Semester Calendar
Reading and writing assignments are due on the date listed and should be performed prior to class. Click "Due," "Class," or "Post" next to an assignment or lesson topic for further details. You can also click on week numbers or dates to toggle between entries in the Semester Calendar and the Agenda & Assignment Details.
September 9 (W)
Due: Guided Self-Placement Letter
Class: Introduction to Course
September 10 (Th)
Class: Introduction to Blogs and Communities
Due in class this week: Community Details
September 14 (M)
Class: Group A (AS, DB, NA, JBM)
September 16 (W)
Class: Group B (BS, XL, MA, TA)
Class: Group C (AT, RY, MB, SM)
September 17 (Th)
Due: Blog Research
Class: Voice and Audience
Class: Identifying Community Conversations
Class: Writer Bios
Post: Introduction to Community (due 6pm)
Due: Writer Bio
Due: Read Group Members' Posts; Peer Review Guidelines
Class: Peer Review Breakout Rooms
Due: Arrange Interviews
Class: Multi-Genre Searches; Using Library Databases
Class: Interview Prep; Source Summaries
Post: Source Summaries (due 6pm)
Due this week: Interviews
Due: Read They Say / I Say, "Introduction"
Class: Entering a Conversation
Class: Defining a Conversation
Class: Diagramming a Conversation
Post - Project 1: Framing the Conversation (due 6pm)
No Classes (Holiday)
Post: Agreement & Disagreement Piece (due 6pm)
Due: At-Home Exercise, parts 1 and 2
Post - Project 2: Position Op-Ed (due 6pm)
Due this week: Peer Review Annotations
Class: Group C (AT, RY, MB, SM)
Class: Group A (AS, DB, NA, JBM)
Class: Group B (BS, XL, MA, TA)
Post: Position Op-Ed Revision (due 6pm)
Class: Stating the Opposition
No class / no exercise (post-election exhaustion)
Class: Reverse Outline for Sources
Post - Project 3: Opposition Op-Ed (due 6pm)
Class: Topic Sentences
No Classes (Holiday)
Due: Read "Coherence and Cohesion"
Class: Paragraph Cohesion
Due - Project 4: Long Essay Draft 1
Due this week: Workshop Worksheet
Class: Group B (BS, XL, MA, TA)
Class: Group C (AT, RY, MB, SM)
Class: Group A (AS, DB, NA, JBM)
No Classes (Thanksgiving)
No Classes (Thanksgiving)
Due: See Workshop Worksheet
Class: Group A (AS, DB, NA, JBM)
Class: Group B (BS, XL, MA, TA)
Class: Group C (AT, RY, MB, SM)
Class: Thesis Claims Workshop
Class: Paper Questions; Class Evals
Due: Long Essay Final Version