AY23-24 Semester 1: CC0001 Course Schedule
Week
Tutorial Topic
Focus
Assignment Deadlines
1
No Tutorial
2
Unit 1:
Close Reading
Introduce larger course
goals; how to close read a
written text and an image.
Watch video, “How to Come
Up with Good Ideas”
3
Unit 2:
Collecting & Analysing
Data
Choose your topic and
conduct your research
4
Unit 3:
From Observations to
Questions
How to gather data and
analyse a place, a
community, and your
personal writing practices.
Moving from observations
to analysis to a question or
puzzle worth researching
5
Unit 4:
Working with Sources
How to summarise,
paraphrase, and quote
ethically; how to evaluate
and apply your sources
6
Unit 5:
Synthesis & Argument
How to synthesise and
connect texts; contributing
to an argument
7
Unit 6:
Finding Reputable
Sources
Read Scudder’s “Look at Your
Fish” from Unit 1
Blog 1 Due:
Observations and analysis of
your chosen topic
Assignment 1 Due:
Observation to a Question
Length: 500 words
How to find reputable
sources; thinking outside
the box
Mid-semester Reflection
Recess
Blog 2 Due:
Summaries of 2 sources and
how they help you respond to
your question
8
Unit 7:
Student Draft Critiques
Analyse two student drafts;
argument development
Online Activity:
Citation and APA Format
9
Unit 8:
Reader & Audience
Awareness
Peer workshop; pitching to
an audience
First Draft Due
Consultations
*Consultation replaces class
tutorial
Consultations
10
Consultations begin
*Upload a photo or meme.
11
Unit 9:
Presentation Skills
How to organise a
presentation; develop
awareness and control over
paralanguage
Consultations
12
Presentations
6-8 minute in-class
presentations + Q&A
Assignment 2 Due:
Upload slides before class.
13
Presentations
6-8 minute in-class
presentations + Q&A
13th Nov: Deepavali
Public Holiday
Keep revising!
Final Reflection
Assignment 3 (1200-1350-word op-ed) is due on Monday of Week 14 on NTULearn.