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ENG 1121: Schedule for online instruction
–incorporating Core Books at CUNY and the First Year Writing curriculum–
Introduction: Course Overview & Tips for Being an Online Student
Day 1
READING:
- Sign up for our OpenLab class site: if you encounter problems, please email me at ___________________.
- 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.
- If using OpenLab, 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
Day 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.
Day 3
READING:
- John Swales, “Reflections on the Concept of Discourse Community”
- Assignment guidelines for “Unit 1: Investigating a Discourse Community” (email or speak with me if you have any questions about these guidelines)
RESOURCES:
- Carrie Hall, “Discourse Communities”
- Butte College, “Double-Entry Reading Journals”
WRITING: Introduction to Discourse Communities
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Day 4
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.
Day 5
RESOURCES:
Purdue OWL “Effective Persuasion Presentation”
WRITING: Brainstorming Discourse Communities and Research
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Day 6
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 versions 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.
Day 7
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.
Day 8
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.
Day 9
WRITING: Drafting
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Unit 2 —Researching and Argument: Writing an Op-Ed/Opinion Essay
Day 10
- 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: Op-Ed/Opinion Essay
- John McWhorter, “Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People”
RESOURCE:
- Purdue OWL, “Argumentative Essays”
WRITING: Introducing the Argument & Persuasion Project: Writing an Op-Ed/Opinion Essay
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Day 11
READING:
- Read Sophocles, Antigone (lines 1-625, pp.1-21)
(Note: if your class meets synchronously, consider devoting class time to reading sections of the script out loud.)
WRITING: Antigone Day 1
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Day 12
READING:
- Sophocles, Antigone (lines 626, pp. 22-45)
RESOURCES:
- The City Tech Library’s Guide to Developing a Research Question
WRITING: Antigone Day 2
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Day 13
WRITING: Preliminary Research and Picking a Topic for your Op-Ed/Opinion Essay
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Day 14
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.
Day 15
Optional Library Day: If you wish, contact the library to schedule a Library Session here or wherever it works for you during the semester.
RESOURCES:
- The City Tech Library’s “Citation and Formatting Guide.”
- Purdue OWL, “MLA Sample Works Cited Page”
WRITING: Research Prep (this is for you, no posting necessary)
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Day 16
READING:
- Frank Bruni, “The End of College as We Knew It”
RESOURCE:
- Texas A&M University Writing Center, “Ethos, Pathos & Logos”
- Purdue OWL’s “Handout: Quoting Others”
- Washoe School District, “The Quote Sandwich”
WRITING: Looking at the Op-Ed Genre and Thinking about Argument
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Day 17
- The Op-ed Project, “Op-ed Writing: Tips and Tricks”
RESOURCES:
- Purdue OWL, “Developing Strong Thesis Statements”
- Purdue OWL, “Thesis Statements”
WRITING: Thinking about Thesis and Structure
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Day 18
READING:
- Harvard Kennedy School Communications Program, “How to Write an OP-ED or Column”
WRITING: Drafting & Conferencing
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Day 19
WRITING: Drafting — Finalizing the Op-Ed/Opinion Essay
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Unit 3: Multimodal Project
Day 20
- SUBMIT Unit 2: Op-Ed/Opinion Essay
- Write a short reflection on the process of writing Unit 2. Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
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.
Day 21
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.
Day 22
WRITING: Drafting
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Day 23
WRITING: Drafting
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Final Reflection and Portfolio
Day 24
- SUBMIT UNIT 3: Multimodal Project
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
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.
Day 25
WRITING: Reflecting and Building the Portfolio
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Day 26
WRITING: Drafting
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Day 27
WRITING: Drafting
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Conclusions
Day 28
- SUBMIT Final Reflection and Portfolio Assignment
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Day 29
- TBA
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