Schedule of Classes, Readings and Assignments

Dates and assignments are subject to change. Items in italics will be assessed for Class Participation. "AT" stands for "All Things 101"

DATE/DAY

READ FOR CLASS

TODAY’S TOPIC

ASSIGNMENTS DUE

25 Aug (1) C

 AT: 3-4

Syllabus & Connect.web  The few & the fortunate

 

27 Aug (2) C

AT: 34-52

Summaries: Pencils, Gilgamesh & Wikipedia

 

29 Aug  (3) C

AT: 53

Summaries, Graphs & Tables: Wind Power in China

 Summary Exercise

1 Sept

LABOR DAY HOLIDAY

 

 

3  Sept (4) C

AT: 26

Research Topics

 

5  Sept (5) R

 

Day at the Library – meet in the classroom first

 

8  Sept (6) C

AT: 24

Assessing Sources I: Scholarly Documentation

 

10  Sept (7) C

 

Research Strategies: Research topic statement

 

12  Sept (8) C

AT: 5

Sentence Variety: Style exercise I

Research Statement  

15  Sept (9) C

AT: 22-23

Quotes & Paraphrases

*Rough Draft Paper 1 

17  Sept (10) P

AT: 27

Peer Review of Paper 1:  Guided Peer Review

 

19  Sept (11) E

 online

Review for Exam

 *Paper 1

22 Sept(12) E

Review your notes

Exam 1 (in class)

 

24  Sept (13) C

AT: 8-9

Paragraph Topic Sentences: Paragraph Topic Exercise

 

26  Sept (14) C

AT: 10-11

Thesis Statement

 

29  Sept (15) C

AT: 18

Explanatory Synthesis

 

1 Oct (16) C

AT: 54-61

Explanatory Synthesis:  “The Ketchup Conundrum”

 

3 Oct (17) R

online

Explanatory Synthesis: "The Times, They are…”

 Explanatory synthesis Ex.

6 Oct (18) C

AT: 5

Sentence Variety :  Style Exercise II

 

8 Oct (19) C

AT: 25

Assessing Sources II: Robust Research

 

10 Oct (20) R

 

Research Day

Annotated Bib. 1

13 Oct

FALL BREAK

 

 

15 Oct (21) P

 AT: 28

Conferences: Meet once with me & once with a peer

* Rough Draft Paper 2

17 Oct (22) P

 

Conferences:  Meet once with me & once with a peer

 

20 Oct (23) P

 

Conferences:  Meet once with me & once with a peer

 

22 Oct (24) C

AT: 19

The Critique

 * Paper 2

24 Oct (25) C

AT: 62-70

The Critique:  Ebert’s Titanic & Harztell’s Stoplights

 

27 Oct (26) C

 

The Critique: Logical Fallacies

 

29 Oct (27) P

AT: 29

Peer Review of Paper 3:  Guided Peer Review

Critique Exercise

31 Oct (28) C

AT: 6

Sentence Variety:  Style Exercise III

* Essay 3

3 Nov (29) C

AT: 12-14, 20

Argument Synthesis

 

5 Nov (30) C

online

Argument Synthesis:  The World Water Supply

 

7 Nov (31) C

AT: 71-75

Argument Synthesis: RFID Chips are Everywhere!

 

10 Nov (32) R

 

Research Day

Argument synthesis Ex.

12 Nov (33) C

AT: 7

Comma Splices

 

14 Nov (34) C

AT: 6

Sentence Variety:  Style Exercise IV

 

17 Nov (35) C

AT: 21

Analysis

 

19 Nov (36) C

AT: 76-84

Analysis:  Microcredit & Thrillionaires 

 

21 Nov (37) C

AT: 85

Analysis:  The Consumption Conundrum

 

24 Nov (38) E

 

Review for Second Exam

Analysis Exercise

26 Nov (39) E

Review your notes

Exam 2

 

28 Nov

  THANKSGIVING

 

 

1 Dec (40) R

 

Research Day

 

3 Dec(41) C

AT: 6

Sentence Variety:  Style Exercise V

Annotated Bib. 2 

5 Dec(42) P

AT: 30

Peer Review of Rough Draft

2 copies of * Essay 4 

8 Dec(43) P

AT: 31

Conferences:  Meet once with me & once with a peer

 

10 Dec(44) P

 

Conferences:  Meet once with me & once with a peer

 

12 Dec(45) P

 

Conferences:  Meet once with me & once with a peer

 

 

8 AM – 12 Noon

Final Research Paper Due