Week |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
1 |
1-16
- Introduction to class
- Interactive reading
|
1-18
- Read—A Nation at Risk (1983)
- Summaries
- In-class writing
|
2 |
1-23
- A Nation at Risk, cont.
- In-class writing
- Paraphrasing and referencing sources
|
1-25
- Ansary—"Education at Risk" and
- Levine & Levine—"Charters and Foundations"
- In-class writing
|
3 |
1-30
- Focus and analysis
- Moving from summary to opinion—identifying significance
- Independent clause & quiz
|
2-1
- Waiting for "Superman" (2010)
- Response assignment
|
4 |
2-6
- Waiting for "Superman," cont.
- Responses due
- Merrow—"Whose Side is Superman on, Anyway?"
- In-class writing
|
2-8
- Ravitch—"The Myth of Charter Schools"
- In-class writing
- Critiques & Discussion of Essay #1
|
5 |
2-13
- Critique discussion—you should bring notes
- Discuss Essay #1—finding a focus
- Compound sentences
|
2-15
- Discuss Essay #1
- Thesis & map
- Understanding the course rubric
|
6 |
2-20
- Sommers—Revision strategies
- Drafts for Essay #1 due in
Canvas
- Bring 2 copies to class
|
2-22
- Distinguishing summary & opinion
- MLA page setup & parenthetical referencing
- Quoting & paraphrasing
|
7 |
2-27
- Essay #1 due
- Compound Sentences—review & quiz
|
3-1
- Read Ripley—chapters 1 & 2
- In-class writing
|
8 |
3-6
- Read Ripley—chapters 3 & 4
- In-class writing
- Dependent clauses
|
3-8
|
9 |
3-13
- Read Ripley—chapters 5 & 6
- In-class writing
- Complex sentence patterns
|
3-15
- Read Ripley—chapters 7 & 8
- In-class writing
- Complex sentences
|
10 |
3-20
- Read Ripley—chapters 9 & 10
- In-class writing
- Complex sentences—review & quiz
|
3-22
- Discuss Essay #2
- Thesis & map
- Referencing sources
|
11 |
3-27
|
3-29
|
12 |
4-3
- Drafts for Essay #2 due
in Canvas
- Bring 2 copies to class
- Peer critique workshop
|
4-5
- MLA—Formatting works-cited page
|
13 |
4-10
|
4-12
- Read Pai & Adler—"Culture, Education, & Schooling"
- In-class writing
|
14 |
4-17
- Freire—"The 'Banking' Concept of Education"
- In-class writing
|
4-19
|
15 |
4-24
|
4-26
- Drafts for Essay #3 due in
Canvas
- Bring 2 copies to class
- Peer critique workshop
|
16 |
5-1
- Discuss letter of introduction
- In-class writing
|
5-3
- Portfolio workshop
- Draft of letter of introduction
- Bring copies of essays to workshop
- Sentence pattern review
|
17 |
5-8
|
5-10
- Portfolio pick up 10:15 to 11:15
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