FIQWS: U.S. EXPERIENCE
Course Calendar
| Week/Date | Homework Due (Before Class) | In-Class Activities |
| Week 1: Wed. 8/28 | -Introductions -Syllabus & Grading Policy -Class Facilitations and Plenary Blog Sign Up | |
| Week 2: Mon. 9/02 | -Create your own WordPress site on CUNY Academic Commons and email me the link (watch my videos on Blackboard). -Create an “About Me” page on your WordPress site and write a little intro about yourself. -Read “The Five Demands.” | NO CLASS COLLEGE CLOSED |
| Week 2: Wed. 9/04 | -Watch the Youtube video “What is the difference between oppression and just being mean?” –Blog Post 1: According to the Five Demands, how did the student protestors fight back against power and oppression? Give specific examples from the text. | -Define the terms “Oppression” and “Power” -Discuss The Five Demands and CCNY’s mission statement with Rhetorical Triangle -Introduce the mission statement of the Carlisle School for Indians |
| Week 3: Mon. 9/09 | -Read Zitkala-Sa’s “Impressions of an Indian Childhood,” “The School Days of an Indian Girl,” and “An Indian Teacher Among Indians.” | -Discuss Zitkala-Sa – Start writing Blog Post 2 |
| Week 3: Wed. 9/11 | Blog Post 2: How does Zitkala-Sa subvert the oppression she faced from the Carlisle School for Indians? Give specific examples from the text. | -Continue discussing Zitkala-Sa -Start writing Blog Post 3 |
| Week 4: Mon. 9/16 | Blog Post 3: What are the similarities and differences in the mission statements and the responses to power/oppression between The Carlisle School for Indians/Zitkala-Sa and CCNY/Five Demands? Give specific examples from the texts. | -Rhetorical Triangle and “Being Black at a PWI” |
| Week 4: Wed. 9/18 | Blog Post 4: Write about a time when you or someone else you know either were oppressed, oppressed someone else, or fought back against oppression. What happened? What could’ve been done differently? How did it make the people involved feel? | Watch “On Diversity: Access Ain’t Inclusion” -Rhetorical Triangle |
| Week 5: Mon. 9/23 | Blog Post 5: Write about a moment in your language and literacy where you felt triumph, oppressed, and/or was significant to you. What happened? How does writing for academia make you feel? Do you think academia oppresses or at the very least, favors some people? Why? How so? Give examples. | -Class Facilitations Begin Today (Joseph T, Sandy, Lilian) -SRTOL and Vershawn Ashanti Young’s “Should Writers Use They Own English”? |
| Week 5: Wed. 9/25 | -Read Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue” Blog Post 6: Write about the different ways she uses storytelling techniques to get her purpose to her audience across. | -Read “How to Tame a Wild Tongue?” by Gloria Anzaldúa -Introduce CNF/News Feature |
| Week 6: Mon. 9/30 | Class Canceled due to family emergency | Class canceled due to family emergency |
| Week 6: Wed. 10/02 | COLLEGE CLOSED | COLLEGE CLOSED |
| Week 7: Mon. 10/7 | -Bring your CCNY email and password to class -How to use the CCNY library database -Evaluating Sources (CRAAP Test) | -Class Facilitation #2 (Ariana, Joseph M, & Melvin) |
| Week 7: Wed. 10/9 | ||
| Week 8: Mon. 10/14 | COLLEGE CLOSED | COLLEGE CLOSED |
| Week 7: Tues. 10/15 CLASSES FOLLOW MONDAY SCHEDULE | -Have a peer-reviewed scholarly source -Write a 100-word paragraph summarizing what the article is about and another 100-word explaining how the article is related to your topic. | -Finding more scholarly sources -Writing Center visit -Class Facilitation #3 (Fernando & Yanderis) |
| Week 7: Wed. 10/16 | -Find non-scholarly sources and write a 100-word paragraph summarizing what the article is about and another 100-word explaining how the article is related to your topic. | -Finding 1-2 multimedia sources and continue writing annotated bibs. |
| Week 8: Mon. 10/21 | -Annotated bibs for 1-2 multimedia sources | -Brainstorming Primary Sources -Synthesizing sources -Class Facilitation #4 (Jaiden, Jose, & Joshua H.) |
| Week 8: Wed. 10/23 | -Write synthesis paragraphs betweensources | -Workshopping synthesis paragraphs |
| Week 9: Mon. 10/28 | -synthesis paragraphs due for ALL sources -primary source notes due (if conducting primary research) | -Workshop synthesis paragraphs -How to write APA citations and continue writing news feature -Class Facilitation #5 (Steven, Ashley, & Joshua T.) |
| Week 9: Wed. 10/30 | -First draft of news feature/cnf due today (before class) | -Workshop news features |
| Week 10: Mon. 11/04 | -Final Draft of News Feature/CNF with Reflection due tonight at 11:59pm | -Last chance to work on CNF/News Features -Work on Reflections |
| Week 10: Wed. 11/06 | NO CLASS COME TO CONFERENCES (in-person) | COME TO CONFERENCES (in-person) |
| Fri. 11/08 | Come to Conferences (virtual) | Come to Conferences (virtual) |
| Week 11: Mon. 11/11 | Blog Post 8: What kinds of genres/modes/mediums are you attracted to and why? For example, if you use TikTok often, why? Why is TikTok a really good choice for someone to create content? | -Introduce Second Genres Assignment -Start working on Second Genres -Class Facilitation #6 (Rayyan, Danny, & Ariel) |
| Week 11: Wed. 11/13 | -First draft of first Second Genres due today | -Workshop Second Genres |
| Week 12: Mon. 11/18 | -Revise first Second Genres Assignment -First Draft of second Second Genres Assignment due today | -Workshop Second Genres -Class Facilitation #7 (Liliana, Taseen, & Firdavs) |
| Week 12: Wed. 11/20 | -Final Draft of Second Genres with Reflection due today | -Last chance to work on Second Genres -Start writing Reflections |
| Week 13: Mon. 11/25 | -Class Facilitation #8 (Roberto R., Nouhoun, & Harmony) | |
| Week 13: Wed. 11/27 | NO CLASS. University follows Friday schedule. Go to your Friday classes. | NO CLASS University follows Friday schedule Go to your Friday classes |
| Week 14: Mon. 12/02 | -Introduce Self-Assessment Essay -Start writing Self-Assessment Essay -Class Facilitation #9 (Alya, Betsy & Alexa) | |
| Week 14: Wed. 12/04 | -Final Draft of Self-Assessment Essay due today | -Start revising News Feature/CNF -Start revising Second Genre Assignment |
| Week 15: Mon. 12/09 | -Upload revised News Feature/CNF to WordPress -Upload revised Second Genre Assignment | -Start revising Self-Assessment Essay (if needed) -Class Facilitation #10 (Roberto M, Oskar, Ahmed) |
| Week 15: Wed. 12/11 | -Upload Self-Assessment Essay to WordPress | -LAST DAY OF CLASS -Course Evaluations -Goodbyes |
| Mon. 12/16 | (Final Portfolios Due Today) |
