Topic outline

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  General

  • Announcements Forum
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  Resources

  This section holds important resources and guides to help you navigate this course successfully. 

  • Syllabus 1240.61_Fall2024_WritersWorkshop_EWestfrazier File
  • Tutoring URL
  • Essay Rubric File
  • Resources for Sept 24 2024 In-Class Activities_Reviewing Essays Folder
  • Annotated Bibliography Resources Folder
  • Library Resource Guide URL
  • Progress Map on How Each Assignment Builds Upon Each Other from 10.15.24 Class File
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  Readings

  This section is where you will find course readings. The majority of texts will be open source or accessible PDFs. I will use the electronic format; however, if you prefer paper copies, please print them out yourself. 

  • Let's Get Writing Course Text File
  • Amy Tan_Two Kinds File
  • Alice Walker_Every Day Use File
  • Julia Alvarez Names File
  • Mother Tongue: Tan File
  • Coates File
  • Grose_Women_In Class Reading File
  • In Class Coates Response Forum

    Due: Thursday, September 5, 2024, 8:50 PM
  • W.E.B. Dubois Essay File
  • Booker T. Washington Excerpt Plus Atlanta Compromise Youtube Speech File
  • Booker T. Washington Up From Slavery (Needed for your essay) URL
  • UChicago Report School Closings in Chicago File
  • Hunn Article File
  • African American Students_HBCUs and STEM File
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  Assignments

  • Most Impactful Experience or Person That Shaped How You View Formal Education Assignment

    Opened: Tuesday, August 27, 2024, 4:00 PM

    Due: Tuesday, August 27, 2024, 10:00 PM
  • Forum Response: Impactful Education Experiences

    Due: Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 8:00 PM

    For this post, write a few sentences about one thing that you discovered about your peers in this class during the discussion about impactful education experiences. If something specific resonated with you, please share that as well. 

  • Coates Response Forum
  • Research Topic Selection Page
  • Booker T. Washington Forum Response

    Due: Saturday, September 21, 2024, 7:00 PM

    What do Chapters 10, 11, and 12 reveal about Washington's beliefs about education? What is the purpose of education according to Washington? Pull at least one quote from each chapter and explain why it is significant.
    

  • Washington and Dubois Essay Paragraph_1 (Intro and first paragraph). Assignment

    Opened: Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 6:00 PM

    Due: Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 9:00 PM
  • Argumentative Essay: DuBois and Washington Assignment

    Opened: Thursday, September 26, 2024, 12:00 AM

    Due: Thursday, September 26, 2024, 9:00 PM
  • Annotation_1_ (e.g. one detailed and thorough paragraph submission based on relevant research) Assignment

    Opened: Thursday, September 26, 2024, 12:00 AM

    Due: Thursday, September 26, 2024, 10:00 PM
  • Annotation_2_ (e.g. one detailed and thorough paragraph submission based on relevant research) (copy) Assignment

    Opened: Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 6:00 PM

    Due: Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 9:00 PM
  • Forum Response: Ch1_Ghosts In The Schoolyard: InClass Assignment "Reading Response Class Opener" Oct 1

    Due: Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 10:20 PM
  • Annotated Bibliography Assingment Assignment

    Opened: Thursday, October 10, 2024, 12:00 AM

    Due: Thursday, October 10, 2024, 8:00 PM
  • Journal Reader Response: Ewing Chapter 2 Assignment

    Opened: Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 8:00 AM

    Due: Thursday, October 17, 2024, 6:02 PM
  • Research Organizer (In-class Assignment plus outside class work) for research paper #2

    Opened: Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 1:00 AM

    Due: Thursday, November 14, 2024, 9:00 PM
  • Research Paper #2 Thesis and Outline Assignment

    Opened: Thursday, November 21, 2024, 12:00 AM

    Due: Thursday, November 21, 2024, 9:00 PM
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  Analysis Essay

  • Analysis Essay Assignment -In Class

    Opened: Thursday, September 12, 2024, 6:00 PM

    Due: Thursday, September 12, 2024, 8:00 PM
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  Asynchronous Work for 10.3.24

  • UofChicago Report on School Closings Assignment

    Opened: Thursday, October 3, 2024, 4:00 PM

    Due: Sunday, October 6, 2024, 12:00 PM
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  Asynchronous Work for 10.17.24

  • Reflective Response, Becoming Better Writers Assignment

    Opened: Thursday, October 17, 2024, 4:00 PM

    Due: Sunday, October 20, 2024, 12:00 PM
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  Synthesis Essay

  • Synthesis Essay Assignment Description

    Opened: Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 12:00 AM

    Due: Thursday, October 24, 2024, 9:00 PM
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  Asynchronous Work for 10.24.24

  • UChicago Report Response Assignment

    Opened: Thursday, October 24, 2024, 5:15 PM

    Due: Sunday, October 27, 2024, 12:00 PM
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  Research Paper #1

  • Research Paper #1 Assignment Details

    Opened: Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 7:00 PM

    Due: Friday, November 8, 2024, 11:59 AM
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  Journal In-Class: October 31 2024

  
  

  • In-Class Submission from 6:05pm-6:30pm October 31, 2024 Assignment

    Opened: Thursday, October 31, 2024, 6:00 PM

    Due: Thursday, October 31, 2024, 6:25 PM
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  Research Paper #2 and Presentation

  • Research Paper#2 Assignment

    Opened: Tuesday, November 26, 2024, 12:00 AM

    Due: Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 5:00 PM
  • PowerPoint or Video Submission to accompany research paper. Assignment

    Opened: Tuesday, November 26, 2024, 12:00 AM

    Due: Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 5:00 PM
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  Self-Reflection Essay: Bring Home (Final) Note you have an in class assignment as well

  See the document attached.

  • Directions Assignment

    Opened: Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 1:00 AM

    Due: Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 5:00 PM
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  Reflexive In-Class Final

  • Reflexive In-Class Final Assignment

    Opened: Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 6:00 PM

    Due: Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 7:00 PM
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  Participation and Active Engagement for the semester (as per the syllabus)

  • Participation and Active Engagement Per the syllabus Assignment

    Opened: Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 12:00 AM

    Due: Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 12:00 AM
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  Topic 16