SCHEDULE OF WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
DATE
Week 1
Mon. Sept. 7
WHAT IS TO BE DONE IN THE
CLASSROOM
WHAT IS DUE OR
TO BE DONE AS
HOMEWORK
No Class—Labor Day Holiday
INTRODUCTION/ADMINISTRATIVE WORK
i. Introduction of the course and its entailments;
Wed. Sept. 9
ii.
HOME WORK TO
BRING TO CLASS ON
MONDAY, SEPT. 14:
Discussion of course policies; etc.
iii. Ice-breaking activities
Read the syllabus and the
Weekly Schedule of
Activities, and write a
reading response on them
for me.
Week 2
Mon. Sept.
14
Main Activities for the Day:
i. Writing of the Diagnostic Essay
ii.
Formation of Peer Revision Groups
DUE TODAY:
Your reading response to the
syllabus and weekly schedule
of activities
HOME WORK:
Read: Gregory Mantios’
“Media Magic: Making Class
Invisible” (in Alberti’s book,
pp. 164–172)
i.
Wed. Sept.
16
Exercises on the composing process and invention
techniques (e.g., Clustering/Webbing;
Freewriting; etc.);
ii. Preliminary work on Learning Contract
HOME WORK:
Read:
Bob Black: “From The
Abolition of Work” (pp. 38–
46)
Week 3
Mon. Sept.
21
A. 5–10 minutes Freewriting
B. Peer revision of Learning Contracts
DUE TODAY:
1st draft of Learning
Contract for peer revision in
class
HOME WORK:
Read the Plagiarism packet
for class on Wednesday.
Wed. Sept.
23
Exercises on plagiarism and citation strategies
DUE TODAY:
Draft of Learning Contract
for the teacher
HOME WORK:
Read :
Walter Kirn: “Summertime
Dues” (pp. 363–364)
Week 4
Mon. Sept.
28
UNIT ONE ESSAY
SOCIAL CLASS ISSUES: WORK
In-class discussion and exercises on Bob Black: “From The
Abolition of Work” and Walter Kirn: “Summertime Dues”
HOME WORK:
i. Read Alberti’s book (pages
22–25) for the Research
Project
Wed. Sept.
30
UNIT FOUR
SOCIAL CLASS ISSUES: RESEARCH PROJECT
Framework: “Social Class, Work, Labor, Education,
and Career: The Meaning of Work and Education”
HOME WORK:
i. Read Alberti’s book (pages
22–25) for the Research
Project
(We will use this time to begin exploratory activities on the
research agenda for the class)
ii. Continue working on your
ideas for the research project
Watch Movie (People Like Us) and discuss viewpoints as
the basis for preliminary work toward the Research
Proposal on the research project
Week 5
Mon. Oct. 5
Peer revision of Unit 1’s essay
DUE TODAY:
1st draft Unit 1 (Expository
Essay)
HOME WORK:
Continue working on your
ideas for the research project.
Wed. Oct. 7
Week 6
1ST TIMED IN-CLASS ESSAY
HOME WORK:
Read:
(i) “Introduction” of Barbara
Ehrenreich’s Nickel and
Dimed
(ii) Horatio Alger’s “From
Ragged Dick” (pp. 49–53 of
Alberti’s book)
Mon. Oct.
12
1st Guided library tour
HOME WORK:
(i) “Introduction” of Barbara
Ehrenreich’s Nickel and
Dimed
(ii) Horatio Alger’s “From
Ragged Dick” (pp. 49–53 of
Alberti’s book) for in-class
discussion on Wednesday
Wed. Oct.
14
A. Peer revision of research proposals
DUE TODAY:
Proposal on Research
Project/Bibliography
B. Student-led in-class discussions
“Introduction” of Ehrenreich’s text and Horatio
Alger’s “From Ragged Dick”.
HOME WORK:
Read chapters 1 and 2 from
the Ehrenreich textbook for
in-class discussion
Week 7
Mon. Oct.
19
A. 5–10 minutes Freewriting
B. Exercises on the rhetorical concept of Audience,
Purpose, Context, and Forum
DUE TODAY:
2nd draft Unit 1 (Expository
Essay) for teacher’s feedback
HOME WORK:
Read text from the Alberti
textbook for in-class
discussion on Wednesday
Wed. Oct.
21
A. Student-led in-class discussions
B. Exercises on sentence types and structure,
and their grammatical and rhetorical
functions
HOME WORK:
Read text from the Alberti
textbook for in-class
discussion
Week 8
Mon. Oct.
26
WRITING WORKSHOP: Writing Research Papers
(Documentation/Citation style)
DUE TODAY:
2nd draft of Research
Proposals/Bibliography
HOME WORK:
Read Ehrenreich (chapters 2
and 3) for in-class discussion
on Wednesday
Wed. Oct.
28
A. Student-led in-class discussions
REMINDER:
Begin working on your
B. WRITING WORKSHOP: Writing Research
Papers (Documentation/Citation style)
research papers
Week 9
Mon. Nov. 2
2ND TIMED IN-CLASS ESSAY
DUE TODAY:
Reading Response Paper
on Ehrenreich.
Wed. Nov. 4
Watch Movie (American Tongues)
HOMEWORK:
Read chapter 4 of
Ehrenreich.
Week 10
Mon. Nov. 9
UNIT TWO ESSAY
SOCIAL CLASS ISSUES: GENDER
Framework: Use of personal or second-hand experiences to
draw distinctions between issues in terms of similarities
and differences.
Wed. Nov.
11
A. WRITING WORKSHOP: Peer revision of
Argumentative Essays
HOMEWORK:
Read Shelley Donald
Coolidge’s text (“On the Job,
It’s English or the Pink Slip,”
pp. 307–309)
DUE TODAY:
1st draft of Argumentative
Essays for peer revision in
class
Week 11
A. 5–10 minutes Freewriting
Mon. Nov.
16
Wed. Nov.
18
B. Exercises on sentence types and structure, and
their grammatical and rhetorical functions
2nd Guided library tour
DUE TODAY
2nd draft of argumentative
essays for the teacher’s
feedback
HOMEWORK:
Read:
Ron Nixon; Juliet Schor;
“Work and Diversity”;
Shelley Donald Coolidge;
and “The Debate Over
Sweatshops” for discussion
and ideas on research topics.
Week 12
Mon. Nov.
23
UNIT THREE
SOCIAL CLASS ISSUES: EDUCATION
HOMEWORK:
TBA
WRITING WORKSHOP: Discussion of readings and inclass exercises
Wed. Nov.
25
WRITING WORKSHOP: Peer revision of descriptive
essays
DUE TODAY:
1st draft of descriptive
Mon. Nov.
30
WRITING WORKSHOP:
Continuation of work on research projects
DUE TODAY:
2nd draft of descriptive essays
for teacher5’s feedback.
Wed. Dec. 2
Continuation of work on research projects
Week 13
Week 14
Mon. Dec. 7
UNIT FOUR
SOCIAL CLASS ISSUES: RESEARCH PROJECT
DUE TODAY:
Final draft of descriptive
essays and Units 1 and 2
WRITING WORKSHOP: Group work on research projects
Wed. Dec. 9
WRITING WORKSHOP: Group work on research projects
Week 15
Mon. Dec.
14
Wed. Dec.
16
WRITING WORKSHOP: Research projects
END OF CLASSES
Week 16
Mon. Dec.
21
Wed. Dec.
23
COURSE PORTFOLIOS DUE BY 2:00PM PROMPT!
Final drafts of all unit essays
should be further revised for
inclusion in the Portfolios