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Week 1
Sept 01
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Introductions
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Introductions
Syllabus, writing program, university, academic honesty,
Expectations
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- Syllabus Quiz
- Get text at Almost Corner Bookshop
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Syllabus quiz
Why write?
MyCompLab overview
Turnitin overview
Cisnaros, “My Name”
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Revise paragraph on your name.
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The sentence
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Writing Academic English (WAE), Ch. 10 Types of Sentences
Name discussion
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Read Adler, “How to Mark a Book” and mark it up. This will be collected and graded.
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WAE Ch. 10 Types of Sentences
Adler, “How to Mark a Book”
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Bring in a photo (digital is fine) a special object you own
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Week 2
Sept 08
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WAE Ch. 11 Parallelism
Photo lightening round
Annotation – E.M. Forster “My Wood”
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Finish Forster with annotations.
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WAE Ch. 11 Sentence problems
Read Models for Writers (MFW) Writing Process p. 7-14
Forster
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Think about how your photo reveals something about you. Print it and bring it to class.
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Timed essay strategies – Writers at Work p. 140-152, Outlining p. 24-6
Read MFW Writing Process p. 14-21
Photo discussion
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Write an outline using photo.
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In Class Essay on photo with short outline to be handed in at the end of class with a photo
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TBA
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Week 3
Sept 15
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The paragraph: Prejudice and oppression
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WAE Ch. 1 Paragraph Structure
Workshop "Mr. Global Catastrophe"
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Read Naylor, “The Meanings of a Word” and do Qs for study and discussion
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WAE Ch. 1 Paragraph Structure
Naylor, “The Meanings of a Word”
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Write a paragraph in which you explore the meaning of a word that has been used as an insult in your culture
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Workshop
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Read King “The Ways of Meeting Oppression” and write two paragraphs on ways people have met oppression in your culture.
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In Class Essay with short outline to be handed in at the end of class
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TBA
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TBA
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Week 4
Sept 22
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Rewards and punishment
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WAE Ch. 2 Unity and Coherence
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Read Gladwell “No Mercy” and do Qs for study and discussion
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WAE Ch. 3 Supporting Details
Discussion on Gladwell
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TBA
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Summary/Paraphrase
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WAE Ch. 8 Summary
Summary work on Gladwell
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Watch Dan Pink, “The Surprising Science of Motivation” and take notes.
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WAE Ch. 8 Summary/Paraphrase
Summary work on Pink
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At Home Essay on rewards and punishment
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Week 5
Sept 29
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Conferences
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TBA
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Final touches
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TBA
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The Bystander problem
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Gansberg, “38 Who Saw the Murder”
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Do Suggested Writing Assignment Number 1 – two paragraphs
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Workshop Massen "Does a chicken need a reason?"
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Watch “Baby left in car – social experiment” on Youtube and summarize
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Week 6
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The Essay
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Discuss Baby left in car
Paragraph – What would you do?
WAE Ch. 4 From Paragraph to Essay
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Write paragraph on when one should mind his/her own business and when someone should get involved
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WAE Ch. 4 From Paragraph to Essay
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At Home Essay Looking at three writing assignments (Gansberg, Youtube Baby experiment, and your own thoughts on when to get involved)
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Conferences
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TBA
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Definition
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Models for Writers (MFW) – Definition essay
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Read Bettleheim, “Holocaust” and mark it up.
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Week 7
Oct 13
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Classification
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MFW - Classification
Gladwell on Spaghetti Sauce
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TED ED Gladwell on Spaghetti Sauce - Do Quick Quiz, Think, Dig Deeper, ...And Finally
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Discuss Gladwell, questions
Podcast, Radiolab “Is Free Will Really Free?” with worksheet
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Read Boutin “You are what you Search” and do questions for study and discussion
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Discuss Boutin - Unifying ideas, tying sources together
Division/Classification worksheet
The Long Outline
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Write an outline for a division/classification essay on the various types of decision makers there are paying special attention to your purpose and the “so what?” factor. Your essay will have to refer two of the three sources (Gladwell, Radiolab, Boutin) we have explored.
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TBA
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At Home Essay: (Division/Classification)
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Week 8
Oct 20
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Argument: Intelligence and Deception – (Large Scale)
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WAE Ch. 9 Argument essay “Pandora’s Briefcase” What is the main argument?
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Visit website of international spy museum. Click Explore, Spycast and select a spycast. Listen to it and take notes.
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Primary source analysis
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TBA
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WAE - Ch 9 Argument Essays Spycast Discussion
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At Home Essay (Argument). Using Gladwell, the primary sources, and your spycast write an essay advancing an argument on gathering intelligence. Due Monday
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Week 9
Oct 27
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Argument workshop and conference
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Final Exam material preparation
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TBA
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Final Exam material preparation
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TBA
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Final Exam material preparation
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TBA
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Week 10
Nov 03
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Final Exam material preparation
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Final Class
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Final Wrap-up
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TBA
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TBA
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Final Exam
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