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Jan 6
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Jan 7 Writing #1/Part1 assigned
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Jan 8
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Jan 9 Writing #1/Part 2 assigned READINGS FOR TODAY: Jordan, "Nobody Mean More to Me Than You and the Future Life of Willie Jordan" (handout); Muir, "selections in Ch 1 (WN); Muir, selections (handout); rhetorical introduction to Chapter 2 (WN)
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Jan 10
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What is rhetoric? Rhetorical analysis The importance of audience & purpose
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Jan 13
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Jan 14 Writing #1 Part 3 assigned Emerson, from "Nature" (WN); Oates, "Against Nature" (WN) ; rhetorical introduction to Chapter 3 (WN) |
Jan 15
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Jan 16 Writing #1 draft assigned READINGS FOR TODAY: Quammen, "The Face of the Spider" (WN); Walker, "Am I Blue?" (WN); Ch 1-3 (Writing for Real)
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Jan 17
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Developing an effective essay strategy (or transcending the 5-¶ essay) induction and deduction thesis and level of generalization Connecting personal and analytical writing
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Jan 20
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Jan 21 COMMUNITY WRITING ORIENTATION at the Haas Center for Public Service READINGS FOR TODAY: Ch 4-6 (Writing for Real)
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Jan 22
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Jan 23 Draft of Writing #1 due in class READINGS FOR TODAY: Thoreau, from Journals (handout); Eckstein, "Two Lives" (handout); FILM: L'enfant sauvage; rhetorical introduction to Chapter 4 (WN)
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Jan 24 Written peer review due at conference PEER REVIEW CONFERENCES |
From Writer to Reader: Point of view: the writer's "I" What (in)forms perspective in writing? What informs voice in writing? (Re)vision Using sources: PROOF is not always the point contextualizing, illuminating, and extending your ideas & experience From Reader to Writer: Peer Review |
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Jan 27 Written peer review due at conference PEER REVIEW CONFERENCES
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Jan 28 3 research paper topic ideas due in class READINGS FOR TODAY: Perrin, "Forever Virgin" (WN); "Two Creation Stories (WN); Rhetorical Intro Ch 6 (WN); Ch 7-8 (Writing for Real)
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Jan 29
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Jan 30 Research proposal due in class READINGS FOR TODAY: Michael Pollan, "Two Gardens (handout); Appendix, "Weaving the Threads: An Overview of the Research Process," pp. 598-609 (WN)
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Jan 31 Revision of Writing #1 due by 3 p.m. at my office
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Overview of the Research Project Research reports vs. documented arguments, analyses, interpretations Research topics: what's a "good" one? Limiting, focusing, applying Developing and refining a research question Investigations Kinds of sources: reference, primary, and secondary Library research Online research Interviews, surveys, field work
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Feb 3 OPEN (OPTIONAL) CONFERENCE TIMES: 3-5 p.m., my office -- for groups to check in on Community Writing assignments and/or individuals to check in on research paper topics |
Feb 4 OPEN (OPTIONAL) CONFERENCE TIMES: 9-10:30 a.m., my office -- for groups to check in on Community Writing assignments and/or individuals to check in on research paper topics LIBRARY WORKSHOP Meet at 2:15 in the foyer of Green Library. See "Green East/South Portal" in Green's Online Tour. Community Writing Contracts and Letters of Introduction due in class by 2/4
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Feb 5
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Feb 6 OPEN (OPTIONAL) CONFERENCE TIMES: 9-10:30 a.m., my office -- for groups to check in on Community Writing assignments and/or individuals to check in on research paper topics Working annotated bibliography due in class READINGS FOR TODAY: Film: Koyaanasqatsi (on Reserve at Green Library) (WN); Leopold, "The Land Ethic" (WN); rhetorical introduction to Chapter 7 (WN)
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Feb 7
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Preliminary research Where and how to conduct it The working bibliography Balance, variety, currency Documentation styles
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Feb 10
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Feb 11 READINGS FOR TODAY: Russell, "Range War" (WN); Abbey, "Even the Bad Guys Wear White Hats" (WN);Riggs, Access to Public Lands: A National Necessity" (WN); rhetorical introduction to Chapter 8 (WN)
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Feb 12
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Feb 13 READINGS FOR TODAY: Appendix, "Weaving the Threads: An Overview of the Research Process," pp. 609-640 (WN)
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Feb 14
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Adjusting your bibliography Research methods and strategies Note-taking Summary, paraphrase, quotation Why argue? The subjects of argument What's a fact? Audience, purpose, and the motives to articulate arguments How to Argue The elements of argument Argument strategies related to audience & purpose Evaluating arguments Understanding context What constitutes authority? Assessing bias and logic
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Feb 17
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Feb 18 READINGS FOR TODAY: Eiseley, "The Dance of the Frogs" (WN); Dillard, "Fecundity" (WN) |
Feb 19 OPTIONAL: Grant-Writing Workshop, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Stanford Writing Center |
Feb 20 GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES on Community Writing Project drafts (due at conference) READINGS FOR TODAY: ; Thomas, "Making Science Work" (WN); Rifkin, "A Heretic's View on the New Bioethics" (WN)
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Feb 21 GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES on Community Writing Project drafts (due at conference) |
More on bias and logic Maintaining intellectual control in research writing What constitutes evidence? Integrating sources material Plagiarism
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Feb 24 GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES on Community Writing Project drafts (due at conference) |
Feb 25 READINGS FOR TODAY: Gould, "On the Origin of Specious Critics" (WN) Virshup, "Perfect People?" (WN) GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES on Community Writing Project drafts (due at conference)
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Feb 26
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Feb_27 ORAL PRESENTATION WORKSHOP Draft of research paper outline due in class Huxley, Chapter 1 from Brave New World (WN); Film: Gattaca (on Reserve at Green Library) (WN) GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES on Community Writing Project drafts (due at conference) |
Feb 28
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Outlining the research paper: Organizing principles, coverage, and sources Beginning and ending Establishing exigence Induction or deduction? Presenting and explaining essential background Demonstrating and persuading Patterns of claim, evidence, and warrant Oral rhetoric and presentation strategies
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Mar 3
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Mar 4 Formal outline of research paper due in class READINGS FOR TODAY: Singer, "When Are Experiments on Animals Justifiable?"(WN); Quammen, "Animal Rights and Beyond: the Search for a New Moral a Righteous Gumbo" (WN)
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Mar 5
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Mar 6
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Mar 7 PEER REVIEW CONFERENCES on research paper drafts Written peer review due in conference Sat Mar 8 PEER REVIEW CONFERENCES on research paper drafts Written peer review due in conference
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Revision strategies
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Mar 10 |
Mar 11 Students' Multimedia Oral Presentations to the class
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Mar 12
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Mar 13 Students' Multimedia Oral Presentations to the class |
Mar 14
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Oral presentations Wrap-up & celebration |
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Mar 17 Complete portfolios due (including revised research paper, finished version of CWP project, and portfolio cover letter and section introductions by 3 p.m. at my office)
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