Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Date
Thursday, January
21
Due in Class
N/A
In-class activities
and topics
Monday, January
25
Autobiography of
you as a writer due
to me by midnight
on Th 01.21,
emailed to
dadasc@mail.montc
lair.edu
Read On Reading
and Thinking
Critically, and
respond to these
prompts on Canvas
(discussion): What
does being a critical
reader mean to you?
Introductions to
the course and
each other
Write a short
autobiographical
piece that
presents a
chapter in your
history as a
writer. Describe
what you now
view as an
especially
formative
experience in
how you came to
be the writer you
are today.
Walk-through of
Canvas
Discuss readings
and responses
Discussion Lead
Sign up [in pairs;
hard copy will
circulate in
class].
Reviewing the
drafting process
Thursday, January
28
Monday, February
1
Read Richard
Straubs
Responding to
Other Students
Writing
Submit draft one of
language and
identity essay in
appropriate Canvas
folder
Bring copy of draft
to class
Watch student
Norman
Braddocks
Remix video
project on Tans
Mother Tongue
Introduce
language and
identity essay
(E1)
Begin
brainstorming/dr
afting for draft 1
Generating
central claims
(Behlman)
Utilizing a variety
of support (Reid)
Thursday,
February 4
Monday, February
8
Work on middle
draft of essay
Read James
Baldwins A Letter
to My Nephew and
Ta-Nehisi Coatess
Letter to My Son
and respond to the
following on Canvas:
(1) What are the
main arguments or
claims that Coates
and Baldwin are
making? (2)
Distinguish between
their approaches:
what is different in
how they go about
making their
arguments? (3)
Which piece
resonates with you
the most, for
whatever reason?
When to use
active voice and
passive voice
(Harris)
Middle drafts of E1
due in Canvas by
Mondays class
Bring middle drafts
to class
Characteristics of
effective peer
review (Isaacs)
Peer review of
drafts
Introductions
(Moss)
Thursday,
February 11
Editing: common
errors (Isaacs)
Writers letter
Monday, February
15
Final draft of
language and
identity essay due in
Canvas by class
time
Video: Malcolm X
and James
Baldwin
Thursday,
February 18
Writing for
change via
Twitter
Assign essay
two: social media
and writing
Monday, February
22
Thursday,
February 25
Brainstorm topics
for essay
Sharing social
media artifacts
Suggestions for
using quotations
(Maloy)
Social media
research time for
DeRay McKesson;
watch Black Twitter
After Ferguson,
Brent McDonald and
John Woo
Submit early draft of
essay 2 (E2) to
Canvas; bring to
class
essay
Monday, February
29
Generating a
revision plan
(Harris)
Thursday, March 3
Watch Word
Warriors by Aja
Monet; read Small
Change by Malcolm
Gladwell and
respond to the
following on Canvas:
(1) How might
Monet respond to
Gladwells critique
of social media
activism? (2) How
might you
incorporate
Gladwells critique
into your own
argument for your
essay?
Thinking with
and against other
writers (Keohane)
Monday, March 7
Spring break
Monday, March 14
Peer review of
final draft for E2
Thursday, March
17
Assign essay
three, the
multiple
perspectives
paper
Generating
research
questions
Annotated
bibliography
format
Monday, March 20
Bring in your
research questions
and a copy of your
annotated
bibliography
Working with
sources
Thursday, March
24
Watch Anonymous
Declares War on
Islamic Extremists
Submit an early
draft of your
multiple
perspectives paper
to Canvas; bring to
class
Summarizing and
quoting (Isaacs)
How to plagiarize
(Harris)
Monday, March 28
One-on-one
conferences
Thursday, March
31
No class or
conferences
Monday, April 4
One-on-one
conferences
Thursday, April 7
No class
virtual peer
review
Monday, April 11
Generating a
revision plan
Says/does
activity
Thursday, April 14
Conclusion
workshop (Moss)
Monday, April 18
Lanham
concision activity
Thursday, April 21
Final draft of
multiple
perspectives essay
due to Canvas by
class time
Choosing one
perspective from
your essay and
brainstorming
other
media/modalities
for it
Monday, April 25
Assign remix
portion of final
portfolio
Begin sketching
out a map of
what your project
will look like
Bring in a rough
draft of your essay
remix
Thursday, April 28
Monday, May 2
Assign remainder
of portfolio
requirements
Work period on
your remix
Peer review of
your essay remix
Final
Portfolio/Exam
Due electronically
or in person to
Prof. Dadas
between 11:00
and 3:00pm on
Monday, May 9th