Due for Class 2 (1/30)

• Read “On Being Moved by Art…” (Djikic et al.) – on_being_moved_by_art_-_how_reading_fiction_transforms_the_self
• Respond to Blog Post #1

Due for Class 3 (2/4)

• Read “The Love of My Life” (Boyle) – The_Love_of_My_Life_(Boyle)
• Respond to Blog Post #2
• Conduct research on Andy Marino, author of Autonomous and other young adult fiction works, and have one or two questions prepared for him

Due for Class 4 (2/6)

• Read “Setting”, “February Evening in New York” (Levertov), “Sister Carrie” (Dreiser), “The Role of Physical Objects” and excerpt from “Remains of the Day” (Ishiguro) (All of these are featured in the following document) –Fiction_Setting_Feb_Eve_NY_Sister_Carrie_Remains_Day
• Respond to Blog Post #3

Due for Class 5 (2/11)

• Read “Scene, Episode, and Plot”, “Momentum of Plot”, and “An Episode of War” (Crane) – Scene_Episode_Plot_Pinsky_Episode_War_Momentum
• Respond to Blog Post #4
• Read “Voting with their eyeballs” from The Economist and be ready to discuss it in class
• Continue to develop your story and bring in more of your written work to discuss

Due for Class 6 (2/13)

• Complete the first draft of your fiction piece. Bring in a physical copy and make sure to staple the rubric to it
• Read “Character” and “Building Character” – Character
• Read “Eveline” (Joyce) – Eveline_by_James_Joyce
• Read the student story posted under documents from class 4
• Complete grammar exercises from class and bring worksheets to class on Thursday
• Respond to Blog Post #5

Due for Class 7 (2/18)

• Read “Point of View” – Point_of_View
• Read “My Kid’s Dog” (Hansen) – My_Kid’s_Dog_(Hansen)
• CHANGE: NO BLOG POST DUE

Due for Class 8 (2/20)

• Read “Symbolism” – Symbolism
• Read “The Ones Who Walked away from Omelas” (Le Guin) – Omelas_LeGuin
• Respond to Blog Post #6
• Bring in an updated version of your short story to share with your writing group

Due for Class 9 (2/25)

• Complete the final draft of your fiction piece
• Read “Backpacks Vs. Briefcases: Steps toward Rhetorical Analysis” (Carroll) – carroll–backpacks-vs-briefcases

Due for Class 10 (2/27)

• Read “The Fire Next Time” (Baldwin) pp. 15-27 – The_Fire_Next_Time_(Baldwin)_pp_15-27
• Respond to Blog Post #7
• Watch James Baldwin’s “Pin Drop Speech”
• Print a copy of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie and bring it to class – the_glass_menagerie
• Jonathan and Matthew DC, please be prepared to present your short story to the class

Due for Class 11 (3/3)

• Read “The Fire Next Time” (Baldwin) pp. 47-67 – The_Fire_Next_Time_(Baldwin)_pp_47-80
• Respond to Blog Post #8
• Caddie and Elsa, please be prepared to share your short story with the class

Due for Class 12 (3/5)

• Read “The Fire Next Time” (Baldwin) pp. 67-80 – The_Fire_Next_Time_(Baldwin)_pp_47-80
• Respond to Blog Post #9
• Safiie and Patrick, please be prepared to share your short story with the class

Due for Class 13 (3/10)

• Read “Tragedy and the Common Man” by Arthur Miller – Tragedy_Miller_Aristotle (Only read the first two and a half pages of this document.)
• Check out podcasts like the following as well as some others that you may be interested in:
  • NPR Podcasts like The Indicator, Planet Money, or This American Life
  • Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara
  • The Breakfast Club
  • The Daily (NY Times)
  • The Rich Roll Podcast
  • The Joe Rogan Experience
• Respond to Blog Post #10
• Read Scene 5 of The Glass Menagerie
• Decide on whether you would like to conduct literary analysis or rhetorical analysis in your podcast. If you chose rhetorical analysis, I highly recommend that you choose a piece to analyze in which someone is speaking (so that you can take pieces of their speech as evidence to use in the podcast). Lastly, for this assignment, I am not going to allow for the analysis of print advertisements or purely visual sources

Due for Class 14 (3/12)

• Read Scene VII of The Glass Menagerie
• Read “The Catastrophe of Success” by Tennessee Williams
• Complete one to two pages of the first draft of your podcast transcript and print out what you have so far
• Shane and Ankon, please be prepared to read your short stories
• Please bring a laptop to class if possible

Due for Class 15 (3/24)

• Respond to Blog Post #11
• Complete the first full draft of your podcast transcript and share it with me via Google Docs
• Download Audacity – https://www.audacityteam.org/ – and practice with it; for the phone it is called “Audacity Editor Tool”
• Here is a link for a tutorial on how to record a podcast using Audacity!
• Ankon and Shane, please be ready to read your short story over Zoom for the next class

Due for Class 16 (3/26)

• Listen to and read along to David Foster Wallace’s “This Is Water” – This_is_Water (This is a reduced version of the full speech) / YouTube link
• Respond to Blog Post #12
• Continue to play around with Audacity or Garageband as your prepare to record your podcast
• Shawn and Vish, please be prepared to read your stories to the class

Due for Class 17 (4/2) <— THURSDAY

• Complete your podcast and the final draft of your podcast transcript; put your final podcast in the “Final_(Recorded)_Podcasts” folder on Google Drive
• Rochelle and Slava, please be ready to read your stories to the class
• If you have not conferenced with me about your first draft and do not know when your scheduled time to conference is, please check the “Sign_up_Sheet_for_Podcast_Conferences” folder on the class Google Drive, if you see “(Email)” next to your name, please send me an email to schedule a conference time

Due for Class 18 (4/14)

• Choose a topic that you would like to research and formulate a research question; please see this NY Times post for prompts on argument essays
• Read “The Case for Censoring Hate Speech” (McElwee) – The_Case_for_Censoring_Hate_Speech_(McElwee)
• Respond to Blog Post #13
• Syvon and Isabelle, please be ready to read your stories

Due for Class 19 (4/16)

• Read “They Say: Starting with What Others Are Saying” – Starting_with_What_Others_Are_Saying
• Read “The Sense of Style” (Pinker), pp. 24-25 (In “Readings” File on Google Drive)
• Respond to Blog Post #14
• Conduct research for your Literature Review – Instructions_for_Researching_&_Citing_Sources
• Sheyla and Jonathan, please be prepared to read your short stories

Due for Class 20 (4/21)

• Read “Her Point Is: The Art of Summarizing” – The_Art_of_Summarizing
• Read “The Sense of Style” (Pinker), pp. 34-35 (In “Readings” File on Google Drive)
• Respond to Blog Post #15
• Develop your Literature Review & Introduction
• Felix and Bowin, please be prepared to read your short stories

Due for Class 21 (4/23)

• Read “As He Himself Puts It: The Art of Quoting” – The_Art_of_Quoting
• Read “The Sense of Style” (Pinker), pp. 40-41 (In “Readings” File on Google Drive)
• Develop Your Literature Review & Introduction; share the Google Doc for your final paper with me ([email protected])
• Respond to Blog Post #16
• Review the final research paper sample 2 (the one that we looked at today in class) for how write a paraphrased sentence with multiple citations

Due for Class 22 (4/28)

• Read “Writing in the Social Sciences” – Writing_in_the_Social_Sciences
• Read “The Sense of Style” (Pinker), pp. 46-49 (In “Readings” File on Google Drive)
• Complete the first draft of your Literature Review and Introduction (and your Works Cited page)
• Write at least six closed-response questions (“Yes/No” or “A, B, C, D” and two open-response questions (questions that require a few sentences in their responses) for your own data collection
• Inan, please be prepared to share your short story with the class

Due for Class 23 (4/30)

• Read “You Mean I Can Just Say It That Way?” (In “Reading” Folder on Google Drive) (Optional)
• Read “The Sense of Style” (Pinker), pp. 52-55 (In “Readings” File on Google Drive) (Optional)
• Respond to Blog Post #17
• Sign up for a student-teacher conference slot here
• Use Google Forms to create a questionnaire/survey that will help you to collect data (quick tutorial here), and share the questionnaire/survey
• Develop your Methods, Measurements, and Results sections

Due for Class 24 (5/5)

• Make sure to fill out some of your classmates’ surveys via the comments for Blog Post #17
• Complete the first draft of your Methods, Measurements, and Results sections
• Complete the first draft of your Discussion and Limitations sections
• Omar, please be prepared to read your story to the class

Due for Class 25 (5/7)

• Please fill our your fellow classmates’ surveys (in the comments section for Blog Post #17)
• At the very least, you should complete your methods, measurements, and results sections; I would like to see your discussion and limitations sections, as well (if possible)
• Develop your Research/Policy/Social Implications section
• Sign up for your final presentation slot here
• Nish, please be prepared to read your story to the class

Due for Class 26 (5/12)

• Respond to Blog Post #18 (this will be posted by late Thursday, 5/7) – LAST BLOG POST!
• Read “The Sense of Style” (Pinker), pp. 104-105 – The_Sense_of_Style_pp_104-105_Eliminating_Wordiness
• Complete your Abstract section and work on your entire paper
• Remember, you can still schedule an appointment with the writing center if you would like!

Due for Class 27 (5/14)

• Complete the Final Draft of Final Research Paper (and use REVISED_STUDENT_SAMPLE_PAPER as a model); submit final paper as a “.doc” or “.dox” through Turn It In (under Course Documents on Blackboard)
• Prepare for your final presentation – Guidelines_for_Final_Presentation
• Sign up for Final Questions, 11:00-12:35pm, Wed., 5/13

Due for Class 28 (5/19)

• Prepare for your presentation (if you have not yet presented)

Due for Class 29 (5/21)

• Complete your portfolio reflection
• Prepare for your presentation (if you have not yet presented)