Schedule
Day 1 » Thursday, Aug 27
Agenda:
- Begin with introductions to each other and the course
- Get started with Blogs@Baruch, Discord, and Hypothesis
- Annotate syllabus together with Hypothesis
- Conclude with in-class reflection on writing priorities and growth mindset
Homework:
- Read all from S1 of Join the Conversation (pp. 1-12)
- Watch “The Psychology of Your Future Self,” Dan Gilbert
- Join Hypothesis group and Blogs@Baruch site
- Read the syllabus in its entirety
- Due: respond to Future Memory prompt and publish your work to our course blog under the category “Futures Thinking“
Week 2
Day 2 » Tuesday, Sept 1
Agenda:
- Discuss readings
- Comment on blog posts
- Engage in self-reflective writing
Homework:
- Read from S2 of JTC (pp. 13-23)
- Listen to one of the two commencement speeches: “Be Your Own Story,” Toni Morrison; “This is Water,” David Foster Wallace
- Due: post Hypothesis annotations to Atwood and Markham readings in response to in-text reading prompts
Day 3 » Thursday, Sept 3
Agenda
- Discuss readings
- Engage in self-reflective writing
- Respond to annotations
- Introduce Literacy Narrative project
Homework:
- Read from S3 of JTC (pp. 47-69)
- Read “The New Literacy Studies” James Paul Gee
- Read “Time Capsule Found on the Dead Planet,” Margaret Atwood
- Due: post Hypothesis annotations to Gee and Atwood readings
Week 3
Day 4 » Tuesday, Sept 8
Agenda:
- Discuss readings
- Respond to literacy narrative prompt
- Sign up for conferences with Zach to discuss your literacy narrative
Homework:
- Read from S2 of JTC (pp. 27-34)
- Read “We,” Jorie Graham
- Due: post Hypothesis annotations to poem
- Due: email your completed literacy narrative brainstorm to zachary.muhlbauer@baruch.cuny.edu (worksheet posted in Discord)
Day 5 » Thursday, Sept 10
Agenda:
- Discuss readings from JTC
- Share annotations on Graham poem
- Touch base on literacy narratives
Homework:
- Read from S2 of JTC (pp. 80-89)
- Participate in Zach’s office hours at least once
- Due: upload a rough draft of your literacy narrative to OneDrive folder
Week 4
Day 6 » Tuesday, Sept 15
Agenda:
- Conduct written and oral peer review members of your group
Homework:
- Finish peer-review activities from class
- Read from S2 of JTC (pp. 34-46)
- Read “Revising Attitudes,” Brock Dethier
- Revise and submit your paper (due in one week)
Day 7 » Thursday, Sept 17
Agenda:
- Discuss readings
- Conduct second round of written and oral peer review
- Engage in studio time for writing and revision process
- Participate in optional one-on-one conferences with Zach
Homework:
- DUE: Literacy Narrative project due by class time, Tuesday, Sept 22, uploaded to your OneDrive folder, with your writer’s letter published to our course blog
Week 5
Day 8 » Tuesday, Sept 22
Agenda:
- Discuss theory and method of rhetorical analysis
- Participate in close-reading exercises
- Introduce Rhetorical Analysis project
Homework:
- Read from S4 of JTC (pp. 93-101)
- Read “The Rhetorical Situation,” Lloyd F. Blitzer
Day 9 » Thursday, Sept 24
Agenda:
- Discuss readings/speeches
- Break into writing groups to answer questions in response to Bitzer reading
- Annotate either DFW or Morrison commencement speech (see here for links: This is Water + Be Your Own Story); compose exit ticket
Homework:
- Read from S4 of JTC (pp. 101-120)
- Find and be ready to share a rhetorical artifact of your choosing with the class (e.g. news article, short story, photograph, advertisement, Instagram post, graffiti)
- Post Hypothesis annotations to your rhetorical artifact, using our readings for the week as a guide
Week 6
Tuesday, Sept 29
- Tuesday classes follow a Monday schedule in honor of the Yom Kippur holiday
Day 10 » Thursday, Oct 1
Agenda
- Discuss readings
- Present on self-chosen rhetorical artifacts
- Reply to pre-class annotations posted by two different peers
- Write in response to any three questions from JTC chapter and post in #exit-tickets
Homework:
- Read “Vantage,” Natasha Tretheway
- Read “What Seems Like Joy,” Kaveh Akbar
Week 7
Day 11 » Tuesday, Oct 6
- Due: post Hypothesis annotations to any one rhetorical artifact from the bulleted links; synthesize the finer points of your annotations into a more sustained close-reading analysis and publish your work to our course blog
- Begin planning/drafting your rhetorical analysis piece
Day 12 » Thursday, Oct 8
Agenda:
- Share rhetorical artifacts and discuss blog posts
- Brainstorm activity for rhetorical analysis paper
Homework:
- Write your rhetorical analysis paper
Week 8
Day 13 » Tuesday, Oct 13
Agenda:
- Conduct written and oral peer review with group members
- Conduct reverse outline of your rhetorical analysis
Homework:
- Read and annotate sample student analysis papers, linked in #announcements
- Finish peer-review activities from class
- Revise your paper, due in one week
Day 14 » Thursday, Oct 15
Agenda
- Conduct second round of written and oral peer review
- Engage in studio time to revise and redraft rhetorical analysis
- Participate in one-on-one conferences with Zach as needed
Homework:
- DUE: Revised draft of the Rhetorical Analysis paper uploaded to your OneDrive folder, with your writer’s letter published to our course blog, at any point during the floating deadline window (Oct 19 – Oct 25)
Week 9
Day 15 » Tuesday, Oct 20
Agenda:
- Introduce Researched Argument project
Homework:
- Read from S5 of JTC (pp. 145-149)
Day 16 » Thursday, Oct 22
Agenda
- Discuss background in research and writing practices
- Discuss readings
- Troubleshoot plans for research unit
- Engage in free-write on research questions/goals
Homework
- Read from S5 of JTC (pp. 189-195)
- Complete Stasis Theory Worksheet; publish the third page to our course blog (submit under “Research Methods” category)
Week 10
Day 17 » Tuesday, Oct 27
Agenda:
- Comment and debrief on writer’s letters
- Discuss readings
- Annotate and discuss response to stasis theory worksheet
Homework:
- Read from S5 of JTC (pp. 150-166)
- Post Hypothesis annotations to writing sample, in which you share one link to a relevant source and justify your rationale for doing so
- Optional reading via Purdue OWL: Developing Strong Thesis Statements
Day 18 » Thursday, Oct 29
Agenda:
- Discuss readings
- Respond to annotations
- Discuss stasis theory entries
- Overview search queries, research databases, and Wikipedia resources
Homework:
- Read from S5 of JTC (167-188)
- Respond to Hypothesis annotations posted on lines of research drawn from my writing sample
Week 11
Day 19 » Tuesday, Nov 3
Agenda:
- Discuss plagiarism and academic integrity
- Discuss annotations posted to lines of inquiry from writing sample
- Introduce RefAnnBib assignment; explore student samples of RefAnnBib assignment
Homework:
- Read from S5 of JTC (pp. 195-209)
- Due: Publish your first RefAnnBib entry to our course blog under the “research” category — include your bibliographic entry, author and source info, précis, and reflection
Day 20 » Thursday, Nov 5
Agenda:
- Discuss readings
- Comment on blog posts
Homework:
- Due: Publish your second RefAnnBib entry to our course blog under the “research” category — include your bibliographic entry, author and source info, précis, and reflection
- Suggested reading via Purdue OWL: Organizing Your Argument
Day 21 » Tuesday, Nov 10
Agenda:
- Discuss readings
- Comment on blog posts
- Conduct peer-driven research collab
Homework:
- Read sample student research pieces, linked in #announcements
- Work on your RefAnnBib
Day 22 » Thursday, Nov 12
Asynchronous Class – Agenda:
- Write reflection on research process
- Respond to comments on your two RefAnnBib entries
Homework:
- DUE: RefAnnBib by class time on Tuesday, Nov 17, uploaded to your OneDrive folder as “RefAnnBib.docx”
Week 13
Day 23 » Tuesday, Nov 17
Agenda
- Debrief on RefAnnBib submissions
- Write reflection on your RefAnnBib big picture
- Blueprint plans for researched argument
Homework
- Write toward the first draft of your research paper; prepare 150-200 words of the introductory paragraph to your research paper
- Suggested reading via Purdue OWL: “On Paragraphs“
Day 24 » Thursday, Nov 19
Agenda
- Practice writing for paragraph coherence and sentence-level craft
- Discuss writing tips on paragraph structure, coherence, and topic sentences
- Peer review introductory paragraph(s) with your writing group
Homework
- Write toward the first draft of your research paper; prepare between 250-300 words of body paragraph content for your writing group (~two paragraphs)
- Post two Hypothesis annotations to this guide on how to craft well-organized paragraphs: highlight an excerpt from the link and explain how its ideas helped you to draft a specific body paragraph in the first draft of your research paper.
Week 14
Day 25 » Tuesday, Nov 24
Agenda
- Peer review body paragraph(s) with your writing group
- Discuss the relationship of your Hypothesis annotations to your body paragraph(s)
Homework
- Due: upload rough draft of your Researched Argument project to your OneDrive folder by class time on Tuesday, Dec 1
Thursday » Nov 26
- No classes in honor of Thanksgiving
Week 15
Day 26 » Tuesday, Dec 1
Agenda:
- Conduct oral and written peer review of your first draft
Homework:
- Optionally due: upload re-revised Rhetorical Analysis and/or Literacy Narrative to your OneDrive folder by Tuesday, Dec 15, enclosed with a writer’s letter as the first page of the document
- Redraft and revise your researched argument
Day 27 » Thursday, Dec 3
Agenda:
- Redraft and revise your researched argument in class
Homework:
- Optionally due: upload re-revised Rhetorical Analysis and/or Literacy Narrative to your OneDrive folder by Tuesday, Dec 15, enclosed with a writer’s letter as the first page of the document
Week 16
Day 28 » Tuesday, Dec 8 (Last Day of Class)
Agenda:
- Conduct final project screenings
- Reflect backward; reflect forward
- DUE: Researched Argument uploaded to your OneDrive folder, with your accompanying writer’s letter published to our course blog, by 11:59pm onThursday, Dec 10
Homework:
- Optionally due: upload re-revised Rhetorical Analysis and/or Literacy Narrative to your OneDrive folder by Tuesday, Dec 15, enclosed with a writer’s letter as the first page of the document