Week 0.5

•  *Introductory synchronous meeting on Thurs. 1/26, 12:30-1pm
• Synchronous Activities: Introductions to one other and to the syllabus

Week 1: Due by Sunday, 2/5, at 11:59pm [*individual conferences this week*]

• Topic:  How do composition scholars discuss writing and revision?
• Read and Annotate on Hypothes.is:
  • 1. Melzer et al., “So Your Instructor Is Using Contract Grading” (Link to open access article).
    2. Table of Contents of Bad Ideas About Writing.
    3. Nancy Sommers, “Revision Processes of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers”
• Asynchronous Activities:
  • 1. Read Bad Ideas About Writing Presentation assignment prompt  
    2. Read Writing Process Analysis assignment prompt  
    3. Email journal #1 due (also include any questions about the assignment prompts, grading contract, etc.)  
    4. Fill out presentation topic survey

Week 2: Due by Sunday, 2/12, at 11:59pm [*synchronous meeting this week*]

• Topic: What is “felt sense”? How do Sommers’ and Perl’s arguments relate?
• Read and Annotate on Hypothes.is: Sondra Perl, “Understanding Composing” (Login with your BC Library credentials to view.)
• Major Writing Assignments: Goal setting assignment due (see WPA prompt)
• Asynchronous Activities:
• 1) Read Writing Process Reflection assignment prompt
• 2) Email journal #2 due (also include any questions about the assignment prompt)
• Synchronous Activities: 1) Planning ahead for the WPA assignment 2) Presentation topics assigned

Week 3: Due by Sunday, 2/19, at 11:59pm 

• Topic:   Where does writer’s block fit in the writing process?   What is “error” in writing?
• Read and Annotate on Hypothes.is:
  • 1) Mike Rose, “Rigid Rules, Inflexible Plans, and the Stifling of Language: A Cognitivist Analysis of Writer’s Block”. (Login with your BC Library credentials to view.)
  • 2) Joseph Williams, “The Phenomenology of Error.” (Login with your BC Library credentials to view.).
• Asynchronous Activities: Email journal #3 due

Week 4: Due by Sunday, 2/26, at 11:59pm [*synchronous meeting this week*]

• Topic: Drafting
• Major Writing Assignments: Write first draft of Writing Process Reflection and send it to your peer reviewer by Sunday night
• Asynchronous Activities: Email journal #4 due (reflect on our synchronous meeting discussion and on your drafting process)
• Synchronous Activities: Develop peer review guidelines and assign peer review groups   Discussion of readings thus far

Week 5 Part 1: Peer Review

• **Peer Review Feedback due by WEDNESDAY, 3/1, at 11:59pm
• Asynchronous Activities: Email Peer Review Feedback to your partner (with Prof. Bamert cc’ed) by Wednesday night

Week 5 Part 2: Due by Sunday, 3/5, at 11:59pm

• Major Writing Assignments: Revised Writing Process Reflection due
• Asynchronous Activities:
• Email journal #5 due (reflect on your peer review and revision experience)  
• Prepare Bad Ideas About Writing Presentation

Week 6: Due by Sunday, 3/12, at 11:59pm [*synchronous meeting this week*]

• Topic: What are the goals of writing tutoring? What is a discourse community? What is a genre?
• Read and Annotate on Hypothes.is:
• 1) Ben Rafoth, “Why Visit Your Campus Writing Center?” Link to Open Access Writing Spaces textbook.
• 2) Dan Melzer, “Understanding Discourse Communities”. Link to Open Access Writing Spaces Textbook.
• Major Writing Assignments: Assignment Prompt Analysis due (see WPA prompt)
• Asynchronous Activities: Email journal #6 due
• Synchronous Activities: 1) Bad Ideas About Writing Presentations   2) Discussion of WPA assignment prompts   3) Go over Learning Center Visit and Reflection assignment

Week 7: Due by Sunday, 3/19, at 11:59pm 

• Topic: What does rhetorical genre theory teach us about writing? What is an activity system? What is translingualism?  
• Read and Annotate on Hypothes.is:
• 1) Amy Devitt, “Where Communities Collide: Exploring a Legal Genre” and Anis Bawarshi, “Using Genre to Access Community: The Personal Medical History Genre as ‘Form of Life’”(Login with your BC Library credentials to view.);
• 2) Cristina Sánchez-Martín, “Beyond Language Difference in Writing: Investigating Complex and Equitable Language Practices.” (Link to Open Access Writing Spaces textbook).
• Asynchronous Activities:
• 1) Read Translingual Manifesto assignment prompt  
• 2) Email journal #7 due (also include any questions about the assignment prompt)

Week 8: Due by Sunday, 3/26, at 11:59p.m. [*synchronous meeting this week*]

• Topic: What is code meshing and how can we teach it?
• Read and Annotate on Hypothes.is:
• 1) A. Suresh Canagarajah, “The Place of World Englishes in Composition: Pluralization Continued.”(Login with your BC Library credentials to view.)
• 2) Vershawn Ashanti Young, “Should Writers Use They Own English?” (Login with your BC Library credentials to view.)
• Asynchronous Activities: Email Journal #8 Due.
• Synchronous Activities:
• 1) Bad Ideas About Writing Presentations continued 
• 2) Genre/discourse community analysis of the paper your WPA is about  
• 3) Introductory discussion of translingualism readings

Week 9 Part 1: *Due by WEDNESDAY, 3/29, AT 11:59PM

• Major Writing Assignments: Write first draft of Translingual Manifesto and send it to your peer reviewer by WEDNESDAY night
• Read and Annotate on Hypothes.is: Sara P. Alvarez, Amy J. Wan, and Eunjeong Lee, “Workin’ Languages: Who We Are Matters in Our Writing” (Link to Open Access Writing Spaces textbook).

Week 9 Part 2: Due by Sunday, 4/2, at 11:59pm [*synchronous meeting before spring break*]

• Topic: How does translingualism support, enhance, or challenge composition theory?
• Asynchronous Activities:
• Email Peer Review Feedback to your partner (with Prof. Bamert cc’ed) by Sunday night  
• Email journal #9 due
• Check-in Assignment (see WPA prompt)
• Synchronous Activities:  
• Continued discussion of translingualism
• Bad Ideas presentations continued

Week 10: Due by TUESDAY, 4/4, at 11:59pm

• Major Writing Assignments: Revised Translingual Manifesto due
• No email Journal this week

SPRING BREAK: Wed., 4/5-Thurs., 4/13

Week 11: Due by Sunday, 4/23, at 11:59pm

• Topic: What is multimodal composing? What are digital and visual rhetorics?
• Read and Annotate on Hypothes.is:
• 1) Melanie Gagich, “An Introduction to and Strategies for Multimodal Composing” (open access from Writing Spaces);
• 2) Ryan P. Shepherd, “What Reddit Has to Teach Us About Discourse Communities” (open access from Kairos journal)
• Asynchronous Activities:
• 1) Read Multimodal Reimagining assignment  
• 2) Email journal #10 due (also include any questions about the assignment prompt)

Week 12 Part 1: Due at time of synchronous meeting [*synchronous meeting this week*]

• Topic: What are the affordances of multimodal composition?  
• Read and Annotate on Hypothes.is: Bethany Monea, “Screen Reading: A Gallery of (Re)Imagined Interfaces.” (Open Access from Kairos Journal)
• Major Writing Assignments: Create first draft of Multimodal Reimagining and bring it to synchronous meeting on a device
• Synchronous Activities:
• In-class workshop on Multimodal Reimagining
• Develop rubric/guidelines for Writing Process Analysis

Week 12 Part 2: Due by Sunday, 4/30, at 11:59pm

• Asynchronous Activities:
• 1) Read Final e-Portfolio and “My Threshold Concepts” assignment  
• 2) Email journal #11 due (discuss revision plans and ask any questions about assignment prompt)  

Week 13: Due by Sunday, 5/7, at 11:59pm

• Topic: Drafting and revising
• Major Writing Assignments: Revised Multimodal Reimagining due   
• **Final possible deadline for Learning Center Visit and Reflection
• Asynchronous Activities:
• Begin drafting Writing Process Analysis  
• Email journal #12 due (reflect on your multimodal revision and WPA drafting experience)

Week 14 Part 1: *Due by Wednesday, 5/10, at 11:59pm

• Major Writing Assignments: Send first draft of Writing Process Analysis to your peer reviewer by WEDNESDAY, 5/10, at 11:59pm

Week 14 Part 2: Due by Sunday, 5/14, at 11:59pm [*synchronous meeting this week*]

• Topic: Peer review and presentations
• Asynchronous Activities:
• Email Peer Review Feedback to your partner (with Prof. Bamert cc’ed) by Sunday night  
• Email journal #13 due (your reflections on wrapping up the course!)
• Synchronous Activities: Presentations of complete Multimodal Reimaginings

Week 15: [*final synchronous meeting this week*]

• Major Writing Assignments: Final e-Portfolio due by Tuesday, 5/16, at 11:59pm
• Synchronous Activities: Presentations of your personal “threshold concepts” and final reflections

Course Schedule

(subject to change at professor’s discretion)

	To Read and Annotate on Hypothesis	Major Writing Assignments	Asynchronous Activities	Synchronous Activities
WEEK 0.5 *Introductory synchronous meeting on Thursday, 1/26 from 12:30-1pm in 2157A Boylan				Introductions to one other and to the syllabus
WEEK 1*One-on-one office hour conferencesDue by Sunday, 2/5, at 11:59pmHow do composition scholars discuss writing and revision?	Dan Melzer et al., “So Your Instructor is Using Contract Grading”Table of Contents of Bad Ideas About WritingNancy Sommers, “Revision Processes of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers”		Read Bad Ideas About Writing Presentation assignment promptRead Writing Process Analysis assignment promptEmail journal #1 due(also include any questions about the assignment prompts, grading contract, etc.)Fill out presentation topic survey
WEEK 2*Synchronous meetingDue by Sunday, 2/12, at 11:59pmWhat is “felt sense”? How do Sommers’ and Perl’s arguments relate?	Sondra Perl, “Understanding Composing”	Goal setting assignment due (see WPA prompt)	Read Writing Process Reflection assignment promptEmail journal #2 due (also include any questions about the assignment prompt)	Planning ahead for the WPA assignmentPresentation topics assigned
WEEK 3Due by Sunday, 2/19, at 11:59pmWhere does writer’s block fit in the writing process?What is “error” in writing?	Mike Rose, “Rigid Rules, Inflexible Plans, and the Stifling of Language: A Cognitivist Analysis of Writer’s Block”Joseph Williams, “The Phenomenology of Error”		Email journal #3 due
WEEK 4*Synchronous meeting Due by Sunday, 2/26, at 11:59pm		Write first draft of Writing Process Reflection and send it to your peer reviewer by Sunday night	Email journal #4 due (reflect on our synchronous meeting discussion and on your drafting process)	Develop peer review guidelines and assign peer review groupsDiscussion of readings thus far
WEEK 5, PART 1**Peer Review Feedback due by WEDNESDAY, 3/1, at 11:59pm			Email Peer Review Feedback to your partner (with Prof. Bamert cc’ed) by Wednesday night
WEEK 5, PART 2Due by Sunday, 3/5, at 11:59pm		Revised Writing Process Reflection due	Email journal #5 due (reflect on your peer review and revision experience)Prepare Bad Ideas About Writing Presentation
WEEK 6*Synchronous meeting Due by Sunday, 3/12What are the goals of writing tutoring?What is a discourse community? What is a genre?	Ben Rafoth, “Why Visit Your Campus Writing Center?”Dan Melzer, “Understanding Discourse Communities”	Assignment Prompt Analysis due (see WPA prompt)	Email journal #6 due	Bad Ideas About Writing PresentationsDiscussion of WPA assignment promptsGo over Learning Center Visit and Reflection assignment
WEEK 7 Due by Sunday, 3/19, at 11:59pmWhat does rhetorical genre theory teach us about writing? What is an activity system?What is translingualism?	Amy Devitt, “Where Communities Collide: Exploring a Legal Genre” and Anis Bawarshi, “Using Genre to Access Community: The Personal Medical History Genre as ‘Form of Life’”Cristina Sánchez-Martín, “Beyond Language Difference in Writing: Investigating Complex and Equitable Language Practices”		Read Translingual Manifesto assignment promptEmail journal #7 due (also include any questions about the assignment prompt)
WEEK 8*Synchronous meetingDue by Sunday, 3/26, at 11:59p.m.What is code meshing and how can we teach it?	A. Suresh Canagarajah, “The Place of World Englishes in Composition: Pluralization Continued”Vershawn Ashanti Young, “Should Writers Use They Own English?”		Email journal #8 due	Bad Ideas About Writing Presentations continued, if necessaryGenre/discourse community analysis of the paper your WPA is aboutIntroductory discussion of translingualism readings
WEEK 9, PART 1*Due by WEDNESDAY, 3/29, AT 11:59PM		Write first draft of Translingual Manifesto and send it to your peer reviewer by WEDNESDAY night
WEEK 9, PART 2*Synchronous meeting before spring breakDue by Sunday, 4/2, at 11:59pmHow does translingualism support, enhance, or challenge composition theory?	Sara P. Alvarez, Amy J. Wan, and Eunjeong Lee, “Workin’ Languages: Who We Are Matters in Our Writing”	Check-In Assignment (see WPA prompt)	Email Peer Review Feedback to your partner (with Prof. Bamert cc’ed) by Sunday nightEmail journal #9 due	Develop rubric/guidelines for Writing Process AnalysisContinued discussion of translingualism
WEEK 10Due by TUESDAY, 4/4, at 11:59pm		Revised Translingual Manifesto due	No email journal this week
Wed., 4/5-Thurs., 4/13SPRING BREAK
WEEK 11Due by Sunday, 4/23, at 11:59pmWhat is multimodal composing?What are digital and visual rhetorics?	Melanie Gagich, “An Introduction to and Strategies for Multimodal Composing”Ryan P. Shepherd, “What Reddit Has to Teach Us About Discourse Communities”		Read Multimodal Reimagining assignmentEmail journal #10 due (also include any questions about the assignment prompt)
WEEK 12, PART 1*Synchronous meetingDue at time of synchronous meetingWhat are the affordances of multimodal composition?	Bethany Monea, “Screen Reading: A Gallery of (Re)Imagined Interfaces” (read and annotate before synchronous meeting!)	Create “shitty first draft” of Multimodal Reimagining and bring it to synchronous meeting on a device		In-class workshop on Multimodal Reimagining
WEEK 12, PART 2Due by Sunday, 4/30, at 11:59pm			Read Final e-Portfolio and “My Threshold Concepts” assignmentEmail journal #11 due (discuss revision plans for Multimodal Reimagining and ask any questions about assignment prompt)
WEEK 13Due by Sunday, 5/7, at 11:59pmDrafting and revising		Revised Multimodal Reimagining due**Final possible deadline for Learning Center Visit and Reflection	Begin drafting Writing Process AnalysisEmail journal #12 due (reflect on your multimodal revision and WPA drafting experience)
WEEK 14, PART 1Peer review		Send first draft of Writing Process Analysis to your peer reviewer by WEDNESDAY, 5/10, at 11:59pm
WEEK 14, PART 2*Synchronous meetingDue by Sunday, 5/14, at 11:59pmPeer review			Email Peer Review Feedback to your partner (with Prof. Bamert cc’ed) by Sunday nightEmail journal #13 due (your reflections on wrapping up the course!)	Presentations of complete Multimodal Reimaginings
WEEK 15*Final synchronous meeting during exam week		Final e-Portfolio due by Tuesday, 5/16, at 11:59pm		Presentations of your personal “threshold concepts”Final reflections