Please note:
This schedule is a work in progress, and changes and additions should be expected throughout the session.
You will need to come to class prepared to write about and discuss the readings for the day.
| Date |
Topics and activities
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Readings
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Assignments Due
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| Jan |
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| 12 |
Introduction to the course
Writing and argument Rhetoric Diagnostic essay |
In class handouts
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| 14 |
Literature: Analyzing it and writing about it
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"A Raisin in the Sun" (Act I) by Hansberry, Issues, pp. 319-347
Longman, Ch 57, pp. 789-808 |
|
| 19 |
MLK Day - No Classes
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| 21 |
Analyzing Literature
Planning and reading strategies |
"A Raisin in the Sun" (Act II) by Hansberry, Issues, pp. 348-383
Longman, Ch 4, pp. 39-52 TILT research exercise (Module 1) |
Literature Analysis
Topic Proposal |
| 26 |
Analyzing literature
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Planning and reading strategies
|
|
| 28 |
Workshop
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|
Rough draft 1
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| Feb |
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| 2 |
Movie version
|
TILT research exercise (Module 3) |
Rough draft 2 (Post to Nicenet)
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| 4 |
Paraphrasing, Summarizing,
Quoting, and Plagiarism |
Chapter 6.1 of the Student Guide on plagiarism and collusion
Issues, pp. 8-12 (Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Quoting) |
|
| 9 |
Writing in the Discipline (WD)
|
Bring to class 3 samples of writing concerning your major (preferably on the same topic), one each from a newspaper, magazine, and journal
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Literature Analysis Project
|
| 11 |
Conducting interviews and surveys
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Intro WD Rough Draft
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|
| 16 |
President's Day - No Classes
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| 18 |
Coherence
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Intro WD Final Draft
(Post to Nicenet) WD Topic Proposal |
| 23 |
Development |
Issues, pp. 26-28
Longman, pp. 156-159, 765-771 |
Planning & reading strategies
|
| 25 |
Knowledge:
Research practices Evaluating & using sources |
Longman, Ch 46, pp. 563-577. |
WD rough draft 1
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| Mar |
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| 1 |
Peer reviews Departmental mid-term essay exams |
Peer Reviewing Guidelines
Longman, Ch 56, pp. 771-774 |
WD rough draft 2
(Post to Nicenet) |
| 3 |
Audience awareness and
counterarguments |
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|
| 8-12 |
Spring Recess
No Classes |
|
|
| 15 |
Proposal Argument
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|
WD Project
|
| 17 |
Critical thinking
Illogical reasoning Documentation |
Bring the Longman Handbook |
Topic Proposal
|
| 22 |
Critical thinking
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|
|
| 24 |
Critical thinking
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|
Planning & reading strategies
Proposal rough draft 1 |
| 29 |
Critical thinking
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| 31 |
Workshop
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| Apr |
|
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| 5 |
Intellectual ambition and |
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|
| 7 |
Expression:
Complexity and variety of sentence structure |
|
Proposal rough draft 2
(Post to Nicenet) |
| 12 |
Expression:
Writing concisely |
|
|
| 14 |
Opinion letters
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Bring 3 newspaper opinion articles on your topic/area to class
|
|
| 19 |
Abstracts
Departmental essay exams |
Bring 3 examples of abstracts within your major to class
See other Powerpoint tutorials under Miscellaneous at Student Writing Resources on the Web |
Proposal Project
|
| 21 |
Oral Presentations
|
Longman, Ch 3, pp. 23-34
Ten Commandments of Client Presentations |
Opinion rough draft
|
| 26 |
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Abstract rough draft
|
| 28 |
Oral presentations
|
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Opinion letter
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| May |
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| 3 |
Oral presentations
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Abstract
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