ENGLISH 110

With Professor Missy Watson

City College of New York, CUNY

Fall 2025

Welcome to your English 110 course site!

On this page, you’ll find everything you need:

  • Quick links to all course documents
  • A full calendar with all assignments listed and all documents hyperlinked

QUICK LINKS

  SYLLABUS    GRADING AGREEMENT
  READINGS    CLASS NOTES
  ALL COURSE DOCS    BRIGHTSPACE

 

CALENDAR

Important Notes:

  1. You should have access to all readings & all assignments every class (in print or on your laptop/phone). This is because we’ll likely refer back to previous assignments/readings. 
  2. “BR” stands for “Brightspace.” 
  3. Work highlighted in blue CANNOT be submitted late or made up.

JUMP TO…

PHASE 1

Language & Literacy Narrative + Translation 1 Assignment

For Phase 1, you will analyze various texts and practice skills like rhetorical reading, narrative writing, and critical self-reflection. Among other smaller assignments, you will compose two Language & Literacy Narratives, one written and one spoken. 

Tuesday 8/26, Wednesday 8/27

  • Syllabus
  • Getting Acquainted
  • How to Submit Assignments on Brightspace
  • Start Homework

Thursday 8/28, Friday 8/29

[Instructors, delete this comment once addressed: This is an extra day for just TTh and TF classes, not MW classes. Below are recommended work due and in-class goals. But feel free to do some and not others or change them entirely as you see fit. If you keep it as is, remove the repeated entries of Work Due and the “Intro to Grading Agreement” on the next class period.]

  1. Familiarize yourself with Brightspace (BRTSP) & our course site.
  2. Complete & submit to BRTSP the “Questionnaire Worksheet.” 
  3. Complete & Submit to BRTSP the “Survey on Language Worksheet.”

Monday 9/1

‼NO CLASS‼

Tuesday 9/2, Wednesday 9/3

[Instructors, delete this comment once addressed: Feel free to find a different/better video or other short text/handout on annotating a text. If you find a good one, share it with us all!]

  1. Familiarize yourself with Brightspace (BRTSP) & our course site.
  2. Complete & submit to BRTSP the “Questionnaire Worksheet.” 
  3. Complete & Submit to BRTSP the “Survey on Language Worksheet.”
  4. View “A Guide to Annotating Texts” 
  5. Read & annotate Hughes’ “Theme for English B”

Thursday 9/4, Friday 9/5, Monday 9/8

  1. Read & annotate Tan’s “Mother Tongue.” 
  2. Complete & submit to BRTSP a “Rhetorical Situation Worksheet” for Tan (it’s ok if you’re unsure about the answers).

Tuesday 9/9, Wednesday 9/10

[Instructors, delete this comment once addressed: Adjust the deadline for getting tutoring at the Writing Center to be ~3 days before the final draft is due in your class]

  1. Complete & submit to BRTSP the “Language & Literacy Narrative Brainstorms” worksheet. Bring laptop or print and bring 1 copy.

  • Peer Review: Brainstorms
  • Choosing Your L&L Moment 
  • How to Write Narratives 
  • Analyze Model Narrative

Thursday 9/11, Friday 9/12, Monday 9/15

  1. Complete & submit to BRTSP your LLN Full Draft. Bring laptop or print and bring 2 copies.

  • How to do Peer Review
  • Peer Review: LLN Full Draft
  • Make Goals for Revision
  • Intro Translation 1 Assignment: Spoken L&L Narrative 
  • View Lozada-Oliva’s video.
  • Brainstorm Translation 1

Tuesday 9/16, Wednesday 9/17

[Instructors, delete this comment once addressed: There are a handful of days on this calendar where it says you’ll “MEET IN COMPUTER LAB.” If you end up not being able to reserve a computer lab, you can ask students to bring their laptops and allow others to use their phones. It won’t be ideal, but hopefully it won’t set you/them back too much.]

  1. Complete & submit to BRTSP your LLN REVISED Draft (this is the draft you’ll take to the Writing Center).
  2. Sign up for Translation 1 Presentation
  3. Sign up for CUNY Academic Commons

MEET IN COMPUTER LAB (Or bring laptops)

  • Page Format and Peer Review: LLN Revised Draft
  • Intro Digital Portfolio Assignment
  • Initiate WordPress Portfolio Site
  • Personalize Your Welcome Page
  • Add to your Digital Portfolio (and format!) your LLN Revised Draft

Thursday 9/18, Friday 9/19, Friday 9/26 [Monday Asynch Day]

[Instructors, delete this comment once addressed: If you’re teaching MWs, this will be an asynchronous assignment, so delete all “In-Class Goals.” If you’re teaching TTh/F, delete “Participate in Brightspace Discussion Forum.”]

  1. Submit to BRTSP the URL to your WordPress Site
  2. Complete & submit to BRTSP Translation 1 outline/rough draft
  3. View Saleem’s “Why I Keep Speaking Up…” 
  4. View Lysicott’s “3 Ways to Speak English”
  5. Participate in Brightspace Discussion Forum

  • Discuss Saleem and Lyiscott
  • Consider again: The Larger Implications
  • Peer review: Translation 1

Monday 9/22, Tuesday 9/23, Wednesday 9/24

‼NO CLASS‼

Thursday 9/25, Friday 9/26, Monday 9/29

  1. Submit to BRTSP Translation 1 Full Draft. Bring laptop or print and bring 2 copies.
  2. Read & annotate Jordan’s “Nobody Mean More to Me Than You…” 
  3. Complete & submit to BRTSP a “Rhetorical Situation Worksheet” for Jordan.
  4. Reminder: Be sure to get your Writing Center tutoring session done!

Wednesday 10/1

‼NO CLASS‼

Tuesday 9/30, Monday 10/6 

  1. Complete & submit to BRTSP: any missing Phase 1 homework (last chance)

  • Presentations Day 1

Thursday10/2

‼NO CLASS‼

Tuesday 10/7 [TTH people only], Wednesday 10/8, Friday 10/3

  1. Submit to BRTSP proof of your Writing Center tutoring session.

  • Presentations Day 2

Tuesday 10/7 [TF people only], Thursday 10/9, Tuesday 10/14 [Monday Schedule]

[note: 5-6 days apart]

  1. Revise and polish your draft of your LLN. Write your Cover Letter for the LLN and paste it to the top of your LLN. Submit to BRTSP this TEACHER FEEDBACK Draft of your LLN (with Cover Letter).

  • Using Generative AI

Monday 10/13

‼NO CLASS‼

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