1) The document outlines the schedule for Project 5, which involves writing an open letter. 2) It notes that all assignments are due before class on their due date, and late assignments will lose one letter grade per day late. 3) Key due dates include a draft of the open letter due for workshop on November 21st and the final open letter due by November 24th.

1. PROJECT 5 SCHEDULE
[Open Letter]
All work is due before class on the date due. Late assignments will lose
one letter grade (or the equivalent number of points) per day.
Unless otherwise indicated, all links are on the BbLearn Project 5 page.
Date In Class Work Due
T 11/12 Introduce Open Letter
assignment.
Genre features of open letters.
Two levels of audience in open
letters. (MLK’s “Letter from
Birmingham Jail”)
Th 11/14 Exigence, purpose, and
argument in open letters.
Read:
-“An Open Letter to
Microsoft” (Slack.com)
-“An Open Letter to Middle
School Girls” (Mary Katherine
McAnnally Scott)
T 11/19 Invention work for open letter. Read:
-“Dear White America” by
George Yancy
-“An Open Letter to Paula
Deen” by Michael W. Twitty.
T 11/21 Draft workshop, Open Letter. Complete draft of open letter
due.***
Sunday
11/24 by
11:59
p.m.
Open Letter due.

2. ***Draft workshops are mandatory. If you miss the workshop, or come without a
complete draft, you will lose 25 points.