Unit 3: Writing and Diversity
Homework schedule

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WRT 105
Practices of Academic Writing
Section 267, Fall 2005
Syracuse University
Time: Thursdays 12:30 - 1:50 p.m.
Place: 213B HB Crouse

27 October

Prepare for class

1. Final draft of your Unit 2 essay.
2. Drop your essay in the Blackboard digital dropbox.

Bring to class

In class

1. Preview assignment for next class

1 November

Prepare for class

1. Write 300-600 words: Describe a situation involving race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, or disability in which you feel that social or institutional structures or practices create harmful or inequitable outcomes. What would it take for these structures to be changed? This is informal writing that will not be graded but that will help you develop your Unit 3 essay.
2. Drop your writing in the Blackboard digital dropbox before class time.

Bring to class

In class

1. Preview assignment for next class

3 November

Prepare for class

1. Write 300-600 words: Describe an incident in the past involving race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, or disability in which you felt uncomfortable about, felt you had to justify, or regretted your own behavior. (This may be an incident in which you worried that others might misunderstand you.) In your description, explain why you felt uncomfortable and how you might have acted differently. This is informal writing that will not be graded but that will help you develop your Unit 3 essay.
   As you develop this paper, think about these questions: (1) What role, if any, did language or writing play in the incident or in its possible alternatives?
   (2) What was at stake in this incident? Why did it matter enough for you to even remember it? Drop this writing in the Blackboard digital dropbox before class time.
2. Design your November 17 assignment. You can choose to do the assignment listed below, or you can propose to do a different but related assignment. If you choose the assignment listed below, send me an email confirming that. If you wish to do a variation on it, send your proposal to me in an email before class time.

Bring to class

1. The Harbrace Handbook

In class

1. MLA citation and documentation of sources
2. Preview assignment for next class

8 November

Prepare for class

1. Write a summary. This will be a graded exercise.
2. Drop your summary in the Blackboard digital dropbox.

Bring to class

1. Copies of all four sources that were available for summary

In class

1. We'll discuss the sources you summarized; I'll ask you to explain your source to classmates who didn't read it.
2. We'll talk about the Unit 3 writing projects
3. We'll talk about finding sources for your Unit 3 projects

10 November

Individual appointments on November 14 & 15

15 November
No class meeting; individual conferences

17 November

Prepare for class

1. Essay that advocates a possible solution to or amelioration of a problem involving race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, or disability. You must be an contributor to the solution you advocate. Or if you can't be a contributor, imagine how it might be done and what changes might be made.
2. Read the Unit 4 homework schedule carefully.

Bring to class

In class

1. Unit 4 homework schedule Q&A
2. Signups for November 22 appointments
3. Preview assignment for next class

Unit 4 homework schedule