Each day, I will post our agenda and class activities here on the “Posts” page on the course site. Any files or links you will need for class can be found here.
Full agenda – click here to access the Google Doc with our full agenda and discussion questions for the day
Homework Due Before Class
None! It’s the first day!
Agenda-at-a-Glance
- Writing Activity and Sharing
- Introducing Ourselves
- Going over the syllabus/calendar/class expectations
- Housekeeping stuff
- Taking NYT Dialect “Quiz” and Sharing
- Watching a video
- Reading an article
- Discussing the article in small groups
Links for Housekeeping Stuff
Sign up for a presentation day here
Fill out the “Getting To Know You” survey here
Click here to create a Commons account
Click here to use your Commons account to join our course site (this will enable you to post and get notification emails)
Materials We Will Use in Class
Article, “Should Writer’s Use They Own English?”
Video we will watch during class:
Homework Due Next Class
Read:
“Namecalling”
“Bandwagon”
Bandwagon Illustration
Write/Do:
“Yourself as Reader, Writer, and Researcher” Assignment (Turn this in ON BLACKBOARD)
