Assignments

Due for Class 30 (12/16)

  • Complete your final presentation (seven PowerPoint slides maximum) and be ready to present (see presentation schedule under “Class Documents”)
  • Email your final presentation slides to the professor

Due for Class 29 (12/14)

  • Complete your final research paper and submit it via Turn It In (under “Course Documents” on Blackboard) by 11:10am on Mon., December 14
  • Complete your final presentation (seven PowerPoint slides maximum) and be ready to present (see presentation schedule under “Class Documents”)
  • Email your final presentation slides to the professor

Due for Class 28 (12/9)

  • Continue to work on your final research paper and be ready to conference

Due for Class 27 (12/7)

  • Continue to work on your final research paper and be ready to conference
  • Schedule an appointment at the Writing Center
  • Respond to Blog Post #9

Due for Class 26 (12/2)

  • Complete the first draft of your final research paper (and be ready to conference)
  • Daniel, please be ready to lead the class discussion
  • Review subject-verb agreement and how to use pronouns properly for a quiz on Wednesday

Due for Class 25 (11/30)

  • Write at least one counterargument/rebuttal paragraph and use the document from Class 24 to help you
  • Read “The Russians Are (Still?) Coming” (Kukharsky, pp. 235-239)
  • Yuki, please be ready to lead the class discussion
  • Continue to work on your final paper; first drafts are due on Wednesday, 12/2

Due for Class 24 (11/23)

  • Review the “Sample_Paragraph” document posted under Class 23 of the Class Documents section. Begin to write your thesis statement and one (sub)argument paragraph
  • Xue Yi, please be ready to lead the class discussion
  • Continue to find and summarize sources for your final research paper as needed
  • Continue to fill in the graphic organizer for your final research paper

Due for Class 23 (11/18)

  • Read “Avoiding Misconceptions: Immigrants Are Beneficial…” (Qasim, pp. 240-245)
  • Read the second student example of the final research paper (under “Class Documents”)
  • Xue Yi, please be ready to lead the class discussion
  • Continue to find and summarize sources for your final research paper as needed
  • Continue to fill in the graphic organizer for your final research paper

Due for Class 22 (11/16)

  • Read “Stasis Theory…” (Blankenship, pp. 189-194)
  • Read “Organizing an Argument” (Eickmeyer, pp. 200-209)
  • Find two sources for your final research paper; cite the sources in your Works Cited page
  • Begin to complete the organizer for your final paper
  • Sharon, please be ready to lead the class discussion

Due for Class 21 (11/11)

  • “When Should I Quote…” (Ede, pp. 181-183)
  • “Plagiarism and Academic Integrity” (Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz, pp. 183-186)
  • Find two sources (newspaper/magazine or video) for your final research paper; cite the sources in your Works Cited page
  • Sakinur, please be ready to present your literacy narrative
  • Angeline, please be ready to lead the class discussion

Due for Class 20 (11/9)

  • Read “Using Sources” (Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz, pp. 167-180)
  • Read “Organizing Your Ideas” (Blankenship, pp. 195-199)
  • Respond to Blog Post #8
  • Find two sources (newspaper/magazine or video) for your final research paper; cite the sources in your Works Cited page
  • Yuki and Ziling, please be ready to share your literacy narratives with the class

Due for Class 19 (11/4)

  • Read “Evaluating Sources” (Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz, pp. 160-164)
  • Read “Questions to Consider…” (Ede, pp. 165-166)
  • Respond to Blog Post #7
  • Angeline, please be ready to lead the class discussion
  • Svetlana and Kenny, please be ready to share your literacy narratives with the class
  • Choose your topic/question for your final research paper

Due for Class 18 (11/2)

  • Upload a Microsoft Word .doc or .docx file of the Final Draft of your Rhetorical Analysis piece via the Turn It In link on Blackboard by class time on Tuesday, 11/2
  • Read “Finding Evidence” (Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz, pp. 150-159)
  • Christy, please be ready to lead the class discussion
  • Amir and Xue Yi, please be ready to share your literacy narratives with the class

Due for Class 17 (10/28)

  • Read “Researching and Making Claims” (Graves, pp. 145-147)
  • Read “The Research Process” (Graves, Corcorran, and Belmihoub, pp. 148-149)
  • Amir, please ready to lead the class discussion
  • Chuqi and Zach, please be ready to share your literacy narratives with the class

Due for Class 16 (10/26)

  • Read “Excerpt from Citizen” (Rankine, pp. 120-126)
  • Sonya, please be ready to lead the class discussion
  • Daniel and Sharon, please be ready to share your literacy narratives with the class
  • Review grammar related to sentence structure (and verb tense) for a quiz on Monday

Due for Class 15 (10/21)

  • Read “Nu Pogodi: Propaganda…” (Yablonovsky, pp. 139-144)
  • Kristy, please be ready to lead the class discussion
  • Sakinur and Sonya, please be ready to share your literacy narratives with the class

Due for Class 14 (10/19)

  • Read “One Step Toward Equality, Two Steps Back for Asian Americans” (Chau, pp. 132-138)
  • Daniel, please be read to lead the class discussion
  • Sakinur and Sonya, please be ready to share your literacy narratives with the class

Due for Class 13 (10/14)

  • Read “You Left Out The Part About…” (Coates, pp. 127-128)
  • Complete the first draft of your analysis essay; either share a Microsoft Office 365 link or send a Microsoft Word document to the professor
  • Ziling, please be ready to lead the class discussion
  • Shahlo and Christy, please be ready to share your literacy narratives with the class

Due for Class 12 (10/7)

  • Read “What’s the Point?” (Hengel, pp. 114-119)
  • Choose the text that you will analyze for your analysis paper and begin to put some of your thoughts on paper
  • Chuqi, please be ready to lead the class discussion
  • William and Sofya, please be ready to share your literacy narratives with the class

Due for Class 11 (10/5)

  • Read “Tools for Analyzing Texts” (Blankenship, Graves, Eickmeyer, pp. 101-113)
  • Respond to Blog Post #6
  • Svetlana, please be ready to lead the class discussion

Due for Class 10 (9/30)

  • Submit the final draft of your literacy narrative via Turn It In by 11:10am on Wednesday, 9/30. The link to submit your paper via Turn It In is under “Course Documents” on Blackboard. Make sure to submit a Microsoft Word .doc or .docx document. Make sure to title the document as instructed on the syllabus (include last name, first name, course section, assignment, and draft in the title)
  • Read “Analyzing Texts” (Blankenship, pp. 93-94)
  • Read “What is Rhetoric?” (Graves, Corcoran, and Blankenship, pp. 95-100)

Due for Class 9 (9/29)

Due for Class 8 (9/23)

  • Read “Responding – Really Responding – to Other Students’ Writing” (Straub, pp. 34-46)
  • Read “Mother Tongue” (Tan, pp. 80-84)
  • Sakinur, please be ready to lead the class discussion

Due for Class 7 (9/21)

  • Read “The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts” (Murray, pp. 27-30)
  • Read “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” (Anzaldúa, pp. 69-79)
  • Respond to Blog Post #4
  • Sofya, please be ready to lead the class discussion

Due for Class 6 (9/16)

  • Complete the first draft of your literacy narrative and email it to the professor before class starts on Wednesday. If the email is written incorrectly or the document is titled incorrectly, I will write back “Unacceptable” and I will expect you to resend it
  • Read “Shitty First Drafts” (Lamott, pp. 24-26)
  • Read “No Words” (Manson, pp. 85-87)
  • Zach, please be ready to lead the class discussion

Due for Class 5 (9/14)

  • Read “Suffer Less: On Writing as Process” (Eickmeyer, pp. 19-23)
  • Read “Caught Between Two Worlds…” (Ku, pp. 89-92)
  • Respond to Blog Post #3
  • Kenny, please be ready to lead the class discussion

Due for Class 4 (9/9)

  • Read “On Writing as Style…” (Blankenship, pp. 16-18)
  • Read “Translingualism: Approaching Language from a Global Perspective” (Belmihoub & Corcoran, pp. 61-65)
  • Respond to Blog Post #2
  • William, please be ready to lead the class discussion

Due for Class 3 (9/2)

  • Read “Language, Discourse, and Literacy” (Graves, pp. 51-52)
  • Read “Defining My Identity Through Language…” (Liao, pp. 53-60)

Due for Class 2 (8/31)

  • Buy course book (see syllabus for link)
  • Create Blogs@Baruch account and respond to blog post
  • Read “Letter from the Writing Program Director” (Blankenship, p. ix)
  • Read “First-Year Writing Program Mission” (p. 1)
  • Read “Learning Goals” (p. 2)
  • Read “Assignment Sequence” (pp. 3-5)
  • Read “Resources for EAL/Multilingual Students” (pp. 6-7)
  • Read “Writing in Your Courses at Baruch” (p. 8)
  • Read “Baruch College Writing Center” (pp. 9-10)
  • Read “Student Publications at Baruch” (pp. 11-12)
  • Read “Composing as a Process” (pp. 13-15)