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Tentative Course Outline:

Syllabus 120: Spring 2017

January 11

Introduce Class

The process of writing a research paper

Introduce the first paper:

The St Martin’s Guide to Writing

: Starting Points: Speculating

about Causes p. 480; Background pp. 446-449; Basic Features pp. 449-451

January 13

The St Martin’s Guide to Writing

: Readings pp. 451-471; Guide to Writing pp.479-486

January 18

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

January 20

Thesis statement and working outline due

The St Martin’s Guide to Writing

: Field Research pp. 716-727: Library and Internet Research pp.

728-754

PowerPoint Lecture: Annotated Bibliography

January 23

Library Worksheet due

Lecture: Who owns information? Ethical use of information; Plagiarism: Accidental vs.

deliberate: Online Writing Lab Purdue University

January 25

Lecture: Avoiding plagiarism and note taking

The St Martin’s Guide to Writing

: Using Sources pp. 755-764

Paraphrase worksheet

January 27

Annotated Bibliography due

50 Essays: a Portable anthology:

David Sedaris,

Me Talk Pretty One Day

pp. 378-382; Mike

Rose, “I Just Wanna Be Average” pp. 350-363

Citation, and paraphrase with the original text due

Paraphrase worksheet due

January 30

50 Essays: a Portable anthology:

Malcolm X, “Learning to Read” pp. 281-290; Frederick

Douglass, “Learning to Read and Write” pp. 144-149