October 2019
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Discussion: Heidi Pollock’s article / person and rhetorical situation.
Look back: Journalistic Writing
InQuizitive: Sentence Fragments and Subject-verb Agreement, Verb Tense and Verb Form Errors
Quip: Make sure you have finished and edited all of the assignments.
Study for the Midterm / Bring in any questions.
Study for the Midterm
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Midterm
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Visit from the Librarian, Ms. Holly Jackson
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Return the Midterms
Finish the exercises we started in class.
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Feedback on Essay 1
Correct the exercises from the last class.
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Finish RO Sentences: More Practice
Annotated Bibliography / Citation, Indirect and Direct Discourse, “Common Knowledge”, and Plagiarism (Def., MU, TRIO, Library, Norton, NIU (2), Rutgers)
Note Taking: Cards (1,2,3) / Zotero, Mendeley, Papers (Mac), Scrivener (PC,Mac,Ipad),Evernote, OneNote, Google Keep (Web, Ipad), Xmind, LiquidText, Keep
As a group, read and take notes using these Rothko handouts and 3x5 note cards or sharing on Google Keep– 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Registration Begins
Columbus Day
Finish Taking notes on Rothko handouts.
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Taking notes exercise: Rothko–from notes to thesis, organizational diagram, and outline.
Read “Generating Text and Ideas” (Norton 289-297)
Upload on Quip your group’s thesis statement for the Rothko Notetaking Project
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Generating Text and Ideas / Follow along in Norton 289-297 / Generating texts for each genre (see Norton 273-275)
If your group hasn’t done it, then upload on Quip your group’s thesis statement for the Rothko Notetaking Project
Use the theme “traveler,” pick three mapping graphics, and brainstorm and fill out the map. Upload the map to Quip.
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Feedback Traveler and Rothko
Subject Verb Agreement (1,2,3) / Pronoun Agreement (1,2,3) / More / Verb Tense and Writing About Literature (1,2)
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Discuss "Fitting in: The White Male System and Other Systems in Our Culture" / Analysis of the argument: Signals to Structure (1,2)
After reading and discussing "A Woman's Reality" complete this Reading Quiz
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Understanding Argumentation / Discuss “Arguing” (355-373) [Claims, Reason, Underlying Reason, Evidence, Facts, Statistics, Authorities, Anecdotes, Scenarios, Case Studies, Textual evidence, Visual Evidence, Refutations, Fallacies]
Argumentative Fallacies / Group Competition (2pt Challenge-1pt Steal-1s min)
Finish note taking for your Research Paper. This will allow you to easily write up the Annotated Bibliography. Also, pay attention to any corrections made on the Preliminary Bibliography, which has been graded and returned.
Use argumentative structure and build a diagram for one of these themes: (1) computer dependency, (2) banning cigarette smoking. Upload to Quip as a graphic (the snipping tool helps). Try to find a flaw or fallacy in your groups argumentative structure.
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Feedback: Quip Argumentative Structure
Reminder: Annotated Bib
Recall: Argumentative Fallacies - Groups (3 types w/examples)
Practice: Group debate as Brainstorming for an Argumentative Paper: Arming Our Teachers / From debate to argumentative structure.
Practice: Use the topics “candy bar”, “learning a foreign language”, and “identity theft” to practice the cubing method. Practice in groups, 3 min per side. / Isn’t cubing the same as who, what, where, why, how? / Other cubes for other disciplines?
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Practice: Group debate as Brainstorming for an Argumentative Paper: Arming Our Teachers / From debate to argumentative structure (2)
Write a short story that imitates or inverts the basic elements of plot found in “A Dark Brown Dog.” Upload to Quip. This will be at least a parody.
Create a graphic organizer or outline for the Research Paper. Bring to class with the Thesis Statement
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Review: “Finding Sources” (445-468) / Primary-Secondary Source / Scholarly-Popular Source / Keywords-Keyword Searching (Tagcrowd, Yippy/ZapMeta) / References / Periodicals-Databases / Evaluating Sources (Practice exercise) / Field Research
Basic Analysis: Plot and Parody /Simulacra (0,1,2) / Irony (1,2,3,4) / Satire (1,2,3,4,5) / Burlesque (1,2,3) Plot of “A Dark Brown Dog”
Annotated
Bibliography
Last Day for Course Withdraw
Write a short story that imitates or inverts the basic elements of plot found in “A Dark Brown Dog.” Upload to Quip. This will be at least a parody.
Read Poe Identify and be prepared to discuss its: Narrator, Narratee, Audience, Direct and Indirect Discourse, and Plot.
