| Week | Date | Reading Due | Writing Topics | Assignments Due |
| 1 | 8/27 | Icebreakers
Syllabus review Syllabus scavenger hunt |
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| 8/29 | Campus Scavenger Hunt Assignment completed during class | |||
| 2 | 9/3 | They Say, I Say Ch. 1 “They Say: Starting with What Others Are Saying” pgs 19- 30 | Active Reading and Annotations; “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop
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Campus Scavenger Hunt Assignment
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| 9/5 | No Class
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| 3 | 9/10 | They Say, I Say Introduction and Chapter 1 pgs 1-31 | Getting Started with the Course Blog and Google Docs (Reserved IMOW)
Starting with what They Say Activities |
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| 9/12 |
In Class Essay 1: Close Reading |
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| 4 | 9/17 | “The Next Environmental Revolution” from Welcome to Your World Introduction pgs 1-19 (Readings Page of Course site)
Image of the City Video (Readings Page of Course site) |
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Contributions to Welcome to Your World Study Guide Google Doc (Study Guides Page of Course Site) |
| 9/19 | They Say, I Say Ch. 2; pgs 30-42 |
Summarizing
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| 5 | 9/24 | They Say, I Say Ch. 3; pgs 43-52
Nonstop Metropolis Map 21: Public/ Private pgs 171-178 |
How to find and use quotations
The Sandwich Technique for Quotations
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Essay 2: Summary and Evaluation Draft |
| 9/26 | They Say, I Say Ch. 4 “Yes/ No/ Okay/ But: Three Ways to Respond” pgs 53-66 |
Responding to others’ ideas
In Class Peer Review |
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| 6 | 10/1 | No Class
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| 10/3 | No Class
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| 7 | 10/8 | No Class
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Essay 2: Summary and Evaluation Due to Blackboard | |
| 10/10 | Nonstop Metropolis Map 10: City of Women pgs 85-90 | Methods and modes of argumentation | ||
| 8 | 10/15 | Nonstop Metropolis Map 17: Trash in the City pgs 142-146 | MEAL plan for body paragraphs | |
| 10/17 | They Say, I Say Ch. 5 and 6 pgs 67-90 | Practice Making Arguments | ||
| 9 | 10/22 | Essay 3: In Class Midterm-Making an Argument
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| 10/24 | Choosing a Research Topic | |||
| 10 | 10/29 | How to Do Research: Library Day
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Essay 4: Digital Essay Research Proposal | |
| 10/31 | Peer Review of Research Topics | |||
| 11 | 11/5 |
They Say, I Say Ch. 7 pgs 91-100 |
Source citation and attribution–avoiding plagiarism | |
| 11/7 | Nonstop Metropolis Map 12: City of Walkers pgs 94-101 | Writing Effective Summaries for Citations | ||
| 12 | 11/12 |
Nonstop Metropolis Map 20: Brooklyn Villages, pgs 165-170 They Say, I Say Ch 8, pgs 101-116 |
Making Connections | |
| 11/14 | Nonstop Metropolis, Map 18: Mysterious Land of Shaolin pgs 147-157
They Say, I Say Ch. 10 pgs 131-140 |
Practicing Metacommentary | Essay 4: Annotated Bibliography Due | |
| 13 | 11/19 | Draft Meetings with Me | Essay 4: Digital Essay Written Copy Draft Due | |
| 11/21 | Draft Meetings with Me (Reserved COW) | |||
| 14 | 11/26 |
Nonstop Metropolis Map 15: Burning Down and Rising Up: The Bronx in the 1970’s pgs 119-13 They Say, I Say Ch. 11 pgs 141-160 |
Writing Effective Conclusions
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| 11/28 | No Class | |||
| 15 | 12/3 | Technical Issues and Digital Essays Peer Review (Reserved COW) | ||
| 12/5 |
Final Exam Preparation |
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| 16 | 12/10 | Final Exam Preparation | Essay 4: Digital Essays Due | |
| 12/12 | Final Exam Preparation |
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