Prof. Bamert’s ENGL 1012 Course Schedule

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T 1/28: Introduction                 

First Day of Class: What did we learn in ENGL 1010 and how will we build on it in ENGL 1012? 

Th 1/30: Introduction                 

Procure a small journal/notebook to be your Field Journal and bring it to class.

Read the syllabus thoroughly – there will be an in-class syllabus quiz (take notes on the syllabus QR code handout, which you can reference during the quiz)                                

T 2/4: How do we find research inspiration?                     

Read the short story “The Future is a Click Away” by Allegra Hyde.

Contribute notes, quotes, questions, reactions to your Field Journal           

Send your first email to your Pen Pals!

Th 2/6: AI Pros, Cons, and Questions; Quote Integration Review 

[No reading due for today]             

T 2/11: What is auto-ethnography? Introducing the Research Project 

Read one or more of the following chapters from Until We’re Seen (reader’s choice!). [Log in using your CUNY ID, and use the eBook features to highlight and annotate]

Ch 9, “Chinatown Through a Pandemic: A Phoenix Rising” by Kayla Gutierrez

Ch 18, “Black Lives Matter, COVID-19, and a Cyclical History” by Adia Atherley

Ch 4, “Beloved, but Forced to Live and Die in the Shadows” by Yamilka Portorreal

Contribute notes, quotes, questions, reactions to your Field Journal           

Email your Pen Pals

Th 2/13: In–class writing assignment     

Read one or more of the following chapters from Until We’re Seen (reader’s choice!). [Log in using your CUNY ID, and use the eBook features to highlight and annotate]

Ch 16, “(Need)les and Many Threads: Sewing Community from Pandemic Puerto Rico and Beyond” by Daniel J. Vázquez Sanabria

Ch 12, “What It Means to Be an Anxious Pakistani During a Global Pandemic,” by Areeba Zanub

Ch 11, “America’s Health Care System Needs 911” by Anthony Almojera

Contribute notes, quotes, questions, reactions to your Field Journal           

In-class personal narrative exploratory writing [If you must miss this day of class, contact Prof. Bamert to schedule a make-up writing session! This is a graded in-class assignment.]

T 2/18: NO CLASS (Conversion Day)  GO TO YOUR MONDAY CLASSES TODAY!

TH 2/20: Developing a research question for your auto-ethnography        

Read the poem “Off-Island CHamorus” by Craig Santos Perez. You can listen along to him reading it here. Contribute notes, quotes, questions, reactions to your Field Journal.        

Email your Pen Pals (on a Thursday this time because of the conversion day!)                                                                                                         

FR 2/21: Preliminary Research Question and Brainstorm

This is due Friday, February 21 by 11:59 pm. Submit on Blackboard by pasting in the link to your Google doc portfolio.

T 2/25: Taking notes; primary vs secondary sources                            

Read one or more of the following chapters from Until We’re Seen (reader’s choice!). [Log in using your CUNY ID, and use the eBook features to highlight and annotate].

Ch 22, “‘In Our Eyes, He Was Everything’: Immigrant Fathers, Workplace Regulations, and COVID-19” by Maria Cerezo.

Ch 13, “Livin’ in the Projects: COVID-19 and Community Resilience” by Dominick Braswell.

Ch 24, “Safer at Home? Negotiating Religion, UndocuLife, and Queerness During the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Manuel (Manny) Ibarra.

Contribute notes, quotes, questions, reactions to your Field Journal

First Field Journal check! Make sure to bring your Field Journal to class.

Email your Pen Pals

Th 2/27: Library Visit!

Class meets in Library Room 120  

Brainstorm a list of at least 5-6 possible search terms to use when looking for secondary sources – bring this list to class  

SU 3/2: Scholarly Book Investigation due

This is due Sunday, March 2 by 11:59pm Submit on Blackboard by pasting in the link to your Google doc portfolio

T 3/4: What is plagiarism? What is ethical citation?    

Read Rachel Hall Buck and Silvia Vaccino-Salvadore’s “‘Doing Research Is Fun; Citing Sources Is Not’: Understanding the Fuzzy Definition of Plagiarism”

Take notes on the reading using this Notetaking Chart           

Submit the link to your Notetaking Chart on Blackboard before class time

TH 3/6: NO CLASS (Conversion Day)    GO TO YOUR WEDNESDAY CLASSES TODAY!

T 3/11: What is an annotated bibliography and how do we read scholarly articles?         

Continue adding notes, quotes, questions, reactions to your Field Journal for your research.

Gather peer-reviewed sources for your project  

Email your Pen Pals

Th 3/13: The BEAM Method      

Continue adding notes, quotes, questions, reactions to your Field Journal for your research

Continue gathering peer-reviewed sources for your project                                                                                                      

FR 3/14: Annotated Bibliography due Friday 3/14 by 11:59 pm

Submit on Blackboard by pasting in the link to your Google doc portfolio

T 3/18: Interviews as primary sources                                  

Find one oral history interview on the BC Listening Project and listen to it. If possible, look for one that has some overlap with your project. Take notes and come to class prepared to share. There are curated audio clips about individual stories and issues (gentrification and immigration).Or, you can use the “search within collection” bar on the full JSTOR collection to see what else you can find here.   

Email your Pen Pals

Th 3/20: Developing the grading rubric  

Read two sample research papers (coming soon)          

T 3/25: Work-in-Progress Presentations

 [During these presentation days, when it’s not your turn to present your homework is to read and take notes on your peer-reviewed secondary sources – and continue to make observations in your field journals] 

Email your Pen Pals

Th 3/27      Work-in-Progress Presentations                              

[During these presentation days, when it’s not your turn to present your homework is to read and take notes on your peer-reviewed secondary sources – and continue to make observations in your field journals]                                                                                                           

FR 3/28     Notes and Process Reflection due

This is due Friday 3/28 by 11:59 pm. Submit on Blackboard by pasting in the link to your Google doc portfolio

T 4/1: Work-in-Progress Presentations                              

Second Field Journal check! Make sure to bring your Field Journal to class.

[During these presentation days, when it’s not your turn to present your homework is to read and take notes on your peer-reviewed secondary sources – and continue to make observations in your field journals] 

Email your Pen Pals

Th 4/3: Work-in-Progress Presentations                              

[During these presentation days, when it’s not your turn to present your homework is to read and take notes on your peer-reviewed secondary sources – and continue to make observations in your field journals] 

T 4/8: Writing Feedback                                                 

Read Jillian Grauman’s “What’s That Supposed to Mean? Using Feedback on Your Writing”   

Email your Pen Pals                                                         

Th 4/10: NO CLASS TODAY Online Peer Review Due

Email the link to your Autoethnography Draft (with a Letter to Your Pen Pals) by 9am on Thursday, April 10 – make sure they have “commenter” access!                    
Peer Review Instructions HERE (coming soon…)                    
Read your pen pals’ drafts and provide feedback by 11:59 pm on Thursday, April 10

4/13-4/20: SPRING BREAK                                                       

T 4/22: Reverse outlining and responding to feedback     

Make a copy of the Revision Plan Worksheet and, looking back at your peer review comments, fill it out before class.

Bring your draft to class with you for in-class workshopping

Email your Pen Pals

Th 4/24: Introductions and Conclusions                               

Keep writing and revising, and bring your draft to class with you for in-class workshopping                                                                                                           

FR 4/25: Final draft due Friday 4/25 by 11:59 pm

Submit on Blackboard by pasting in the link to your Google doc portfolio

T 4/29: HSS Expo   

CLASS MEETS IN [TBA] TO ATTEND THE HSS EXPO TOGETHER

Email your Pen Pals

Th 5/1: Research Translation Workshop        

T 5/6: Research Translation Presentations                    

Email your Pen Pals

Research Translation due Tuesday 5/6 before CLASS START TIME

Submit on Blackboard by pasting in the link to your Google doc portfolio

Th 5/8: Last Field Journal check

Make sure to bring your Field Journal to class.        

T 5/13: Farewell PenPals

Farewell email to your Pen Pals

Th 5/15: Last day of classes!                 

Research Process Narrative due Thursday 5/15 before CLASS START TIME

Submit on Blackboard by pasting in the link to your Google doc portfolio