Dear Instructor,

I hope this Canvas package will be useful to you in preparing a course for English 2: Differences. You are welcome to use all or parts of it. I designed these materials for virtual teaching to be delivered via a mix of synchronous and asynchronous classes. Take a look at the Reading and Assignment Calendar under the Course Resources module for the general structure. The modules page, which I have set as the landing page for the course, also shows readings, assignments and other tasks ordered chronologically through the semester. Generally, I held the first class of each week as an asynchronous class with activities completed on Canvas and due by the end of the day. For each of these asynchronous classes, I have made a "Class Instructions" page, linked under the appropriate module & date and listing tasks for students to work through. The second class of the week was generally held on Zoom. There are some short PowerPoints for most of the Zoom classes, which I used to kick off the learning objectives for the day.

This course is designed to eliminate the need for students to purchase any books. All readings for the class were uploaded as pdfs or linked (in the case of videos) from the appropriate module and class date. I am unable to include this copyrighted material in the course package, but most if not all of these readings should be available to order as pdf/scans from the library. I have made a list of the exact chapters/articles/extracts I used here.

I have removed information about my students and myself from the pages, but the rest of the course I have left as I taught it in the Spring 2021 semester. As such, if you choose to adopt the whole course, you will need to edit the dates on the course calendar, class instructions and modules pages and due dates for assignments and quizzes before using any of these materials.

Best of luck with your teaching!

Nick