Monday (10/31)

texts

1. “Analogy” and “Allusion” in the book
2. Chapter 3 from The Craft of Research

writing

Unit 2 Reflections (due Monday 10/31)

In your reflection, please answer the following questions. Your reflection should be written in paragraph form. Please feel free to include any writing you have done during our Writing Into The Day exercises. You can be as formal or as informal as you want, but please use specific examples. 

1. What do you feel like you learned this unit that you didn’t know before?
2. What did you already know , but now understand better or learned more about?
3. What (if anything) do you feel like I wanted you to learn, but you still aren’t sure about? What are your lingering questions?
4. What are the strengths of the writing you did for this unit? What are you most proud of?
5. If you were to revise the writing you did for this unit, what would you want to do differently?
6. How would you describe or rate your participation/engagement in this unit?
7. What did you do this unit that helped make you successful?
8. How does this unit compare to the previous one for you?
9. What (if anything) do you want to do differently in the next unit?
10. What additional things (resources, support, information, etc.) do you wish you had had for this unit?
11. Is there anything you would like me to change (in the structure of our course, in how I’m presenting information, etc.) going forward? What were your favorite readings/activities, and which readings/activities didn’t feel effective for you? 
12. What (if anything) from this unit would you like to discuss/think about/explore further? (either this semester or just in your life)

Turn in your reflection as a post here on the Commons, using the Unit 2 Work category. As always, the default setting is Public, but you can also post as Private, which means only you and I can see your post. Refer to the Commons Help page if you don’t remember how to do a part of this.

Length Requirement: There is no set length (in pages or word count) for this reflection. Your reflection should be as long as it needs to be for you to feel like you have answered all of the questions in a thorough manner.

Wednesday (11/2)

texts

Chapter 4 from The Craft of Research: “From Questions to a Problem”

Chapter 5 of The Craft of Research: “From Problems to Sources”

writing

Complete the activities in the book for “Analogy” and “Allusion” and post them as a comment here.

Monday (October 24)

Writing Into The Day Images

texts

• Romance Appeal
• Sex Appeal
• Gender Appeal
• Read OR listen to “Beyond Vietnam” by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

writing/activities

None!

Wednesday (October 26)

texts

writing/activities

• Mini-Paper (Rhetorical Analysis of Social Movements) due — turn in on Blackboard OR by posting under “Unit 2 work”
• Examples + Analysis of Romance, Gender, and Sex appeals (post a comment on the post I linked to)

Monday (October 17)

**Meet on the 5th floor of the library on this day- we will be going to the CCNY archives**

texts

• Read about “Procatalepsis” and “Distinctio” in the book (p.32-37)
• Read the 5 Demands
• Watch this video of CCNY alumni reflecting on the occupation of campus
• Click around this digital exhibit to learn about student activism at CCNY (particularly around freedom of speech issues) in the 1930s and 1940s

Writing/activities

No writing or activities due today!

Wednesday (October 19)

Texts

No readings due today!

Writing/activities

• Complete the activities from the book for Procatalepsis and Distinctio and post your answers here
• Leave a comment on this post responding to the prompts

Since we have two more days off for holidays coming up, I thought I’d combine the next two weeks into one agenda post.

Monday (10/3)

Google doc/lesson outline for today

Texts (read these by monday)

• “Hypophora” and “Rhetorical Question” in the book (pages 26-31)
• “May 1970: The Kent State Killings Built a Generation of Radicals– Myself Included,” by Scott Cooper
• Wikipedia Article on Columbia University Protests of 1968 (we will be reading about City College protests from the 1960s in a following week!)

Writing/activities

Final drafts of “This I No Longer Believe” are due — submit them on Blackboard

Wednesday (10/5)

NO SCHOOL

Happy Yom Kippur to all who celebrate

Monday (10/10)

NO SCHOOL

Happy Indigenous People’s Day. If you are interested, here is a chapter of A People’s History of the United States where you can learn about the history of the contemporary American Indian Movement (the movement when indigenous people from lots of different tribes all over the U.S. started working together to fight for their rights). This is not required reading for the class, just wanted to share.

Wednesday (10/12)

**google doc for today**

Texts

Please read the article below. (There’s a link below the PDF where you can download it if you prefer that)

As you read, make a note of anything you:

• Have a question about
• Don’t understand
• Think you understand but aren’t sure
• Have made a connection to something else (“Oh, that’s kind of like ____!”)
• Have another thought about while reading

Writing/Activities

• Complete the activities for “Rhetorical Question” and “Hypophora” from the book and upload your answers as a comment on this post
• Complete a Unit 1 Reflection (see below for instructions)

Unit 1 Reflection Instructions (due Wednesday 10/12)

In your reflection, please answer the following questions. Your reflection should be written in paragraph form. Please feel free to include any writing you have done during our Writing Into The Day exercises. You can be as formal or as informal as you want, but please use specific examples. 

1. What do you feel like you learned this unit that you didn’t know before?
2. What did you already know , but now understand better or learned more about?
3. What (if anything) do you feel like I wanted you to learn, but you still aren’t sure about? What are your lingering questions?
4. What are the strengths of the writing you did for this unit? What are you most proud of?
5. If you were to revise the writing you did for this unit, what would you want to do differently?
6. How would you describe or rate your participation/engagement in this unit?
7. What did you do this unit that helped make you successful?
8. What (if anything) do you want to do differently in the next unit?
9. What additional things (resources, support, information, etc.) do you wish you had had for this unit?
10. Is there anything you would like me to change (in the structure of our course, in how I’m presenting information, etc.) going forward? What were your favorite readings/activities, and which readings/activities didn’t feel effective for you? 
11. What (if anything) from this unit would you like to discuss/think about/explore further? (either this semester or just in your life)

Turn in your reflection as a post here on the Commons, using the Unit 1 Work category. As always, the default setting is Public, but you can also post as Private, which means only you and I can see your post. Refer to the Commons Help page if you don’t remember how to do a part of this.

Length Requirement: There is no set length (in pages or word count) for this reflection. Your reflection should be as long as it needs to be for you to feel like you have answered all of the questions in a thorough manner.

NO SCHOOL MONDAY

Happy Rosh Hashanah to all who celebrate.

However, this is the week with the weird scheduling — while we don’t have class on Monday, we will have class on Thursday.

Wednesday (9/28)

We will NOT have class on Wednesday either. Instead, we will do Zoom conferences! This is the first of four days this semester when class will be canceled to do conferences instead. Everyone is required to sign up for two conferences over the course of the semester.

So, you must pick two days, and there are four days to choose from.

If you would like to have a conference with me this Wednesday, use this link to select a time. (Please do not select one of the times on Friday, those are reserved for my Fordham students.)

What to expect for your conference:

I’ll let you into the Zoom from the waiting room, and then I will ask you what you’d like to talk about. The idea is to talk about your essay/your writing, but we can chat about other stuff too. Each conference is 10 minutes long, but if no one is scheduled for the slot after you, we can talk longer if you’d like.

Thursday

This Thursday is a “CUNY Monday.” You will NOT go to your Thursday classes, but you WILL go to your Monday classes.

Google Doc for today

Texts

writing/activities

None! Just continue revising your “This I No Longer Believe” essays. Final drafts are due Monday, October 3.