Due for Class 29 (12/17)
-Complete your research paper. Bring in a printed copy and make sure to submit the digital copy through Turn It In (under “Class Documents” section of Blackboard)
-Be ready to present if you are scheduled to present on Tuesday, 12/17 and email me your presentation
Due for Class 28 (12/12)
-Bring in another printed draft of your final research paper (w/ annotated bibliography) for edit
-Make sure to submit your rhetorical analysis paper through Turn It In (under “Course Documents” on Blackboard)
Due for Class 27 (12/10)
-Complete the introduction and conclusion sections of your final paper
-Bring in a printed version of everything you have completed for the final paper thus far and be ready to share your work for peer review
-Reminder: bring a laptop to class
Due for Class 26 (12/5)
-Complete the “Counterargument and Refutation” section of your final research paper and submit it on paper
-Read “The Russians Are (Still?) Coming” (Kukharsky, pp.249-253)
-Respond to blog post
Due for Class 25 (12/3)
Complete the “Your Side of the Argument” section of your final research paper and submit it on paper
-Read “Avoiding Misconceptions…” (Qasim, pp. 254-259)
-Respond to blog post
Due for Class 24 (11/26)
-Complete the “Annotated Bibliography” section of your final research paper and submit it on paper
-Read “Organizing an Argument” (Eickmeyer, pp. 214-223)
-Respond to blog post
Due for Class 23 (11/21)
-Complete the “History of the Argument” section of your final research paper and submit it on paper
-Read “Stasis Theory…” (Blankenship, pp. 203-208)
-Respond to blog post
-Email professor copy of rhetorical analysis essay if you have not already
Due for Class 22 (11/19)
-Read “Plagiarism and Academic Integrity” (Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz, pp. 196-202)
-Read sample student essay – Student_Sample_Argument_Essay
-Skim the following academic journal article – Aron_Norman_Aron_McKenna_Heyman_2000
-Respond to blog post
Due for Class 21 (11/14)
-Read “Using Sources” (Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz, pp. 180-195)
-Respond to blog post
-Nishat and Haroun, please be prepared to present your literacy narrative
Due for Class 20 (11/12)
-Read “Finding Evidence” (Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz, pp. 162-171) and “Evaluating Sources” (Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz, pp. 172-177)
-Respond to blog post (This is for everyone)
(Class 18’s HW became the HW for class 19, because class 18 (11/5) was cancelled.)
Due for Class 18 (11/5)
-Complete the final draft of your rhetorical analysis essay (make sure to attach the rubric when you submit it)
-Read “Researching and Making Claims” (Graves, pp. 157-159) and “The Research Process” (Graves, Corcoran, and Belmihoub, pp. 160-161)
Due for Class 17 (10/31)
-Read “Nu Pogodi: Propaganda…” (Yablonovskiy, pp. 151-156)
-Respond to blog post
-Karla and Tanvir, please be ready to share your literacy narrative with the class
-Complete the final draft of the rhetorical analysis essay by Tuesday (11/5)
Due for Class 16 (10/29)
-Read “One Step Toward Equality…” (Chau, pp. 144-150)
-Respond to blog post
-Samantha and Salma, please be ready to present your literacy narrative to the class
Due for Class 15 (10/24)
-Read “Excerpt from Citizen” (Rankine, pp. 132-138)
-Respond to blog post
-Sourav and Nazin, please be ready to present your literacy narrative to the class
Due for Class 14 (10/22)
-Complete the first draft of your rhetorical analysis essay
-Read “Alone in No Man’s Sky” (Parkin, pp. 141-143)
-Complete the reading and verb tense worksheets from class
-Emily and Maylene, please be ready to present your literacy narrative to the class
Due for Class 13 (10/17)
-Complete the organizer for the first draft of your rhetorical analysis
-Read “You Left Out the Part About…” (Coates, pp. 139-140)
Due for Class 12 (10/15)
-Read “What’s the Point? Finding and Developing a Thesis in Analysis Genres” (Hengel)
-Respond to blog post #8 (everyone)
-Jolnelis and Julia, please be prepared to read your literacy narrative aloud to the class
Due for Class 11 (10/10)
-Read “Tools for Analyzing Texts” (Blankenship, Graves, and Eickmeyer, pp. 113-125)
-Respond to Blog Post #7
-Jeremy and Justin, be prepared to read your literacy narrative aloud to the class
Due for Class 10 (10/3)
-Read “Clutter” (Zinsser, pp. 40-42)
-Read “Analyzing Texts” (Blankenship, pp. 105-106)
-Read “What Is Rhetoric?” (Graves, Corcoran, and Blankenship, pp. 107-111)
-Respond to Blog Post #6
-Jaydon and Shamadi, be prepared to read your literacy narrative aloud to the class
Due for Class 9 (9/26)
-Complete the final draft of your literacy narrative (submit a printed copy with a rubric attached and email professor a digital copy – include the course number in the email’s subject)
-Read “The Maker’s Eye…” (Murray, pp. 36-39)
-Read “Caught Between Two Worlds” (Ku, pp. 100-103)
Due for Class 8 (9/24)
-Read “Shitty First Drafts” (Lamott, pp. 33-35)
-Read “No Words” (Manson, pp. 96-99)
Due for Class 7 (9/19)
-Read “Suffer Less…” (Eickmeyer, pp. 28-32)
-Read “Mother Tongue” (Tan, pp. 91-95)
-Respond to Blog Post #5
Due for Class 6 (9/17)
-Read “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” (Anzaldua, pp. 77-87)
-Respond to Blog Post #4
Due for Class 5 (9/12)
-Complete the first draft of your literacy narrative (Reminder – Make sure to attach the rubric to your printed out first draft.)
-Read “The Reading Process” (Plochocki, pp. 23-27)
-Read “If Black English Isn’t English…” (Baldwin, pp. 88-90)
Due for Class 4 (9/10)
-Read “On Writing as Style…” (Blankenship, pp. 16-18) and “The Linguistic Landscape of New York” (Schreiber, pp. 74-76)
-Respond to Blog Post #3
Due for Class 3 (9/3)
-Begin to brainstorm ideas for literacy narrative (you do not need to submit your brainstorming notes to me)
-Read “Literacy as (re)Making Language” (Graves, pp. 55-58), “Language, Discourse, and Literacy” (Graves, pp. 59-60) and “Defining My Identity Through Language…” (Liao, pp. 61-68)
-Respond to Blog Post #2
Due for Class 2 (8/29)
-Buy course book
-Sign up for Blogs@Baruch and respond to first blog post
-Read “Letter from the Writing Program Director” (Blankenship, p. ix), “Learning Goals” (p. 2), “Assignment Sequence” (p. 3), “Writing in Your Courses…” (p. 8), “Baruch College Writing Center” (pp. 9-10), “Student Publications at Baruch” (pp. 11-12), and “Composing as a Process” (Graves and Blankenship, pp. 13-15)