions on the Week 3 Agenda and the Project #1 Instructions.

Week 4, M 9/23 & W 9/25:

Monday, 9/23: Peer Review, Revision, Process–and believing in yourself!

Texts:

Writing:

  • Draft of Project 1: Education Narrative due in class
  • Follow instructions on the Week 4 Agenda and the Project #1 Instructions

Wednesdsay, 9/25: Finishing Project 1

Texts:

  • Reading/Writing Resource Essay: “Student Writing Must Be Graded By The Teacher” by Christopher R. Friend, pages 273- 277 in Bad Ideas About Writing
  • Your draft of Project 1

Writing:

  • Draft of Project 1 due in class
  • Follow instructions on the Week 4 Agenda

Week 5, M 9/30 & M 10/7:

Monday, 9/30: Writing about what matters

Texts:

  • Everyone’s Project 1

Writing:

Wednesday, 10/4: No classes scheduled

Monday, 10/7: Getting started with research

Texts:

  • Reading/Writing Resource Essay: “Research Starts With a Thesis Statement” by Emily Wierszewski, pages 231- 235 in Bad Ideas About Writing 
  • Historical Document/Protest Literature: Declaration of Independence
  • Poem: “38” by Layli Long Soldier
  • Project 2 Instructions

Writing:

  • Follow instructions on the Week 5 Agenda

Week 6, W 10/9 & T 10/15:

Wednesday, 10/9: Reflective Annotated Bibliography

Texts:

Writing:

  • Follow instructions on the Week 6 Agenda
  • Drafting research questions

Monday, 10/14: College Closed

Tuesday, 10/15 (Classes follow Monday Schedule): Research for the Reflective Annotated Bibliography

Texts:

Writing:

  • Follow instructions in the Week 6 Agenda and Project 2 Assignment.
  • Drafting reflective annotated bibliography introductions

Week 7, W 10/16 & M 10/21:

Wednesday, 10/16: Inquiry-Based Research; Research Questions

Texts:

Writing:

  • Follow instructions in the Week 7 Agenda and Project 2 Assignment.

Monday, 10/21: Researching for the Reflective Annotated Bibliography

Texts:

Writing:

  • Presentations of sources
  • Draft the annotation for your first source
  • Follow instructions in the Week 7 Agenda and Project 2 Assignment

Week 8, W 10/23 & M 10/28: Midsemester

Wednesday, 10/23: Drafting Annotations; Reaching audiences;

Texts:

  • Research for Project #2: Second source for your Unit 2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography.

Writing:

  • Presentations of sources
  • Follow instructions in the Week 8 Agenda and Project 2 Assignment.

Monday, 10/28: Drafting Annotations and Reaching audiences, continued; revision

Texts:

Writing:

  • Presentations of sources
  • Follow instructions in the Week 8 Agenda and Project 2 Assignment.
  • Drafts of Project #2 due in class

Week 9, W 10/30 & M 11/4:

Wednesday, 10/30: Evaluating Sources; Peer Review

Texts:

  • Research for Project #2: Fourth source for your Unit 2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography.

Writing:

  • Presentations of sources
  • Follow instructions in the Week 9 Agenda and the Project #2 instructions.
  • Drafts of Project #2 due in class.

Monday, 11/4: Finishing the Reflective Annotated Bibliography

Texts:

  • Drafts of Project #2

Writing:

  • Drafts of Project #2 due in class
  • Follow instructions in the Week 9 Agenda and Project 2 Assignment

Week 10, W 11/6 & M 11/11:

Wednesday, 11/6: Starting Project 3; Considering Genres; Multimodal Texts

Texts:

  • Drafts of Project 2
  • Project 3 Assignment

Writing:

  • Follow instructions in the Week 10 Agenda and Project 2 Assignment

Monday, 11/11: Drafting Project 3; More Mentor Texts

Texts:

Writing:

  • Project 2 assignments (Reflective Annotated Bibliography) due.
  • Reflection on Project 2 writing process
  • Follow instructions in the Week 10 Agenda and Project 3 Assignment

Week 11, W 11/13 & M 11/18:

Wednesday, 11/13: Using Mentor Texts to Guide our Writing

Texts:

Writing:

  • Follow instructions on the Week 12 Agenda

Monday, 11/18: Using Mentor Texts to Guide our Revising

Texts:

Writing:

  • Follow instructions in the Week 11 Agenda and Project 3 Assignment
  • Annotate your Project 3 mentor text
  • Presentation of mentor texts
  • Project 3 Draft due in class.

Week 12, W 11/20 & M 11/25:

Wednesday, 11/20: Revision, Peer Review

Texts:

  • Drafts of Project 3

Writing:

  • Follow instructions in the Week 12 Agenda and Project 3 Assignment
  • Drafts of Project 3, Part 2 due in class for peer review

Monday, 11/25: Drafting Project 3 (continued) & Peer Review

Texts:

  • Drafts of Project 3

Writing:

  • Follow instructions in the Week 12 Agenda and the Project #3 Assignment
  • Draft of Project 3 due in class

Week 13, M 12/2 & W 12/4:

Wednesday, 11/27: No Classes Scheduled

Monday, 12/2: Reflections

Texts:

  • Project 4: Final Reflection and Portfolio Assignment

Writing:

  • Follow instructions in the Week 13 Agenda and Project 3 Assignment
  • Project 3 assignments (Writing in a New Genre) due

Wednesday, 12/4: Project 4: Final Portfolio and Reflection drafting

Texts:

  • Projects 1, 2, and 3 for review
  • Final Reflection instructions

Writing:

  • Follow instructions on the Week 13 Agenda
  • Drafts of the Final Reflection

Week 14, M 12/9 & W 12/11:

Monday, 12/9: Final Portfolio and Reflection, Revisions

Texts:

  • Projects 1, 2, 3 and all online work to bring into your Final Reflection and to revise for Final Portfolio

Writing:

  • Follow instructions in the Week 14 Agenda and the Final Reflection and Portfolio instructions.

Wednesday, 12/11: Final Portfolio and Reflection

Texts:

  • Projects 1, 2, 3 and all online work to bring into your Final Reflection

Writing:

  • Follow instructions in the Week 14 Agenda and the Project 4: Final Reflection and Portfolio Assignment.

Week 15, M 12/16 & W 12/18:

Monday, 12/16: Final Reflections

Texts and Writing

  • Follow instructions in the Week 15 Agenda and the Project 4: Final Reflection and Portfolio Assignment
  • Project 4: Final Reflection and Portfolio (including revised work) due

Wednesday, 12/18: Conclusions

Have a healthy, safe, and restorative Winter Break! Spring semester begins on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.

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