Week 1

Monday, 8/21: Introductions + Icebreakers. Syllabus review+ Activity and Genre Studies Intro. Daily Reaction.

HW: Review the syllabus for the quiz

Wednesday, 8/23: Syllabus quiz. Overview of Discussion Leader Dates. Identity Activity and Stand Where you Stand Activity. Jiracek questions + Discussion of Writing Researcher Identity. Daily Reaction.

HW: Sheets 6.1 reading and Coletta 8.1 reading with notes

Week 2

Reading Due by 8/28:

  • “I would not like writing here or there…” Coletta 8.1
  • “That’s so Sweet…” Sheets 6.1

Monday, 8/28:Writing prompt #2. Review. Reading Quiz + Discussion Leader. Uptake activity + Discussion of uptake and antecedent knowledge. Daily Reaction + Collect index cards.

HW: Marinate and Blue + yellow = green with unit one guidelines

Wednesday, 8/30:Freewrite. Review/EC quiz. SAWAC + APAC powerpoint and activity (cereal boxes). Unit guidelines overview. Daily Reactions.

HW: “Eating Cereal for Breakfast…” Soares 4.1 + finish cereal box

“To judge a book by its cover…” Lyons 8.1

Week 3

Reading Due by 9/6:

  • “Eating Cereal for Breakfast…” Soares 4.1
  • “To judge a book by its cover…” Lyons 8.1

Wednesday, 9/6:Freewrite. Reading Quiz. Discussion Leaders. Introduction of Multimodality (demo with picture book?) + review of SAWAC and APAC. WAC peer workshop with cereal boxes—emphasis on multimodality and conventions. Daily Reaction.

HW: Proposal and Memo due 9/8 by 11:55pm

“Literate Practices in a Juvenile Detention Home…” Flowers and Kartcheske

Week 4

Reading Due by 9/11:

  • “Literate Practices in a Juvenile Detention Home…” Flowers and Kartcheske

Monday, 9/11: Writing prompt # 3. Reading Quiz + Discussion Leader. Review of conceptsswitch audience activity (SAWAC + APAC + WRI + Mutlim) Reverse engineer activity with reading + bag of genres (emphasize multimode). Daily Reaction.

HW: Work on your project!

Wednesday, 9/13: Freewrite. Groups based on Unit project selection analyze their chosen genre with APAC. Brainstorm with Becca throughout class. Daily Reaction.

HW: Work on unit project!

“Don’t be Quiet: Talk as a Tool for Improved Writing” – Williams 2.1

“Atychiphobia…” Wood 8.1

Week 5

Reading Due by 9/18:

  • “Don’t be Quiet: Talk as a Tool for Improved Writing” – Williams 2.1
  • “Atychiphobia…” Wood 8.1

Monday, 9/18: Writing prompt #4, Reading quiz + Discussion Leaders. Joey Activity—what went wrong? Intro to peer-assessment vs workshop. Peer-assessment as a class unit with provided example to assess. Daily Reaction.

HW: Unit project due Wednesday by class time!!!!! (on reggienet)

Wednesday, 9/20: Freewrite. Peer-assessment of unit one project. Unit two guidelines and blue + yellow = green activity and discussion.Daily Reaction.

HW: Self-assessment due Monday + additional revisions

“Understanding Language and Culture with Cultural Historical Activity theory” Kostecki 3.1

Week 6

Reading Due by 9/25:

  • “Understanding Language and Culture with Cultural Historical Activity theory” Kostecki 3.1

Reading Due by 9/27:

  • “Transmedia Storytelling…” Ybarra 8.1
  • “CHATing about Greatness…” Weiss 8.1

Monday, 9/25:Writing Prompt #5. Introduction to CHAT (based on Joyce) + CHAT map as a class with Kostecki questions. Bag of genres in small groups if time. Brief Remediation Introduction. Daily Reaction.

HW: “Transmedia Storytelling…” Ybarra 8.1

“CHATing about Greatness…” Weiss 8.1

Wednesday, 9/27: Freewrite. Review of CHAT. Reading Quiz + Discussion Leader. More fully introduce remediation with examples from last semester. Tracking Remediation + discussion. Remediation activity as a class (blurb to DVD case). Daily Reaction.

HW:Brainstorm project ideas (participation points)

Week 7

Reading Due by 10/2:

  • “Multilingual Notes as a tool to Understand Super Dense Readings” Khor 7.2 [Stop at Soda-Pop-Coke Conflict section]

Reading Due by 10/4:

  • "You’ve got Mail: Researching and Analyzing the Genre of Postcards” Ginzburg 6.1

Monday, 10/2: Writing prompt #6. Review of CHAT and remediation. Discussion of code-switching and remediation. Fbook to email CHAT differences and remediation activity. Project idea workshop. Daily Reaction.

HW: Finish remediation activity (bring in for participation points + misc)

Wednesday, 10/4: Freewrite. Reverse bag of genres activity to help with project proposals. Reading Quiz + Discussion Leader. Introduction to Trajectory with football. Daily reaction.

HW: “Genre as Subversion…”Litwiller 8.1

“Tracing the Trajectories of (The) Humans of New York” Viswanath 6.2”

Proposal and Memo due Friday

Week 8

Reading Due by 10/9:

  • “Genre as Subversion…” Litwiller 8.1
  • “Tracing the Trajectories of (The) Humans of New York” Viswanath 6.2”

Monday, 10/9: Writing prompt #7. Review. Reading Quiz + Discussion Leader. Message in a bottle trajectory activity to connect CHAT, trajectory, uptake, and antecedent knowledge (and writing researcher identity). Daily Reaction

HW: Short story (bring in for participation points + misc)

Wednesday, 10/11: Freewrite. Trajectory activity with short story + discussion. Write-it-in prompt + discussion. Daily reaction.

HW: “From Religion to Cannibalism…”Qabazard 3.2

TBD reading

Week 9

Reading Due by 10/16:

  • “From Religion to Cannibalism…” Qabazard 3.2

Monday, 10/16: Writing prompt #8. Reaction activity. Reading Quiz + Discussion Leader. Cultural and Ethical Considerations/translingualism Discussion. Daily Reaction

HW: Work on Project

Wednesday, 10/18: Freewrite. Review of components + multimodality. Speed conferencing one-on-ones. Daily Reaction

HW: “The Grape DimetappTM…” Torrington 3.1

Work on unit project.

Week 9

Reading Due by 10/23:

  • “The Grape DimetappTM…” Torrington 3.1

Monday, 10/23: Writing prompt #9. Reading quiz + discussion leader. Work day!Daily Reaction

HW: Work on Project

Wednesday, 10/25: Freewrite. Peer-assessment. Unit three guidelines blue + yellow = green activity and review. Daily Reaction

HW:Work on self-assessment + think about unit 3 presentation dates

Week 10

Reading Due by 11/1:

  • “Shithouse Poet…” Parish 6.1
  • “Best of What now” Trivedi 7.2

Monday, 10/30: Writing prompt #10. Discussion on Unit three/presentation sign-ups. Librarian visit. Daily Reaction

HW: “Shithouse Poet…” Parish 6.1

“Best of What now” Trivedi 7.2

Wednesday, 11/1: Freewrite.Reading quiz + discussion leader. Content research vs genre research lecture/Primary research vs Secondary research. Purdue Owl introduction.Daily Reaction

HW: Work on Proposal and Memo

Week 11

Reading Due by 11/6:

  • “Faceless Ecologies…” Del Mastro 8.1
  • “Let’s sit down for a talk” Holdsworth 8.1

Monday, 11/6: Writing prompt #11. Research log overview/ review. Reading quiz + discussion leader. Spatial activity (2 student observers). Discussion of presentation persona and WRI. Daily Reaction

HW: Bring in project materials.

Wednesday, 11/8: Freewrite.Peer-workshop of project ideas with me as a floater. Sign up for conference times and go over conference components/materials. Assign mid-semester WP. Daily Reaction

HW: Prepare for conferences

Week 12

ONE-ON-ONE CONFERENCES

Week 13

THANKSGIVING!!!! NO CLASS!

Midsemester writing prompt (#12) due Monday (11/27)

Week 14

Presentations!!!

Week 15

ASSESSMENT WEEK!!!

Finals Week

Final due 12/15 by 11:55pm