Week 1
Tuesday 8/22
Thursday 8/25
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Syllabus Review
Getting to know each other
Freewriting
Writing as a Process - Exploring Language p. 41-48
Homework due to Canvas each Thursday by 5 pm:
1) Read Anne Lamott's essay "Shitty First Drafts" and respond to the questions following the article.
2) Summarize and respond to: What is Plagiarism?
1st paragraph is the summary of the article; 2nd paragraph is your response and acknowledgement that you understand won't commit plagiarism.
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Week 2
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Homework due to Canvas each Thursday by 5 pm:
Read Chapter One in Exploring Language:
- Critical Thinking and Reading p. 1 - 17
- How to Read Critically p. 17 - 23
- Why Essays Need Supporting Evidence p.48 - 55
- Your assignment: What are THREE good ideas you got from this chapter, and how will it influence how you approach college reading?
Give examples, being specific - avoid vague generalizations!
Grammar Evaluation
Sign up for Group Writing Presentations
Chapter 1 - Critical Thinking/Critical Reading
Plagiarism Lesson
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Week 3
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Homework due to Canvas each Thursday by 5 pm:
Read and summarize two articles:
(Two paragraphs each - a summary and a response):
- Essay Structure and, in Exploring Language, read Structuring Your Essay p. 55 - 64
- Overview of the Academic Essay
Introduction to Essay One - Language Perspectives (Chapter 6) – see Essay Guideline page for details
Have read EL:
- · Homemade Education - Malcolm X p 142
- · A Word for Everything
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Week 4
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Homework due to Canvas each Thursday by 5 pm:
Summarize and respond to TWO articles:
1. Writing Topic Sentences
(Summarize the article and complete the exercise at the bottom of the page)
2. PIE Paragraphs - summarize and respond in two paragraphs
Have read EL: Coming into Language - Jimmy Santiago Baca p. 152
Thursday - Computer Lab - meet at 11:15 in the Library Learning Center.
Bring a flash drive OR use some type of cloud storage to save your draft.
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Week 5
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Homework due to Canvas each Thursday by 5 pm: Summarize and respond to TWO articles:
- How to Write a Thesis
- Coherence - Transitions Between Ideas
Have read EL:
- · Living with Dyslexia
- · Spanish Lessons
DUE: First rough draft peer review - Essay One
MLA formatting - see p. 105-110
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Week 6
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Homework due to Canvas each Thursday by 5 pm: Summarize and respond in two paragraphs:
- Revision
- Editing and Proofreading
Tues - Computer Lab - meet at 11:15 in the Learning Center
Have read EL: The Language of Silence - Maxine Hong Kingston p. 166
DUE: First rough draft peer review - Essay One
- MLA formatting - see p. 105-110
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Week 7
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HW Due to Canvas by Thursday by 5 pm: Summarize and respond in two paragraphs:
- Quoting Sources & Why Use Sources?
- Paraphrasing
- Citation Machine Works Cited List practice exercise:
Go to any of the citation machine websites listed at the bottom of the Documentation page - scroll all the way down - and create a correct
MLA formatted Works Cited List for the article in the textbook (which is called an anthology) you are using for your essay. Then you will cut and paste your resulting Works Cited List citation into the assignment response.
Tues - Computer Lab - Bring your draft on a flash drive or have it available online - work on drafts of Essay One
Refer to EL:
- · Researching Your Papers
- · Documentation Guide
Peer Reviews - bring printed copies of your essay draft to share with classmates for proofreading peer reviews.
Thesis Statements
DUE THURSDAY 5 pm – FINAL DRAFTS OF ESSAY ONE
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Week 8
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HW Due to Canvas by Thursday by 5 pm: Read, summarize and respond in two paragraphs:
- What is Argument?
- Toulmin Argumentation
Tues - Introduction to Essay Two –
Chapter 8 - Technology and Language p. 230
Have read EL:
- In the Beginning Was the Word - Christine Rosen - p 231
- Much Ado About Blogging - Scott Rosenberg p. 237
Thursday - Have read EL:
- Texting - David Crystal p 241
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Week 9
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HW Due to Canvas by Thursday by 5 pm: Summarize and respond to:
Have read EL:
- r u online? The Evolved Lexicon of Wired Teens- Kris Axtman p. 247
- I Tweet, Therefore I Am - Peggy Orenstein p. 252
Brainstorming about topics for Essay Two in groups
Thursday - Computer Lab - Bring your draft on a flash drive or have it available online
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Week 10
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HW Due to Canvas by Thursday by 5 pm: Summarize and respond to:
Refer to EL: pp 24 - 26 Logical Fallacies
Have read EL:
- Note to Selfie - John Dickerson p. 255
DUE: Peer reviews of essay drafts - print out and bring copies to class
Thursday – Computer Lab
DUE: Essay Two by 5 pm
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Week 11
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HW Due to Canvas by Thursday by 5 pm: Summarize and respond to:
Intro to Language and Thought Essay: Chapter 14 p. 446
Tues - Have read EL: Does Your Language Shape How You Think? - Guy Deutscher p 447
Thursday - Have read EL: Nothing is Missing - Tom Munnecke p. 455
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Week 12
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HW Due to Canvas by Friday 5 pm: Summarize and respond to:
Tues - Have read EL: You Say Up, I Say Yesterday - Joan O'C. Hamilton p. 463
Thursday - Have read EL: Lost in Translation - Lera Boroditsky p. 469
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Week 13
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HW Due to Canvas by Friday 5 pm: Summarize and respond to:
Introduction to Group Rhetorical Analysis Project
Tues - Have read EL: The Internet: Is it Changing the Way We Think?- John Naughton p. 473
Thursday - Have read EL: Mind Over Mass Media - Steven Pinker p. 480
DUE - Peer Reviews: Language and Thought Essay - bring copies of your draft for first rough draft peer reviews with classmates.
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Week 14
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Tues - Computer Lab - work on your essays, assignments, and presentations
Thursday – NO CLASS HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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Week 15
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Tues - Computer Lab - work on your essays, assignments, and presentations
Rhetorical Presentations
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Week 16
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Final In Class Timed Essay
Essay Three DUE 5pm
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