- You should have access to all readings & all assignments every class (in print or on your laptop/phone). This is because we’ll likely refer back to previous assignments/readings.
- All assignments are due on Blackboard. First drafts are also due on Google Drive for peer review and workshopping.
- All underlines below are links
| DATE | HOMEWORK | IN-CLASS TOPICS and GOALS |
| Mon 8/28 | Watch Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s talk “The Danger of the Single Story” | Introductions to the course and to each other Syllabus Review Discussion of “The Danger of the Single Story” Grading Contract |
| Wed 8/30 | Read Tracy Kidder, “‘You Have to Learn to Listen’: How a Doctor Cares for Boston’s Homeless” New York Times (January 5, 2023) (also a pdf in the “readings” folder on Google Drive) Use Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s talk as a lens for reading Tracy Kidder’s article; what I mean by that is to make a note of where you notice the connection between stories and power. | Introduce assignment: Outsider Narrative In-class reading and annotation of Tracy Kidder, “‘You Have to Learn to Listen’: How a Doctor Cares for Boston’s Homeless” New York Times (January 5, 2023) (also a pdf in the “readings” folder on Google Drive) Discussion: Tracy Kidder and Nkali Workshop: Outsider Narrative Samples and Collaborative Rubric |
| Mon 9/4 | No class! | |
| Tues 9/5 | Outsider Narrative first draft due on Blackboard and Google Drive by the end of the day. Not a class day! | |
| Wed 9/6 | Peer review: The Outsider Narrative | |
| Mon 9/11 | 1. Reflection: Outsider Narratives 2. Reading about medicine’s metaphors for next week 3. MLA Citation Workshop | |
| Wed 9/13 | Outsider Narrative final draft due on Blackboard before class Read and annotate Dhruv Khullar, “The Trouble With Medicine’s Metaphors” The Atlantic (August 7, 2014) What to look for while reading: -What is the main point? -What is the “problem” with how doctors communicate about disease, according to Khullar? -How does he think that we should approach communicating with patients about illness? | Introduce assignment: The Metaphor Essay In-class reading and annotation of Dhruv Khullar, “The Trouble With Medicine’s Metaphors” The Atlantic (August 7, 2014) Preparing for the metaphor assignment: metaphor practice! Collaborative Rubric: The Metaphor Essay |
| Mon 9/18 | Workshop: Analyzing metaphors from Susan Sontag and Eula Biss | |
| Wed 9/20 | Workshop: Finding Metaphors | |
| Wed 9/27 | Thesis Workshop | |
| Mon 10/2 | First draft of Metaphor Essay due on Blackboard and Google Drive before class | Peer Review and Feedback Period |
| Wed 10/4 | Midterm Conferences Setting Goals for Revisions Based on Peer and Instructor Feedback | |
| Mon 10/9 | No class! | |
| Tu 10/10 (Monday schedule) | Final Draft of Metaphor Essay due on Blackboard before class | Metaphor Reflection Introduce Assignment: The Critical Lens Workshop: Collaborative Rubric Starting to Think About the “Critical Lens” |
| Wed 10/11 | Workshop: Using Tobin Siebers as a theoretical “lens” | |
| Mon 10/16 | Workshop: Using Benjamin Singer as a theoretical “lens” The Mad Max movies as “target” text Applying Benjamin Singer: Two Examples Lens and Target Brainstorming | |
| Wed 10/18 | Add the lens and target that you have decided to work with to the spreadsheet on Google Drive | Model Outline of Critical Lens Assignment Writing the Lens Essay |
| Mon 10/23 | Familiarize yourself with the overview of the research project assignment. First draft of Critical Lens Essay due on Blackboard and Google Drive by end of day. | Meet in STC 2 on the lower level of the Cohen Library (in the NAC building)! Workshop: Finding sources in the CCNY Library databases |
| Wed 10/25 | Peer Review and Feedback period for Critical Lens Workshop: Peer Review worksheet | |
| Mon 10/30 | Final Draft of Critical Lens assignment due on Blackboard | Introduce Assignment: The Research Project Summary of the research project assignment Workshop: Invention |
| Wed 11/1 | Invention assignment due on Blackboard by end of day | Intro: Research Project Proposal Workshop: Team Research Speedrun |
| Mon 11/6 | Research Project Proposal due on Blackboard and Google Drive by end of day | Workshop: synthesis examples Workshop: Synthesizing sources for the research project Handout: Synthesis for Research Writers Introducing the Source Report (informal assignment for research project) |
| Wed 11/8 | Two goals for class today: 1) Get feedback on your research proposal from peers and your instructor. 2) Write Part One of the research project (due Friday 11/10). | |
| Fri 11/10 | Part 1 of Research Project due on Blackboard and Google Drive. Not a class day! | |
| Mon 11/13 | Sign up for in-class research project conferences Introduce Assignment: Annotated Bibliography In-Class Workshop: Annotated Bibliography | |
| Wed 11/15 | Source report due on Blackboard and Google Drive by end of day | Research project conferences (in class) |
| Mon 11/20 | First draft of annotated bibliography due by end of day | In-class work on annotated bibliography and Part Two of research project Extra Credit activity: Annotated Bibliography peer review Research project conferences (in class) |
| Wed 11/22 | No class! | |
| Mon 11/27 | First draft of Part Two of Research Project due on Blackboard and Google Drive before class | Sign up for final conferences Intro Part 3 Assignment (with Some Real World Examples) Peer Review: Part Two of Research Project |
| Wed 11/29 | Introduce assignment: Final Portfolio with Introduction Create portfolio website URL and add to spreadsheet In-class assignment: portfolio introduction brainstorming Getting started with the portfolio and introduction | |
| Mon 12/4 | Final draft of annotated bibliography and Part 3 of Research Project due on Blackboard | Research Project Final Conferences Preparing for presentations |
| Wed 12/6 | Conferences on zoom! No class meeting. (See my announcement.) | Research Project Final Conferences Conferences on zoom! No class meeting. (See my announcement.) |
| Mon 12/11 | First draft of portfolio with introduction due on Blackboard and on Google Drive spreadsheet before class | In-class research presentations (continued from Professor de la Cruz’s seminar) |
| Fri 12/15 | Final draft of portfolio with introduction due on Blackboard and on Google Drive spreadsheet. Not a class day! Final draft of Research Project Part Two due on Blackboard |
