October 2020
Monday
Homework
Wednesday
Homework
Friday
Homework
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Discuss “Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing” (Norton 526-538)
Discuss “Synthesizing Ideas” (Norton p. 519-525)
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Read “Reading in Academic Contexts” (Norton 10-52)
Take notes and read for your research paper.
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Read “Generating Ideas and Text” (Norton 331-339)
Use the theme “traveler,” pick three mapping graphics, and brainstorm and fill out the map. Upload the map to Quip.
Start Reading “Arguing” (397-417): Claim, reason, evidence, signal phrase, viewpoints, fallacy.
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2:08 Exit
Spring Registration Begins
Columbus Day
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Have you finished the “traveler”” idea mapping?
Finish Reading “Arguing” (397-417): Claim, reason, evidence, signal phrase, viewpoints, fallacy.
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Understanding Argumentation / Discuss “Arguing” (397-417) [Claims, Reason, Underlying Reason, Evidence, Facts, Statistics, Authorities, Anecdotes, Scenarios, Case Studies, Textual evidence, Visual Evidence, Refutations, Fallacies]
Practice Exercise: Analysis of an argument
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Finish reading “Arguing a Position” (Norton 157-184)
Read “A Woman’s Reality”
Work on your Annotated Bibliography.
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Review: Suppositions and Hypothesis / Great Paradigm Shifts
Did we review “Arguing”? Understanding Argumentation?
Groups: Analyze the argument in “A Woman’s Reality”
Finish reading “Arguing a Position” (Norton 157-184)
Finish reading and add to your analysis of “A Woman’s Reality”
Work on your Annotated Bibliography.
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Groups: Analyze the argument in “A Woman’s Reality” / Analysis of the argument: Signals to Structure (1,2)
Subject Verb Agreement (1,2,3) / Pronoun Agreement (1,2,3) / More / Verb Tense and Writing About Literature (1,2)
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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). As you peer edit, try to find a flaw or fallacy in your groups argumentative structure.
Work on your Annotated Bibliography.
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Finish the argumentative diagram on Quip.
Finish your Annotated Bibliography.
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Subject Verb Agreement (1,2,3) / Pronoun Agreement (1,2,3) / More / Verb Tense and Writing About Literature (1,2)
Annotated Bibliography
Last Day to Withdraw
Make sure you have read “Arguing” (397-417)–Review p. 414-416)
InQuizitive: Subject-Verb Agreement Errors, Pronouns in the Wrong Case, Pronouns That Don’t Agree with Their Antecedents, Pronouns with Unclear Reference, Verb Tense and Verb Form Errors,
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Admin: Rough Draft Next Week
Subject Verb Agreement (1,2,3) / Pronoun Agreement (1,2,3) / More / Verb Tense and Writing About Literature (1,2)
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If necessary, finish reading “A Dark Brown Dog”
Write a short story that imitates or inverts the basic elements of plot found in “A Dark Brown Dog”. Upload to Quip. This should be at least an innocent parody, something more than a simulacrum.
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Practice: Group debate as Brainstorming for an Argumentative Paper: Arming Our Teachers /Group Competition (2pt Challenge-1pt Steal-1s min) / From debate to argumentative structure. Be wary of the Ad Hominem–(”If my doctor really believed that, she wouldn’t be so fat.”) - (If they win this debate, it’s because they truly believe in the position they’ve defended” / detached objectivity, prosecutorial misconduct, and defense of heinous crimes.
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Read the parodies of “A Dark Brown Dog” that your Quip group has written. Then identify the type of parody you think each is and write your answer at the end of their parody. Next, edit and give constructive feedback. Finally, rewrite and improve your own parody.
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Share a parody?
Subject Verb Agreement (1,2,3) / Pronoun Agreement (1,2,3) / More / Verb Tense and Writing About Literature (1,2)
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Read “Classifying and Dividing”, Norton (418-423).
Read “Problem Solving” by Albert Upton
Halloween
November 2020
Monday
Homework
Wednesday
Homework
Friday
Homework
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Essay 2 Assignment: Collect and read 10 news articles online about a type of music, the Coronavirus, or about the Hispanic cultures' contributions in the US. Analyze and classify these articles. Use your classification and knowledge gained in the readings as the basis for Essay 2 - Consider this Example
Analysis and Classification (1) in breakout groups
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Read Poe Identify and be prepared to discuss its: Narrator, Narratee, Audience, Direct and Indirect Discourse, and Plot.
Work on the Rough Draft
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“Problem Solving” by Albert Upton / Example "Said" or "Measurement" vs. "Hunt" / Another look at classification / Synthesis
Subject Verb Agreement (1,2,3) / Pronoun Agreement (1,2,3) / More / Verb Tense and Writing About Literature (1,2)
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Work on the Rough Draft
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Another look at classification / Synthesis
Poe-Tell Tale Heart / Plot / Narrator - Motivation of a Murder (1,2) / Irony / Tone / Acrostic (1,2)
Subject Verb Agreement (1,2,3) / Pronoun Agreement (1,2,3) / More / Verb Tense and Writing About Literature (1,2)
Rough Draft
Write either an acrostic poem or a parody of the Tell Tale Heart. Upload to Quip.
Read "The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe. Then, draw an outline of the plot. Bring to class
Create a classification for the 10 news articles for Essay 2 / Write a thesis statement for the essay.
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Review: Sources and MLA In-text quotation .
Plot analysis of "The Cask of Amontillado” * / Brainstorm alternative plots in group. (See homework)
Subject Verb Agreement (1,2,3) / Pronoun Agreement (1,2,3) / More / Verb Tense and Writing About Literature (1,2)
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Brainstorm alternative plots in group. Write contemporary parody together on Quip.
InQuisitive:
Documenting MLA, Finding Sources, Evaluating Sources, Incorporating Quotations, Punctuating Quotations, Integrating Sources, Synthesizing Ideas.
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Are your Quip assignments all finished? (Checklist)
No Exit Ticket or class on Friday 13th–Must edit more than one peer’s Rough Draft.
Veterans Day
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Edit at least two of your peers’s rough drafts using the Peer Editing Checklist (1)
Finish reading the 10 news articles for Essay 2.
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Peer Editing Day
Edit at least two of your peers’s rough drafts using the Peer Editing Checklist.
Finish reading the 10 news articles for Essay 2. Write a rough draft for this essay.
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Peer Editing of Rough Draft: Changes or New Drafts by Wed.
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Finish Writing and Begin Revising Essay 2.
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Post a copy of your group’s One Draft vs Multi Draft essay on Quip
InQuisitive:
Misplaced/Dangling Modifiers, Words Often Confused, Apostrophe Errors
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Writing and Melvin the Mini Machine.
In-class Essay . (Turn-in by Email) You need to include the preliminary brainstorming and organization charts.
Essay 2
Fall Semester Classes End
Work on your Research Paper. Check the calendar for the due date.
Enjoy the Fall Holiday Break and Thanksgiving :)
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Thanksgiving Holiday
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Thanksgiving
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ENG 1112-195
ENG 1112-195
