Course Schedule

This schedule is subject to change and does not list tall of the readings and shorter assignments. All readings are available in BrightSpace or linked below.

DateIn-class Learning/ActivityHomework/Assessment
 Week 0 
Th 8/29Collaborative icebreaker & in-class writing. Introduction to the course and our website.Set up your site and create a
Blog Post 0 (BP0).
Weep 1: Defining Discourse Communities 
T 9/3Watch Lyiscott’s “3 Ways to Speak English.” Introduce James Paul Gee’s “Literacy, Discourse, Linguistics: An Introduction.”BP0 due. Read pages 3-15 of Gee’s “Literacy, Discourse, Linguistics: An Introduction.”
Th 9/5CLASS CANCELED DUE TO ILLNESSEnsure you’ve emailed Andrea your WordPress site.
 Week 2 
T 9/10Discuss Gee. In-class writing towards BP1. Work on BP1. Read Johns’ “Discourse Communities & Communities of Practice.”
Th 9/12Johns’ “Discourse Communities & Communities of Practice.” Assign Project 1: Discourse Community AnalysisRead Young’s “Should Writers Use They Own English.”
 Week 3 
T 9/17Discourse Community Jeopardy. Discuss Young’s “Should Writers Use They Own English.”BP1 due.
Th 9/19Working with artifiacts/genres. In-class writing towards BP2.Work on BP2. Work on Project 1.
Week 4  
T 9/24Writing workshop towards Project 1.BP2 due.
Th 9/26Writing workshop towards Project 1.Work on Project 1.
Week 5: Foundations of Collaboration 
T 10/1Introduce Bruffee and Fitzgerald & Ianetta. In-class writing toward BP3.Read Bruffee and Fitzgerald & Ianetta. Work on BP3. Finish Project 1.
Th 10/3NO CLASSES SCHEDULED 10/2-10/4 
Week 6  
T 10/8Project 1 Due: Discourse Community Analysis. Discuss Bruffee and Fitzgerald & Ianetta. Assign Project 2: Collaborative Histories.BP3 due.
Th 10/10Continue discussion of Collaborative Learning & Writing. In class writing towards BP5.Read Brandt and Cooper. Work on BP5.
Week 7  
T 10/15CLASSES FOLLOW A MONDAY SCHEDULE 
Th 10/17Discuss Brandt and Cooper.BP 5 due. Read Lunsford & Ede’s Writing Together.
Week 8  
T 10/22Discuss Lunsford & Ede.Read chapters 2 & 5 from Team Writing.
Th 10/24Discuss Team Writing. In-class Project Management Time. Make a group timeline, assign roles, plan! In-class writing to BP6.Work on BP 6
Week 9  
T 10/29Writing workshop towards Project 2.BP6 due.
Th 10/31Writing workshop towards Project 2.Finish Project 2.
Week 10: Autoethnographic Writing 
T 11/5Project 2 Due: Collaborative Histories Introduce Autoethnography. Introduce Inayatulla.Project 2 due! Read Inayatulla’s “Literate Vixens and Shameless Hijabis.”
Th 11/7Discuss Inayatulla’s “Literate Vixens and Shameless Hijabis.” In-class writing towards BP7. Assign Project 3: Autoethnographic EssayWork on BP7. Read Jackson & McKinney’s “Critical Introduction” to Self+Culture+Writing.
Week 11  
T 11/12Discuss Jackson & McKinney’s “Critical Introduction.”BP7 due. Read excerpts of Charmaz’s Grounded Theory Coding
Th 11/14Practice coding.Working on Coding Exercise. Read Rainey’s “Her Own Voice: Coming Out in Academia with Bipolar Disorder.”
Week 12  
T 11/19In-class work towards Coding Exercise. Discuss Rainey’s “Her Own Voice: Coming Out in Academia with Bipolar Disorder.”Complete Coding Exercise.
Th 11/21Coding Exercise DUE. In-class writing towards BP8.Coding Exercise DUE. Work on BP8.
Week 13  
T 11/26Introduce Spieldenner’s autoethnography.BP8 due. Work on BP9. Read Spieldenner.
Th 11/28NO CLASSES SCHEDULED 11/28-12/1 
Week 14  
T 12/3Discuss Spieldenner.BP9 due.
Th 12/5Writing workshop towards Project 3. 
Week 15  
T 12/10Writing workshop towards Project 3. 
Th 12/12Project 3 Due DATE TBD: Autoethnographic EssayProject 3 & About Page (this will count as BP10): due date TBD.
 FINAL EXAMS SCHEDULED 12/15-12/21