Schedule

 Note: All readings and assignments are due on the date listed. For example, you are to read the article assigned for August 31 by that date! (Additional readings may be added)

 

Week 1

8/25 – Course expectations; syllabus, introductions, etc. What do you know about writing?
Reading and understanding Rhetorical Terms; Introduce Writing Assignment 1: A Source Based Essay

 

Week 2

9/1 –    Read: “Mother Tongue,” Amy Tan, and “How Woke Became an Insult,” NYT
Brainstorming a Topic for the Semester; Applying Rhetorical Terms
Introduction to CUNY Academic Databases

 

9/10 – Due: Reflection 1 – What I Know About Writing Now

 

Note: No Classes until 9/22

I will be happy to meet with students during office hours or by appointment

 

Week 3

9/22 – Read: “The Rhetorical Situation” (Blackboard); MLA Citation Workshop
Source-Based Rhetorical Analysis FIRST DRAFT Due; Peer Review

 

Week 4

9/29 –

No class this week; instead, I’ll be scheduling time during the week for one-on-one conferences for about 20 minutes each. I will send out an email regarding the schedule.

 

Week 5

10/6 – Source-Based Rhetorical Analysis FINAL DRAFT Due
Read: “What is the Gender Pay Gap and is it Real?” (Also on Blackboard); Introduction to Assignment 2: An Inquiry-Based Research Essay; Furthering your topic

 

Week 6

10/13 – Due: Reflection 2 – What I’ve Learned About Writing; Read “Developing Research
Questions”; Discussion of Genre and Design

 

Week 7

10/20 – Due: Research Proposal; Turning Research Proposal into Research Essay; How to get more details in writing

 

Week 8

10/27 – Read: “Nobody Mean More,” June Jordan; Identifying audience with language and vernacular; Research sources and credibility

 

Week 9

11/3 –  Covering your thesis; Genre and Audience and Language; Translingual Attitudes on Writing

 

Week 10

11/10 – Due: Inquiry-Based Research Essay FIRST DRAFT; Know Your Audience; Peer Review

 

Week 11

11/17 – No class this week; instead, I’ll be scheduling time during the week for one-on-one conferences for about 20 minutes each. I will sent out an email regarding the schedule.

 

Week 12

11/24 –  Due: Inquiry-Based Research Essay FINAL DRAFT;

Introduce Essay 3: Alternative Audience Composition; Genres of Communication; Potential Genres and Audience Strategy Group Peer Reviews

 

Week 13

12/1 –    Due: Reflection 3 – What I Learned About Research; Genre rationales and Elevator pitches; Introduce Final: A Theory of Writing; Portfolio exercise

 

Week 14

12/8 –  Due: Alternative Audience Composition; Class Discussion on Theory of Writing / Presentations

 

Finals Week

12/17 – Theory of Writing and Digital Portfolio Due