Week 1 Date Class Agenda Homework (Due Next Class) Sept. 6 Introductions to the course, syllabus, calendar, expectations, materials, and to each What does literacy mean to you? Read & annotate chapter 1 from Everything’s a Text. Write two paragraphs reflecting on the ideas that circulate in this first chapter, and prepare to join a class conversation, contributing some new thoughts about literacies; build into your response some examples and analysis of multiple literacies from your own experiences. Sept. 7 We’ll define literacy and reflect upon our own literacy experiences in light of chapter one of Melzer. Together we will read “Re: Your Recent to your Professor” and talk email as a particular writing situation. Write me an email tonight introducing yourself and telling me something I should know about you. *Summer Reading Assignment due Mon. 9/19 Sept. 8 Continue working through Melzer, exploring key concepts introduced in the chapter: (purpose, audience, persona, medium, genre, and context). Read “Footstools and Furniture” annotating the piece noting key points. Who is the audience? What is the purpose of the piece? Sept. 9 Unpack “Footstools and Furniture.” Do a Passage-based Focused Free write on “Footstools and Furniture.” Discuss your own experience as a writer. When have you made “footstools” and what will it take for you to make “furniture?” Read “Coming to Terms” by Joe Harris. Annotate the piece noting places that will help you become a more active reader. Response Journal 1 due 9/13: Write a definition of what Harris means by a writer’s “project.” How is describing a writer’s project similar to/different from writing a summary? Identify what his “project” is. What have you come to understand about the relationship between the reader and a written piece? Week 2 Date: Class Agenda Homework Sept. 12 Discuss key points from “Coming to Terms” as it relates to the course; unpack “flashpoints.” Re-read/revisit Harris. Continue working on Response Journal due Tues. 9/13. Sept. 13 Continue working through “Coming to Terms” -Chart Work Read and annotate p.16-25 in Writing Analytically (WA) about the Five Analytical Moves
Dec. 13 Notice and Focus on the homework reading. Heuristic: Using Sources Effectively; Heuristic – Back to the Virtual Library! Review of MLA citation format – Purdue Owl. Review of academic integrity policy. Continue writing your draft. Dec. 14 Share out of homework reading. We’ll establish a schedule for our individual conferences, and I’ll distribute the Unit 3 reflection prompt. You will have time in class to continue writing your draft. Continue writing your Bring one printed copy of your draft to class tomorrow. Dec. 15 We’ll be conducting a small group peer review session, focusing on the essays’ rhetorical features. We’ll also work on developing introductions that matter. *Response Journal revising your essay based on the feedback you received in peer review today. Be prepared for individual conferences to begin next week. Dec. 16 Peer Review Workshop continued… See HW Week 6 Date: Class Agenda Homework (Due Next Class) Dec. 19 Read sample/model documented argument essays, identifying useful features, particularly in documentation that can be applied to our own essays. Continue revising your essay. Dec. 20 Individual Conferences TBA
Jan. 5 your reflection. See assignment directions. Make sure you cover each prompt topic and explain your process fully. Continue writing and revising your reflection. Jan. 6 Form a group and read each other’s reflections in a round robin format. Give thoughtful and thorough feedback. Finish reflection. Compile your drafts, finished essay, and reflection and place in report cover. Bring all polished Unit 3 assignment work to class Monday, January 9. Important Dates Argument Essay 1st Draft DUE: December 8, 2017 Argument Essay 2nd Draft DUE: January 3, 2017 Argument Essay Final Paper DUE: January 9, 2017 Week 8 Date: Class Agenda Homework (Due Next Class) Jan. 9 Unit 3 Argument Essay DUE. Reflection: discuss research hurdles and discoveries; revisit concepts from the Freire essay, “The Banking Concept of Education,” as an exercise in metacognition. Revisit the Paulo Friere essay on education. Write a Response journal reflecting on your experiences as a learner in the Argument unit as well as the previous connected units. What new habits of mind and/or approaches to inquiry have you engendered since you last read the Friere piece? Jan. 10 Introduce Culminating Portfolio; Q & As Work on Portfolio: Select and revise pieces for portfolio; compose reflexive essay for each component of portfolio. Jan. 11 Work on Portfolios Collect materials for portfolio and bring to class. Jan. 12 Work on Portfolios Continuing working on your Portfolio. Jan. 13 Work on Portfolios Continuing working on your Portfolio. FINAL PORTFOLIO Week Nineteen