Week 1: Course Overview & Annotating Texts
Texts:
- Read “How to Read like a Writer” by Mike Bunn.
- Review “RWL” (Reading like a Writer) Power Point by Laura Westengard.
Writing:
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 2: Understanding the term “Education Narrative”
Texts:
- Read “The Memory of My Grandmother” (City Tech student essay) by Anita Jiang.
- Read “Chapter 7” from the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass.
- Read “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X.
- Review “Double-Entry Reading Journals” (Butte College).
- Watch “Understanding Genre Awareness.”
Writing:
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 3: Reading Plato and Working with Writing Strategies
Texts:
- Read “Allegory of the Cave” (Book VII) from The Republic, by Plato.
- Watch “The Cave: An Adaptation of Plato’s Allegory in Clay.”
- Watch “Plato’s Allegory of the Cave” by Alex Gendler.
Writing:
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 4: Drafting the Unit 1 Assignment
Texts
- Read “The Fourth of July” by Audre Lourde.
- Read “Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott.
- Review “Narrative Basic Features” Power Point by Laura Westengard.
Writing:
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 5: Drafting (cont’d.) & Peer Review
Texts:
- Review “Citation and Formatting Guide” (City Tech Library).
- Review “MLA Style Introduction” (Purdue OWL).
- Review “Writing Transitions” (Purdue OWL).
- Review “What’s a Paragraph?” by Carrie Hall.
Writing:
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 6: Ending Unit 1 & Starting Unit 2
Unit 1: Education Narrative due
Texts
- Read “A Talk to Teachers” by James Baldwin.
- Watch “Writing an Annotated Bibliography” (City Tech Library).
- Review “Annotated Bibliography Breakdown” (Purdue OWL).
- Read the Declaration of Independence.
- Listen to the Declaration of Independence.
- Read The Declaration of Independence Annotated by Randy Barnett.
- Read “38” by Layli Long Soldier.
- Review “Quotation Handout” by Carrie Hall.
Writing:
Week 7: Research & Research Questions
Texts:
- Review the City Tech Library’s Guide to Developing a Research Question.
- Review “What Is Research?” by Carrie Hall.
- Review “Reflective Annotated Bibliography” Power Point by Laura Westengard
Writing:
Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 8: Drafting Annotations
Texts:
None for this week!
Writing:
Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 9: Ending Unit 2 & Starting Unit 3
Unit 2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography due
Texts:
- Read Twitter Thread on Selena Netflix Movie, Maria Elena Garcia.
- Read Twitter Thread on Women and the Pandemic, Katie Porter.
Writing:
Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 10: Considering Different Genres
Texts:
- Read & listen to “Louise Erdrich On Her Personal Connection To Native Peoples’ ‘Fight For Survival’” (NPR interview).
- Read & watch “Native American elder Nathan Phillips, in his own words” (CNN interview clip) by Sara Sidner.
Writing:
Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 11: Drafting Unit 3
Texts:
- Students review their individual mentor texts, which you will choose as part of our Unit 3 preparatory work.
Writing:
Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 12: Drafting Unit 3 (cont’d) & Peer Review
Texts:
None for this week!
Writing:
Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 13: Reflections & Revisions & Portfolios
Unit 3: Writing in a New Genre due
Texts:
None for this week!
Writing:
Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 14: Revisions
Texts:
- Read “The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts” by Donald M. Murray
Writing:
Specific instructions will be announced in class and/or our class site.
Week 15: Conclusion
- Final Reflection and Portfolio due (including revised work)
