Refer to the Spring 2023 Academic Calendar for all holidays etc. This schedule is subject to change based on class needs and any college schedule changes.
Weekly Agendas will contain more detailed information about each week’s reading and writing.
Overview of Classes
Week 1: Course Overview & Discourse Communities
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Follow the Week 1 Agenda
Objectives:
- To read, write, talk, and explore to get acquainted with the course, each other, and the concept of discourse communities
Texts:
- Reading/Writing resource/Essay: “How to Read like a Writer” by Mike Bunn.
- Personal Narrative: “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan (use this more complete version of “Mother Tongue” instead)
- Video: Lisa Beasley, “What is Code Switching?” and others
Week 2: Understanding the term “Discourse Community” (DC)
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Follow the Week 2 Agenda
Objectives:
- To explore the concepts of discourse communities and code switching through our experiences and through our course texts
Texts:
- Article: “She’s Your Basic LOL in NAD” by Perri Klass.
- “Dedicatory Letter” to A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, by Mary Wollstonecraft.
- PowerPoint: “Discourse Communities” by Carrie Hall.
- “Double-Entry Reading Journals” (Butte College).
Week 3: Reading and Writing About Discourse Communities
Thursday, February 9, 2023
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Follow the Week 3 Agenda
Texts:
- Video: “I am Someone’s Daughter too” by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (A.O.C).
- Autobiography excerpt: “Who You Callin’ a ‘B%*h?’” by Queen Latifah
- Podcast/Interview: “On Passing” (both audio and written transcript available)
- Novel: Passing by Nella Larsen (Part One: Encounter)
- Reading/Writing resource: Lateral Reading (Stanford History Education Group).
- Reading/Writing resource: “Quotation Handout” by Carrie Hall
Week 4: Reading and Writing About Discourse Communities
Thursday, February 16, 2023Tuesday, February 21, 2023 (Monday schedule)
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Follow the Week 4 Agenda
Texts:
Novel: Passing by Nella Larsen (Part Two: Re-encounter; Part 3: Finale)
Spoken Word Video: “Unlearning My Name” by Mohammed Hassan
Reading/Writing resource Essay: “Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott from Bird by Bird
Week 5: Ending Project 1
Follow the Week 5 Agenda
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Project 1 due
Texts:
- reading drafts for Project 1
- revisiting course texts for Project 1
Week 6: Developing Research Questions
Follow the Week 6 Agenda
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Texts:
- Novel: Passing by Nella Larsen (Part Two: Re-encounter; Part 3: Finale)
- Spoken Word Video: “Unlearning My Name” by Mohammed Hassan
Week 7: Unit 2 Work Continued
Follow the Week 7 Agenda
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Texts:
- Reading/Writing resource: “Op-ed Writing: Tips and Tricks” (The Op-ed Project).
- “What We Are Not Teaching Boys About Being Human” by Ruth Whippman.
- NYT video op-ed: “Greta Thunberg Has Given Up on Politicians”
- Op-Ed: “Cops Don’t Belong at Pride” by Roxane Gay.
- Reading/Writing resource: “How to Write an OP-ED or Column” (Harvard Kennedy School Communications Program).
- Other Op Ed examples
Week 8: Looking at Op-Ed/Opinion Essays
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Follow the Week 8 Agenda
Texts:
- Reading/Writing resource: “Developing Strong Thesis Statements” (Purdue OWL).
- Reading/Writing resource: “Thesis Statements” (Purdue OWL).
Week 9: Ethos, Pathos & Logos
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Follow the Week 9 Agenda
Texts:
- Reading/Writing resource video: “Ethos, Pathos & Logos” (Texas A&M University Writing Center).
- Reading/Writing resource TedEd video: “How to use rhetoric to get what you want” by Camille A. Langston
- Reading/Writing resource: “Citation and Formatting Guide.” (City Tech Library).
- Reading/Writing resource: “MLA Sample Works Cited Page (Purdue OWL).
- Reading/Writing resource: “Handout: Quoting Others (Purdue OWL).
- Reading/Writing resource: “The Quote Sandwich” (Washoe School District).
Week 10: Ending Unit 2 & Starting Unit 3
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
(then Spring Break, Wednesday, April 5-Thursday, April 13)
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Follow the Week 10 Agenda–Part 1 and the Week 10 Agenda–Part 2
Project 2 (The Op-Ed/Opinion Essay) due
Texts:
- Film: Passing (2021), directed by Rebecca Hall
- Movie trailer: Passing
- Passing Scene with Irene, Clare, and John Bellew (content warning: N word)
- Interview: Passing actors and director
- Podcast: “On Passing” (both audio and written transcript available)
Week 11: Drafting & Building Project 3: The Multimodal project
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Follow the Week 11 Agenda
Texts:
- “College Students and Social Media” by Chelsea Harrison.
- “Love and Black Lives, in Pictures Found on a Brooklyn Street” by Annie Correal.
- “The Strange Lives of Objects in the Coronavirus Era” by Sophie Haigney.
- “I Am Stuck Between Two Lives During This Pandemic” by Lucie Langston.
- “100 New Yorkers” by Mona Chalabi.
- “2020 Can Go to Hell” by Jack Healy.
- 1619 Project (NYT Magazine).
- Students share additional mentor texts
Week 12: Drafting Continued & Multimodal Presentations
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Follow the Week 12 Agenda
Texts:
- Read “Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process” by Liz Lerman.
Week 13: Multimodal presentations (cont’d.)
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Project 3 (The Multimodal Project) due
Texts:
- Reflection mentor texts TBA
Week 14: Reflections, Revisions & Portfolios
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Texts:
- Our ENG 1121 writing
Week 15: Conclusion
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Final Reflection and Portfolio due
Texts:
- Your own ENG 1121 writing
