Schedule
subject to change
Note: 1. Select a week’s header (title) to collapse or expand its details.
2. Within the details view for each week, select the links to access all assigned readings and videos.
| Date & Type | Readings / Media Due | Agenda & Deadlines |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, August 31 | – MLA Format Sheet (PDF) – Purdue OWL, MLA (site) – Purdue OWL, Email Etiquette (site) | Review Course Site (syllabus, schedule, major projects, & resources) |
| Wednesday, September 2 | – Writing Spaces, “What Is ‘Academic’ Writing?” by L. Lennie Irvin (PDF) – Cherríe Moraga, “Entering The Lives of Others” Pgs 20-22 (PDF) |
| Date & Type | Readings / Media Due | Agenda & Deadlines |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, September 7 | NO CLASS | Labor Day |
| Wednesday, September 9 | ASYNCHRONOUS CLASS – Writing Guide, Literacy Narrative-Building Bridges, Bridging Gaps, Chapter 3.1-3.3 (PDF) – Jamila Lyiscott, “3 Ways to Speak English” (Video) | Writing Due: Describe your narrative in 3–5 sentences. What is the “core” moment, the set-up, and the resolution? Due Friday, September 11 by 5:00 PM via the Course Site (as a post for peer response). |
| Date & Type | Readings / Media Due | Agenda & Deadlines |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, September 14 | – James Baldwin, “If Black English Isn’t a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is?” (PDF) – Essay Writing: Structuring your essay (video) | |
| Wednesday, September 16 | – Audre Lorde, “Poetry is Not a Luxury” (PDF) – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “The Danger of a Single Story” (Video) |
| Date & Type | Readings / Media Due | Agenda & Deadlines |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, September 28 | No readings. | Due: Major Project #1 Draft #1 (Sunday, September 27 by 12 PM) 1:1 Meetings in class to discuss drafts. Peer-reviews during this period. |
| Wednesday, September 30 | No readings. | 1:1 Meetings in class to discuss drafts. Peer-reviews during this period. Due: Major Project #1 is due Sunday, October 4 by 11:59 PM |
| Date & Type | Readings / Media Due | Agenda & Deadlines |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, October 5 | – Lisa Blankenship & Co. – “Tools for Analyzing Texts” (PDF) – Exploring Perspectives, “The Nature of Analysis” (site) – NMOER, “Literary Analysis” chapter (site) | |
| Wednesday, October 7 | – Informed Arguments, Chapters 3.2-3.4 & 3.6 (“What’s Rhetoric?” and “Rhetorical Appeals”) (PDF) |
| Date & Type | Readings / Media Due | Agenda & Deadlines |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, October 12 | NO CLASS | |
| Tuesday, October 13 | ASYNCHRONOUS CLASS – Informed Arguments, Chapter 2.6, “Writing a Thesis Statement” by Kathryn Crowther (PDF) – Oregon Writes, “Constructing the Thesis and Argument from the Ground up” by Amy Guptill (PDF) – “How to Write a Thesis Statement (4 Steps and Examples)” (Video) | Writing Due: Thesis Construction. Draft a working 1–2 sentence thesis for MP2 that asserts a specific claim about the unwritten norms of your chosen community and how they shape your identity, followed by three bullet points of supporting evidence. Due Tuesday, October 13 by 5:00 PM via Course Site post. |
| Wednesday, October 14 | – NMOER, “Rhetorical Analysis” (site) – Analytical Writing (video) – The Elements of Rhetorical Analysis (video) |
| Date & Type | Readings / Media Due | Agenda & Deadlines |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, October 26 | No readings. | 1:1 Meetings in class to discuss drafts. Peer-reviews during this period. |
| Wednesday, October 28 | No readings. | 1:1 Meetings in class to discuss drafts. Peer-reviews during this period. Due: Major Project #2 is due Sunday, November 1 by 11:59 PM |
| Date & Type | Readings / Media Due | Agenda & Deadlines |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, November 2 | – Writing Spaces, James P. Purdy, “Wikipedia Is Good for You!?” (PDF) – NC State University Libraries, “Pre-Research Strategies to Begin Any Assignment” (Video) | |
| Wednesday, November 4 | – Ohio State University, Choosing & Using Sources, Chapter 1: “Research Questions” (PDF) |
| Date & Type | Readings / Media Due | Agenda & Deadlines |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, November 9 | – Purdue OWL, “Annotated Bibliographies” (Site) – Ohio State University, Choosing & Using Sources, Chapter 2: “Types of Sources” — read only sections 1-4 and 7-10 (PDF) | |
| Wednesday, November 11 | – UNLV Libraries, “Research as a Conversation” (Video) – Ohio State University, Choosing & Using Sources, Chapter 6: “Evaluating Sources” (PDF) |
| Date & Type | Readings / Media Due | Agenda & Deadlines |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, November 16 | – Daniel Libertz, “Writing in Other Voices” (PDF) – Oregon Writes, Steven D. Krause, “Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Avoiding Plagiarism”(PDF) | |
| Wednesday, November 18 | – Writing Spaces, Cynthia R. Haller, “Walk, Talk, Cook, Eat: A Guide to Using Sources” (PDF) |
| Date & Type | Readings / Media Due | Agenda & Deadlines |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, November 30 | No readings. | Review MP1 and MP2’s feedback to identify the most common structural or grammatical errors. Review them and note them down, as a checklist, for MP3. Bring the list to class. |
| Wednesday, December 2 | No readings. | At home, highlight every quote in your MP3 draft. If a paragraph ends on a quote, make sure it connects to your thesis and supports your argument, and write a sentence explaining how. Bring this to class. |
| Date & Type | Readings / Media Due | Agenda & Deadlines |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, December 7 | No readings. | Due: Major Project #3 Draft #2 (Sunday, December 6 by 5 PM) 1:1 Meetings in class to discuss draft. Peer-reviews during this period. |
| Wednesday, December 9 | No readings. | 1:1 Meetings in class to discuss draft. Peer-reviews during this period. |
| Date & Type | Readings / Media Due | Agenda & Deadlines |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, December 14 | NO CLASS | Work on MP3. |
| Wednesday, December 16 | NO CLASS | Work on MP3. Due: Major Project #3 is due Friday, December 18 by 11:59 PM. |
