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Week 1 |
07.09 |
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Thursday: |
Basic introduction • Guidelines to Course |
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Analytical Thinking Process |
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• demo |
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Ethos, Pathos, Logos Review |
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• demo |
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Deductive versus Inductive |
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• demo |
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Quiz 1: Guidelines to Course |
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Diagnostic Exercise: “Social Protest” |
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Week 2 |
07.13 - 07.16 |
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Monday: |
Diagnostic Exercise due |
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Quiz 2: Rhetoric |
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Syllogisms |
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• demo |
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Thomas Jefferson, “Declaration of Independence” p. 678-681 |
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Library Orientation and APA Papers; Types of Publications |
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• demo |
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APA Paper Overview and topic list provided (Paper 1) |
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Basic Differences between MLA-APA-CMS |
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Tuesday: |
APA Thesis Statements |
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• demo |
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Guidelines for Declaring an Abstract |
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• demo—sample Abstract |
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How to Avoid Unintended Plagiarism (Paraphrasing Issues) |
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Review of English 1301: plagiarism, signal phrases |
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A Writer’s Reference, pp.496-500 (APA-1 and APA-2a); p. 519 (APA-4b) |
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Wednesday: |
Before class read Jonathan Swift, “A Modest Proposal” p. 220-226 |
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and Garret Hardin, “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor”—supplemental |
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Traditional Aristotelian Argument |
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Group discussion 1: |
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Jonathan Swift, “A Modest Proposal” |
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Garret Hardin, “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor” |
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Group presentations (discussion 1) |
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APA Thesis Statement and Introduction paragraph due |
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Thursday: |
Before class read W. H. Auden, “The Unknown Citizen” p. 691-692 |
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and Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour” p. 438-440 |
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Group Discussion 1: APA Academic Paragraph due |
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Reading Comprehension Quiz 3/4: Auden and Chopin |
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W. H. Auden, “The Unknown Citizen” |
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• Social Commentary / Poems of Witness / Poems of Protest |
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Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour” |
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Group discussion 2: Kate Chopin |
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Group Presentations (discussion 2) |
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Week 3 |
07.20 - 07.23 |
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Monday: |
APA Paper due |
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“The Toulmin Model” p. 337-343 |
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CMS (Chicago) Guidelines Overview (Paper 2) |
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• A Writer’s Reference, pp. 550-553 (CMS-1); pp. 570-575 (CMS-4c) |
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Basic Differences between MLA-APA-CMS |
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Tuesday: |
“Rogerian Argument” p. 392-400 |
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Building Ethos in Papers |
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Bring to class one article on your paper topic for class exercise. |
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Wednesday: |
Before class read Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” p. 695-700 |
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Reading Comprehension Quiz 5: Le Guin |
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Group discussion 3: Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” |
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Thursday: |
Before class read: Edgar Allan Poe, “The Tell-Tale Heart” —supplemental |
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Diverse Opinions in Literary Analysis, “Arguing about Literature” p. 420-425 |
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• demo-Literary Critical Analysis-part 1 |
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• demo-Literary Critical Analysis-part 2 |
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In-class discussion of Poe, “The Tell-Tale Heart” —supplemental |
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Week 4 |
07.27 - 07.30 |
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Monday: |
CMS paper due |
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Group discussion 4: Supplied critical essays |
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Group presentations (discussion 4) |
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Tuesday: |
Before class scan-read Thomas More, Utopia p. 655-668 |
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Thomas More, Utopia |
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• Overview of selections from the full text of Utopia |
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• demo of Strategies and Elements |
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More, Utopia: Group discussion 5 |
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Group presentations (discussion 5) |
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Take home Exercise: Understanding Utopia |
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Conflict • Literary Modes • Figurative Language • Symbols |
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• demo Terms of Importance |
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Wednesday: |
Victorian Era versus Modern Era |
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T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” |
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Thursday: |
T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” |
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T. S. Eliot, “Sweeney Among the Nightingales” —supplemental |
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MLA Paper Overview • Literary Analysis Paper expectations (Capstone Project, Paper 3) |
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Week 5 |
08.03 - 08.06 |
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Monday: |
Group discussion 6: Modernism |
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Group presentations (discussion 6) |
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MLA Paper Topic and Thesis due |
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Tuesday: |
A Writer’s Reference, pp. 424-428 (MLA-1); pp. 454-455(MLA-4b) |
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Annotated Bib • Proposal / Tentative Outline |
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Prep work towards Literary Analysis. |
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Bring 1-2 articles to class on chosen subject. |
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Wednesday: |
Post-Modern Poetry |
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Seamus Heaney, “Digging” —supplemental |
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• class discussion |
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MLA Paper Proposal due |
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Prep work towards Literary Analysis. |
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Bring two new articles to class on chosen subject. |
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Thusday: |
Post-Modern Poetry |
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Billy Collins, “Aristotle” —supplemental |
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• class discussion |
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Lynda Hull, “Ornithology” —supplemental |
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Susan Mitchell, “Havana Birth” —supplemental |
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Annotated Bibliography Due |
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Week 6 |
08.10 - 08.13 |
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Monday: |
MLA Literary Analysis paper due |
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Meta-Modern Poetry • In-Class exercise |
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Dara Weir, “Inside Undivided” —supplemental |
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Overview of Final Exam (Paper 4) |
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Prep work towards Final Exam. |
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Tuesday: |
Prep work towards Final Exam. |
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Wednesday: |
Prep work towards Final Exam. |
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Thursday: |
Final Exam (Paper 4) |
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