Monday

Wednesday

Friday

Week 1

Aug 17-21

Syllabus

Cards

Course intro

Class requirements

Schedule

Plagiarism/paraphrasing

Discussion and Contract

Read Blakesley:

pgs.  xx-xxx

Bring blue book to class

If you have not taken the Regents’ Test, please read the following instructions carefully.

Sign up to take the Regents’ Test.  Registration will be held in the Testing Center from Monday, August 24-Friday, September 25.  You must take this test during your first semester at CSU unless you qualify for Regents’ exemption.  This exemption is granted by the Registrar’s Office.

In addition to the online practice tests at http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwrtp/. , the Center for Academic Success will offer Regents’ Exam Preparation Workshops.  See their link for the schedule:

http://adminservices.clayton.edu/cas/Workshops/default.htm.

You can also find testing materials at the circulation desk in the Clayton State Library.  See the official Clayton State University Regents' Testing site for more information: 

Week 2

Aug 24-28

In-class Essay 1

(no make-up—see Syllabus)

Read Blakesley:

“Student essays”

Espericueta xciv ff. and Franklin civ ff.

Grammar Exercises

Discuss student essays

Read Blakesley:

“Student essays”

Crow lxxxviii ff.

Read Axelrod:

pgs. 596-646, 298-318

Week 3

Aug 31-Sept 4

Discuss Readings

Reading Strategy

Read Axelrod:

pgs. 359-374 plus 1 essay TBA in class

Group Discussion on assigned essay

Read on-line essays—See link on my website

Read Axelrod:

pgs. 624-640

Present Findings

Collaborative Presentation

Read on-line essays

Week 4

Sept 7-11

Labor Day

The Just Memo

 Read Blakesley:

pgs. 156-178d

and Joshua Penny’s essay cxiv ff.

Poem

Ethics/Plagiarism discussion

Read Blakesley:

pgs. 65-71

Week 5

Sept14-18

Assign Essay 2

Workshop

Writing concerns from Essay 1

Read Blakesley:

“Guidelines for Peer Review”  xxii

Peer Review

Draft 1

Read Blakesley:

pgs. 31-46

Week 6

Sept21-25

Peer Review Draft 2

Workshop

Essay 2 Due

In-class evaluation

Begin Position Paper

pgs. 517-542

Finish Axelrod reading

above

Read Blakesley:

pgs. 72-87

Week 7

Sept 28-Oct 2

Discuss Position writing

Library Research Class

Bring computer

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

Writing problems from Essay 2

Read Axelrod:

pgs.  582-595

Week 8

Oct 5-9

Conferences on papers

Return Essay 2 and give out mid-term grades

Read Axelrod:

essay TBA in class

Assign Position Paper

Essay 3

Discuss possible topics

Last day to drop without penalty

Read Blakesley:

pgs. 8, 18, 27, 74, 232

Week 9

Oct 12-16

Workshop on topics and thesis

Bring copies of source material to class and 5 different colored highlighters

Workshop on essay

Color coding of source material

Week 10

Oct 19-23

Peer Review

Draft 1

Bring Blakesley, sources and Works Cited Page

MLA and

Works Cited Workshop

 Peer Review draft 2

Take home Evaluation for Position Paper

Share topics to decide between  individual or collaborative final presentation

Week 11

Oct 26-30

Essay 3 Due

Introduce Research Project

Show examples of Research Project

Read Axelrod: pgs.

442-457 and 466-473

Read Blakesley:

pgs. 101-127

Discuss difference between  position papers and research project

Sign up for Presentations

Begin work on proposals

Read Blakesley:

pgs. 128-155

Library research

Workshop day

Read Blakesley:

pgs. 244-304

Week 12

Nov 2-6

Peer Review of Proposals

Read Blakesley:

pgs. 180-241

Proposals Due

Read Blakesley: 

pgs. 105 - 109              

MLA Workshop

Discuss other documentation styles

Introduce information about Annotated Bibliography

Week 13

Nov 9-13

Work on Annotated Bibliography and Final Presentation

Workshop on Final Presentation

Workshop or First Presentations

Week 14

Nov 16-20

 Presentations

Presentations

Presentations

Week 15

Nov 23-27

Presentations

Thanksgiving

Holidays

Week 16

Nov 30-

Dec  4

Presentations

Presentations

All written work for Research Project due

Exam Prep

Dec 6-11

Final

Exam

Week