Weekly Calendar | Semester Calendar

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Week 1
Mon., Aug. 23

Go over Syllabus.

Tues., Aug. 24

No Conferences.

Wed., Aug. 25 Intro to Computer Classroom and Blogger. Diagnostic Writing. Homework: Fill out Student Information Sheet and e-mail it to me by classtime tomorrow.
Thurs., Aug. 26

Fill out remaining Student Information Sheets. Intro to Critical Autobiography Assignment. Homework: Blogger pre-writing for Critical Autobiography.

Fri., Aug. 27 No Conferences.

 

Week 2
Mon., Aug. 30

Go over Critical Autobiography Assignment. Discuss fundamentals of writing.

Tues., Aug. 31

Group 1A Conferences.

Wed., Sept. 1 Journal Writing on Blogger. Blogger Prompt #1 for Chemistry Class. Homework: Blogger Entry #2 due by midnight Fri. Sept. 3. Read Chapter 1 of Everything's An Argument.
Thurs., Sept. 2

Types of Argument. Homework: Blogger Entry #2 due by midnight Fri. Sept. 3. Rough Draft of Critical Autobiography due Wed., Sept. 8

Fri., Sept. 3 Group 2A Conferences. Due: Blogger Entry #2 for Chemistry Class by midnight.

 

Week 3
Mon., Sept. 7

No class!

Tues., Sept. 8

Group 1B Conferences.

Wed., Sept. 9 Critical Autobiography Due. Using message boards and chat.
Thurs., Sept. 10

Introduction to Peer Editing.

Fri., Sept. 11 Group 2B Conferences.

 

Week 4
Mon., Sept. 13

Toulmin Argumentation.

Tues., Sept. 14

No conferences.

Wed., Sept. 15 Critical Autobiography Due.
Thurs., Sept. 16

Types of Appeals: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos.

Fri., Sept. 17 No conferences.

 

Week 5
Mon., Sept. 20

Introduce Analytical Argument Essay.

Tues., Sept. 21

No conferences, unless you want to schedule one.

Wed., Sept. 22 Blogger for Analytical Argument Essay Due. Introduction to ACS Documentation; Reference Handout; Internet Source Documentation Handout; In-Text Citation; Bibliography; Example Bibliographies; Example Article; Exercise
Thurs., Sept. 23

Outlining.

Fri., Sept. 24 No conferences today. Homework: Outline for Analytical Argument Essay due Monday.

 

Week 6
Mon., Sept. 27

Discuss introduction and conclusion strategies, as well as common formality errors. Homework: Outline for Analytical Argument Essay due at midnight.

Tues., Sept. 28

Group 1A Conferences.

Wed., Sept. 29 Evaluating Academic Sources.
Thurs., Sept. 30

Plagiarism Part 1.

Fri., Oct. 1 Group 2A Conferences.

 

Week 7
Mon., Oct. 4

Plagariasm Part 2. Homework: Rough Draft of Analytical Argument Essay Due Tomorrow at 5:00 pm.

Tues., Oct. 5

Group 1B Conferences. Homework: Rough Draft of Analytical Argument Essay Due TODAY at 5:00 pm.

Wed., Oct. 6 Peer Editing.
Thurs., Oct. 7

Peer Editing.

Fri., Oct. 8 Group 2B Conferences.

 

Week 8
Mon., Oct. 11

No class - October break!

Tues., Oct. 12

No class - October break!

Wed., Oct. 13 Online research using Purdue Library Databases
Thurs., Oct. 14

Analytical Argument Papers Due by Classtime. Remember to bring photocopies of the source pages you used! Debate activity: Bomb shelter.

Fri., Oct. 15 Group 2A Conferences.

 

Week 9
Mon., Oct. 18

Introduce Topic Proposal. Homework: Topic Proposal Due Monday by Classtime.

Tues., Oct. 19

Group 1A Conferences.

Wed., Oct. 20 Go over Funding Proposal and Annotated Bibliography Prompts. Go over Approaches to Annotated Bibliography. Homework: Topic Proposal Due Monday by Classtime.
Thurs., Oct. 21

Annotating. Homework: Topic Proposal Due Monday by Classtime.

Fri., Oct. 22 Group 2B Conferences.

 

Week 10
Mon., Oct. 25

Topic Proposal for Funding Paper Due Today. Annotations.

Tues., Oct. 26

Group 1B Conferences.

Wed., Oct. 27 Library Tour.
Thurs., Oct. 28

Audience Analysis.

Fri., Oct. 29 Group 2A Conferences.

 

Week 11
Mon., Nov. 1

Research day.

Tues., Nov. 2

Group 1A Conferences.

Wed., Nov. 3 Outline for Researched Funding Proposal Due; Rebuttals and Exercise. Homework: Read section on Logical Fallacies in Everything's an Argument.
Thurs., Nov. 4

Logical Fallacies.

Fri., Nov. 5 Group 2B Conferences.

 

Week 12
Mon., Nov. 8

Finish up Logical Fallacies; Further Analysis of Audience Appeals

Tues., Nov. 9

Group 1B Conferences.

Wed., Nov. 10 Global and Local Revision.
Thurs., Nov. 11

Optional Revisions of Analytical Argument Essay due today by classtime.

Fri., Nov. 12 Group 2A Conferences.

 

Week 13
Mon., Nov. 15

Midterm Evaluations. Annotated Bibliography Due.

Tues., Nov. 16

Group 1A Conferences.

Wed., Nov. 17 Visual Argument Part 1
Thurs., Nov. 18

Visual Argument Part 2. Reminder: Rough Draft of Proposal Due Monday.

Fri., Nov. 19 Group 2B Conferences.

 

Week 14
Mon., Nov. 22

Sources for Rough Draft of Proposal Due.

Tues., Nov. 23

Group 1B Conferences

Wed., Nov. 24 Rough Draft of Proposal Due by 5:00. No class - Thanksgiving vacation!
Thurs., Nov. 25

No class - Thanksgiving vacation!

Fri., Nov. 26 No conferences - Thanksgiving vacation!

 

Week 15
Mon., Nov. 29

Peer Review.

Tues., Nov. 30

Optional conferences by appointment only.

Wed., Dec. 1 Peer Review.
Thurs., Dec. 2

Peer Review.

Fri., Dec. 3  Optional conferences by appointment only.

 

Week 16
Mon., Dec. 6

Presentations.

Tues., Dec. 7

Optional conferences by appointment only.

Wed., Dec. 8 Presentations.
Thurs., Dec. 9

Presentations - last day of class!

Fri., Dec. 10 No conferences - class is over!

 

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