Schedule of classes (Subject to changes)
| Week | Meeting Date | Reading Assignment Due | Writing Assignment Due |
| 1 | Saturday February 1st | Read the introduction of They Say, I Say | Informal Introductions, informal self-reflection to be done in class.
Learning style and identity wheels, in class exercises |
| In class we will read TBD section from TSIS as well as
We will also read and discuss either the final exam pieces to be revisited later, and to begin our discussion of themes. |
Write short informal responses to Pollan or Foster-Wallace
After class, short entry and response in Blackboard discussion board |
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| 2 | Saturday February 8th | Before class, read TBD section from Part 1 of TSIS | In class, we will use templates from TSIS to respond to selected readings we have looked at together |
| In class we will read Kate Crawford, Artificial Intelligence’s White Guy
Problem 599 and/or Anne-Marie slaughter, Why Women Still Can’t Have It All 534 Analysis Assignment, read assignment together |
In class, we will draft a proposal for your first essay, the Analysis Assignment.
We will brainstorm and talk about your ideas as a group After class, short entry and response in Blackboard discussion board |
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| 3 | Saturday February 15th | Before class, read TBD section from Part 2 of TSIS | Bring in first draft of your Analysis Assignment. Everyone will share with a colleague. Two volunteers will share with whole class. |
| After class, short entry and response in Blackboard discussion board | |||
| 4 | Saturday February 22nd | Before class read TBD section from Part 2 of TSIS. | Final Draft of Analysis Assignment is Due |
| In class, we will re-read and discuss sections from any of the works you are writing about | In class, we will write an informal self-reflection about the assignment.
After class, short entry and response in Blackboard discussion board |
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| 5 | Saturday February 29th | Before class please read TBD section of TSIS Part 2 | In class we will do another template exercise from TSIS |
| In class we will look again at the final exam texts. We will reconsider our opinions based on what we have read and talked about so far.
In class, we will read the following from TSIS Mary Maxfield, Food as Thought: Resisting the Moralization of Eating 641 and David Zinczenko, Don’t Blame the Eater 647 |
In class, we will write an informal comparison, making connections and using examples.
After class, short entry and response in Blackboard discussion board |
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| 6 | Saturday March 7th | Before class, please read TBD section of TSIS Part 2 | In class, short quiz about TSIS reading. Write short response to HW reading. |
| In class we will read Kenneth Goldsmith, Go Ahead: Waste Time on
the Internet 500 and/or Michaela Cullington, Does Texting Affect Writing? 462 look at Synthesis Assignment and discuss |
We will talk about how to properly cite a source using MLA format and practice citing sources in relation to our responses.
After class, short entry and response in Blackboard discussion board |
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| 7 | Saturday March 14th | Before class please read TBD section of Part 3 of TSIS | In class you will present your proposals for the Synthesis Assignment |
| In class we will read Liz Addison, Two Years Are Better Than Four 365 and/or Gerald Graff, Hidden Intellectualism 369 | We will do a template exercise related to the Synthesis Assignment
We will discuss connections between the readings After class, short entry and response in Blackboard discussion board |
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| 8 | Saturday March 21st | Before class please read TBD section of Part 3 of TSIS | Please bring to class a first draft of your Synthesis Assignment. We will do peer reviews in class. Two volunteers will share with the class. |
| After class, short entry and response in Blackboard discussion board | |||
| 9 | Saturday March 28th | In class we will read TBD section of Part 4 of TSIS | Final Draft of your Synthesis Assignment is due. |
| We will revisit the final exam pieces.
If time, we will read Sean Blanda, The “Other Side” Is Not Dumb 212 and/or Barack Obama, Howard University Commencement Speech 296 |
In class we will start to discuss the Documented Essay
We will do a template exercise using Pollan and Foster-Wallace as examples, and incorporating what we have learned so far.
After class, short entry and response in Blackboard discussion board |
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| 10 | Saturday April 4th | Before class, please read TBD section of Part 4 of TSIS | Annotate copies of Pollan and Foster-Wallace |
| Before class reading TBD, look at Documented Essay Assignment
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We will talk about the three pillars of persuasion: ethos, logos and pathos, and write a short paragraph about one of the assigned pieces in each style. We will talk about adding evidence to each.
After class, short entry and response in Blackboard discussion board |
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| 11 | Saturday April 11th | SPRING RECESS, NO CLASS | |
| 12 | Saturday April 18th | Re-read chosen essay. Find one related essay. Print and bring to class. | Before class, write a brief proposal for your Documented Essay. After class, short entry and response in Blackboard discussion board
We will discuss your ideas in class Outline and Rough Draft of Documented Essay. Bring to class for peer review. We will discuss as a group. |
| After class, short entry and response in Blackboard discussion board | |||
| 13 | Saturday April 25th | Final Exam Preparation | In class practice test as draft of your Documented Essay |
| Final Exam Preparation | Make copies and share your draft with a classmate and with me. Peer review responses are due by May 2nd | ||
| 14 | Saturday May 2nd | Final Exam Preparation |
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| Final Exam Preparation | Final Draft of Documented Essay due | ||
| 15 | Saturday May 9th | Final Exam | Last day of class |
| FINAL EXAM In Class | |||
| Saturday May 16th | Extra Day: I am available for one on one conferences in the classroom, hours TBD |
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