Though one or two might move around, these dates are basically set in stone. For each class session, I have listed the episode due for discussion that day, as well as slots for student writing samples, which we will read and analyze together. Due dates of major writing assignments are also listed, as are a few topics I plan to talk out with you in short lectures. Important note: you might wonder why specific details of classwork and, importantly, of homework are not listed here. Detailed instructions, rubrics, handouts, and preparatory tasks are always on our “Chalkboard” Doc.
Class 1: Thursday, January 26: Course overview, expectations, policies; tech set-up; classwork; freewriting
Homework: As always…see our “Chalkboard” Google Doc: www.tinyurl.com/lehmanchalkboard
Class 2: Tuesday January 31: Lesson: Guptill Ch 1; Discussion of Mixtape (“Dakou”); Suggested: Writing in College (“What Does the Professor Want?”)
Class 3: Thursday February 2: Lesson: Guptill (Ch 2); Discussion of Mixtape “Jack and Bing”; Sentences from: _____ and ______
Class 4: Tuesday February 7: Discussion of Mixtape (“Cassetternet”); Sentences from: _____ and ______
Class 5: Thursday February 9th: In-Class Drafting of Essay 1 — come ready to write!
(NO CLASS ON Tuesday February 14, which is a MONDAY SCHEDULE)
Class 6: Thursday February 16: Lesson on Secondary Sources (Guptill Ch. 4); peer edit your drafts, incorporating the sources you brought to class; revisions due Tuesday; Sentences from: _____ and ______
Class 7: Tuesday February 21st: REVISED ESSAY 1 DUE to Bb; Lesson on talking to people you already know (a/k/a: utilizing qualitative data from human sources in academic writing); Sentences from: _____ and ______
Class 8: Thursday, February 23rd: Discussion Starter Posts from _________ and __________ ; Discussion of La Brega #1 (Spanish), La Brega #1 (English); Sentences from: _____ and ______
Class 9: Tuesday, February 28th: Discussion Starter Posts from ____ and _____ ; Discussion of “Levittown, donde la vida buena comienza” / “Levittown, Where the good life begins” ; Sentences from: _____ and ______
Class 10: Thursday, March 2: Discussion of “Encyclopedia of Betrayal” or “Una enciclopedia de tracción”; Sentences from: _____ and ______
Class 11: Tuesday, March 7: Discussion of “Vieques and the Promise to Build Back Better” / “Vieques y la resiliencia a nunca llegó”; Sentences from: _____ and ______
Class 12: Thursday, March 9: Discussion of La Brega “Basketball Warriors” / “Guerreros Del Basket”; Sentences from: _____ and ______
Class 13: Tuesday, March 14: Discussion of “The Bankruptcy Letters” (La Brega); Sentences from: __ & __
Class 14: Thursday, March 16: Discussion of “Snow in the Tropics”; Sentences from: _____ and ______
Class 15: Tuesday, March 21: Questions on Guptill Ch 6; In-class draft of Essay 2 — come ready to write!
Class 16: Thursday, March 23: Lesson on Guptill (Ch 6); Peer Editing Essay 2; Paragraphs from ___ and __.
Class 17: Tuesday, March 28: Graded Revision of Essay 2 Due to BB; Discussion of Lost Notes: 1980 (Stevie Wonder); Paragraphs from _________ and __________
Class 18: Thursday, March 30: Discussion of Lost Notes: 1980, “Sugar Hill Gang”; Paragraphs from __ and _______
Class 19: Tuesday, April 4: Discussion of Guptill (Ch 7-8) & Lost Notes: 1980, “Sugar Hill Gang”; Paragraphs (x2) from __ , __ , __, __
NO CLASS APRIL 6, 11, or 13 for SPRING BREAK
Class 20: Tuesday, April 18: Review of Guptill; Paragraphs (x2) from ___ , ___ , ___ , ___
Class 21: Thursday, April 20: Discussion of Lost Notes: 1980: “Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba”; Paragraphs from_____ and _____
Class 22: Tuesday, April 25: Discussion of Lost Notes: 1980: “Minnie Ripperton”; Paragraphs from _____ and _____
Class 23: Thursday, April 27: Drafting Day; Lesson: Dancing about Architecture; Discussion of Lost Notes: 1980: “Grace Jones”
Class 24: Tuesday May 2: Lesson on Mechanics; Portfolio Presentations from ___, ___, ___, ___, ____,____, ____,
Class 25: Thursday May 4: Peer Edit Essay 3
Class 26: Tuesday, May 9: Portfolio Presentations from ___, ___, ___, ___, ____,____, ____,
Class 27: Thursday, May 11: Graded Revision of Essay 3 Due to Bb (also a one-minute “essay 3 trailer” and “annotated “playlist” contribution)
Class 28: Tuesday, May 16: Last day of classes; “listening party”
