COURSE CALENDAR This calendar is tentative; I will revise it based on our class needs. The most updated version of this syllabus can be found on TRACS. Writer EW=Easy Emerging (University’s Common Experience book) RS=The Runaway Species Week Day Date Homework/Assignments Due In Class Discuss course syllabus and course calendar. T 8/28 None 1 Discuss successful reading strategies and annotations. UNIT 1: Where are we now? Review ENG 1310 course syllabus in preparation for a quiz. Discuss Unit 1 theme: EW: 1) from Low Stakes are we now?” “Learning “Where R 8/30 Writing,” 44-45; 2) and Syllabus quiz. “Analyzing Reading Critically,” 7a-7d, 46-49 Share your annotations of Read and annotate The Runaway Species the RS “Introduction.” 1-10 “Introduction,” EW: 1) and Media and “Visuals Discuss EW readings. Manipulations of Visuals and Media,” Apply concepts from EW 2) Field Research,” 82-83 “Doing 2 T 9/4 33-36 (and other visual Emerging: Crowd Experiment: The “My analysis principles) to “My Mob Project,” 473-491 Crowd Experiment.” TRACS Post #1 due 9/03 Discuss EW readings 1) Writer’s Choices,” 16-23; 2) EW: “A Compare genres/styles of Writing in Academic Genres, 60-64 Emerging readings. R 9/6 Limits of Friendship,” Emerging: “The Explore how academic 236-241; WEIRD: How Culture “Being genres can help and/or Shapes the Mind,” 492-504 hinder our writing. Discuss argument structure and rhetorical EW: 1) Building Arguments 8C-8F, 54-58; situation in the “Consider 2) Exploring, Planning, and Drafting, Lobster.” 3 T 9/11 Essay #1 (primary Emerging: the Lobster,” “Consider research) assigned; annotate/discuss prompt TRACS Post #2 due 9/10 and begin brainstorming together.
COURSE CALENDAR This calendar is tentative; I will revise it based on our class needs. The most updated version of this syllabus can be found on TRACS. EW=Easy Writer Emerging RS=The Runaway Species (University’s Common Experience book) Week Day Date Homework/Assignments Due In Class 1 T 8/28 None Discuss course syllabus and course calendar. Discuss successful reading strategies and annotations. UNIT 1: Where are we now? R 8/30 Review ENG 1310 course syllabus in preparation for a quiz. EW: 1) “Learning from Low Stakes Writing,” 44-45; 2) “Analyzing and Reading Critically,” 7a-7d, 46-49 Read and annotate The Runaway Species “Introduction,” 1-10 Discuss Unit 1 theme: “Where are we now?” Syllabus quiz. Share your annotations of the RS “Introduction.” 2 T 9/4 EW: 1) “Visuals and Media and Manipulations of Visuals and Media,” 2) “Doing Field Research,” 82-83 Emerging: “My Crowd Experiment: The Mob Project,” 473-491 TRACS Post #1 due 9/03 Discuss EW readings. Apply concepts from EW 33-36 (and other visual analysis principles) to “My Crowd Experiment.” R 9/6 EW: 1) “A Writer’s Choices,” 16-23; 2) Writing in Academic Genres, 60-64 Emerging: “The Limits of Friendship,” 236-241; “Being WEIRD: How Culture Shapes the Mind,” 492-504 Discuss EW readings Compare genres/styles of Emerging readings. Explore how academic genres can help and/or hinder our writing. 3 T 9/11 EW: 1) Building Arguments 8C-8F, 54-58; 2) Exploring, Planning, and Drafting, Emerging: “Consider the Lobster,” TRACS Post #2 due 9/10 Discuss argument structure and rhetorical situation in “Consider the Lobster.” Essay #1 (primary research) assigned; annotate/discuss prompt and begin brainstorming together.
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