Fall 2005: ENC 1102: Argument & Persuasion:: Schedule
See Critical dates by Term for Further information.
I reserve the right to amend the schedule
(and the rest of the syllabus).
| Week 1 | ||
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| Dates | In class | Homework |
| Wed. Aug. 24 | introduction to argument, persuasion, and Writing Across
the Curriculum; review syllabus, expectations, and assignments |
Purchase textbooks Read syllabus thoroughly. read NWE policies page |
| Fri. Aug. 26 | pass out account cards (get names of adds/drops); forward email; advise on bulletin board;
diagnostic essay |
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| Week 2 | ||
| Dates | In class | Homework |
| Mon. Aug. 29 | Introductions; Syllabus Quiz Discuss genre, audience, and purpose and adapting to the rhetorical triangle: logos, pathos, and ethos. Notes identify appeals and patriot act |
HW-read and think about purpose, audience, organization:
inductive and deductive logic in these readings: "The Blog Phenomenon"
(256), “Virtual Love” (267). and “Cyberspace
and Identity” (275). Drop/Add ends at midnight |
| Wed. Aug. 31 | Drop/Add is over--making sure everyone is in class
that should be. Possible Quiz. Office space is in Turlington 4357. Discuss audience, purpose, genre and inductive and deductive logic in essays. Notes |
Read: Types of Argument |
| Fri. Sept. 2 | Discuss editorial assignment. What do we know from
the previous readings on types of argument that apply to this
assignment? Discuss techniques of persuasive writing for general
audience in preparation for writing editorial; and discuss final
research paper and options for topics; start on
editorial--brainstorming topics. Eliza for Rogerian Argument |
HW: Penguin “Planning and Drafting”
25-36 and work on editorial Respond to online Discussion Board prompt: What would motivate you to write an editorial or evaluative argument? Personal interest, anger, support? Do you have an Amazon.com wish list or recommendation list? Do you consider these to be like or unlike editorials? |
| Week 3 | ||
| Dates | In class | Homework |
| Mon. Sept. 5 | No class-Labor Day | No Homework |
| Wed. Sept. 7 | Draft of editorial due; peer review | Read: "Writing with Power" in Penguin
379-386 and selected essays from Writing and Reading:
“Caloric Imbalance and Public Health Policy” (473-479);
“Too Much of a Good Thing” (484-487) and “Fat and
Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance” (492-496). |
| Fri. Sept. 9 | Quiz. Discuss selected essays; bring working draft of editorial; review “Writing with Power” and active/passive voice. Ask about board topics? | HW-Complete editorial.
Read and respond to one of these: Eric Hayot's argument on how the rhetoric surrounding body size and weight parallels the war on drugs. What does this mean socially, what are the problems with the arguments surrounding the war on drugs? What could be done to make sure that both "wars" don't unfairly impact certain people (particularly people with lower incomes)? What do you think of governmental mandates like "the war on drugs" and what would you think about a governmental "war on fat"? To developments in the legislation of college classrooms; Or to Kanye West's comments about the media presentation of New Orleans and Katrina. How does the fact that his comments were edited by the news affect your perception of the news or does it? |
| Week 4 | ||
| Dates | In class | Homework |
| Mon. Sept. 12 | Editorial due in print - 1 paper copy (12pt font, Times New Roman, standard margins); summarize argument of editorial and express it in one clear sentence. As a class, summarize the Alligator editorials. Notes. | Read: Writing and Reading on summarizing, 3-30 |
| Wed. Sept. 14 |
Discuss research proposal
assignment.
Discuss good/bad research topics: research paper must be logos- not pathos-based. Search for initial sources (journals/databases) for proposal. |
Read: Writing and Reading 185-201 on preliminary research |
| Fri. Sept. 16 | QUIZ (for real this time); Discuss essay for in-class
summary and techniques for summary writing;
discuss research topics because research proposals are due Monday; Quick look at Sun's new ads for visual rhetoric If time, finding articles using Google-- how to evaluate quality of articles, and a more indepth page. If in doubt, email me with a link and I can help. |
Find one article using Google that's relevant to your
research proposal. Post a link to the article on the discussion board
and post a short summary of the article. work on research proposals |
| Week 5 | ||
| Dates | In class | Homework |
| Mon. Sept. 19 | Reseach proposals due; Discussion of research proposals--searching for articles for summaries; Prepare for the library visit. doing library research, finding and evaluating sources; Practice paraphrasing; review style: writing concisely, eliminating redundancies, expletives, and nominalizations. | Read: Writing and Reading on paraphrasing, 30-33; Penguin 222-3. |
| Wed. Sept. 21 | PSU to speak Prepare for the library visit. doing library research, finding and evaluating sources; Practice paraphrasing; review style: writing concisely, eliminating redundancies, expletives, and nominalizations. |
HW-Work on 250-word summary of an article. Activate your library card. |
| Fri. Sept. 23 | In class work on summaries
Prepping for the library visit. Please be sure to be at the library early on Monday (or at least right on time). Being on time will be a quiz grade on Monday. Ask about visit by prof |
HW-Penguin 332-7 on writing concisely and eliminating
expletives. Respond to online Discussion Board prompt: Either post your research topic and a few sentences explaining it, or (if you did that last week) post a link to an article related to your research topic and a short summary of the article. Activate your library card. |
| Week 6 | ||
| Dates | In class | Homework |
| Mon. Sept. 26 |
Library
orientation at Marston Science Library. MST 308 |
Work on Summary |
| Wed. Sept. 28 | Refining research
topics, searching for sources, and writing the annotated
bibliography. Discuss the role and form of abstracts (summaries) for papers and conferences. Citation Machine |
Finish summary. |
| Fri. Sept. 30 | Summaries due today.peer review | HW-Work on annotated bibliography; Writing and Reading
on focused research and evaluating sources, 193-213 Please note, my office hours for next week are Monday 9:30-11:30. Respond to online Discussion Board prompt: How do you use library sources in your other classes? How have you used them in the past? What confuses you about using the library in your research? |
| Week 7 | ||
| Dates | In class | Homework |
| Mon. Oct. 3 | Writing the annotated bibliography and analyzing
credibility of sources; distinguishing good/bad popular sources
and analyzing web sources; distinguishing popular from scholarly
and primary from secondary
Discuss annotated bibliography and examples of good/bad annotations, documentation styles, and handling citations in different formats. Which documentation style is used in your field? Class observed by prof? |
HW-Writing and Reading 42-44 and 214-231; and Penguin
218-221 on avoiding plagiarism and citation methods
Response: Post the citation information for two of the
articles you have found (these are new articles, and not those from the summary assignment). Explain briefly why you think these articles
are relevant. |
| Wed. Oct. 5 | Class Cancelled for Rosh Hashanah | |
| Fri. Oct. 7 | no class-homecoming | |
| Week 8 | ||
| Dates | In class | Homework |
| Mon. Oct. 10 |
Overview of Summaries
Reviewing grammar and style Reviewing MLA/APA Citations |
Work on annotated bibliography. Read essay tips |
| Wed. Oct. 12 | Review common problems with annotations
Reviewing grammar and style Reviewing MLA/APA Citations |
Work on annotated bibliography. |
| Fri. Oct. 14 | Draft of annotated bibliography due; peer review.
Today is the end of week 8, this is the half-way point in the semester. If you already have 3 absences (or more), it's time to start doing the extra credit assignments to make up for those. |
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| Week 9 | ||
| Dates | In class | Homework |
| Mon. Oct. 17 | Final draft of annotated bibliography due; discuss synthesis. Synthesis Notes | Read: Writing and Reading on explanatory
synthesis, 89-129 Bring in a synthesis example from a scholarly or nonscholarly source. We'll work with these on Wednesday. |
| Wed. Oct. 19 | Synthesizing exercises. Provide writing samples to discuss style (good and bad). How can they be improved? Which writers do they enjoy reading because of their style? Synthesizing and organizing information for the literature review. | HW-Writing and Reading on argumentative synthesis, 129-143. |
| Fri. Oct. 21 | Discuss synthesis readings and synthesize short essays; quotations, paraphrasing, and avoiding plagiarism; strong topic sentences and paragraphing | Read: Writing and Reading on using quotations, 33-42; Penguin 38-47 on topic sentences Respond to online Discussion Board prompt: where have you seen a synthesis argument element elsewhere? In comparing products? In comparing political views? In editorials that synthesize the two major arguments? |
| Week 10 | ||
| Dates | In class | Homework |
| Mon. Oct. 24 | Synthesis notes.
Office hours for this week--tomorrow 2-4 in Rolfs 410. |
Writing and Reading on introductions, 66-71 and Penguin 51-3 |
| Wed. Oct. 26 | Finding your focus: refining your research questions and the
thesis.
Discuss writing effective introductions: what is appropriate for your audience? Effective introductions. Intro examples. |
Read: Thesis Help |
| Fri. Oct. 28 | Discuss five introductions and their writing strategies, reader-friendly writing and general vs. academic audience; outline structure of synthesis; QUIZ | HW: work on synthesis |
| Week 11 | ||
| Dates | In class | Homework |
| Mon. Oct. 31 | Draft of synthesis due; peer review MLA page layout APA Page Layout |
HW-Penguin 43-5 and 53-60 on linking ideas and transitions |
| Wed. Nov. 2 | Review paragraph cohesion and using transitions
Quiz Notes |
HW-Writing and Reading on thesis statements, 71-81 |
| Fri. Nov. 4 | Bring working draft of synthesis; finding your focus: refining your research questions and the thesis statement. | Refine and
strengthen your thesis or claim. |
| Week 12 | ||
| Dates | In class | Homework |
| Mon. Nov. 7 | Final draft of synthesis due. Write process memo: self-analysis of writing to date. | HW-Penguin 102-110 on making an arguable claim |
| Wed. Nov. 9 | Bring in a
thesis sentence for your research paper with a claim and support
clause (“because”) to class. Is the thesis narrow and
specific? Does it argue something of significance about which
reasonable people might disagree? Does it answer the “so
what?” question? Making the transition from the synthesis to the
research paper. |
HW-Writing and Reading 332-344; 302-306; 306-312 |
| Fri. Nov. 11 | No class | No Homework |
| Week 13 | ||
| Dates | In class | Homework |
| Mon. Nov. 14 |
Conferences (during class time, we meet in the classroom; otherwise, we meet in Rolfs 410 on the fourth floor):
8:30-8:50 Takara 8:50-9:10 Lane 9:10-9:30 9:30-9:50 9:50-10:10 James |
HW-Writing and Reading 179-184 on outlining and drafting |
| Wed. Nov. 16 |
Conferences (during class time, we meet in the classroom; otherwise, we meet in Rolfs 410 on the fourth floor):
8:30-8:50 Avinash 8:50-9:10 9:10-9:30 Kyle 9:30-9:50 Joseph 9:50-10:10 Courtney 10:10-10:30 Brittany 10:30-10:50 Meghan |
Finish introduction to research paper |
| Fri. Nov. 18 |
Conferences (during class time, we meet in the classroom; otherwise, we meet in Rolfs 410 on the fourth floor):
8:30-8:50 Afifa 8:50-9:10 David 9:10-9:30 Tresha 9:30-9:50 Andrew 9:50-10:10 Marissa 10:10-10:30 Herold 10:30-10:50 Bobby In the conferences, we will go over:
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HW-Work on draft of research paper. Response: Grammar provides the structure with which your write your research paper. Given that your research paper studies research in your particular field, what other structures shape your paper (citation methods, current arguments, your field itself)? |
| Week 14 | ||
| Dates | In class | Homework |
| Mon. Nov. 21 |
Optional day for conferences and/or in-class work on research paper drafts.
Last day to withdraw from a course. |
Revise Research paper |
| Wed. Nov. 23 | no class | None |
| Fri. Nov. 25 | no class | None |
| Week 15 | ||
| Dates | In class | Homework |
| Mon. Nov. 28 |
Research paper draft due; peer
review Review common problems with research papers: are you acknowledging opposing points of view? making a strong argument? using sufficient evidence? citing evidence properly? Overview of the Outlining and Drafting from the Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum |
HW –Writing and Reading 81-88 on
conclusions; write conclusion to research paper to bring to
class. REMEMBER: You can turn in your final research paper early via email or in class. If you turn it in early, I can grade it early and give it back to you if it needs to be revised to make your final grade as high as possible. |
| Wed. Nov. 30 | Discuss constructing effective conclusions; final
review of paraphrasing, summarizing, quoting, and citing
sources. Further peer review of research paper draft.
Ask someone to pick up eval forms from Cher today or Thursday. |
Working with active and passive voice. |
| Fri. Dec. 2 |
Active/passive voice and/or conclusion work
Teaching Evaluations Turn in all components of the research paper other than the final draft (this is so you don't forget the other components later and then lose credit on them). Discussion of research papers All extra credit due today. |
Finalize the conclusion to your research paper.
Check Paper Format (sample MLA paper here) |
| Week 16 | ||
| Dates | In class | Homework |
| Mon. Dec. 5 | Final editing and proofreading techniques.
Reading and Writing Center, reading aloud, aloud backwards by sentence, spellcheck, have someone else read it (could be reading and writing center, could be friend, whomever), common copyediting marks, cutting up paper Turn in final research papers if you have them. |
Finish research papers. |
| Wed. Dec. 7 |
Final Version
of Research Paper is due. Bring it to class or email me if you haven't
turned it in before now.
No required class--I'll be in class for you to get your final grades (if you turned in your research paper by Monday) or to tell you what to revise to get a higher final grade. I am available all week for conferences, concerns, or to discuss any aspect of the class. Just email me. |
None |
| Fri. Dec. 9 | Reading day. No class | reading day |
| Finals Week | ||
| Dates | In class | Homework |
| Mon. Dec. 12 | Revised Final Papers Due | Revised Final Papers Due |