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Syllabus: Composition II
Fall 2016
August 23:
Introduce Class
Lecture: The Research paper process
Introduce the first paper.
The St Martin’s Guide to Writing
: Starting Points: Speculating about Causes p. 480; Background
pp. 448-449; Basic Features pp. 449-451
August 25:
The St Martin’s Guide to Writing
: Readings pp. 451-478; Guide to Writing: pp.479-486
August 30:
Select a tentative topic for the first paper.
The St Martin’s Guide to Writing
: Arguing: Asserting a Thesis pp. 659-661; Outlining pp.564-
568
Formulating a Thesis; p. 487; Planning and Drafting pp. 487-489; Field Research pp. 716-727:
Library and Internet Research pp. 728-754
Lecture annotated Bibliography :
The St Martin’s Guide to Writing
: Annotated Bibliographies
and Literature Reviews pp. 795-804
September 1:
Thesis statement and working outline due
Library Worksheet due
Lecture: Who owns information? Ethical use of information; Plagiarism: Accidental vs.
deliberate
Lecture: Avoiding plagiarism and note taking
The St Martin’s Guide to Writing
: Using Sources
pp. 755-765; Paraphrase worksheet
September 6:
Bibliographical entry, and paraphrase with the original text due ; Paraphrase worksheet due
Lecture: Works Cited page
The St Martin’s Guide to Writing
: Using Sources pp. 766-786
September 8:
Annotated Bibliography due
50 Essays: a Portable anthology:
Malcolm X, “Learning to Read” pp. 281-290; David Sedaris,
Me Talk Pretty One Day
pp. 378-382; Frederick Douglass, “Learning to Read and Write” pp.
144-149; Mike Rose, “I Just Wanna Be Average” pp. 350-363