Refer to the Spring 2024 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

Monday, January 29, 2024
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Follow the Week 1 Agenda

Objectives:

  • To read, write, talk, and explore to get acquainted with the course, each other, the practice of noticing, and the concept of discourse communities

Texts:

Week 2: Understanding the term β€œDiscourse Community” (DC); Noticing Noticing

Monday, February 5, 2023
Wednesdsay, 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:

Week 3: Reading and Writing About Discourse Communities

Monday, February 12, 2024–no classes
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Monday, February 19, 2024–no classes
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Follow the Week 3 Agenda

Objectives:

  • To develop our thinking and writing about discourse communities based on a deeper examination of our experiences and further examination of our course texts

Texts:

Week 4: Reading and Writing About Discourse Communities

Thursday, February 22, 2024 (Monday schedule)
Monday, February 26, 2024

Follow the Week 4 Agenda

Objectives:

  • To refine our thinking and writing about discourse communities; to continue exploring course texts; to continue drafting and revising Project 1; to present our work and offer each other feedback, critique, and support.

Texts:

Week 5: Finishing Project 1; Writing Opinion Essays

Follow the Week 5 Agenda

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 (Monday schedule)
Monday, March 4, 2024

Objectives:

  • To complete our Discourse Community essays (Project 1) and all related work; to write a reflection about the Discourse Community essay; to begin the Opinion Essay (Project 2)

Texts:

Due Dates:

  • Project 1 and all related work due on OpenLab by the start of class on W 2/28 F 3/1

Week 6: Developing Research Questions

Follow the Week 6 Agenda

Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Monday, March 11, 2024

Objectives:

  • To continue reading op-ed/opinion essays; to learn research techniques

Texts:

Week 7:  Reading Op-Ed/Opinion Essays as Writers

Follow the Week 7 Agenda

Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Monday, March 18, 2024

Objectives:

  • To identify features of the Op-Ed/Opinion Essay; to find, read, and examine mentor texts

Texts:

Week 8: Ethos, Pathos & Logos

Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024

Follow the Week 8 Agenda

Objectives:

  • To understand the rhetorical appeals; to consider how to be persuasive

Texts:

Week 9: Polishing and Finishing Op-Ed/Opinion Essays

Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Monday, April 1, 2024

Follow the Week 9 Agenda

Objectives:

  • To review quotation and citation practices; to present our work and offer each other feedback, critique, and support; to finalize the Op-Ed/Opinion Essay and all related work; to write a reflection about the Discourse Community essay

Texts:

Due Dates:

  • Project 2 and all related work due on OpenLab by the start of class on M 4/1

Week 10: Multimodal Composing

Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Monday, April 8, 2024

Follow the Week 10 Agenda

Objectives:

  • To consider how a written text is transformed into a visual text

Texts:

Week 11: Drafting & Building Project 3: The Multimodal project

Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Monday, April 15, 2024

Follow the Week 11 Agenda

Objectives:

  • To learn from mentor multimodal texts

Texts:

  • Additional mentor texts

Week 12: Project 3 Drafting

Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Monday, April 22, 2024–Spring Break, no classes
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
–Spring Break, no classes
Monday, April 29, 2024
–Spring Break, no classes
Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Follow the Week 12 Agenda

Objectives:

  • To draft the multimodal composition; to present our work and offer each other feedback, critique, and support; to catch up on work; to have time for rest and recuperation.

Texts:

Week 13: Finishing Project 3 and Multimodal presentations

Monday, May 6, 2024
Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Follow the Week 13 Agenda

Objectives:

  • To complete the multimodal composition; to begin work on the final reflection and portfolio

Texts:

  • Reflection mentor texts
  • Project 4: Final Reflection and Portfolio instructions

Due Dates:

  • Project 3 due on OpenLab by the start of class on M 5/6

Week 14: Reflections, Revisions & Portfolios

Monday, May 13, 2024
Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Follow the Week 14 Agenda

Objectives:

  • To consider which work to revise; to compile work for the final portfolio; to draft the final reflection.

Texts:

  • Our ENG 1121 readings and all of our writing

Week 15: Conclusions

Monday, May 20, 2024
Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Follow the Week 15 Agenda

Objectives:

  • To finish the Final Reflection and Portfolio; to complete ENG 1121 successfully!

Texts:

  • Your own ENG 1121 writing

Due Dates:

  • Project 4: Final Reflection and Portfolio due on OpenLab by the start of class on W 5/22

Have a happy, healthy, productive, and peaceful summer. Check to find out when the Fall 2024 semester begins on August 28th.

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