Day-to-day schedule for Any Theme

10% Summaries
Project I: 15% Rhetorical Analysis
10% midterm exam (summary of an article)
Project II: 15% First-Hand Response to Reading Essay
Project III: 10% Source Essay
Project IV: 15% Public Project
5% Presentations
10% final exam (rhetorical analysis of a source)

Week I
August 28
In-class:

August 31
Homework: Read assigned article using reading strategies
In-class:

  • Discuss reading
  • Brainstorm topics for readings on course theme - bring laptops to class
  • Groups assigned to find class readings
  • See pages 46-47 in handbook (on reading critically and annotation)
  • Group I arrange a time to meet instructor

Week II
September 4 – Labor day. No class
September 7
Homework: Read assigned article using reading strategies; Group I articles due
In-class:

  • Discuss reading
  • What is a summary? See page 47 in the handbook.
  • “Rules of Writing”
  • Group II arrange a time to meet instructor

Week III
September 11
Homework: Practice summary due on one of Group I articles; group II articles due
In class:

  • Discuss readings
  • As a class, write a summary for the reading and then discuss how students' practice summaries differed
  • See pages 92-95 in handbook for a discussion of quoting and paraphrasing
  • Handout on Paraphrasing Accurately and Ethically
  • Practice paraphrasing
  • First graded summary assigned on one of Group II articles
  • Group III arrange a time to meet with instructor

September 14
Homework:Summary due on reading of one of Group II articles (1 page, 5% of final grade); Group III articles due
In-class:

  • Discuss readings
  • Project I: Rhetorical Analysis assigned (you will choose any of the in class readings to analyze. It can't be a source on which you wrote a graded summary)
  • See pages 49-52 and 56-57 in handbook for information on Rhetorical Analysis
  • Practice rhetorical analysis chart with sample source
  • Group IV arrange a time to meet with instructor

Week IV
September 18
Homework: Read Group III’s articles; Completed chart for rhetorical analysis of chosen reading; group IV articles due
In class:

September 21
Homework: Read Group IV’s articles; Revised summaries are due (if student is not happy with grade or if there were plagiarism issues that needed to be corrected for the student to get any credit for assignment); Electronic draft of Project II: Rhetorical analysis due for instructor review; group V articles due
In class:

  • Discuss articles
  • paragraph fan test
  • See pages 28-31 in handbook on paragraphs
  • Group VI arrange a time to meet instructor

Week V
September 25
Homework: Summary due on reading of one of Group V articles (1 page, 5% of final grade); group VI articles due
In class:

  • Discuss articles
  • Project II: First-hand response to reading assigned – brainstorm possibilities

September 28
Homework: Read Group’s VI’s articles
In class:

  • Graded summary returned
  • Discuss readings
  • Review for midterm
  • Taking notes at site visit
  • See pages 82-84 in handbook on field research

Week VI
October 2 - Class canceled for site visit for Project II: Response to Reading Essay
Homework: After revising Rhetorical Analysis for instructor feedback, take revised draft of revised rhetorical analysis due for CTL review
October 5 - 10% midterm exam (summary of an article)

Week VII
October 9 Columbus Day – no class
October 10 Academic Monday – yes class
Homework: Project I: Rhetorical Analysis due (3 pages, 15% of final grade)
In-class:

  • Reflection on rhetorical analysis; also see pages 38 in handbook for reflection questions
  • sentence combining; see pages 193-197 in handbook on coordination and subordination; combine sentences in final draft with subordination or coordination
  • Moving from notes to a thesis for Response to Reading Essay
  • See page 24-25 on working thesis and 54-55 on arguable thesis statements

October 12
Homework: Draft of Response to Reading Essay due – bring three copies to class
In class:

Week VIII
October 16
Homework: Revise Response to a Reading Essay
Class cancelled for conferences with instructor
October 19
Homework: Revise response to a reading Essay
In class:

  • Project III: Source Essay assigned
  • Brainstorm additional research topics
  • Pre-research techniques – bring a laptop to class
  • See pages 20-21 and 23-24 on choosing a topic
  • See pages 81-82 and 86-87 for finding and evaluating internet sources

Week IX
October 23
Homework: one internet source on your topic due
In class - Meet in library instruction room for instruction on using internet to find sources
October 26
Homework: Project II: First-Hand Response to Reading Essay due (3 pages, 15% of final grade); Bring at least two internet sources to class
In class:

Week X
October 30
Homework: library tour due; Plagiarism tutorial due
In class - Meet in library instruction room for instruction on using library databases; see pages 79-81 and 88-89 on using library databases

November 2
Homework: Bring two sources you found in the databases to class for workshop
In class:

  • Workshop on sources
  • See pages 84-85 in handbook for evaluating sources
  • See pages 256-260 and 270-300 (on works cited formatting)
  • * See pages 77-78 on identifying source type
  • Groups assigned by topic choice

Week XI
November 6
Homework: bring in three copies of the source overview section of Source Essay and one copy of a write up of your best source; have all your sources handy
In class:

November 9
Homework: prepare presentations
In class:

  • Presentations

Week XII
November 13
Homework: Project III: 15% Source Essay due (3 pages, 10% of final grade) - must have copies of all sources used submitted on canvas or in hardcopy
In class:

  • Complete any final Presentations
  • Project IV: Public Writing and reflection on Project IV assigned
  • See page 21 of handbook on choosing an audience

November 16
Homework: bring laptops to class; read assigned text
In class:

  • From research to thesis – taking a position
  • See page 24-25 on working thesis and 54-55 on arguable thesis statements
  • Additional research
  • Genre conventions of public writing – discuss reading (an example of the genre students will be assigned to write in your class - possible genres include blog post, letter to the editor, psa. etc.)
  • See pages 69-74 of handbook for discussions of public writing
  • See page 90 for a discussion of determining the usefulness of research

Week XIII
November 20 - Studio day (meet in a computer lab to write) See page 27 in handbook for drafting checklist and page 90-91 for a discussion of synthesizing sources
November 23 - Thanksgiving Break

Week XIV
November 27
Homework Bring in two copies of your Public Project
In class:

  • Peer Review of Essay IV – round robin
  • Reflection on peer review – next steps forward
  • Discuss refined thesis and reshaping draft for refined thesis
  • Students who miss this day will need to schedule an appointment at the CTL to get revision feedback on their essay – bring Project IV assignment, a copy of your essay, and the peer review guidelines
  • See pages 37-38 on reviewing and revising

November 30
Homework: Revised Project IV due to instructor for feedback
In class:

Week XV
December 4
Homework: Reflection on your rhetorical choices in public project - post to discussion board on blackboard and respond with revision suggestions to a classmate's post by midnight on Wednesday
December 7th; be sure to choose a post that doesn't yet have a response
In class:

  • prepare for final
  • feedback on essay IV returned

December 7
Homework: Revise Public Project; bring an electronic copy of your draft and headphones to class
In class:

  • 20 most common errors See handbook pages 1-13.
  • Editing Project IV: Public Writing (if with Read, Writing, Gold – meet in computer classroom)
  • See pages 38-39 in the handbook for editing tips
  • Course evaluations
  • Check citations

Saturday December 9
Final exam 10:00-12:30 room TBA - 10% final exam (rhetorical analysis of a source)
Project IV: 15% Public Project (4 pages, 15%) including 1 page reflection Must have copies of all sources used submitted on canvas or in hardcopy

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