Class Schedule
Week One July 6-12
Paraphrasing and Summarizing
Reader response
Textbook: TSIS “Introduction” & Part 1 “THEY SAY” pp. 1-54 (3 chapters)
· Read: “Don’t Blame the Eater” by David Zinczenko
· Homework: ex. 2 p.15, ex. 1 p. 40. Ex. 1, p. 50.
QUIZ on TSIS Part 1
Additional reading and assignment: Jonathan Franzen
Summary: Nancy Andreasen
Week Two July 13-19
Argument and Counterargument
Opinion Piece
TSIS Part 2 “I SAY” pp. 55-104 (4 chapters)
· Homework: ex. 1, p. 67. Ex. 1, p. 75, ex. 2 p.77, ex. 1 p. 90, ex.1 p.100.
QUIZ on TSIS Part 2
Additional reading assignment with questions: Joan Didion
Rhetorical analysis: James Baldwin
Research paper topic and brainstorming due
Individual sessions with instructor
Week Three July 20-26
Introducing your own voice.
TSIS Part 3 “TYING IT ALL TOGETHER” pp. 105-162 (4 chapters)
· Homework: ex. 1 p. 119; ex. 1; ex. 1 p. 128; ex. 2 p. 138.
· Read pages 139-143 with particular attention, and then study the rhetorical moves made by student Antonia Peacocke in the Sample Student Paper on pp.145-159
You should use this essay as a model for your argument paper due by the end of this week.
Mid-session Argumentative essay due (Topic: Cancel Culture)
Week Four July 27-August 2
TSIS Part 4 “IN SPECIFIC ACADEMIC CONTEXTS” pp. 163-238 (6 chapters)
· (No homework)
Library Session
MLA and Research Methodology
Annotated Bibliography
Individual sessions with instructor
Week Five August 3-August 9
Use templates at end of TSIS for your argumentative research paper
Presentation of Final Paper
Final Research Paper Due