Course Schedule

*Class Schedule Subject to Change

Week/Dates	Read/Watch	Blogs/Discussion Topics	Assignments	Due Dates
Week 1 1/29	Read: Course Syllabus and Peers’ Introduction Posts	Introduction Posts/Profiles	Join Our Commons Group Introductory Post and Photo	2/5
Week 2 2/1-2/5	Read:“Reading Games: Strategies for Reading Scholarly Sources,” by Karen Rosenberg “How to Read Like a Writer,” by Mike Bunn	Discuss Readings & Writing Basics	Reading Discussion #1	2/5
Week 3 2/8-2/11 *Lincoln’s Birthday	Watch: “Danger of a Single Story,” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie “(un)Learning my Name,” by Mohamed Hassan	Identity and Writing	Reading Discussion #2	2/12
Week 4 2/16-2/19 *President’s Day	Read: “Understanding Discourse Communities,” by Dan Melzer	Intro to Discourse Communities	Rough Draft of Unit 1 Essay (Share via Google Docs) Writing Journal #1	2/19
Week 5 2/22-2/26	Read: “Reflective Writing and the Revision Process: What Were You Thinking?” by Sandra L. Giles “Shitty First Drafts,” by Anne Lamott from Bird by Bird	Reflection and Revision	Final Copy of Unit 1 Essay (Share via Google Docs or Email) Reading Discussion #3	2/26
Week 6 3/1-3/5	Read: “Navigating Genres,” by Kerry Dirk ~~“In-Class Peer Review,” by Daniel Richards & “Critique”~~ (resecheduled)	Genre ~~and Peer Review~~	~~Writing Journal #2~~ Reading Discussion #4	3/5
Week 7 3/8-3/12	Read: A chapter of your choosing out of Section 1 of “Bad Ideas About Writing”	Eliminating Preconceived Notions on Writing	Reading Discussion #5	3/12
Week 8 3/15-3/19	Read:“A Talk to Teachers,” by James Baldwin	Education Discourse	Rough Draft of Unit 2 Essay (Share via Google Docs) Reading Discussion #6	3/19
Week 9 3/22-3/26	Read: “The Way We Live Now: 11-11-01; Lost and Found,” by Colson Whitehead “Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation,” by John Lewis	Community-based Discourses	Reading Discussion #7	3/26
Spring Break 3/29-4/2	College Closed – Enjoy your week off!
Week 10 4/5-4/9	Read: “The Reader and Technology” by Toby Litt	The Digital Reader	Final Copy of Unit 2 Essay Due Upon Return (Share via Google Docs or Email) Reading Discussion #8	4/9
Week 11 4/12-4/16	Read: “All Can Be Lost: The Risk of Putting Our Knowledge in the Hands of Machines,” by Nicholas Carr	Machines & Learning	~~Annotate using Hypothes.is~~ (Will do this another week) Reading Discussion #9	4/16
Week 12 4/19-4/23	Read: “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr “Does the Internet Make You Smarter?” by Clay Shirkey	Knowledge at our Fingertips	Reading Discussion #10	4/23
Week 13 4/26-4/30	Read: “Wikipedia Is Good for You!?” by James P. Purdy	Wikipedia Controversy	Rough Draft of Unit 3 Essay (Share via Google Docs) Reading Discussion #11	4/30
Week 14 5/3-5/7	Read: “In-Class Peer Review,” by Daniel Richards & “Critique” Your Classmates’ Weekly Responses	Collaborative Skills	Final Copy of Unit 3 Essay (Share via Google Docs or Email)	5/7
Week 15 5/10-5/14	Read: A chapter of your choosing out of Sections 3 or 4 of “Bad Ideas About Writing”	Full Circle	Reading Discussion #12 Writing Journal #3	5/14
Finals Week	Final Portfolios Due May 19th – May 25th		Final Portfolio Due Date TBD