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*BB = Blackboard (used for assignment submissions)
*JTC = Joining the Conversation (ENG 2100 textbook; read via Perusall)
Please upload all assignments to Blackboard. Refer to Blogs @ Baruch (this site!) for course readings and resources. Read Joining the Conversation assignments via Perusall.
Major Due Dates
Mon Sept 18: Initial Draft of Literacy Narrative
Weds Oct 4: Final Literacy Narrative
Mon Oct 23: Initial Draft of Analysis Essay
Weds Nov 8: Final Analysis Essay
Mon Dec. 4: Initial Draft of Research Essay
Friday, Dec 15: Major Project 3 / Research Essay
Friday, Dec 15: Final Reflective / Writer’s Letter
Week 1:
Day 1, MW classes: Mon, Aug 28
Introductions + Interviews
Day 2, MW classes: Wed, Aug 30
BB: Assignment #1, due Tues Sept 5, 11:59p: Interviews
MW 9:55a COURSE SURVEY
MW 12:25p COURSE SURVEY
MW 2:55p COURSE SURVEY
Reading and discussion: Writing about Games
In-class writing: “I Remember”: Excerpts from Joe Brainard’s I Remember
Week 2:
Monday, Sept 4: No class (Labor Day)
Tues, Sept 5, 11:59p, Assignment #1 due to Blackboard: Interviews
Day 3, MW classes: Wed, Sept 6
Reading: JTC: “Defining My Identity Through Language: What I Learned about Literacy Narratives” by Kim Liao
Summary / Analysis Handout (in-class)
Claudia Rankine, “The Meaning of Serena Williams,” New York Times, Aug. 26, 2015: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/magazine/the-meaning-of-serena-williams.html?unlocked_article_code=blWE_m48JwDYPTkIkExqzndRBocmrNKrqCvvDxKhSDi3aGxllQ1gCGeR19NJv5dzk1Zt2LV33o23jLhfnmd5jnql5he_OTrimIeFtpfAj2dpE9J6J2MD_xe9DoUaINrtYqtvQVWCOh-g8Ht0MmzLvO9LpC22S569_3xpSauuehBsJAOfp_UzCqETjWQiGhVEWa3Fxhe7rsqjIMU3mJ_sBnsb_leey56vcth3QfVKYXgA6Lsrf2ygjcwa0y1hQ2t-eJ59JSclx3_-go96nenB8DMWv6seAkkZh8oonOt92K5qP6HJHXJlyl1YD2epjuRAQ-ydHQk0hv66aSGJ5PdVNPgWaFF557CDrw&smid=url-share
“The Danger of a Single Story,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, TED Talk (18 min):
Discussion: What is a “literacy narrative”?
In-class writing: what is a “motivating tension”?; Multimedia responses
Week 3:
Sun, Sept 10, 11:59p, Reading Response #1 due to Blackboard: Defining a Literacy Narrative
Day 4, MW classes: Mon, Sept 11
Reading:
Excerpt, Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City, Jane Wong
Examples of Baruch student writing from Refract Magazine:
“Fresh Off the Boat” by Karyll Baoanan
“Arrythmia” by Danyil Blyschak
“McDoubles and Nigeria” by Chioma Nnadi
In-class writing: Sensory details; Observing and Recording
Day 5, MW classes: Wed, Sept 13
Reading: Excerpt, Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City, Jane Wong
In-class writing: Work on literacy narrative
Literacy Narrative Songs
Week 4:
Day 6, MW classes: Mon, Sept 18
Mon Sept 18 **Initial Draft of Literacy Narrative Due (ungraded; a working document!)
Reading: JTC: “Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott – p. 24
In-Class Workshops: Literacy Narratives
“Just Walk on By” – Brent Staples
Writing: Feedback for classmates
Day 7, MW classes: Wed, Sept 20
In-Class Workshops: Literacy Narratives
Writing: Feedback for classmates
Week 5:
Monday, Sept 25: No class (Rosh Hashanah)
Day 8, MW classes: Wed, Sept 27
Reading: JTC: “Suffer Less: On Writing as a Process” (p. 19); “Shitty First Drafts” (p. 24)
In-Class Workshops: Literacy Narratives
Writing: Reading Response #2: Writing as a Process
Week 6:
Day 9, MW classes: Mon, Oct 2
Work in class on Literacy Narrative
Guided feedback from Writing Groups
Day 10, MW classes: Weds, Oct 4
Weds Oct 4: **Major Project 1 / Literary Narrative DUE
Analysis
*JTC, “Tools for Analyzing Texts” (p. 101)
*Teju Cole, “The Superhero Images of the Black Lives Matter Movement,” The New York Times Magazine, July 29, 2016
Week 7:
Mon, Oct 9: No class (Indigenous People’s Day)
Day 11, MW classes: Tues, Oct 10 (Classes follow a Monday schedule)Reading
In-class writing: What is “close reading”?
Writing activity: Multimedia responses
Day 12, MW classes: Wed, Oct 12
Reading:
“Tools for Analysis,” Join the Conversation p. 103
“What’s the Point?,” Join the Conversation p. 114
In-class exercise: Developing an Argument
Week 8:
Day 13, MW classes: Mon, Oct 16
Reading: “All Alone in No Man’s Sky,” p. 129, JTC
Also available at The New Yorker here
Writing: Brainstorm for Analysis Essay
In-class exercise: Analyzing games
Day 14, MW classes: Wed, Oct 18
Reading: “An Introduction to the Writing of Essays”
Writing: Work on Analysis Essay
In-class exercise: QUIZ
Week 9:
Day 15, MW classes: Mon, Oct 23
Mon Oct. 23: **Initial Draft of Analysis Essay Due (ungraded; a working document!)
Reading: “The Thesis”
Writing: Analysis Essay
In-Class: Thesis
Day 16, MW classes: Wed, Oct 25
In-Class Workshops: Analysis essay
Writing: Feedback for classmates
Week 10:
Day 17, MW classes: Mon, Oct 30
Logical Fallacies
Logical Fallacies in Advertising: Slideshow
Further reading: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Day 18, MW classes: Wed, Nov 1
Peer Review: Analysis Feedback Sheet
Week 11:
Day 19, MW classes: Mon, Nov 6
Mon Nov 6: **Major Project 2 / Analysis Essay DUE
Reading
In-class writing: Reflection and Questions
Day 20, MW classes: Wed, Nov 8
Reading
In-class writing: What is research?; Research = mesearch exercise
Week 12:
Day 21, MW classes: Mon, Nov 13
ASYNCHRONOUS – NO in-person or Zoom meeting
see Blackboard announcement for Discussion Board and Shark Tank assignments
Day 22, MW classes: Wed, Nov 15
SHARK TANK PITCH DAY
Week 13:
Day 23, MW classes: Mon, Nov 20
Work on Research Essay
No classes, Weds, Thurs, & Fri, Nov 22-25: Thanksgiving Holiday
Week 14:
Day 24, MW classes: Mon, Nov 27
Mon Nov 27: In-Class: Plagiarism Workshop
Day 25, MW classes: Wed, Nov 29
In-Class Workshops: Research essay
Writing: CRAAP Test Worksheet
Week 15:
Day 26, MW classes: Mon, Dec 4
**Initial Draft of Research Essay Due (ungraded; a working document!)
Work on Research Essay
Day 27, MW classes: Wed, Dec 6
Work on Research Essay
Week 16:
Day 28, MW classes: Mon, Dec 11
Work on Final Reflective Letter
**Friday, Dec 15: Major Project 3 / Research Essay DUE
**Friday, Dec. 15: Final Reflective / Writer’s Letter DUE