COURSE SYLLABUS
City.Tech.What.Is.Writing.Syllabus.Fall.2014
ASSESSMENT RUBRICS
Blog Grading Rubric
Essay Performance Rubric
Reading and Writing Assignment Grading Rubric
Literacy Narrative Essay Response Sheet
DETAILED COURSE SCHEDULE
SEE BELOW (PLEASE NOTE: SCHEDULE MAY BE REVISED!)
| PROFESSOR RODGERS FALL 2014 COLLEGE WRITING COURSE | |||
| WEEK | DATE | RWA DUE | WHAT CLASS IS ABOUT |
| Week 1 | Tuesday, Sept. 2 | in-class discussion | |
| Thursday, Sept. 4 | |||
| Week 2 | Tuesday, Sept. 9 | RWA1 DUE | understanding rhetoric |
| Thursday, Sept. 11 | |||
| Week 3 | Tuesday, Sept. 16 | RWA2 DUE | elements of writing / writing as a process |
| Thursday, Sept. 18 | |||
| no class | Tuesday, Sept. 23 | ||
| no class | Thursday, Sept. 25 | ||
| Week 4 | Tuesday, Sept. 30 | RWA 3 DUE | revision |
| Thursday, Oct. 2 | |||
| Week 5 | Tuesday, Oct. 7 | RWA 4 DUE | intro to thesis based writing |
| Thursday, Oct. 9 | |||
| Week 6 | Tuesday, Oct. 14 | RWA 5 DUE | discuss thesis-based texts |
| Thursday, Oct. 16 | |||
| Week 7 | Tuesday, Oct. 21 | RWA 6 DUE | reading and writing about thesis-based texts/MIDTERM PREP |
| Thursday, Oct. 23 | |||
| Week 8 | Tuesday, Oct. 28 | RWA 7 DUE | midterm exam |
| Thursday, Oct. 30 | |||
| Week 9 | Tuesday, Nov. 4 | RWA 8 DUE | choosing a research topic / understanding reliable sources |
| Thursday, Nov. 6 | |||
| Week 10 | Tuesday, Nov. 11 | LIBRARY VISIT/RWA 9 DUE | LIBRARY VISIT |
| Thursday, Nov. 13 | |||
| Week 11 | Tuesday, Nov. 18 | RWA 10 DUE | actively reading research sources: NOTE TAKING/ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Thursday, Nov. 20 | |||
| Week 12 | Tuesday Nov. 25 | RWA 11 DUE | Discuss and draft Overview of Sources Essay (WE WILL BE DRAFTING IN CLASS TODAY, SO PLEASE BRING RESEARCH MATERIALS WITH YOU!) |
| Thursday, Nov. 27 | Thanksgiving | ||
| Week 13 | Tuesday, December 2 | Revise RWA12 and discuss Final Course Portfolio | |
| Thursday, December 4 | |||
| Week 14 | Tuesday, December 9 | Revised RWA12 DUE/FINAL EXAM PREP/COURSE REVIEW | |
| Thursday, December 11 | |||
| Week 15 | Tuesday, December 16 | FINAL EXAM | FINAL COURSE PORTFOLIO DUE |
| Thursday, December 18 | make-up exam | ||
