Monday

Wednesday

Week 1

Jan 11

Syllabus, Cards, Class requirements, Schedule

Course introduction, Plagiarism/paraphrasing

Discussion and contract

Read Blakesley:

pgs.  xx-xxx

Bring blue book to class

Week 2

Jan 19-22

MLK Holiday

In-class Essay 1

(no make-up--see Syllabus)

Read Blakesley:

“Student essays,”

Espericueta xciv ff. and

Franklin civ ff.

Week 3

Jan 25-29

Grammar Exercises

Discuss student essays

Read Blakesley:

“Student essays,”

Crow lxxxviii ff.

Read Axelrod:

pgs. 596-646, 298-318.

Discuss Readings and Reading Strategy

Read Axelrod:

pgs. 359-374 plus 1 essay TBA in class

Week 4

Feb 1-5

Group Discussion on assigned essay.  Present findings in collaborative presentation.

Read Axelrod:

pgs. 624-640

The Just Memo

Read Blakesley:

pgs. 156-178d and Joshua Penny’s essay cxiv ff.

Read assigned online essays-see link on my website

Week 5

Feb 8-12

Discuss online essays

Assign Essay 2

Read Blakesley:

“Guidelines for Peer Review”  xxii and pgs. 65-71

Draft 1 Due for Peer Review

Discuss writing concerns from Essay 1

Read Blakesley:

pgs. 31-46

Week 6

Feb 15-19

Poem

Ethics/Plagiarism discussion from  online essay readings

Bring computer to work on essay in time remaining

Draft 2 due for Peer Review

Take home Self Evaluations

Week 7

Feb 22-26

Essay 2 Due

with evaluation

Library Research Day

Take computer

Meet in Room 200 (first door on right if you enter the Library from courtyard/open green space)

Read Axelrod:

Essay TBA in class

Class discussion and exercise on assigned essay

Read Axelrod:

pgs: 582-595

pgs. 517-542

Read Blakesley:

pgs. 72-87

Week 8

March 1-5

Discuss Position writing

Return Essay 2 and give out mid-term grades

Introduce Essay 3

The Position Paper

Discuss possible topics

Last Day to Drop Without Penalty is Friday, March 5

Read Blakesley:

pgs. 8, 18, 27, 74, 232

Choose topic for research paper

SPRING BREAK MARCH 6-14

Week 9

March 15-19 

Workshop on topics/thesis

Must have topic approved tonight

Bring computer

Bring copies of source material

to class and 5 different

colored highlighters

Workshop,

Color coding of source material

Must bring copies of sources to class

Week 10

March 22-26

Peer Review

Draft 1

Bring Blakesley, sources, and Works Cited page

In-text citation and Works Cited workshop

Week 11

March 29-April 2

Share topics to determine individual or collaborative presentations

Take home Evaluation for Position Paper

Essay 3 Due

Introduce Research Project

Discuss Proposal format/plan

Read Axelrod:

pgs. 442-457 and 466-473

Read Blakesley:

pgs. 101-127

Week 12

April 5-9

Peer Review of Proposals

Show examples of Research project

Read Blakesley:

pgs. 128-155

pgs. 180-241

Proposals Due

Sign up for Presentations

Read Blakesley:

pgs. 244-304   

Week 13

April 12-16

MLA Workshop

Discuss Annotated Bibliography

Read Blakesley: 

pgs. 105 - 109      

Work on Annotated Bibliography

and Final Presentation 

Week 14

April 19-23

Final Workshop or First Presentations

Presentations

Week 15

April 26-30

Presentations

Presentations

Week 16

May 3

Presentations

All written work for Research

Project Due

May 4-10

Final Exam Week

Final Exam Week