The following schedule is subject to change, though I will always notify you of any changes beforehand. Unless otherwise noted, all assignments/readings listed are to be completed before class on the day listed. It is your responsibility to complete all assignments regardless of whether or not I make a formal announcement.
Abbreviations
A=Arak Anthology
FI=From Inquiry to Academic Writing: A Practical Guide
LP=Little Penguin Handbook
PR=Peer Review Workshop (Always bring 3 hardcopies of your draft to class)
C=Canvas (Refer to Modules tab)
Week One
2/10 “Starting with Inquiry” (C)
2/12 “Analyzing Images” (C); “Compose Blogs and Discussion Posts” (LP) Bring laptops to class
Week Two
2/17 Ch. 8: “From Ethos to Logos” (FI: 236–46) Bring 2 UD promotional images to class with brief descriptions (150–200 words each)
2/19 “Sample Image Analysis” (C); From Ch. 9: “Developing Introductions and Conclusions” (FI: 259–65) Thesis and Outline due
Week Three
2/24 Ch. 10: “From Revising to Editing” (FI: 273–83) Draft due (PR)
2/26 Ch. 2: “From Reading as a Writer to Writing as a Reader” (FI); Wood, “The Future of College?” (C) Image Analysis due
Week Four
3/3 Ch. 7: “From Summary to Synthesis” (FI); Review Wood, “The Future of College?” Bring Op-Ed to class with short summary (150–250 words)
3/5 Ch. 3: “From Identifying Claims to Analyzing Arguments” (FI); “They Say / I Say” (C) Bring Op-Ed to class with “gist statements”
Week Five
3/10 Ch. 13 “Understand and Avoid Plagiarism” (LP); “Forms of Academic Dishonesty” (C)
3/12 Review blog posts Draft due (PR)
Week Six
3/17 Library Resource Review; Ch. 4: “From Identifying Issues to Forming Questions” (FI) Summary/Strong Response due
3/19 Ch. 6: “From Finding to Evaluating Sources” (FI); “Find Sources” (LP); “Annotated Bibliography” (S) Bring 5 sources to class (at least 1 book); Proposal due
Week Seven*
3/24 Ch. 5: “From Formulating to Developing a Thesis” (FI) Working thesis due
3/26 From Ch. 9: “Developing Introductions and Conclusions” (FI: 247–54) Working thesis due
Week Eight
3/31 NO CLASS—SPRING BREAK
4/2 NO CLASS—SPRING BREAK
Week Nine
4/7 “Nutshelling Argument” (C); “Outlining” (S) Outline due
4/9 Review Ch. 3 “From Identifying Claims to Analyzing Arguments” (FI: 61–63); “Your Child Left Behind” (A) 4–6 page draft due (PR)
Week Ten*
4/14 From Ch. 9: “Drafting Conclusions” (FI: 266–72); “Babies: Thinking Outside the Box” (A) Last day to submit revision of Essay 1
4/16 NO CLASS—CONFERENCES (Meetings to be held in 213 Memorial)
Week Eleven
4/21 In-Class Workshop; “Eliminating Wordiness” (C) Bring laptop to class and copy of most recent RP draft
4/23 On remediation and multimodality (C); Sample “letters to the editor” (C) Research Paper due
Week Twelve
4/28 Sample videos (C); “Film Techniques” Meet in Multimedia Design Center
4/30 “Strategies for Composing Multimodal Texts” (C); “Create Multimedia Projects” (LP)
Week Thirteen
5/5 “Storyboards” Storyboard due (PR)
5/7 “Sound in Filmmaking” (C)
Week Fourteen
5/12 NO CLASS—Workshop Day
5/14 Video Screening and Final Presentations
Week Fifteen
5/19 Reading Day: Please remember to complete course evaluations. Class Notebook due
* The last day to drop/add classes is February 23; the last day to withdraw from the course is April 13.
Virginia Garnett 