Fall 2018 Course Syllabi

October 11: Research notes due; Review: Outlines 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology: Martin Luther King Jr. “Letter from the Birmingham Jail” pp. 220-237 October 16: 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology: James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son pp. 60-81; Zora Neale Hurston, “How It Feels to be colored Like Me” pp. 206-210; Brent Staples, “Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space” pp. 404-407; October 18: The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : Evaluating the Draft: Using Peer Review pp. 327-328; Improving the Draft: Revising, Editing, and Proofreading pp. 329-331 First Draft and formal outline due Revise in class October 23: Writing Conferences October 25: Lecture: Fallacies used in persuasion The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : p. 595 October 30: Final Draft Introduce third paper The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : Chapter 6: Arguing a Position pp. 229-230; Analyzing Position Arguments pp. 231-236; Readings pp. 236-247 The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : Guide to Writing pp. 261-273 Select Topics November 1: Thesis and scratch outline The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : Writing a Draft: Invention, Research, Planning, and Composing pp. 263-373; 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology: Natalie Angier, “Men, Women, Sex and Darwin” pp. 29-42; Stephen Jay Gould, “Women’s Brains” pp. pp. 184-190; Elizabeth Cady Stanton “Declaration of Sentiments” pp. 400-403; Sojourner Truth, “Ain’t I a Woman?” p. 431; Dave Barry “Lost in the Kitchen” pp. 82-84;Susan Bordo, “Never Just Pictures” pp. 85-92; November 6: Thesis statement and scratch outline for final paper due Annotated Bibliography Due 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology: Maxine Hong Kingston, “No Name Woman” pp. 238-250; Judith Ortiz Cofer, “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I just Met a Girl Name Maria” pp. 112-118;