Tentative schedule and readings:
Week 1, 8/31: Introductions and beginning: questions, topics, and requests. Sign up as discussion leader, based on texts listed on syllabus. Composition memory to share. Email me within a week the resource you plan to visit or the textbook you will compare before you go or examine. *No class 9/7-8
Week 2, 9/14: Historical background to composition studies –What is Freshman Composition? In Exploring Composition Studies by K. Ritter and P. Matsuda (2012, p. vii), read the forword by A. Lunsford and the Introduction by Ritter & Matsuda (p. 10. “How Did We Get Here?”) (*No classes 9/15-16). Link to entire book with BC Library credentials here. Link to password protected PDF excerpt here.
Week 3, 9/21: What is academic writing? The role of the teacher? Read David Bartholomae’s “Inventing the University” http://wac.colostate.edu/jbw/v5n1/bartholomae.pdf Report of visit to campus resource analysis of textbooks due online. Discuss 9/21 and 9/28.
Week 4, 10/5: How to encourage rewriting: Joseph Harris, “Revision as Critical Practice” (CE, 2003: 577-92 Continue discussing resource visits and textbook analysis. (College closed Monday 10/11).
Week 5, 10/12: Rose, Mike. “The Language of Exclusion: Writing Instruction at the University.” College English 47, no. 4 (1985): 341–59. https://doi.org/10.2307/376957 (Accessible via JSTOR w/ BC Library credentials). In group, create writing assignment based on process theory to be shared online.
Week 6, 10/19: Responding to Students’ Writing: Read Lynn Goldstein’s “Questions and Answers about Teacher Written Commentary and Student Revision: Teachers and Students Working Together” in Journal of Second Language Writing (2004, V. 13 (1) p. 63-80. In group, sample student paper –rubrics and correction strategies. Use the rubrics to evaluate and respond to a student essay, due 11/9. First day in-class writing assignment due 10/19 to be shared online.
Week 7, 10/26: Read https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/instructors/teaching-resources/using-peer-review-to-improve-student-writing.html or https://writersworkshop.illinois.edu/resources-2/instructor-resources/conducting-peer-review/. In groups create an assignment based on group work to share online.
Week 8, 11/2: Social and other factors: Read P. Matsuda’s “Teaching Composition in a Multilingual World” in Exploring Composition Studies (2012). In group work, design an editing and/or revision assignment to share on Blackboard on BC portal (or Libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/English).
Week 9, 11/9: Discussion of grading criteria, responding, and evaluating. Look at second student paper provided to grade and evaluate. Evaluation of/Response to student essay due. Might also look into Engaging Ideas: The Professor’s Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom (password Protected) by John Bean and Dan Melzer (3rd edition) as a resource.
Week 10, 11/16: Read K.B.Yancey’s “Writing Assessment in the Early 21st Century: A Primer” (Exploring Composition Studies, p. 167, 2012).
Week 11, 11/23: How are readings chosen? Read Bloom, Lynn Z. “The Essay Canon.” College English 61, no. 4 (1999): 401–30. https://doi.org/10.2307/378920. (Available via JSTOR with BC Library credentials). Letter to author due: prepare 5-minute presentation (response, not summary) for class today and 11/30. (No classes 11/25-8 for Thanksgiving).
Week 12, 11/30: Continue presentations of letters. See sample BC composition syllabus template and Blackboard (or Libguides) for sample syllabi. Be prepared to discuss strong and weak points of samples.
Week 12, 12/7: Uses of technology and multimedia. Read “How to Prepare for Next Phase of Hybrid Teaching” by J. Cohn in The Chronicle of Higher Education (See July 12, 2021 or on CTL weekly update of July 19-25 2021) . Develop group assignment using technology to share online.
Week 13, 12/14 (Reading day): Syllabi due to be shared online. See “Teaching with Technology: Remediating the Teaching Philosophy Statement” by P. Alexander, et al (2012-03, vol. 29 [1], pp.23-38 in Computers and Composition, or another example to prepare your own statement to share on 12/21. Submission of any revised work.
Week 14, 12/21: Teaching statements due to be shared online and discussed. “Final” online meeting for questions, discuss return of revised work and teaching statements. (Interviews to teach in spring 2022 will be scheduled before you leave for winter break –To be confirmed but likely Tu. 12/14.)
