| Class Date | In Class Work | Reading/Writing Due |
| Thursday,
Aug. 27th |
Introductory session on zoom, review of course website and plan for upcoming sessions | N/A |
| Tuesday,
Sept 1st |
Meet on Zoom
Read “What if 2020 isn’t cancelled?” by Leslie Dwight |
Review course website, Complete syllabus quiz before class
Make sure you have a gmail account, and are signed up at Blogs@Baruch. |
| Thursday,
Sept 3rd |
Write your introductory blog post by the end of the class period | Send professional email by start of class time |
| Tuesday,
Sept 8th |
Rhetorical Triangle Lesson over zoom
Groups analyze ads on youtube to identify the use of ethos, pathos, and logos in each. Groups then analyze a short text.
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Read this site on the rhetorical triangle
And review the three versions of the comic strip here, to see which part of the triangle is focused on in each one. |
| Thursday,
Sept 10th |
Blog post # 2 due by end of class period | Listen to “The Influence You Have” podcast and work on blog post
Read poem “Enemies” by Wendell Berry |
| Tuesday,
Sept 15th |
Planning first essay
Read poem “won’t you celebrate with me?” by Lucille Clifton |
Listen to “The Global Effect of George Floyd” podcast |
| Thursday,
Sept 17th |
Blog post # 3 due by end of class period | Read “Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott
Outline of personal essay due (share through google docs) |
| Tuesday,
Sept 22th |
Peer review on zoom + google docs
Read poem “Self And Society” by Saraswathih Harigovindan |
Personal Narrative draft due (1,000 words minimum—share through google docs) |
| Thursday,
Sept 24th |
Blog post # 4 due by end of class period | Read “To Fight the Coronavirus, you need an army”
Listen to “Hotel Corona” podcast |
| Tuesday,
Sept 29th (NO CLASS—CLASSES FOLLOW A MONDAY SCHEDULE) |
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| Thursday,
Oct 1st |
Virtual Museum Tour. Choose an exhibition from the NY Historical Society to visit with your peer group before next Tuesday
Answer questions provided in handout and prepare to discuss the exhibit you visited in Tuesday’s zoom class |
Personal Narrative Final Draft Due (share through google docs) |
| Tuesday,
Oct 6th |
Summary vs. Analysis Lesson + activities
Discussion of second essay |
Read this site and think about which of the theories make the most sense to you and why. |
| Thursday,
Oct 8th |
Blog post # 5 due by end of class period | Read “Asian Americans Are Still Caught in the Trap of the ‘Model Minority’ Stereotype. And It Creates Inequality for All”
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| Tuesday,
Oct 13th |
Thesis Statements Workshop | Reading on Thesis statements: |
| Thursday,
Oct 15th |
Write essay outlines and thesis statement drafts | |
| Tuesday,
Oct 20th |
Peer Review on zoom + google docs | First draft of Analytical Essay Due. |
| Thursday,
Oct 22nd |
Blog post # 6 due by end of class period |
Read this piece on the contradictions of American Individualism
Read poem “America” by Walt Whitman Read poem “Let America be America Again” by Langston Hughes |
| Tuesday,
Oct 27th |
Guest Speaker! | |
| Thursday,
Oct 29th |
Blog post # 7 due by end of class period | Read or listen to “My Mother’s Dreams for Her Son, and All Black Children” |
| Tuesday,
Nov. 3rd Election Day! Please Vote! |
Students present essays (5 mins each over Zoom)
Paragraphs as a unit of writing. Topic sentences, supporting points. Read poem “We Lived Happily During the War” by Ilya Kaminsky |
Final Draft of Analytical Essay Due—1,800 words minimum (shared through google docs) |
| Thursday,
Nov. 5th |
Blog post # 8 due by end of class period | Watch “Want a more just world? Be an unlikely ally”
Listen to “The Air We Breathe: Implicit Bias And Police Shootings” podcast Send three research paper topics in an email and explain why you want to write about them. |
| Tuesday,
Nov. 10th |
Library Session | Choose your topic and begin researching through google scholar and the library database
Review this tutorial on plagiarism then take this plagiarism quiz from Cornell (click the “guest” option) |
| Thursday,
Nov. 12th |
Blog post # 9 due by end of class period | Watch Trevor Noah clip on George Floyd and society as a contract
Watch I am Not Your Negro documentary (available on Netflix and youtube ) Send five sources for your final paper (title and link) by email |
| Tuesday,
Nov. 17th |
Discussion of annotated bibliographies
Begin writing annotations in class |
Read about annotated bibliographies here |
| Thursday,
Nov. 19th |
Annotated Bibliographies due by end of class (shared through google docs) | |
| Tuesday,
Nov. 24th |
Peer review on zoom + google docs | First Draft of Research Essay due (1,500 word minimum) |
| Thursday,
Nov. 26th NO CLASS—THANKSGIVING |
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| Tuesday,
Dec. 1st |
Individual meetings to discuss papers | |
| Thursday,
Dec. 3rd |
Individual meetings to discuss papers
Blog post #10 due |
Watch “What Reading Slowly Taught me About Writing”: |
| Tuesday,
Dec. 8th |
Final class zoom call | |
| Thursday,
Dec. 10th FINAL CLASS |
Class reflections posted on blog + evaluations through CunyFirst | Final Essays Due (share through Google Docs) |