Sample ENA 101 Course Calendar with OER Resources (J. Elizabeth Clark)
Weekly Class Meetings:
ENG 101 students will meet twice each week:
- in person, on campus, each Tuesday from 9:15-11:30 a.m. AND
- online asynchronously for the second class meeting each week.
ENA 101 students will meet three times each week:
- in person, on campus, each Tuesday from 9:15-11:30 a.m. AND
- online each Wednesday from 10:30-2:00 p.m. via Zoom AND
- online asynchronously for the second class meeting each week.
Please note: the asynchronous class session does not meet at a specific time. Instead, you will complete these assignments at a time of your own choosing before Sunday each week.
Key Dates and Deadlines:
Please note, these are my best estimations of due dates and deadlines for major assignments. If needed, I will adjust these dates and deadlines based on our class rhythm. Any altered deadline will be for a LATER date (never earlier).
Project #1: Writing to Tell a Personal Story
- Prewriting: 9/28
- Draft #1: 10/5
- Writing Group Feedback: 10/7
- Revision Plan: 10/7
Project #2: Writing to Discover Something New
- Source Evaluation & Quote Bank: 10/21
- Prewriting: 10/26
- Outline: 10/28
- Draft #1: 11/2
- Writing Group Feedback: 11/4
- Revision Plan: 11/4
Project #3: Writing To Get Ready for ENG 102
- Prewriting: 11/11
- Quote Bank: 11/16
- Outline: 11/18
- Draft #1: 11/23
- Revision Plan: 11/30
ePortfolio with Revisions and Reflective Letter: due 12/13
- Meeting with Liz: 11/15-12/10 (sign up)
- Revision Plan: for meeting with Liz
- Revisions: varied due dates
- Reflective Letter (in class): 12/7
Weekly Course Outline
Week One: Getting Started
Link to this week’s overview letter:
Thursday, 9/9: Online, Asynchronous
- Class Topics: Google Classroom Tour; Course Orientation
- Reading / Watching / Listening: Read the Syllabus; Read Tips for Success
- Writing: Complete the Orientation Checklist; Ask a Question
Week Two: Habits of Mind
Link to this week’s overview letter:
Tuesday, 9/14: In Person, On Campus, 9:15-11:30 a.m.
- Class Topics: Introductions, Tech Trouble Shooting
- Reading / Watching / Listening: No reading for today if you’ve completed reading the syllabus
- Writing: No writing for today, if you’ve completed your orientation checklist from last week
Wednesday, 9/15: Our class does not meet today because of the Yom Kippur holiday. There are no classes at LaGuardia today.
Thursday, 9/16: Online, Asynchronous
- Class Topics: Habits of Mind for Writers, Growth Mindset
- Reading / Watching / Listening: Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing; Mindset; Growth Mindset
- Writing: Who are you as a writer? What habits of mind do you already use? What habits of mind would you like to learn to use?
Week Three: Idea Generation
Link to this week’s overview letter:
Tuesday, 9/21: In Person, On Campus, 9:15-11:30 a.m.
- Class Topics: Project #1 Introduced: Writing to share a personal story; writing as a process; participation discussed; parts of speech 1
- Reading / Watching / Listening: Choose 1 of the 8 winning essays from the New York Times Personal Narrative Essay Contest
- Writing: How will you approach your writing? Which prewriting strategies will you try for project #1? (choose 2)
Wednesday, 9/22: Online, Synchronous via Zoom, 10:30-2:00 p.m.
- Class Topics: Prewriting
- Writing: Prewriting
Thursday, 9/23: Online, Asynchronous
- Class Topics: Generating writing: how we begin thinking about stories; how pre-writing activities help to shape our writing
- Reading / Watching / Listening: Read Prewriting (3 overview sections + 8 strategy examples); read Invention
- Writing: Thinking About Project #1; Listing ideas for Project #1; Choosing 2 pre-writing strategies for Project #1
Week Four: Writing as a Process
Link to this week’s overview letter:
Tuesday, 9/28: In Person, On Campus, 9:15-11:30 a.m.
- Class Topics: Essay basics; the rhetorical triangle; how to write a draft using prewriting; questions of audience; resources for drafting; parts of speech, 2
- Reading / Watching / Listening: Read Writing as Process, Considering Writing Contexts, and Writing Process Overview; Sarah’s Essay as a Process
- Writing: Prewriting for Project #1
Wednesday, 9/29: Online, Synchronous via Zoom, 10:30-2:00 p.m.
- Class Topics: Draft #1
- Writing: Draft #1
Thursday, 9/30: Online, Asynchronous
- Class Topics: Evaluating sample essays using the rubric for project #1
- Reading / Watching / Listening: Read sample essays
- Writing: Draft #1 of Project #1
Week Five: The Fine Line Between Writing Helpful Feedback and Crushing a Writer’s Soul
Link to this week’s overview letter:
Tuesday, 10/5: In Person, On Campus, 9:15-11:30 a.m.
- Class Topics: How writing groups will work; writing groups assigned; being a good writing partner; why we offer feedback; how to work with feedback; revision plans; sentence structure 1
- Reading / Watching / Listening: Giving and Receiving Feedback
- Writing: Draft #1 due
Wednesday, 10/6: Online, Synchronous via Zoom, 10:30-2:00 p.m.
- Class Topics: Partner Critiques
- Writing: Partner Critiques
Thursday, 10/7: Online, Asynchronous
- Class Topics: Partner Critiques
- Reading / Watching / Listening: Reading 2 essays in critique group
- Writing: 2 sets of feedback; Revision Plan
Week Six: The Library Is Magic
Link to this week’s overview letter:
Tuesday, 10/12: In Person, On Campus, 9:15-11:30 a.m.
- Class Topics: Overview of Project #1; What’s the point of libraries in the age of Google?; Asking questions to learn something new; working with sources; sentence structure 2
- Reading / Watching / Listening: Read “Research Writing” (Including: Research Essay Definition, Research Purpose, How Not/To Approach a Research Essay, The Research Process, Developing a Research Question)
- Writing: Brainstorming / Listing: things you’d like to learn about
Wednesday, 10/13: Online, Synchronous via Zoom, 10:30-2:00 p.m.
- Class Topics: Research Paper Fails
- Writing: Practicing with quotes
Thursday, 10/14: Online, Asynchronous
- Class Topics: What does thesis-driven, researched writing look like?
- Reading / Watching / Listening: Slow Down and Eat Better and Preserving Yellowstone’s Winter Wilderness; Read “Research“
- Writing: Identifying thesis and supports
Week Seven: Not Every Source Is a Good Source
Link to this week’s overview letter:
Tuesday, 10/19: In Person, On Campus, 9:15-11:30 a.m.
- Class Topics: Project #2 Introduced: Writing to discover something new; How to find sources; why sources matter in writing; leveraging Google; secret searches; using quotes; punctuation
- Reading / Watching / Listening: Finding 2 sources
- Writing: None
Wednesday, 10/20: Online, Synchronous via Zoom, 10:30-2:00 p.m.
- Class Topics: Finding Sources
- Writing: Practicing with Sources
Thursday, 10/21: Online, Asynchronous
- Class Topics:
- Reading / Watching / Listening: Read “Finding Sources” (including: Preliminary Research Strategies, Finding Sources, Primary and Secondary Sources, Scholarly Articles, Finding Scholarly Articles in Databases, Database Search Tips, Additional Search Strategies); Read “Evaluating Sources” (including: Evaluating Sources, CRAAP Analysis, Evaluating Websites)
- Writing: Source Evaluation & Quote Bank
Week Eight: Channel Your Inner Detective
Link to this week’s overview letter:
Tuesday, 10/26: In Person, On Campus, 9:15-11:30 a.m.
- Class Topics: Understanding sources; types of sources; Draft Review; MLA citations; in-text citations vs. Works Cited; transitions
- Reading / Watching / Listening: “Paraphrasing” and “Quoting“; Read annotated essays (from previous ENG 101)
- Writing: Pre-writing
Wednesday, 10/27: Online, Synchronous via Zoom, 10:30-2:00 p.m.
- Class Topics: Paraphrasing & Quoting
- Writing: Paraphrasing & Quoting
Thursday, 10/28: Online, Asynchronous
- Class Topics: Who’s online anyway? Can we trust the internet?
- Reading / Watching / Listening: “Spot the Internet Troll,” “Panopticlick” and “Filter Bubble” investigation and discussion
- Writing: Outline
Week Nine: Writing Groups
Link to this week’s overview letter:
Tuesday, 11/2: In Person, On Campus, 9:15-11:30 a.m.
- Class Topics: Read Aloud: “Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu; common mistakes, 1
- Reading / Watching / Listening: Prepare for Writing Group
- Writing: Project #2 Due
Wednesday, 11/3: Online, Synchronous via Zoom, 10:30-2:00 p.m.
- Class Topics: Partner Critiques
- Writing: Partner Critiques
Thursday, 11/4: Online, Asynchronous
- Class Topics: Partner Critiques
- Reading / Watching / Listening: Reading 2 essays in critique group
- Writing: 2 sets of feedback; Revision Plan
Week Ten:
Link to this week’s overview letter:
Tuesday, 11/9: In Person, On Campus, 9:15-11:30 a.m.
- Class Topics: Project #3 introduced: Writing About Literature; “Reading Critically,” “Exploring the Structure of a Text“; common mistakes, 2
- Reading / Watching / Listening: “The Knowers” by Helen Phillips
- Writing: None
Wednesday, 11/10: Online, Synchronous via Zoom, 10:30-2:00 p.m.
- Class Topics: Writing About Literature
- Writing: Prewriting & Thesis
Thursday, 11/11: Online, Asynchronous
- Class Topics: Writing About Literature
- Reading / Watching / Listening: “Factory Air” by Omar El Akkad
- Writing: Prewriting
Week Eleven: All About Revision
Link to this week’s overview letter:
Tuesday, 11/16: In Person, On Campus, 9:15-11:30 a.m.
- Class Topics: Final ePortfolio Assigned; Revision vs. Editing
- Reading / Watching / Listening: Read “Revising” (including: Revision Overview; Revision Stage 1: Idea Structure, Purpose, Audience; Revision Stage 2: Idea Development; Revision Stage 3: Sentences, Words, Format; Revising for Style; Revising for; Flow of Information; Revision Summary
- Writing: Quote Bank; Working on Draft #1 of Project #3
Wednesday, 11/17: Online, Synchronous via Zoom, 10:30-2:00 p.m.
- Class Topics: Project #3
- Writing: Project #3
Thursday, 11/18: Online, Asynchronous
- Class Topics: Finishing Project #3
- Writing: Outline
Week Twelve: Catching Up Before Finals
Link to this week’s overview letter:
Tuesday, 11/23: Thursday Schedule, Online, Asynchronous
- Class Topics: Catching Up
- Reading / Watching / Listening: Catching Up
- Writing: Project #3 Due
Week Thirteen: All About Revision
Link to this week’s overview letter:
Tuesday, 11/30: In Person, On Campus, 9:15-11:30 a.m.
- Class Topics: Revision Strategies; In class Workshop
- Reading / Watching / Listening: Sample ePortfolios from last semester
- Writing: Revising / ePortfolio
Wednesday, 12/1: Online, Synchronous via Zoom, 10:30-2:00 p.m.
- Class Topics: Revising / ePortfolio
- Writing: Revising / ePortfolio
Thursday, 12/2: Online, Asynchronous
- Class Topics: Revising / ePortfolio
- Reading / Watching / Listening: Revising / ePortfolio
- Writing: Revising / ePortfolio
Week Fourteen: Wrapping Up
Link to this week’s overview letter:
Tuesday, 12/7: In Person, On Campus, 9:15-11:30 a.m.
- Class Topics: In-Class Reflective Essay
- Writing: Finish your final portfolio revisions
Wednesday, 12/8: Online, Synchronous via Zoom, 10:30-2:00 p.m.
- Class Topics: Portfolio Editing
- Writing: Finish your final portfolio revisions
Please note: 12/8 is the last day of classes at LaGuardia. Thursday, 12/9 is Reading Day. Finals begin on 12/10.
Finals’ Week
Link to this week’s overview letter:
Monday, 12/13: Final Portfolios Due by 10 a.m.
Wednesday, 12/15: Final Grade Conferences via Zoom (sign up online)
