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Week 1 |
06.04 - 06.08 |
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Monday: |
Basic Introduction to Course |
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General Essay Guidelines |
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Pre-writing Techniques |
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.: demo |
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Writing Patterns |
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"Freewriting" pp 25-30 |
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Journal Writing & Listing Introduced |
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First Impressions & Observations |
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.: demo: Journals & Listing |
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.: demo: Freewrite session |
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.: demo: Student Freewrite example |
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Brainstorming, Clustering, Mapping |
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.: demo: Clustering/Mapping—Student Examples |
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.: Free-write Exercise: First Impressions & Observations |
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Autorretrato con espinas (Self-Portrait with Thorns) |
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Tuesday: |
Essay Writing Modes |
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.: demo |
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Building Perfect Paragraphs |
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Formal / Informal Audience and tone |
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.: demo: John Updike, "Beercan" || Image of a Schmoo. |
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Joan Didion, "On Keeping a Notebook"—supplemental |
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.: demo |
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Wednesday: |
Narrative Writing and Sentimentality |
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.: demo |
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Suzanne Berne, “Ground Zero” p 167 |
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Exercise 1: Formal/informal letters, due Friday 06.08 |
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Thursday: |
Narration Essay Pattern |
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Conflict Types |
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.: demo |
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Paragraph Construction |
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.: demo-Introduction paragraphs |
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.: demo-Autobiographical Paragraphs |
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Friday: |
Guidelines for Reading |
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.: demo |
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The ‘I’ Voice, Style, and Audience |
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.: demo |
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.: resume cover-letter |
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Sandra Cisneros, “Only Daughter” p 97 |
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Exercise 2: Autobiographical Narrative, due 06.11 |
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(Assignment begun in class.) |
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Week 2 |
06.11 - 06.15 |
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Monday: |
E. B. White, “Once More to the Lake” p 183 |
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Description Essay Pattern • Literary Devices • Organizing information |
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.: demo-Opinion Types & Literary Devices |
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.: demo |
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Exercise 3: Description Essay Pattern-Jazz, in-class, due 06.12 |
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.: video-Dave Brubeck "Take Five" |
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Tuesday: |
Discuss process of Exercise #3 |
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Isabel Allende, selections from “The Amazon Queen” supplemental |
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N. Scott Momaday, prlogue from The Way to Rainy Mountain supplemental |
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student example: Katherine Hummel |
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Wednesday: |
Passive voice versus Active voice • in class exercise |
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Bedford Handbook: p 142-144 |
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.: demo |
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Exemplification (Illustration) Essay Pattern |
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.: demo |
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Brent Staples, “Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space” p 236 |
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Thursday: |
Process Essay Pattern |
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.: demo |
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Bread Making |
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Process Pattern Example |
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Arthur Miller, “Get it Right: Privatize Executions” p 299 |
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Biography of Timothy McVeigh |
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Library Orientation-Part 1: SIRS database |
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Essay 1: Process or Exemplification Essay Pattern, due 06.18 |
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Bedford: Signal Phrases p 508-511 |
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Friday: |
—Be sure to bring Bedford to class today. |
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Final Research Project Expectations |
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> Thesis/Introduction due 06.22 |
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> Article Synopsis due 06.25 |
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> Preliminary Works Cited page due 06.26 |
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> Final Project due 07.02 |
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Choose Possible Topic of Interest for Final Essay from Supplied List |
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.: demo-Introduction to Library Databases: SIRS |
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Citations |
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.: demo |
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Bedford: Variations on In-Text Citations, p 518-527, sections: 1-4, 6, 23 |
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Summarize to demonstrate understanding. p 91-95 |
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Week 3 |
06.18 - 06.22 |
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Monday: |
Plagiarism Defined |
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.: demo |
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Works Cited Page Overview |
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.: demo |
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Proper Title Presentations |
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Comparison / Contrast Essay Pattern Quick Preview |
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.: demo |
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Essay 2: Comparison/Contrast due 06.20 |
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Tuesday: |
MidTerm Study Guide |
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Library Orientation-Part 2: CQ Researcher |
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Comparison / Contrast Essay Pattern |
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.: demo |
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Deborah Tannen, “Sex, Lies, and Conversation” p 436 |
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John Berger, "Francis Bacon and Walt Disney"—supplemental |
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Essay 2: Comparison/Conrast: Assignment begun in class. |
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Elements of a Research Paper |
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.: demo Summary - Paraphrase - Analysis |
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Signal Phrases-Review |
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.: demo |
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Wednesday: |
Cause / Effect Essay Pattern |
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.: demo |
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Library Orientation-Part 3: Other Resources |
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Article Synopsis Assignment, part 1 due 06.22 |
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Thursday: |
Midterm |
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.: demo-Review of Thesis Expectations |
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Essential Rhetorical Elements |
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.: demo |
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Friday: |
Division / Classification Pattern |
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.: demo |
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Stephanie Ericsson, “The Ways We Lie” p 485 |
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Conclusions |
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Research and Biased Sources |
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Statistics |
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Exercise 4: Music Trends 2012 |
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Formal Thesis/Introduction for Final Project due |
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Article Synopsis Assignment, part 2 due 06.25 |
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Week 4 |
06.25 - 06.29 |
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Monday: |
Definition Essay Pattern |
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.: demo |
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José Antonio Burciaga, “Tortillas” p 524 |
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Research Article Synopsis due |
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Exercise 5: Definitions of Popular Music |
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Tuesday: |
Tentative Works Cited page due |
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Last Day for Dropping Courses with Grade of “W” |
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Harry Frankfurt, “On B.S.”—supplemental |
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Wednesday: |
> Student/Teacher Conferences |
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Thursday: |
> Student/Teacher Conferences |
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Friday: |
> Student/Teacher Conferences |
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Week 5 |
07.02 - 07.05 |
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Monday: |
Final Paper due |
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Review for Final Comprehensive: Comparison/Contrast Pattern |
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Virginia Woolf, “The Death of the Moth”—supplemental |
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Tuesday: |
Comprehensive and Rhetorical Exam: Bring Blue Book to Class |
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Wednesday: |
Independence Day / No class |
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Thursday: |
Final Exam: Bring Blue Book to Class |
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