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Week 1 |
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01.19 Tuesday: |
Basic Introduction to Course |
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MLA Academic Papers |
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General Academic Essay Guidelines (Overview) |
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.: demo |
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01.21 Thursday: |
Reading Journal Guidelines |
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Mortimer Adler, “How to Mark a Book”—supplemental |
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"Responding to Reading" pp. 20-24 |
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Writing Modes Introduced • Purpose Defined |
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.: demo |
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Prewriting Techniques Overview: |
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1. Free-Writing (p. 387-391)—Student Example |
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2. Journals (p. 395) and Commonplace books |
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3. Mapping (pp.373, 390-391) / Clustering—Student Examples |
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4. Brainstorming (p. 386) |
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Reading Journal: Demonstrate Freewrite Skills |
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Week 2 |
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01.26 Tuesday: |
Using Microsoft Word: page headers, paragraph settings, margins |
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Narration Mode Overview |
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.: demo |
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E. B. White “Once More to the Lake”—supplemental (overview) |
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Exit Ticket |
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01.28 Thursday: |
Types of Narration (POV) |
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.: demo |
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E.B. White and Narrative Voice |
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.: demo-White's strategy |
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Freytag's Plot Formula |
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Reading Journal |
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Week 3 |
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02.02 Tuesday: |
Tone • Audience • Formality |
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.: demo |
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Chapter 4: “Recalling an Experience,” pp. 58-59, 67, 69-71 |
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Russell Baker, “The Art of Eating Spaghetti,” pp. 60-63 |
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Exit Ticket |
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02.04 Thursday: |
Description Mode Overview |
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.: demo |
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Chapter 5: “Observing a Scene,” pp. 78-79, 87 “Observing a Scene,” 89 |
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Eric Liu, “The Chinatown Idea,” pp. 80-83 |
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Reading Journal |
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Assignment 1: Narration/Description Mode |
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Week 4 |
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02.09 Tuesday: |
Academic Paragraph Construction • Introductions and Body Paragraphs |
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.: demo-Introduction paragraphs |
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MLA Paragraph Formula • Deductive Closure |
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.: demo |
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Exit Ticket |
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Thesis Statements |
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.: demo |
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02.11 Thursday: |
Assignment 1: Narration/Description Mode due |
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Elements of Rhetoric: Ethos, Pathos, Logos, pp. 44-45 |
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.: demo |
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Chapter 20: "Strategies for Stating a Thesis and Planning," pp. 398-403 |
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How to Write Music Reviews |
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.: demo |
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Philip Glass, Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of balance (1983) |
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Reading Journal |
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Week 5 |
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02.16 Tuesday: |
Comparison/Contrast Mode Overview (pp. 116-117, 125-130) |
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.: demo |
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Reality Television versus Reality |
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Exit Ticket |
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02.18 Thursday: |
Library Database Orientation-part 1 |
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Signal Phrases, Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Academic Paragraphs |
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Assignment 2: Comparison/Contrast Mode |
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Sandra Cisneros, "Only Daughter," pp. 469-499 |
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Reading Journal |
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Week 6 |
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02.23 Tuesday: |
Comparison/Contrast Mode |
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John Berger, "Francis Bacon and Walt Disney"—supplemental |
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Writing Workshop |
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Bring articles and drafts of Assignment 2 to class for conversations with instructor. |
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02.25 Thursday: |
Assignment 2: Comparison/Contrast Mode due |
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Writing Workshop |
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Bring articles and drafts of Assignment 2 to class for conversations with instructor. |
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Week 7 |
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03.01 Tuesday: |
Cause/Effect Mode (pp. 136-7, 145-8, 455) |
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.: demo-Cause/Effect Mode |
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Chapter 8: "Explaining Causes and Effects," pp. 136-137, 145-148, 455 |
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Chapter 3: "Critical Thinking Processes," pp. 40-44 |
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Joan Didion, "On Keeping a Notebook"—supplemental |
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Plagiarism Defined |
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.: demo |
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Reading Journal |
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03.03 Thursday: |
Library Database Orientation-part 2 |
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Presentation of Evidence with MLA Guidelines |
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Signal Phrases and In-Text Notations |
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Assignment 3: Collaborative Cause/Effect Paper |
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Week 8 |
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03.08 Tuesday: |
Cause/Effect Mode • Group Project |
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03.10 Thursday: |
Cause/Effect Mode • Group Project |
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Spring Break |
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03.15 Tuesday: |
no classes / Students should have completed the Grammar Pre-Test by midnight of 03.15.16. |
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03.17 Thursday: |
no classes |
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Week 9 |
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03.22 Tuesday: |
Cause/Effect Mode • Group Project wrap-up of Assignment 3 |
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Presentation Template |
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03.24 Thursday: |
School Holiday—no classes |
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Week 10 |
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03.29 Tuesday: |
Group Ten Minute Presentations |
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03.31 Thursday: |
Assignment 3: Collaborative Cause/Effect Paper due |
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Aristotelian Argument Model |
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.: demo |
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Assignment 4: Argumentative Paper Overview |
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Chapter 9: "Taking a Stand," pp. 156-157 |
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Week 11 |
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04.05 Tuesday: |
Syllogisms and Construction of Arguments |
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Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence—supplemental |
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Toulmin Argument Model Overview |
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Chapter 9: "Taking a Stand," pp. 166-173 |
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04.07 Thursday: |
Suzan Shown Harjo, "Last Rites for Indian Dead," pp. 158-161 |
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Reading Journal |
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Week 12 |
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04.12 Tuesday: |
Definition Mode Overview, pp. 441-442 |
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.: demo |
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.: demo-definition of love |
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04.14 Thursday: |
Lauren Slater, “On Love”—supplemental |
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Exit Ticket |
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Writing Workshop: |
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Bring articles and drafts of Assignment 4 to class for conversations with instructor. |
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04.15 Friday: |
Last Day for Dropping Courses with Grade of “W” |
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Week 13 |
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04.19 Tuesday: |
Class cancelled due to weather. |
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04.21 Thursday: |
Writing Workshop: |
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Bring articles and drafts of Assignment 4 to class for conversations with instructor. |
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week 14 |
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04.26 Tuesday: |
Successful Communication in the Work Environment-part 1 |
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Chapter 17: "Writing in the Workplace," pp. 352-355, 364-366 |
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Creating Effective, Formal E-mails and Memos |
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Exit Ticket |
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04.28 Thursday: |
Successful Communication in the Work Environment-part 2 |
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Chapter 17: "Writing in the Workplace," pp. 356-364 |
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Resumes and Application Letters |
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04.29 Friday: |
Assignment 4: Argumentative Paper due before midnight |
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week 15 |
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05.03 Tuesday: |
Combining Modes |
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Virginia Woolf, "The Death of the Moth," —supplemental |
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Reading Journal |
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Final Exams |
Final Exams: 05.05 - 05.12 |
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1301-20270 — 08.00 am - 09.15 am T / Th: Final Exam meets Tues., May 10 at 08.00 am - 10.00 am |
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1301-20226 — 10.50 am - 12.05 pm T / Th: Final Exam meets Tues., May 10 at 10.15 am – 12.15 pm |
