Schedule

Note: All readings and assignments are due on the date listed. For example, you are to read the essay assigned for Sept. 1 by that date! (Additional readings may be added)

 

Week 1

8/31 – Course expectations; syllabus, introductions, etc. What do you know about writing?

Reading and understanding Rhetorical Terms; Introduce Writing Assignment 1: Source-Based Rhetorical Analysis

 

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 Class 9/7

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

 

Week 3

9/14 – Read: “The Rhetorical Situation” (Blackboard); MLA Citation Workshop

Source-Based Rhetorical Analysis FIRST DRAFT Due; Peer Review

 

Week 4

9/21 –

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

9/28 – 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

10/5 –   Due: Reflection 2 – What I’ve Learned About Writing; Read “Developing Research Questions”; Discussion of Genre and Design

 

Week 7

10/12 – Due: Research Proposal; Turning Research Proposal into Research Essay; How to get more details in writing

 

Week 8

10/19 – Read: “Nobody Mean More,” June Jordan; Identifying audience with language and vernacular; Research sources and credibility

 

Week 9

10/26 – Covering your thesis; Genre and Audience and Language; Translingual Attitudes on Writing

 

Week 10

11/2 –   Due: Inquiry-Based Research Essay FIRST DRAFT; Know Your Audience; Peer Review

 

Week 11

11/9 – 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

11/16 –  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

11/23 –  Due: Reflection 3 – What I Learned About Research; Genre rationales and Elevator pitches; Introduce Final: A Theory of Writing; Portfolio exercise

 

Week 14

11/30 –   Writing reflections; Writing like a professional

                    Introduce Final: A Theory of Writing

 

Week 15

12/7 –  Due: Alternative Audience Composition; Class Discussion on Theory of Writing / Presentations

 

Finals Week

12/17 – Theory of Writing and Digital Portfolio Due