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English 110
Course Schedule
(Subject to revision and change)
Skip to September --
October --
November -- December
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Thurday, January 15 |
Introduction
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Friday, January 16
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Diagnostic (In class writing)
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Monday, January 19 |
No Class: Martin Luther
King, Jr Day
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Tuesday, January 20 |
Browne and Keeley, “The Benefit of Asking
the Right Questions” and “What Are the Issue
and the Conclusion?” from
Asking
the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical
Thinking (handout)
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Thursday, January 22 |
Browne and Keeley, “What Are the Reasons?”
from
Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to
Critical Thinking (handout)
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Friday, January 23 |
“Persuading with Good
Reasons” and “What to Argue About” (Good
Reasons 1 – 16)
Logos, Ethos,
Pathos
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Monday, January 26 |
Chapter Four:
Understanding Written Arguments: Rhetorical
Analysis
(Good
Reasons 61 – 74,
81 - 83)
Silko’s “The Border Patrol
State” 164 – 9)
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Tuesday, January 27 |
Read the first paragraphs
of each essay and then read one entire essay
of your choice from the list:
Anna Quindlen, “Evan’s Two
Moms” (389-90)
Michel Marriott, “The
Color of Mayhem” (691-5)
Evan Wright, “Sister Act”
(621-30)
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Thursday, January 29 |
Student rhetorical analysis, 75 – 83
Writing theses
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Friday, January 30 |
Rhetorical Analysis due
Introduction to the evaluation
essay
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Monday, February 2 |
"Kinds of Evaluation," 145 - 58
Brainstorming and Freewriting
Writing a prospectus
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Tuesday, February 3 |
Evaluation essay: Prospectus
due
Paragraphing (Bedford Handbook 91 -
99)
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Thursday, February 5 |
Paragraphing (Bedford
Handbook 76 - 81)
Poniewozik,
"Queer Eye for Straight TV" (392-395)
Riftin, "The European Dream" (452-460)
Chapter One: What to Argue About
(1 - 22)
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Friday, February 6 |
Draft
due
Writing workshop training
Writing
Workshop Guidelines
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Monday, February 9 |
Writing workshop |
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Tuesday, February 10 |
writing workshop |
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Thursday, February 12 |
Chapter Twelve:
Revision: Putting It All Together (211-223)
Theses, 36-38
Introductions
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Friday, February 13 |
Evaluation essay due (with
process work)
Introduction to the proposal essay
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Monday, February 16 |
Chapter Eleven: Proposal
As Argument (189-209)
"The European Dream"
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Tuesday, February 17 |
"Make Peace With Pot"
(567-570)
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Thursday, February 19 |
Reading
TBA
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Friday, February 20 |
Proposal: Prospectus due
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Monday, February 23 |
Koppel, "Take My Privacy,
Please!" (554-7)
Topic Statements
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Tuesday, February 24 |
ACLU, "Fahrenheit 451.2: Is
Cyberspace Burning?" (649-662)
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Thursday, February 26 |
TBA
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Friday, February 27 |
Proposal: Draft due
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Monday, March 2 |
Writing Workshops
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Tuesday, March 3 |
Writing Workshops
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Thursday, March 5 |
Editing workshop
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Friday, March 6 |
Proposal: Final essay due
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Monday, March 9 -
Friday, March 13 |
No Classes: Spring Break
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Monday, March 16 |
Outlining
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Tuesday, March 17 |
Introduction to the rebuttal
essay
Chapter Ten: Rebuttal
Arguments (173 - 188)
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Thursday, March 19 |
Three brief essays on stem
cell research:
Ron Reagan [Jr]'s
Speech at the DNC (502-5)
Ron Reagan Wrong
on Stem Cells (505-8)
Don't Clone Ron
Reagan's Agenda (508-11)
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Friday, March 20 |
Rebuttal Essay:
Prospectus due
Klein, "Culture Jamming: Ads
Under Attack" (682-86)
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Monday, March 23 |
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Tuesday, March 24 |
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Thursday, March 26 |
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Friday, March 27 |
Rebuttal Essay: Draft Due
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Monday, March 30 |
Writing Workshop
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Tuesday, March 31 |
Writing Workshop
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Thursday, April 2 |
Editing Workshop
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Friday, April 3 |
Position Essay: Final Draft
Due
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Monday, April 6 |
Introduction to the Sourced Essay
Science and Ethics
introduction and Joy, "Why the Future
Doesn't Need Us" (461 - 73)
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Tuesday, April 7 |
Fukuyama, "A Tale of Two
Dystopias" (474-80)
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Thursday, April 9 |
Merkle, "Nanotechnology:
Designs for the Future" (481-87)
"The Ethics of
Nanotechnology"
Chen, "The
Ethics of Nanotechnology"
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Friday, April 10 and
Monday, April 13 |
No Class: Easter Break
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Tuesday, April 14 |
Malik, "The Moral Clone"
(488-90)
Professor Godde on nanotechnology
Prospectus due
Krauthammer, "Crossing Lines"
(491-99)
Current uses of nanotechnology
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Thursday, April 16
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On nanotechnology:
Crowe,
"Understanding the Ethical Implications of
Nanotechnology: Highlights of a Limited
Inquiry By the President's Council on
Bioethics"
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Friday, April 17
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Professor Cramer on
Nanotechnology, Science, and Ethics
Sourced Essay: First two pages due
Using sources
Chapter Sixteen: MLA
Documentation
(271-274)
Using direct quotations,
paraphrases, and summaries
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Monday, April 20
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Read the essay or essays
that are relevant to your topic
Two sources on cloning:
President's
Council on Bioethics,
"Arguments Against 'Reproductive
Cloning'"
President's
Council on Bioethics,
"Arguments For 'Reproductive Cloning'"
Source on stem cells:
President's
Council on Bioethics,
"Monitoring Research on Stem Cells"
(1-21)
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Tuesday, April 21
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No Classes: Founders Day |
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Thursday, April 23 |
Quiz on using sources
Revised first two paragraphs due
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Friday, April 24 |
Sourced Essay: First draft
due
MLA Citation (278-284)
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Monday, April 27 |
No Class: individual meetings
on sourced essay
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Tuesday, April 28
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No Class: individual meetings
on sourced essay |
Wednesday, April 29
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No Class: individual
meetings on sourced essay
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Thursday, April 30 |
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Friday, May 1 |
Sourced
Essay: final draft due
Introduction
to the portfolio assignment
Constructing criteria |
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Monday, May 4 |
Essay Review
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Tuesday, May 5 |
TBA
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Thursday, May 7 |
Reading Day
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Friday, May 8th @ 1 pm |
Final Exam at 1 p m:
Location TBA
Portfolio Reviews due
(with drafts)
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