How to read this schedule

The schedule is arranged with a daily bulleted list of what is due that day. Everything listed under Jun. 1: Introductions is due on Monday, June 1, 2020. It doesn’t have to be by midnight, but it should be completed by by 9am the next day.

Week 1: What is American literature?

Jun. 1: Introductions

• READ the About page for the syllabus and course policies.
• SIGN-UP for CUNY Manifold: https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/
• JOIN the class Slack workspace with this invitation link.
• COMPLETE your Slack profile by entering your full name, display name and a photo.
• UPLOAD a short, 1-2 minute video introduction to yourself in the #ice-breakers channel on Slack (If you don’t have the technology to easily record video or audio, send me a direct message on Slack). Make sure you say your name and what your Slack name in. Also give one or two facts about yourself. They can be anything. What’s the show you’ve been binging and why do you like it? Where’s your favorite place to walk these days? You can see an example here.
• COMPLETE this First Day Survey: https://forms.gle/GrGaPir4gkPdxJhbA

Jun. 2: Washington Irving and Writing America| Thesis

• READ & REACT to the daily check-in.
• READ this short biography of Washington Irving.
• READ & ANNOTATE Irving, Washington: “Rip Van Winkle” [from Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon] (for help on annotating, read this post).
• READ David Harvey’s short definition of a thesis, part of his “Elements of the Academic Essay“
• POST in response to the questions pinned in your group’s channel on “Rip Van Winkle.”

Jun. 3: Analyzing Rip | Structure of an academic essay

• READ & REACT to the daily check-in.
• SIGN and SUBMIT the finalized contract: https://forms.gle/2vCMZ3B4N6jF9tBF8
• READ David Harvey’s short definition of motive, stitching and orienting, part of his “Elements of the Academic Essay“
• POST in response to the questions on the daily check-in.

Jun. 4: Poetry of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz | Writing Assignment #1

• READ & REACT to the daily check-in.
• READ Ferguson, Robert A. “Does Nobody Here Know Rip Van Winkle?”
• POST in response to the questions on the daily check-in.
• WRITING ASSIGNMENT #1 (due 6/8): read the instructions in the #formal-writing channel on Slack.

Week 2

Jun. 8:

• EMAIL your instructor WRITING ASSIGNMENT #1
• READ & REACT to the daily check-in.
• VOTE for a final text (see Slack)
• READ Eagleton, Terry. “The Meaning of Form”
• READ & ANNOTATE Collins, Billy. “Rip Van Winkle”
• READ & ANNOTATE Corbett, William. “Rip Van Winkle”
• POST in response to the questions on the daily check-in.

Jun. 9:

• READ & REACT to the daily check-in.
• READ this short biography of Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
• READ Juana Inez de la Cruz. Selected Works: Ballad #1
• POST in response to the questions on the daily check-in.

Jun. 10:

• READ & REACT to the daily check-in.
• READ Juana Inez de la Cruz. Selected Works: Ballad #2, Rondilla #87
• POST in response to the questions on the daily check-in.

Jun. 11:

• READ & REACT to the daily check-in.
• READ Spengemann, William C. “What is American Literature.”
• POST in response to the questions on the daily check-in.
• WRITING ASSIGNMENT #2 (due 6/15): Revise essay 1

Week 3

Jun. 15

• EMAIL your instructor WRITING ASSIGNMENT #2
• READ & REACT to the daily check-in.
• READ & WATCH the Introduction to My Bondage, My Freedom
• READ ALONG with the lecture on chapter 1
• READ ALONG with the lecture on chapter 2
• READ Douglass, Frederick. My Bondage, My Freedom (MB/MF): Chapt I-VII.
• POST in response to the questions on the daily check-in.

Jun. 16

• READ & REACT to the daily check-in.
• READ Douglass, MB/MF: Chapt. VIII-IX.
• POST in response to the questions on the daily check-in.

Jun. 17

• READ & REACT to the daily check-in.
• READ Douglass, MB/MF: Chapt. X-XII
• POST in response to the questions on the daily check-in.

Jun. 18

• READ & REACT to the daily check-in.
• READ Douglass, MB/MF: Chapt. XIII-XIV
• POST in response to the questions on the daily check-in.
• WRITING ASSIGNMENT #3 (due 6/22): read the instructions in the #formal-writing channel on Slack.

Week 4

Jun. 22

• EMAIL your instructor WRITING ASSIGNMENT #3
• READ & REACT to the daily check-in.
• READ Douglass, MB/MF: Chapt. XV-XIX
• POST in response to the questions on the daily check-in.

Jun. 23

• READ & REACT to the daily check-in.
• READ Douglass: MB/MF: Chapt. XX-XXII
• POST in response to the questions on the daily check-in.

Jun. 24

• READ & REACT to the daily check-in.
• READ Douglass: MB/MF: Chapt. XXIII-XXV
• POST in response to the questions on the daily check-in.
• WRITING ASSIGNMENT #4 (due 6/31, consider turning in a draft for feedback by 6/27): read the instructions in the #formal-writing channel on Slack.

And beyond . . .

Jun. 30

• EMAIL your instructor WRITING ASSIGNMENT #4 ( consider turning in a draft for feedback by 6/27)
• Complete End of semester Questionnaire
• ALL WORK DUE (final grading begins the morning of July 1, 2020.)