| Week | Date | Reading Due | Writing Topics | Assignments Due |
| 1 | 8/27 | Icebreakers
Syllabus review Syllabus scavenger hunt Campus Scavenger Hunt Assignment completed during class |
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| 2 | 9/3 | Active Reading and Annotations; “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop
Getting Started with Google Docs: Computer Lab (Reserved MMC) |
Campus Scavenger Hunt Assignment | |
| 3 | 9/10 | They Say, I Say Introduction and Chapter 1 pgs 1-31 | In Class Essay 1: Close Reading
Starting with what They Say Activities |
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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) They Say, I Say Ch. 2; pgs 30-42 |
Summarizing
Introduce Essay 2 |
Contributions to Welcome to Your World Study Guide Google Doc (Study Guides Page of Course Site) |
| 5 | 9/24 | Nonstop Metropolis Map 21: Public/ Private pgs 171-178
They Say, I Say Ch. 4 “Yes/ No/ Okay/ But: Three Ways to Respond” pgs 53-66 |
How to find and use quotations
The Sandwich Technique for Quotations In Class Peer Review Responding to others’ ideas Accessing and Creating a Site on the Academic Commons (Reserved COW 2-3:30) |
Essay 2: Summary and Evaluation Draft |
| 6 | 10/1 | No Class | ||
| 7 | 10/8 | No Class | Essay 2: Summary and Evaluation Due | |
| 8 | 10/15 | Nonstop Metropolis Map 10: City of Women pgs 85-90
Nonstop Metropolis Map 17: Trash in the City pgs 142-146 They Say, I Say Ch. 5 and 6 pgs 67-90 |
Methods and modes of argumentation
MEAL plan for body paragraphs |
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| 9 | 10/22 | Essay 3: In Class Midterm-Making an Argument
Choosing a Research Topic |
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| 10 | 10/29 | How to Do Research: Library Day
Peer Review of Research Topics |
Essay 4: Digital Essay Research Proposal Blog Post Due | |
| 11 | 11/5 | They Say, I Say Ch. 7 pgs 91-100
Nonstop Metropolis Map 12: City of Walkers pgs 94-101 |
Creating a Working Thesis and Using it to Generate Research Terms Writing Effective Summaries for Citations |
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| 12 | 11/12 | Nonstop Metropolis Map 20: Brooklyn Villages, pgs 165-170
Nonstop Metropolis, Map 18: Mysterious Land of Shaolin pgs 147-157 They Say, I Say Ch 8, pgs 101-116 They Say, I Say Ch. 10 pgs 131-140 |
Making Connections
Practicing Metacommentary |
Essay 4: Annotated Bibliography Due |
| 13 | 11/19 | Draft Meetings with Me (Reserved COW 12:30-2) | Essay 4: Digital Essay Written Copy Draft Due | |
| 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
Technical Issues and Digital Essays Peer Review (Reserved COW 12:30-2) |
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| 15 | 12/3 | Final Exam Preparation | Essay 4: Digital Essays Due | |
| 16 | 12/10 | Final Exam Preparation |
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