Session
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Session Focus
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Reading Assignment
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Other Assignment
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Meeting Place/Exam Dates
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Tuesday
September 1
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Introduction to the course and requirements; goals
and expectations
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Thursday September
3
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Introduction
to Argument
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Writing Arguments pages 2-22
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Bring an article found on
internet containing an argument to present to the class; be prepared
to justify your choice.
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Tuesday September
8
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Argument
as Inquiry
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Writing Arguments pages 23-56
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Thursday September
10
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Introduction to research and documentation;
library seminar on research tools and resources available and how to
determine reliability of resources
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MLA Handbook pages 3-40, 51-61
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Class
meets in the library.
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Tuesday September
15
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Using the MLA Handbook: an open-book quiz
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MLA Handbook pages 115-134 and 181-190; Writing
Arguments pages
383-387 (carefully), then skim pages 388-396
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Bring your MLA Handbook.
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Thursday September
17
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Workshop on home essay 1
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Home essay I due: submitted both
via email and in hard copy
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Tuesday September
22
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The core of an argument preparation for in-class
essay 1
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Writing Arguments pages 58-71
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Revised Home Essay 1 due; send
outline for in-class essay 1 by Wednesday September 23 at noon
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Thursday September
24
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In-class essay 1
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Friday
September 25
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The logical structure of arguments: focus on logos
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Writing Arguments pages 72-88
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Bring revision notebook
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Tuesday September
29
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Feedback on in-class essay 1; in-class
revision/rewriting activities; discussion and comparative
analysis of the assigned essays
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Essays on “Immigration in the Twenty-first
Century” Writing Arguments pages 486-508 (jigsaw reading)
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Bring revision notebook
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Thursday October
1
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Class discussion and comparative analysis of the
assigned essays; brainstorming and outlining: preparation for in-class 2
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Revised
in-class essay 1 and revision notebook due
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Tuesday October
6
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In-class essay 2
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Thursday October
8
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Feedback on in-class essay 2; evidence and STAR
criteria; focus
on ethos, pathos, and kairos;
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Writing Arguments pages 89-123
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Tuesday October
13
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“Millenials Entering Adulthood”; preparation for
midterm
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Writing Arguments pages 468-485 (jigsaw reading)
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Rewritten in-class 2 and
revision notebook due
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Midterm identifying and defining
test; send outline for midterm essay by
noon on Wednesday, October 14.
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Thursday October
15
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MIDTERM essay exam
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Tuesday October
20
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Direct quotations, paraphrasing, and summarizing:
using the MLA Handbook for citation exercises
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Bring your MLA Handbook
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Thursday October
22
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Feedback on midterm; focus on addressing the opposition
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Writing Arguments pages 124-153
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Tuesday October
27
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“The Value(s) of Higher Education in a Changing
Economy”; preparation for in-class essay 3
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Writing
Arguments pages
509-533
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Home essay 2 due; send
outline for in-class essay 3 by noon on Wednesday, October 28
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Thursday October
29
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In-class essay 3
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Tuesday November
3
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Analyzing
arguments rhetorically
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Writing Arguments pages 155-174
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Thursday November
5
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Feedback on in-class essay 3; mini-workshop on
MLA format of preliminary list of resources; overview of types of claims
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Writing Arguments pages 211-221
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Research paper outline and
preliminary list of resources (minimum 6: in MLA format) due; bring
your MLA Handbook
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Tuesday November
10
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Definition
and resemblance arguments
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Writing Arguments pages 222-253
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Thursday November
12
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“Choices for a Sustainable World”; preparation for
in-class 4
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Writing Arguments pages 563-580 (jigsaw reading)
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First
draft of research paper due (including works cited page)
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Tuesday November
17
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In-class essay 4
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Thursday November
19
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Feedback on in-class essay 4; Causal arguments
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Writing Arguments pages 254-284
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Tuesday November
24
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Evaluation and ethical arguments; last minute
questions/difficulties with research paper/ revision in class; student
errors of citation format and corrections together
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Writing Arguments pages 285-310
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Tuesday
December 1
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Proposal arguments; general revision for final exam
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Writing Arguments pages 311-346
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Research paper due
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Thursday December
3
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Course evaluation; an argument classic; general revision for final exam
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Writing Arguments pages 582-595
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Week of December
5-11
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FINAL EXAM
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