Welcome to the website for Professor Libertz’s Writing 1 (ENG 2100) class! This website mostly houses the schedule along with links to some resources you might find usefu. Each date on the schedule contains: work due that day, topics for that lesson, and a link to the lesson plan (see below “Lesson Plans”).

Lesson Plans

To view the lesson plan for the day (and to access possible activities/links/etc. for that day’s lesson), click the date in the schedule to navigate to the lesson plan webpage (e.g., click “Thursday, August 25”). Lesson plans will be live by a few minutes before the beginning of class–though they may sometimes be live a few hours or a day earlier. Lesson plans are useful so you can follow along what is happening that day.

Week 1

Thursday, August 25

Reading/Writing/Other Due:

Read the syllabus and write down any questions for class.
Read the first draft of the Grading Contract and write down any questions for class.

Topic(s): syllabus, grading contract, CITI training setup, Labor Log and Worker’s Journal setup, Perusall setup with textbook

Week 2

Tuesday, August 30

Reading/Writing/Other Due:

Re-read Grading Contract draft
Submit Grading Contract Feedback / Learning Needs Survey (click the hyperlink here)
Read Annotation Strategies Guidelines Handout (on Blackboard and on Perusall)
Read “Immigrant Can’t Write Poetry” by Wang Ping (on Perusall–readings always here)
Post at least two annotations on “Immigrant Can’t Write Poetry” (on Perusall–annotation assignments always here)
Set up and keep up with updating your Labor Log (see instructions on Blackboard and Google Sheet that was shared with you–always on Google Sheet)

Topic(s): Annotating reading, language supremacy, language and relationship to knowledge, finalizing Grading Contract

Thursday, September 1

Reading/Writing/Other:

Read “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” by Gloria Anzaldúa
Post at least five annotations
Have your Thursday to Wednesday Labor Log completed
Write your weekly Worker’s Journal (always on Blackboard)

Topic(s): language supremacy, language and knowledge, Information Literacy Narrative, CITI Training

Week 3

Tuesday, September 6

Reading/Writing/Other:

Read “Defining My Identity Through Language: What I Learned about Literacy Narratives” by Kim Liao
Post at least five annotations
Complete CITI Training; Upload CITI Training Certificate and submit it to Blackboard in Major Assignments as the PDF version of the certificate to get credit.
Keep up with your Labor Log

Topic(s): literacy, Information Literacy Narrative, writing as a process

Thursday, September 8

Reading/Writing/Other:

Read “Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott
Post at least three annotations
Have your Thursday to Wednesday Labor Log completed
Write your weekly Worker’s Journal
GET STARTED WITH INFORMATION LITERACY NARRATIVE ASSIGNMENT–NEED SOME VERSION OF A DRAFT FOR SEPTEMBER 13

Topic(s): writing as a process, writing as a practice and writing sessions, work on a shitty first draft in class together, finding and evaluating information, using evidence from personal experience in writing

Week 4

Tuesday, September 13

Reading/Writing/Other:

Bring a “shitty first draft” of your Information Literacy Narrative to class printed out. Also submit it to Blackboard. LET ME KNOW BY EMAIL IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH CLASSMATES READING WHAT YOU’VE WROTE BECAUSE IT IS TOO PERSONAL

Topic(s): revision, finding and evaluating information, moving as fast as your readers in writing

Thursday, September 15 – ASYNCHRONOUS DAY

Reading/ Writing/Other:

Read “The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts” by Donald Murray
Post at least three annotations
Have your Thursday to Wednesday Labor Log completed
Write your weekly Worker’s Journal

Topic(s): peer response, time management, information vs. data

Week 5

Tuesday, September 20

Reading/Writing/Other:

Write a full draft of your Information Literacy Narrative + Cover Letter
Please also fill out this brief (about 5 minutes) survey: https://forms.gle/Big69M5u88mYwffA6

Topic(s): peer response, reflection

Thursday, September 22

Reading/Writing/Other:

Write Assessment Letter to partner for their Information Literacy Narrative
Read “What is Rhetoric?” by Seth Graves, Lucas Corcoran, and Lisa Blankenship
Read only pages 108-110 of “Tools for Analyzing Texts” by Lisa Blankenship, Seth Graves, and Kate Eickmeyer
Post at least four annotations on “What is Rhetoric?”
Post at least one annotation on “Tools for Analyzing Texts”, pages 108-110.
Have your Thursday-Wednesday Labor Log completed
No Worker’s Journal this week

Topic(s): revision of Information Literacy Narrative, rhetoric, analysis vs. summary

Week 6

Tuesday, September 27 (no class)

Thursday, September 29 (no class)

Week 7

Tuesday, October 4 (no class)

Thursday, October 6

Reading/Writing/Other:

Schedule time to meet with Prof. Libertz on October 18, 19, 20, or 21
Fill out this survey about Learning Community events and dietary restrictions
Read “Rhetorically Defining ‘Information’ For Designers and Technical Communicators: Transport, Institutional Shift, and Usability” by Patrick Love
Post at least five annotations
Have Labor Log updated since last update submitted on September 22
No Working Writer’s Journal this week

Topic(s): Reading difficult material, re-reading, defining information, research project

Week 8

Tuesday, October 11

Reading/Writing/Other:

Schedule time to meet with Prof. Libertz on October 18, 19, 20, or 21
Fill out this survey about Learning Community events and dietary restrictions
Re-read “Rhetorically Defining ‘Information’ For Designers and Technical Communicators: Transport, Institutional Shift, and Usability” by Patrick Love. Make sure you look over your previous annotations and the Google Doc from discussion in class on October 6 to consider “hmm, do my previous impressions match up with what I am currently seeing in the reading? If no, why not? What is different?”…And make note of parts of the Love reading that challenge your previous impressions–that is gonna be the good stuff to sink your teeth into!
Post at least one new annotation
Write your revised Information Literacy Narrative + Cover Letter

Topic(s): reading difficult writing, drafting, research project

Thursday, October 13

Reading/Writing/Other:

Schedule time to meet with Prof. Libertz on October 18, 19, 20, or 21
Fill out this survey about Learning Community events and dietary restrictions
Read “Effectively and Efficiently Reading the Credibility of Online Sources” by Ellen Carillo and Alice Horning
Post at least five annotations
Have your Thursday-Wednesday Labor Log completed
Write your weekly Worker’s Journal

Topic(s): evaluating sources, lateral vs. vertical reading, rhetorical analysis, research project

Week 9

Tuesday, October 18

Reading/Writing/Other:

Read “Pants on Fire! On the Rhetoric of Fact-Checking in U.S. Political Culture” by Dana Cloud CONTENT WARNING: abortion
Post at least five annotations
Schedule time to meet with Prof. Libertz on October 18, 19, 20, or 21

Topic(s): frame checking vs. fact checking, rhetoric and information/misinformation/disinformation, rhetorical analysis, research project

Thursday, October 20 (NO CLASS, 1-ON-1 CONFERENCES INSTEAD)

Reading/Writing/Other:

Re-read “Pants on Fire! On the Rhetoric of Fact-Checking in U.S. Political Culture” by Dana Cloud
Post at least one new annotation
Have your Thursday-Wednesday Labor Log completed
Write your weekly Worker’s Journal by end of day on Saturday, October 22 (since it is related to our conference meetings and some of you don’t meet with me until Friday, October 21).

Topic(s): rhetorical analysis, drafting

Week 10

Tuesday, October 25

Reading/Writing/Other:

Read “Section 5: Introduction” by Seth Graves and read “The Research Process” by Seth Graves, Lucas Corcoran, and Kamal Belmihoub
Post at least four total annotations across both readings

Topic(s): rhetorical analysis, drafting, research project, interview questions and observational techniques

Thursday, October 27

Reading/Writing/Other:

Read “Finding Evidence” by Andrea A. Lunsford and John J. Ruszkiewicz
Post at least five annotations
Have your Thursday-Wednesday Labor Log completed
No Worker’s Journal this week (work on your Information Analysis Argument due November 3-4!!!!)

Topic(s): finding evidence, drafting, research project, interview questions and observational techniques

Week 11

Tuesday, November 1

Reading/Writing/Other:

Grading Contract + Course Review Survey***** (before class starts get this done)
Re-read “Effectively and Efficiently Reading the Credibility of Online Sources” by Ellen Carillo and Alice Horning
Read “Questions to Consider as You Choose Sources” by Lisa Ede
Post at least one annotation

Topic(s): research project, coming up with a research question, interview questions and observational techniques

Thursday, November 3

Reading/Writing/Other:

Due by end of class: Research Question + Informal Proposal (on Blackboard)
Write Draft of Information Analysis Argument + Cover Letter (no later than November 4, would like about half of papers submitted by November 3)
Have your Thursday-Wednesday Labor Log completed
No weekly Worker’s Journal this week

Topic(s): evaluating sources, reading vs. evaluating sources, research project, interview questions and observational techniques

Week 12

Tuesday, November 8

Reading/Writing/Other:

Write Assessment Letter for Information Analysis Argument (OPTIONAL: can do this for grade boost; remember, you need ***2*** extra assessment letters for a grade boost)
Research Plan (will have some class time to do this, too)
Read “Using Sources” by Andrea A. Lunsford and John J. Ruszkiewicz

Topic(s): reading vs. evaluating sources, synthesizing sources, paraphrasing and quoting, research project

Thursday, November 10

Reading/Writing/Other:

Transcription of Interview and/or Research Memo on Observation completed *********NOW DUE NOVEMBER 14************
Read “When Should I Quote, Paraphrase, or Summarize?” by Lisa Ede
Have your Thursday-Wednesday Labor Log completed
No Worker’s Journal entry this week

Topic(s): synthesizing sources, documentation styles, using primary and secondary sources together