All assignments are DUE by the start of class on the date listed. This is a tentative schedule, which may be revised according to the needs of the class.
Introductions
Monday, 1/31
- Syllabus and Introductions
Wednesday, 2/2
- Sign up for our OpenLab site: if you encounter problems, please email me at lwestengard@citytech.cuny.edu
- Review the course site: be sure to read the introduction to the course, look over the syllabus, and open and review all course tabs/sections.
- Print, read, and bring to class: Mike Bunn, “How to Read like a Writer,” pages 71-74.
Unit 1 — Education Narrative
Monday, 2/7
- Print, read, and bring to class: Mike Bunn, “How to Read like a Writer,” pages 75-85.
Wednesday, 2/9
- Print, read, annotate, and bring to class:
- Frederick Douglass, “Chapter 7” from the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- Malcolm X, “Learning to Read”
Monday, 2/14
- Print, read, annotate, and bring to class:
- Plato, The Republic, Book VII, “Allegory of the Cave”
Wednesday, 2/16
- Read Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” again. Be on the lookout for moments where Plato emphasizes the physical and concrete details that the prisoners experience; for example, pay attention to anything they see, hear, and physically feel (along with what causes it). Find three of these details and think about what they might symbolize.
Monday, 2/21
No Class
Wednesday, 2/23
- Print, read, annotate, and bring to class:
- Audre Lorde, “The Fourth of July”
Monday, 2/28
- Print, read, annotate, and bring to class:
- Anne Lamott, “Shitty First Drafts”
Wednesday, 3/2
Peer Review Workshop!
- Print and bring in a complete rough draft of your Unit 1 essay
Monday, 3/7
- Read the following websites and take notes:
- Purdue OWL, “Writing Transitions”
- Carrie Hall, “What’s a Paragraph?”
- Bring your annotated rough draft to class
Unit 2 — Reflective Annotated Bibliography Project
Wednesday, 3/9
SUBMIT Unit 1 (Education Narrative)
- Print, read, annotate, and bring to class:
- James Baldwin, “A Talk to Teachers”
Monday, 3/14
Library Day! Instructions will be posted.
- Read the following websites and take notes:
- Carrie Hall, “Quotation Handout”
- Carrie Hall, “What Is Research?”
Wednesday, 3/16
- Print, read, annotate, and bring to class:
- Read The Declaration of Independence
- Randy Barnett, article in The Declaration of Independence Annotated
Monday, 3/21
- Print, read, annotate, and bring to class:
Wednesday, 3/23
- Find, read, annotate, and bring to class at least 2 sources for your annotated bibliography
Monday, 3/28
- Find, read, annotate, and bring to class at least 2 more sources for your annotated bibliography
Wednesday, 3/30
Peer Review Workshop!
- Print and bring a complete draft of your reflective annotated bibliography
Unit 3 — Writing in a New Genre
Monday, 4/4
SUBMIT Unit 2: Reflective Annotated Bibliography Project
- Read and take notes on:
- Katie Porter, Twitter Thread on Women and the Pandemic
Wednesday, 4/6
- Print, read, annotate, listen, and bring to class:
Monday, 4/11
- Print, read, annotate, and bring to class:
- Frank Bruni, “The End of College as We Knew It”
Wednesday, 4/13
- Choose the genre you will use for Unit 3 and find an example. Print, read, annotate, and bring it to class.
Spring Recess 4/15-4/22
Monday, 4/25
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and our class site.
Wednesday, 4/27
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and our class site.
Monday, 5/2
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and our class site.
Wednesday, 5/4
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and our class site.
Final Reflection and Portfolio
Monday, 5/9
SUBMIT UNIT 3: Writing in a New Genre Assignment
- Read through all your work so far this semester and the comments you received.
- Print, read, annotate, and bring to class:
- Donald M. Murray, “The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts”
Wednesday, 5/11
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and our class site.
Monday, 5/16
- Specific instructions will be announced in class and our class site.
Finals Week
Wednesday, 5/18
SUBMIT Final Reflection and Portfolio Assignment
Monday, 5/23
- Conclusions
