Schedule & Texts – Eng 2100 – Fall 24

* Readings and Assignments are due on the date listed.
* This is a tentative syllabus. All readings and assignments are subject to change.

PART I – Personal Essay

Weds, 8/28:

IN-CLASS: Introductions to one another
IN-CLASS: Syllabus/Course overview
IN-CLASS: Read and annotate Audre Lorde’s “The Transformation of Silence…”
IN-CLASS: Diagnostic Writing Assessment
- HW: Complete the “Intro” survey sent as a GoogleForm
- HW: Set Up a GoogleDrive folder and share with me ([email protected])
- HW: Make sure you have access to our blog class blog; familiarize yourself with the content
- HW: Download Discord, join our workspace, and follow instructions in #general
- HW: Read and annotate the first six pages of Paulo Freire’s “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education” for next Wednesday’s class – I will grade annotations

Mon, 9/2:

NO CLASS
- HW: Read and annotate the first six pages of Paulo Freire’s “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education” for next Wednesday’s class – I will grade annotations
- Be sure you’ve complete all the set-up stuff

Weds, 9/4:

IN-CLASS: Review the first six pages of Paulo Freire’s “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education”
IN-CLASS: Shared google doc for opening activity
IN-CLASS: Lessons on genre, audience, tone, and voice
IN-CLASS: Excerpt from Danny Licht’s “Cooking As Though You Might Cook Again”
IN-CLASS: Review blog posts
- HW: Blog #1 due before Monday’s class

Mon, 9/9:

CLASS CANCELLED
- HW: Blog #1 still due before class time
- HW: Read and annotate Madhur Jaffrey’s “The Flavor of Memory”

Weds, 9/11:

IN-CLASS: Share recipe writing in new pods
IN-CLASS: Reveiw common craft moves
IN-CLASS: Discuss Madhur Jaffrey’s “The Flavor of Memory”
IN-CLASS: Read and discuss Chang-rae Li’s “How Sea Urchin Tastes”
IN-CLASS: Read and discuss Julian Barnes’ “The Domestic Male”
IN-CLASS: Discuss P1 Prompt
IN-CLASS: Begin reading Anya von Bremzen’s “Syrian Refugees…”
IN-CLASS: Discuss P1 Prompt
- HW: P1 – Proposal due Monday
- HW: Finish reading and annotating Anya von Bremzen’s “Syrian Refugees…”

Mon, 9/16:

P1 Proposal Due
IN-CLASS: Share proposals in pods
IN-CLASS: Discuss Anya von Bremzen’s “Syrian Refugees…”
IN-CLASS: Start reading Alexander Chee’s “Girl”
IN-CLASS: Writing Workshop I
- HW: Finish reading and annotating Alexander Chee’s “Girl”
- HW: P1 – Draft 1 due Sunday @ Noon

Weds, 9/18:

IN-CLASS: Writing Workshop I
IN-CLASS: Award-Winning Student Sample
IN-CLASS: Shared Google Doc for Today
IN-CLASS: Jiro Dreams of Sushi
- HW: P1 – Draft 1 due Sunday @ Noon

Sun, 9/22 @ Midnight:

P1 – Draft 1 due @ Midnight (be sure to indicate your comfort sharing anonymously)

Mon, 9/23:

IN-CLASS: Writing Workshop II
- HW: P1 – Pod Response 1 due Wednesday at midnight
- HW: P1 – Draft 2 due Sunday (9/29) at midnight

Weds, 9/25:

P1 – Pod Response 1 due tonight (and/or 1 Writing Center visit for project)
IN-CLASS: Writing Workshop III
- HW: P1 – Draft 2 due SUNDAY (9/29) at midnight

Sun, 9/28:

P1 – Draft 2 due @ Midnight (be sure to indicate your comfort sharing anonymously)

Mon, 9/30:

IN-CLASS: Writing Workshop IV
IN-CLASS: Final Sentence Doc
IN-CLASS: Writing Conferences
- HW: P1 – Pod Response 2 due Weds (and/or 1 Writing Center visit for project)

Weds, 10/2:

NO CLASS
P1 – Pod Response 2 (and/or 1 Writing Center visit for project)
- HW: P1 – Final due Monday IN CLASS

Mon, 10/7:

P1 – Final due IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: Writing Workshop V
IN-CLASS: Start reading and annotating “Preface” to David Graeber’s “Bullshit Jobs” (2018)
- HW: Finish reading and annotating “Preface” to David Graeber’s “Bullshit Jobs” (2018)

PART II – Rhetorical Analysis: Finding Your Topic/Issue

Weds 10/9:

IN-CLASS: Discuss “Preface” to David Graeber’s “Bullshit Jobs” (2018)
IN-CLASS: Today’s Shared Doc
IN-CLASS: Discuss P2 & Topic Pitches
- HW: Sign-up for conferences
- HW: Blog #2 due before your conference

Mon, 10/14:

NO CLASS – we do have conferences TOMORROW though (Tues follows Mon schedule)
- HW: Blog #2 due before your conference

Tues, 10/15: (follows a MONDAY schedule)

NO WHOLE CLASS MEETING – Instead, conferences
- HW: Blog #2 due before your conference
- HW: P2 – Two Articles due next Monday in class

Weds, 10/16:

NO WHOLE CLASS MEETING – Instead, conferences
- HW: Blog #2 due before your conference
- HW: P2 – Two Articles due Monday in class

Mon, 10/21:

P2 – Two Articles due in class
IN-CLASS: Article legitimacy and usefulness workshop
IN-CLASS: Topic Conferences
- HW: Solidify two articles for P2

Weds, 10/23:

P2 – Sources 1 & 2 due
IN-CLASS: Discuss P2 and Pod Presentation Expectations
IN-CLASS: Annotated Bibliography review
IN-CLASS: Evan’s Sample Presentation: Read and annotate Jay Caspian King’s “The Particular Misery of College-Admissions TikTock” // original article link
IN-CLASS: Google doc for notes
IN-CLASS: Pod or independent work
- HW: P2 – Annotated Bibliography due Monday
- HW: Pod #1 Presentation Monday

Mon, 10/28:

P2 – Annotated Bibliography due
Pod #1 presents
IN-CLASS: Pod #1 text // Pod #1 slides
IN-CLASS: P2 Workshop – Intro & Body
IN-CLASS: Pod or independent work
- HW: P2 – Draft #1 due Sunday midnight – indicate willingness to workshop on top of doc
- HW: Pod #2 Presentation Wednesday

Weds, 10/30:

Pod #1 presents
IN-CLASS: Pod #2 text // Pod #2 slides
IN-CLASS: P2 Workshop – Body & Conclusion
- HW: P2 – Draft #1 due Sunday at midnight – indicate willingness to workshop on top of doc
- HW: Pod #3 Presentation Monday

Mon, 11/4:

P2 – Draft #1 due
Pod #3 presents
IN-CLASS: Pod #3 text // Pod #3 slides
IN-CLASS: P2 Feedback Workshop #1
- HW: P2 – Pod Feedback 1 due Wednesday
- HW: Pod #4 Presentation Wednesday
- HW: P2 – Draft #2 due Sunday at midnight – indicate willingness to workshop on top of doc

Weds, 11/6:

P2 – Pod Feedback 1 due
Pod #4 presents
IN-CLASS: Pod #4 text // Pod #4 slides
IN-CLASS: P2 Feedback Workshop #2
- HW: Pod #5 Presentation Monday
- HW: P2 – Draft #2 due Sunday at midnight – indicate willingness to workshop on top of doc

Mon, 11/11:

P2 – Draft #2 due
Pod #5 presents
IN-CLASS: Pod #5 text // Pod #5 slides
IN-CLASS: P2 Feedback Workshop #3
- HW: P2 – Pod Feedback 2 due tonight
- HW: P2 – Final due Wednesday in class

PART III – Action: Planning to Address an Issue Within Your Topic

Weds, 11/13:

IN-CLASS: Read Diana di Prima’s “Revolutionary Letter #2”
IN-CLASS: Review P3 Prompt
IN-CLASS: Watch an excerpt from The Five Demands
IN-CLASS: Read “The Five Demands”
- HW: P2 – Final due Monday in-class

Mon, 11/18:

P2 – Final due in class
IN-CLASS: Project Reflection
IN-CLASS: Read & annotate “The Untouchables” // original link
- HW: P3 – Action Planning doc due Wednesday in class

Weds, 11/20:

IN-CLASS: Layli Long Soldier’s “38”
IN-CLASS: Working Thesis Doc
IN-CLASS: Paragraph editing
- HW: P3 – Sources 3 & 4 Annotated Bib due Monday

Mon, 11/25:

Final Annotated Bib due (all four sources)
IN-CLASS: Thesis Workshop
IN-CLASS: Read and annotate “How the Coronavirus Pandemic has Shattered the Myth of College in America”
- HW: P3 – Draft 1 due Sunday, 12/1 @ midnight (indicate willingness to workshop on top)

Weds, 11/27:

NO CLASS – classes follow a Friday schedule
P3 – Sources 3 & 4 Annotated Bib due
- HW: P3 – Draft 1 due Sunday, 12/1 @ midnight (indicate willingness to workshop on top)

Mon, 12/2:

P3 – Draft 1 due
IN-CLASS: Writing Workshop I
IN-CLASS: P3 Sample
- HW: P3 – Pod Feedback 1 due Wednesday

Weds, 12/4:

IN-CLASS: P3 – Sample – Affirmative Action
IN-CLASS: Conference Sign-Up
IN-CLASS: Writing Workshop
- HW: P3 – Draft 2 due Monday in-class

Mon, 12/9:

P3 – Draft #2 due
IN-CLASS: Final Writing Workshop
IN-CLASS: Informal Presentations / Celebration
IN-CLASS: P3 Conferences
- HW: P3 – Pod Feedback 2 due Wednesday

Weds, 12/11:

Last Day of Classes
IN-CLASS: Final Writing Workshop
IN-CLASS: Informal Presentations / Celebrations
IN-CLASS: P3 Conferences

Friday, 12/13

NO CLASS
P3 – Final Due
Blog #3 due