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Office Hours and Other Forms of Support
See above for my office hours, or you may make an appointment with me; but if you have
questions or concerns outside of that time, please don’t hesitate to send me an e-mail!
(margaret.bail@minotstateu.edu). My role as an instructor is to work with you and help you with
your writing. Your role as a student is to be actively engaged in class discussions and to
collaborate with your peers.
Please note: You are entirely responsible for your learning experience and for the grades that you
earn in this class. If you are frustrated or overwhelmed, you must let me know. ASK
QUESTIONS!
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
Unit One
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Essay: Travel Memoir
Week 1: Intro/Writing process/Discuss communication in academics and real world
Week 2: What is storytelling? How is it relevant in written communication?
Week 3: Genre in writing/What is memoir?/Begin discussion of essay structure—
audience, purpose, thesis
Week 4: Description and language in written communication.
Unit Two
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Essay: Literary Analysis
Week 5: What is analysis? Why is it relevant? What is literary analysis?
Week 6: Outlining and continued discussion of essay structure including audience,
purpose, thesis
Week 7: Sample analyses/Read and talk about short stories
Week 8: Quoting, paraphrasing, summarizing, citing sources
Week 9: Multimedia analysis presentations/Paragraph structure
Unit Three
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Essay: Research-Based argumentative essay
Week 10: Intro research and argumentation
Week 11: Argumentative essay structure including argumentative thesis
Week 12: How to research
Week 13: Integrating sources into writing/more quoting, summarizing, paraphrasing
practice
Week 14: MLA and APA citation. More practice citing sources.
Week 15: Steps of revision
Week 16: Practice revision