All weekly reading assignments should be completed by the class period they are assigned. Writing assignments (CT's and RR's) should be started by the class periods so that we can work on them together, but the final versions will be due each Sunday night a week after they are assigned. Your RJ's should be started as soon as they are assigned since they are to be used as journal entries for your research (they don't need to be revised). Portfolio due dates will differ, so check for updates.
Check class plans for specific details on homework assignments.
All assignments must be uploaded in your Google Drive Folder.
Monday, January 14; Wednesday, January 16; & Friday, January 18.
Read: Syllabus and Naming What We Know "Preface" & Metaconcept.
Due January 20: Introductory Letter.
Monday, January 21 (Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday; no class)
Wednesday, January 23; Friday, January 25.
Read: Naming What We Know Threshold Concepts 1.0 and 1.1 & ACRL Concept “Research as Inquiry."
Due January 27: CT_1
Monday, January 28; Wednesday, January 30; Friday, February 1.
Read: Naming What We Know Threshold Concepts 1.6 and 4.0 & ACRL Concept "Introduction and Definition."
Due February 3: CT_2 & RR_1.
Monday, February 4; Wednesday, February 6; Friday, February 8.
Read: Naming What We Know Threshold Concepts 3.0 and 3.2 & ACRL Concept "Authority is Constructed and Contextual."
Due February 10: CT_3, RR_2, & RJ_1.
Monday, February 11; Wednesday, February 13; Friday, February 15.
Read: Naming What We Know Threshold Concepts 2.0 and 1.3 & Article on Podcasts.
Due February 17: CT_4 & RJ_2.
Monday, February 18
Wednesday, February 20
Friday, February 22. (Discuss Learning Outcomes for RO).
Read: Naming What We Know Threshold Concept 1.9 ACRL "Scholarship as a Conversation"
Due February 24: CT_5, & RJ_3
Begin drafting Reflective Overview.
Monday, February 25
Wednesday, February 27 (Reflective Overview Examples)
Friday, March 1 (No face-to-face class. I'll be out of town for conference).
Read: Naming What We Know Threshold Concept 4.4 & 4.6
Due March 3: CT_6 & RJ_4.
Monday, March 4
Wednesday, March 6 (peer-review workshop)
Friday, March 8 (No face-to-face class. Defending my thesis).
Midterm Portfolio Due: Moved from March 8th to March 10th at midnight.
Monday, March 18; Wednesday, March 20; Friday, March 22.
Read: Naming What We Know Threshold Concept 4.2 &ACRL "Searching As Strategic Exploration"
Due March 24: CT_7 & RJ_5 (Rabbit Hole Assignment)
Monday, March 25; Wednesday, March 27; Friday, March 29.
Read: Naming What We Know 1.5, "Writing Mediates Activity" & 2.2 "Genres are Enacted by Writers and Readers"
Due March 31: CT_8 & RJ_6 (rabbit hole assignment)
Monday, April 1; Wednesday, April 3; Friday, April 5.
Read: Naming What We Know "Writing Addresses, Invokes, and/or Creates Audiences" & 2.1 "Writing Represents The World, Events, Ideas, and Feelings"
Due April 7: CT_9 & RJ_7
Monday, April 8; Wednesday, April 10; Friday, April 12.
Read: Naming What We Know, 2.4 "All Writing is Multimodal" & 4.3 "Learning to Write Effectively Requires Different Kinds of Practice, Time, and Effort" and ACRL "Information has Value"
Due April 14: CT_10 & RJ_8.
Start brainstorming/drafting two genres.
Monday, April 15; Wednesday, April 17; Friday, April 19.
Read: Naming What We Know, 2.5 "Writing is Performative" & 2.6 "Texts Get Their Meaning From Other Texts". Also, read Lisa Bickmore’s “35 GENRE in the WILD: Understanding Genre Within Rhetorical (Eco)systems” (You may implement Bickmore's work into the CT this week).
Due April 21: CT_11
Have first drafts of genres started.
Monday, April 22; Wednesday, April 24; Friday, April 26.
Read: Naming What We Know 5.3 "Habituated Practice can Lead to Entrenchment"
Due: Drafts for your two genres.
First-Year Research Conference on Thursday the 25th.
Monday, April 29 (Naming What We Know 5.4, “Reflection is Critical for Writers’ Development.”)
Wednesday, May 1: Last day of class! (peer-review)
Final Portfolio Due May 3rd at midnight.