Important Dates in this Unit
Spring Break: April 5-13
April 18th: submit 1st draft of your argument essay on the OpenLab
April 25th: submit final draft of your argument essay on Blackboard
Tuesday, 3/21
Essay check in + introduction to argument essay + in-class writing + class debates
Asynchronous/ In Your own time before class on March 23rd
1. 1 hour on Grammar Practice Part 3 Units 8, 9 & 10/ Present Perfect + post your writing in Asynchronous Assignments/ Grammar by commenting on my post (you have 1 week to do this)
2. The Immigrant Experience, interactive: what would you do?
3. Take the Midterm Survey here.
Thursday, 3/23
Key Findings About U.S. Immigration, PEW Research Center- summarizing
Asynchronous/ In Your own time before class on March 28th
1. Conversation 4: Summary and response to Key Findings About U.S. Immigration
2. Read (and listen to if possible) one story from The Immigrant Story (except for “Competition from Within”). Retell the story in your own words and comment on it here, in Assignments, by replying to my post.
3. 1 hour on Grammar Practice Part 3 Units 8, 9 & 10/ Present Perfect + post your writing in Asynchronous Assignments/ Grammar by commenting on my post (you have 1 week to do this)
Tuesday, 3/28
HW Review + Classmate interviews (counts as a quiz grade) and data analysis
Asynchronous/ In Your own time before class on March 30
1.Read “Competition from Within,” by Seth Eislund/ The Immigrant Story. Based on the story, add 1-3 words or phrases to the class glossary, define them and provide an example of each one.
2.If you didn’t finish your paragraph/ want to add more details to your summary of class interviews, please do so by replying to yourself again.
Thursday, 3/30
“Competition from Within,” by Seth Eislund/ The Immigrant Story (summary) + Thesis Statement Workshop + Grammar Practice Poll
Asynchronous/ In Your own time before class on April 4
1.Source 4: select another story from The Immigrant Story. Summarize it paragraph by paragraph like we did in class here, and then put it together to create a summary of the entire text. Post your complete summary here.
2.Write your essay outline. Submit your outline here.
3. Grammar practice: you voted to continue! 1 hour on Grammar Practice Part 3 Units 11, 12 & Part 3/Present Perfect + Simple Past + review + post your writing in Asynchronous Assignments/ Grammar by commenting on my post
Tuesday, 4/4
Midterm Survey Results + Error correction + essay outline overview + HW overview
Asynchronous/ In Your own time before class on April 18th
1.Read and annotate What Every American Should Know About the Immigrant Experience by ARACELI HERNANDEZ on Perusall/ Perusall #4 – make at least 10 annotations.
2. Write a draft of your argument essay. Submit your draft by creating a post in the category Peer Review 3 here on the OpenLab.
3. 1 hour on Grammar Practice Part 4 Units 13, 14, 15/ Modal Verbs + post your writing in Asynchronous Assignments/ Grammar by commenting on my post.
4. Try to read something in English every day. This could be an article from the NYT (on the serious side) or The Onion (funny). Here is an interesting piece on the immigrant experience: My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant, NYT.
5. If you are missing any assignments, this is the time to do them!
Spring Break: April 5-13
No class on: Thursday, April 6. Tuesday, April 11th, Thursday, April 13th
Enjoy!
Read and write also!
Tuesday, 4/ 18
Peer review 3 + Ideas for revision + Plagiarism + ChatGPT + Quiz 4 on plagiarism.
Asynchronous/ In Your own time before class on April 20th
1. 1 hour on Grammar Practice Part 4 Unit 16 & Review 4/ Modals + post your writing in Asynchronous Assignments/ Grammar by commenting on my post (you have a week to do this)
2. Revise your draft based on peer review session. If you were absent, complete the peer review x2 and submit your own draft in the Peer review 3 category on the OpenLab.
Thursday, 4/ 20
Plagiarism continued + Annotated Bibliography + Essay revision (in groups)
Asynchronous/ In Your own time before class on April 25th
1. Meet with a tutor from the ESL tutoring center to revise your essay.
2. Revise and submit the final draft of your argument essay on Blackboard. See essay instructions here.
3. 1 hour on Grammar Practice Part 4 Unit 16 & Review 4/ Modals + post your writing in Asynchronous Assignments/ Grammar by commenting on my post.
4. Read and annotate What Every American Should Know About the Immigrant Experience by ARACELI HERNANDEZ on Perusall/ Perusall #4 – make at least 10 annotations if you couldn’t access the assignment previously.
Tuesday, 4/25: Class cancelled but do this:
Reflection (writing assignment) + review presentation guidelines (below)
The purpose of this assignment is for you to teach your classmates about your argument–and to showcase your expertise and your argument. You are the expert here.
Your presentation should be 2-3 minutes long and include your answers to the following questions:
What is your argument and why did you choose it?
What is your supporting evidence?
What did you learn?
What was the most challenging part of this project?
What was the most interesting part of this project?
What can you do to make a difference related to your argument?
Thursday, 4/ 27
Presentations + Closing thoughts on immigration
Asynchronous/ In Your own time before class on May 2nd
1. Find an interesting resource on the topic rent or buy?, summarize it and post a link here.
2. 1 hour on Grammar Practice + post your writing in Asynchronous Assignments/ Grammar by commenting on my post.
3. If you didn’t complete the reflection assignment yet (instead of class on 4/25), please do that.
