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).
Week 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 artifacts/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 Fitzgerald & Ianetta. In-class writing toward BP3.Read Bruffee. Finish Project 1.
Th 10/3NO CLASSES SCHEDULED 10/2-10/4 
Week 6  
T 10/8Project 1 Due: Discourse Community Analysis. Introduce Bruffee and develop our theories of collaborative learning.Reread Bruffee.
Th 10/10Continue discussion of Collaborative Learning & Writing. In-class writing towards BP3. ASSIGN READING GROUPS.Work on BP3. Read according to your group: Brandt, Marantz, and Morrison.
Week 7  
T 10/15CLASSES FOLLOW A MONDAY SCHEDULE BP3 DUE.
Th 10/17CLASS CANCELLED: Andrea will be at a conference.Reading group work!
Week 8  
T 10/22Groups to present on Brandt, Marantz, and Morrison. In-class writing reflecting on this collaboration.Read chapters 2 & 5 from Team Writing.
Th 10/24Assign Project 2: Collaborative Histories. READ instructions for the Collaborative History Project and come to class with any questions you have. Look at McNamee & MileyEfthymiou & Zea, and this example of the Collaborative History Project from last semester.  
Week 9  
T 10/29Decide together what could work for your group.Email me your in-class writing to andrea.efthymiou@qc.cuny.edu. Read Team Writing (on BrightSpace).
Th 10/31Discuss Team Writing. In-class project management towards the Collaborative History Project. Assign groups, pick a project manager, & create a straw document. WRITE BP4.
Week 10  
T 11/5In-class writing towards the Collaborative Histories Project. Develop a task schedule for the next week.BP4 due.
Th 11/7CLASS CANCELLED: Andrea will be at a conference.Work on Project 2! Read Inayatulla’s “Literate Vixens and Shameless Hijabis.”
Week 11: Autoethnographic Writing  
T 11/12Project 2 Due: Collaborative Histories. Introduce autoethnography. Discuss Inayatulla’s “Literate Vixens and Shameless Hijabis.” In-class writing towards BP5.Read Jackson & McKinney’s “Critical Introduction” to Self+Culture+Writing. Read excerpts of Charmaz’s Grounded Theory Coding
Th 11/14Assign Project 3: Autoethnographic Essay. Discuss Jackson & McKinney’s “Critical Introduction.” Practice coding.Work on BP5. Read Rainey’s “Her Own Voice: Coming Out in Academia with Bipolar Disorder.”
Week 12  
T 11/19BP 5 due. In-class work towards Coding Exercise. Discuss Rainey’s “Her Own Voice: Coming Out in Academia with Bipolar Disorder.”Complete Coding Exercise as BP6.
Th 11/21Coding Exercise DUE as BP6.Coding Exercise DUE.
Week 13  
T 11/26Introduce Spieldenner’s autoethnography. In-class writing towards BP7.Work on BP7. Read Spieldenner.
Th 11/28NO CLASSES SCHEDULED 11/28-12/1 
Week 14  
T 12/3Discuss Spieldenner.BP7 due.
Th 12/5Writing workshop towards Project 3. 
Week 15  
T 12/10Writing workshop towards Project 3. BP8 due.
Th 12/12Project 3 Due DATE TBD: Autoethnographic EssayProject 3 & About Page (this will count as BP9): due date TBD.
 FINAL EXAMS SCHEDULED 12/15-12/21