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CLASS CALENDAR FOR 1102-10, SPRING 2011

UNIT I: COMMUNITY SERVICE REPORT

WEEK 1

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5

Discussion

Review course policy sheet/course calendar

Introduce textbooks

QUIZ on FRIDAY!!

FRIDAY, JANUARY 7

Reading Due

Course Policy Sheet

Class Calendar

Quiz on CPS—go over as class Discussion

Questions about syllabus, cps, Blackboard, etc.

Introduce Blackboard

Assignments—Course Prep Community Service Report

Curious Researcher/Workshop groups—have students sign up

Assign Field Observation Project, due April 20

th (students may work on this project

throughout the semester)

Journal #1 For this journal entry, define the word research. What comes to mind when you hear this word? What sorts of activities do you associate with research? What stereotypes come to mind when you think of “researcher”?

WEEK 2

MONDAY, JANUARY 10

Writing Due

Journal #1 Reading Due

Beyond Words Introduction (2-7)

Beyond Words Chapter 1 (8-29)

Journal entries

Minimum 300 words

No plagiarism, please!

Post directly to the site, not as a document

No pages documents, please Discussion

Are multi-media texts new?

How have advances in technology affected the way we interact with information? (compare your [grand]parents writing a research paper and your own experience in writing research papers).

What does sensory overload mean? Can you ever have too much information?

What are some techniques we can use to make sense of the information around us (apply to research writing).

Discuss reading from Beyond Words. How do these passages help us respond to and analyze texts appropriately?

Interviews In what research contexts might interviews be

useful?

What are some good opening questions to ask?

What types of questions tend to work best in an interview?

Activity Interview exercise

Select four volunteers from the class to be interviewers and four volunteers to be interviewees. Each of the interviewees will receive a card with a personality trait on it they will exhibit during the mock interviews. The four students conducting the interviews will need to prepare a set of four questions dealing with the non-profit they are profiling.

Journal #2 For this journal assignment, read the plagiarism exercise posted on Blackboard under Course Library. Then, consider the following questions in your journal entry:

1. What is plagiarism? 2. Why is it wrong? 3. In your opinion, what are some of the “gray

areas” of plagiarism?

4. What strategies will you use to avoid plagiarism in this and other contexts?


Writing Due


Plagiarism exercise (posted on Blackboard)

Have students sign up for conferences next week Have students sign up for CR presentations (first to take place on February 2

nd)

Discussion What is copyright?

What is fair use?

What is common knowledge?

Activity Plagiarism exercise Talk about citation in MLA for interviews, brochures, and organization websites (use document cam and MHhandbook)

Journal #3 Free journal—choose a topic that interests you, and discuss some possibilities for research and exploration with that topic. You do not need to conduct research for this journal entry (although you may). You do need to write thoughtfully on your topic and include possible questions that might be pursued in researching this topic at greater length. As always, this journal entry should be a minimum of 300 words.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 14

Writing Due

Journal #3

Community Service Report, 1st

Draft (two print copies for workshop)

WORKSHOP—show guidelines Journal #4 One of the most important steps in research writing is deciding on a topic. Choose four of the following six headings (Controversies, People, Places, Trends, Technologies, History) to go at the top of each four columns. Brainstorm a list of words or phrases that come to mind when you think about what you know and what you might want to know about each category. Just write whatever comes to mind. Review your lists. Look for a single item in any column that seems promising. Ask yourself these questions: Is this something that raises questions that research can help answer? Are they potentially interesting questions? Does this item get at something you’ve always wondered about? Might it open doors to knowledge you think is important, fascinating, or relevant to our own life? Circle the items. For the items you circled, generate a list of questions—as many as you can—that you’d like to explore about the subject.

You can complete this assignment on paper. Please bring the entry to your conference.

WEEK 3

MONDAY, JANUARY 17 MLK DAY CLASS CANCELLED


Writing Due

Journal #4

Community Service Report, 2nd

Draft (email 24 hours before conference+print copy for conference)

CONFERENCES

FRIDAY, JANUARY 21

CONFERENCES

WEEK 4

MONDAY, JANUARY 24 CONFERENCES Journal #5

Free journal—choose a topic that interests you, and discuss some possibilities for research and exploration with that topic. You do not need to conduct research for this journal entry (although you may). You do need to write thoughtfully on your topic and include possible questions that might be pursued in researching this topic at greater length. As always, this journal entry should be a minimum of 300 words.


Reading Due

Beyond Words, “CSI: Reality” (368-372). Writing Due

Journal #5

RWC visit

Discussion 1. Why do you think it is important for Houck to

include quotations in his essay? 2. What is more prominent in this essay, Houck’s

voice (analysis, examples, arguments, illustrations) or quotations and paraphrases from outside sources?

3. How does Houck set up the quotations? What punctuation does he use? How should quotes be integrated into a text?

4. What is proper formatting for quotes? 5. How should we set up a quote?

Works Cited Page

Writing the Process Memo

Curious Researcher Presentations

FRIDAY, JANUARY 28

Writing Due

3rd draft Community Service Report & Process Memo (2 print copies for workshop)

WORKSHOP

UNIT II: RESEARCH ESSAY

WEEK 5

MONDAY, JANUARY 31

Reading Due

“Introduction: Rethinking the Research Paper” from The Curious Researcher (1-25).

Exercise on page 1 15 min. Discuss chapter and what a research essay is through the points the students write about in the exercise Discussion

Assign Research Essay

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2

Reading Due Beyond Words (54-65)

“The First Week: The Importance of Getting Curious…” from The Curious Researcher (27-59)

The Curious Researcher Presentation (Group 1) Discussion Strategies for beginning a research project

Problems & questions

What sorts of questions tend to work best?

Journal #6 Essay Proposal. Essay Proposal: 1-2 page, double-spaced research proposal describing the topic you have chosen to write about for this assignment. This proposal should contain the following items: "1. Focusing question; 2) Primary purpose (explore, argue, analyze); 3) What, if any, prior beliefs, assumptions, preconceptions, ideas, or prejudices do you bring to this project? What personal experiences may have shaped the way you feel?" (Ballenger 53-55). I will mark your proposal with a check if I believe the topic will work for the assignment. Otherwise, you will need to speak with me about your topic either in office hours or by appointment.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4

Writing Due

Journal #6—Essay Proposal (one print copy)

LIBRARY VISIT (Strozier Library at 10:10 a.m.)

Final Draft Community Service Report (one print copy) + copies of sources for grade

WEEK 6

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7

Reading Due

“The Second Week: Developing a Research Strategy…” (The Curious Researcher).

The New McGraw-Hill Handbook, Chapter 15

The Curious Researcher Presentation (Group 2) Discussion

Finding a focus—show students both Fair Trade articles. Start with article #2. Discuss the merits of the article, and also the faults. What would students suggest to improve it?

Move on to article #1 and repeat the exercise. What makes the two articles work or not work? Which is better? Why?

Journal #7 At this point of the writing process, you should be sorting through sources for your essay and applying the guidelines laid out in The Curious Researcher for distinguishing useful and reliable sources from others. For this journal entry, I want you to begin to think through the sources you have found. A good way to do this is to write about them. 1) Choose three of the sources you’ve located for possible use in your research essay and write a paragraph summary of each one (title, author(s), main argument/focus, supporting evidence). 2) Write a response to each of the three sources you summarized: What did you learn from these sources that you didn't know before? Do you believe these sources to be reliable? Why? How do you plan to use them in your essay? As always, your entry should contain a minimum of 300 words. This entry will be posted online; you will not bring a print copy to class.


Writing Due


Chapter 16 from The New McGraw-Hill Handbook

Activity Collaboratively create an easy-to-follow research guide for freshmen researchers using the handbook as a guide. Create bullet points for quick reference and focus on providing helpful tips to new researchers.

Journal #8 Free journal—choose a topic that interests you, and discuss some possibilities for research and exploration with that topic. You do not need to conduct research for this journal entry (although you may). You do need to write thoughtfully on your topic and include possible questions that might be pursued in researching this

topic at greater length. As always, this journal entry should be a minimum of 300 words.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Writing Due


Beyond Words, “The Comfy Chair Revolution” (205-211).

Free write A common struggle for new researchers is knowing how much you should be in the paper, and how much your sources should be in the paper? What do you think? How much should a writer’s voice appear in a researched essay and how much should the sources be heard?

Discussion Discuss the importance of not letting one’s

sources run away with the show . . . these essays are not patchwork quilts of others’ words. Instead, they are thoughtful approaches to specific problems that are back up by thorough research.

Compare summary and analysis. How are they different? How does this apply to the research essay?

Research writing does not need to be sterile and boring. Using colorful language and astute observation can help research writing come alive.

WEEK 7

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14

Reading Due

“The Third Week: Writing in the Middle.”

The Curious Researcher Presentation (Groups 3 & 4)


Reading Due

Chapter 18, The New McGraw-Hill Handbook

The Curious Researcher Presentation (Group 5) Journal #9 At this point in the writing process, you have conducted research and completed an early draft of your essay. For this journal assignment, I want you to choose one of the following note-taking techniques introduced by Ballenger in The Curious Researcher to engage in depth with one of your chosen sources. Your entry may include extensive quotations from your source (as you will see in the examples in The Curious Researcher) but you will need to write a minimum of 300 of your own words. NOTE: Formatting for this assignment may be tricky, so you can compose your entry in Microsoft Word and upload it here as an RTF (rich-text file). If you need help in figuring out how to do this, please speak with me or a tutor before the entry is due, Friday morning at 10:10 AM.

Note-taking Techniques

1. Double Entry Journal (144-153) 2. The Research Log (153-157) 3. Narrative Notetaking (157-161)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18

Writing Due

Journal #9

1st

Draft Research Essay (two print copies for workshop)

Reading Due


WORKSHOP

WEEK 8

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21

Reading Due


This is research!


Reading Due



“Doing Research and Documenting Sources” in Beyond Words (84-87)

The Curious Researcher Presentation (Group 6) Discussion

MLA Works Cited Page & In-text Citations

Activity Bring in a variety of materials and have students work in pairs to craft parenthetical citations and Works Cited page entries.

Note for conferences—I’d like you to go ahead and

begin working on organizing the works cited page of your research essay. First, skim Chapter 23 of The New McGraw-Hill Handbook and carefully study the sample works cited page close to the end of the chapter. Now work on listing your sources as required by the MLA method of documentation and be ready to share your draft of your works cited page in class on Friday.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25

Reading Due

Beyond Words, “Google Maps Is Changing the Way We See the World” (348-352).



Finish MLA activity Journal #10 You have now made it to the second draft of your field essay. At this point you have looked at several sources, analyzing them, comparing them to each other, and coming up with your own ideas about your topic. At this point in the process you should have chosen your

sources for your paper. Remember that you need a minimum of five sources (you may certainly use more, if you find it necessary to so), only two of which may be "Internet" resources (websites). In this journal entry, I want you to do the following:

1. Upload a Word document with your Works Cited page listing all of your sources, formatted correctly according to the guidelines laid out in The McGraw-Hill Handbook.

2. Under each source, write 1) a brief summary of that source (2-4 sentences), and 2) a brief response to that source (2-4 sentences). In your response, you might mention how you initially reacted to the source. What surprised you about it? What did you learn from it that you didn't know before? You might also mention what role this source plays in your essay. Have you used it for its statistical value? Does it help add "faces" to your essay? Does it support your main claim or argument? Does it illuminate your topic in some meaningful way?

In some ways, this journal will be similar to your last journal in that it will require you to summarize and respond to your sources in your own words. As always, be careful to avoid plagiarism in all forms. If you quote from your source in your summary, then you must use quotation marks. If you are summarizing your source, however, and the source is listed immediately above (in your Works Cited entry), you will not need to use parenthetical documentation. It will be obvious that you are summarizing the source in the entry.

WEEK 9

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28

Writing Due

Journal #10

2nd

Draft of Research Essay and Works Cited page (email 24 hours before conference+print copy for conference)

CONFERENCES

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2

CONFERENCES

FRIDAY, MARCH 4

CONFERENCES

WEEK 10

MONDAY, MARCH 7 SPRING BREAK

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 SPRING BREAK

FRIDAY, MARCH 11 SPRING BREAK

WEEK 11

MONDAY, MARCH 14 Journal #11 Free journal—choose a topic that interests you, and discuss some possibilities for research and exploration with that topic. You do not need to conduct research for this journal entry (although you may). You do need to write thoughtfully on your topic and include possible questions that might be pursued in researching this topic at greater length. As always, this journal entry should be a minimum of 300 words.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16

Writing Due


Beyond Words, “From YouTube to YouNiversity” (307-311)

FRIDAY, MARCH 18

Writing Due

3rd

Draft of Research Essay and Works Cited page (two print copies)

WORKSHOP Journal #12 Free journal—choose a topic that interests you, and discuss some possibilities for research and exploration with that topic. You do not need to conduct research for this journal entry (although you may). You do need to write thoughtfully on your topic and include possible questions that might be pursued in researching this topic at greater length. As always, this journal entry should be a minimum of 300 words.

WEEK 11

MONDAY, MARCH 21

Writing Due


Beyond Words, “Fearing Crime, Japanese Wear the Hiding Place” (452-455)

This is research! Career Center presentation

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23

Reading Due

Beyond Words, “The McMansion Next Door: Why the American House Needs a Makeover” (418-419)

FRIDAY, MARCH 25

Writing Due

Final draft Research Essay (one print copy) + copies of sources for grade

Journal #13 Magazine Analysis. 1 page, double-spaced report including the following items: 1) name of magazine you have chosen as the context for your magazine article, 2) a brief analysis of the magazine’s audience, 3) description of a sample essay from the magazine similar in tone, style and genre to the essay you plan to write (attach photo copy of essay to report). You will not need to identify your topic or research question for me in this journal entry (that will come later). Instead, just focus on the magazine itself by answer the three prompts provided in this assignment. Remember, you are simply identifying a magazine and an essay in that magazine that seem like something you would like to aspire to in your research essay. Please bring a print copy of this entry to class on Wednesday, along with a printed copy of the article you have chosen as a model.

UNIT III: MAGAZINE ARTICLE

WEEK 12

MONDAY, MARCH 28

Writing Due

Journal #13

Introduce Magazine Article assignment

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30

FRIDAY, APRIL 1

Writing Due

1st Draft Magazine Article (two print copies for workshop)

WORKSHOP

WEEK 13

MONDAY, APRIL 4

Reading Due

Beyond Words, “Choosing a Medium” (77-83)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6

FRIDAY, APRIL 8 Journal #14 Free journal—choose a topic that interests you, and discuss some possibilities for research and exploration with that topic. You do not need to conduct research for this journal entry (although you may). You do need to write thoughtfully on your topic and include possible questions that might be pursued in researching this topic at greater length. As always, this journal entry should be a minimum of 300 words.

WEEK 14

MONDAY, APRIL 11

Writing Due

Journal #14

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13

FRIDAY, APRIL 15

Writing Due

2nd

Draft Magazine Article (two print copies for workshop)

WORKSHOP Journal #15 Free journal—choose a topic that interests you, and discuss some possibilities for research and exploration with that topic. You do not need to conduct research for this journal entry (although you may). You do need to write thoughtfully on your topic and include possible questions that might be pursued in researching this topic at greater length. As always, this journal entry should be a minimum of 300 words.

WEEK 15

MONDAY, APRIL 18

Writing Due

Journal #15

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20

Writing Due

Field Observation Project

Students present field observation projects to class

FRIDAY, APRIL 22

Writing Due

Teacher evaluations

Final Draft Magazine Article (one print copy) + copies of sources (if different from research essay) for grade

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