| Week | Date | Reading Due | Writing Topics | Assignments Due |
| 1 | 8/28 | Icebreakers
Syllabus review Syllabus scavenger hunt |
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| 2 | 9/2 | No Class | ||
| 9/4 | Campus Scavenger Hunt completed during class | |||
| 9/5 | 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 | Campus Scavenger Hunt Assignment | |
| 3 | 9/9 | They Say, I Say Introduction and Chapter 1 pgs 1-31 | Getting Started with the Course Blog and Google Docs (Reserved COW)
Collaborative Annotating Activity Starting with what They Say Activities |
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| 9/11 | In Class Essay 1: Close Reading | |||
| 4 | 9/16 | “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) |
Contributions to Welcome to Your World Study Guide Google Doc (Study Guides Page of Course Site) | |
| 9/18 | They Say, I Say Ch. 2; pgs 30-42 | Summarizing | ||
| 5 | 9/23 | Nonstop Metropolis Map 21: Public/ Private pgs 171-178
They Say, I Say Ch. 3; pgs 43-52 |
How to find and use quotations
The Sandwich Technique for Quotations |
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| 9/25 | 53-66They Say, I Say Ch. 4 “Yes/ No/ Okay/ But: Three Ways to Respond” pgs 53-66 |
Responding to others’ ideas
In Class Peer Review |
Essay 2: Summary and Evaluation Draft | |
| 6 | 9/31 | No Class | ||
| 10/2 | Nonstop Metropolis Map 10: City of Women pgs 85-90 | Accessing and Creating a Site on the Academic Commons
Methods and modes of argumentation |
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| 7 | 10/7 | No Class | ||
| 10/8 | No Class | Essay 2: Summary and Evaluation Due on Blackboard | ||
| 8 | 10/14 | No Class | ||
| 10/16 | Nonstop Metropolis Map 17: Trash in the City pgs 142-146
They Say, I Say Ch. 5 and 6 pgs 67-90 |
MEAL plan for body paragraphs
Practice Making Arguments |
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| 9 | 10/21 | Essay 3: In Class Midterm-Making an Argument | ||
| 10/22 | Choosing a Research Topic | |||
| 10 | 10/28 | How to do Research: Library Day | Essay 4: Digital Essay Research Proposal | |
| 10/30 | Peer Review of Research Topics | |||
| 11 | 11/4 | Creating a Working Thesis to Generate Research Terms | ||
| 11/6 | They Say, I Say Ch. 7 and 8 pgs 77-116 | Organizing and Integrating Research | ||
| 12 | 11/11 | They Say, I Say Ch. 7 pgs 91-100
Nonstop Metropolis Map 12: City of Walkers pgs 94-101 |
Writing Effective Summaries for Citations | |
| 11/13 | Nonstop Metropolis, Map 20: Brooklyn Villages, pgs 165-170
They Say, I Say Ch. 8: pgs 101-116 |
Making Connections | Essay 4: Annotated Bibliography Due | |
| 13 | 11/18 |
Nonstop Metropolis, Map 18: Mysterious Land of Shaolin pgs 147-157 They Say, I Say Ch. 10 pgs 131-140 |
Practicing Metacommentary | |
| 11/20 | Draft Meetings with Me | Essay 4: Digital Essay Written Copy Draft Due | ||
| 14 | 11/25 | Draft Meetings with Me (Reserved COW) | ||
| 11/27 |
Nonstop Metropolis Map 15: Burning Down and Rising Up: The Bronx in the 1970’s pgs 119-131 They Say, I Say Ch. 11 pgs 141-160 |
Writing Effective Conclusions | ||
| 15 | 12/2 | Technical Issues and Digital Essays Peer Review (Reserved COW) | ||
| 12/4 | Final Exam Preparation | Essay 4: Digital Essays Due | ||
| 16 | 12/9 | Final Exam Preparation | ||
| 12/11 | Final Exam Preparation |
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