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Week 1 |
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08.25 Monday: |
Basic introduction • Guidelines for Reading |
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• demo |
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Analytical Thinking Process: Ethos, Pathos, Logos Review |
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• demo |
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Deductive versus Inductive, pp. 85-86; 90-91 |
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• demo |
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08.27 Wednesday: |
Quiz 1: Rhetoric |
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Inductive Arguments |
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• demo |
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Syllogisms |
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• demo |
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Thomas Jefferson, “Declaration of Independence” draft —supplemental |
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“Declaration of Independence” final version, p. 678 |
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• Diagnostic Exercise: “The Perfect Community” |
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Week 2 |
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09.01 Monday: |
No class; Labor Day
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09.03 Wednesday: |
Library Orientation • APA Paper Overview and topic list provided (Paper 1) |
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Week 3 |
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09.08 Monday: |
Review of English 1301: plagiarism, signal phrases |
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• demo-APA Paragraphs |
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Basic Construction of an APA Paper |
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APA Paper Prompt (Paper 1) |
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A Writer’s Reference, pp.496-500 (APA-1 and APA-2a); p. 519 (APA-4b) |
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09.10 Wednesday: |
APA Thesis Statements |
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• demo-Abstract sample |
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Guidelines for Declaring a Thesis and Abstract |
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Traditional Argument |
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“The Toulmin Model” p. 337-343 |
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“Rogerian Argument” p. 392-400 |
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Week 4 |
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09.15 Monday: |
APA Thesis and Abstract due |
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Group discussion 1: |
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Jonathan Swift, “A Modest Proposal” p. 220 |
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Garret Hardin, “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor”—supplemental |
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09.17 Wednesday: |
Group presentations |
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Reading Comprehension Quiz: Auden |
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Social Commentary • Poems of Witness / Protest |
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W. H. Auden, “The Unknown Citizen” p. 691 |
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Week 5 |
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09.22 Monday: |
APA Paper due |
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Reading Comprehension Quiz: Chopin |
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Group discussion 2: Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour” p. 438 |
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Group presentations |
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09.24 Wednesday: |
CMS (Chicago) Guidelines Overview |
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Chicago History Paper expectations (Paper 2) |
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Week 6 |
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09.29 Monday: |
Chicago: A Writer’s Reference, pp. 550-553 (CMS-1); pp. 570-575 (CMS-4c) |
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10.01 Wednesday: |
Visual Communication Analysis |
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Group discussion 3: Visual Communication Analysis |
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Week 7 |
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10.06 Monday: |
Group discussions follow-up |
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10.08 Wednesday: |
Group presentations |
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MLA Paper Overview |
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Literary Analysis Paper expectations (Capstone Project, Paper 3) |
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A Writer’s Reference, pp. 424-428 (MLA-1); pp. 454-455(MAL-4b) |
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Annotated Bib • Proposal |
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10.10 Friday: |
CMS (Chicago) Paper due |
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Week 8 |
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10.13 Monday: |
Reading Comprehension Quiz: Le Guin |
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Group discussion 4: |
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Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” p. 695 |
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10.15 Wednesday: |
Group discussions follow-up |
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Group presentations |
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Week 9 |
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10.20 Monday: |
Diverse Opinions in Literary Analysis, “Arguing about Literature” p. 420-425 |
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Edgar Allan Poe, “The Tell-Tale Heart”—supplemental |
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Various Criticism: Group discussion 5 |
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10.22 Wednesday: |
Group follow-up and presentations |
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Week 10 |
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10.27 Monday: |
Group discussion 6 |
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Thomas More, selection from Utopia p. 655 |
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10.29 Wednesday: |
Group presentations |
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Victorian versus Modernism |
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• demo |
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Take-home Quiz Reading Comprehension: More |
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Week 11 |
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11.03 Monday: |
Reading Comprehension Quiz: Eliot |
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T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” p. 756-760 |
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11.05 Wednesday: |
T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” p. 756-760 |
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Week 12 |
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11.10 Monday: |
Last day to drop and receive a “W” |
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T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” p. 756-760 |
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11.12 Wednesday:
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Modernism to PostModernism to Post-PostModernism in Poetry |
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Seamus Heaney, “Digging” —supplemental |
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11.14 Friday: |
MLA paper due |
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Week 13 |
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11.17 Monday: |
Group discussion 7: Stages of Modernism in Poetry |
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11.19 Wednesday: |
Group follow-up |
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Week 14 |
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11.24 Monday: |
Group follow-up |
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Overview of Final Exam (Paper 4) |
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11.26 Wednesday: |
Begin work towards Paper 4: |
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BRING ARTICLES TO CLASS FOR FINAL PROJECT |
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Articles must be approved by instructor. |
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Group presentations and illustrations due |
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11.28 Friday: |
Thanksgiving Holidays |
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Week 15 |
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12.01 Monday: |
Post-Modern Poetry |
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Lynda Hull, “Ornithology” —supplemental |
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Susan Mitchell “Havana Birth”—supplemental |
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12.03 Wednesday: |
Meta-Modern Poetry |
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Class activity |
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Group Portfolio due |
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Finals Week |
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12.08 Monday: |
Final Exam: 02:00 pm - 03:50 pm |
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• Bring Blue Book to class |
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