Spring 2017 Course Syllabi

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March 31
The St Martin’s Guide to Writing: Guide to Writing pp. 293-298;
Select Topics
50 Essays: A Portable Anthology: N. Scott Momaday, “The Way to Rainy Mountain” pp. 291-
297
April 3
Thesis and scratch outline
The St Martin’s Guide to Writing: Developing your Argument pp. 299-302;
50 Essays: A Portable Anthology: Annie Dillard, “Death of a Moth” pp. 139-142; Virginia
Woolf, “The Death of the Moth” pp. 467-470
April 5
Thesis statement and scratch outline for final paper due
Annotated Bibliography due
William Cronon, “The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature”
April 7
Research notes Due
Review outlines and first draft; The St Martin’s Guide to Writing Planning and Drafting pp. 302-
308; Outlining pp.564-566
50 Essays: A Portable Anthology: Scott Russell Sanders, “The Inheritance of Tools” pp. 369-377;
Sarah Vowell, “Shooting Dad” pp. 433-440
April 10
Lecture: Fallacies used in persuasion The St Martin’s Guide to Writing: pp. 671-672
April 12
Lecture: Fallacies used in persuasion The St Martin’s Guide to Writing: pp. 671-672
Revising; The St Martin’s Guide to Writing: Critical Reading Guide pp. 308-309; Revising pp.
309-312; Editing and Proofreading pp. 312-314
50 Essays: A Portable Anthology: Eric Liu, “Notes of a Native Speaker” pp. 251-266; Bharati
Mukherjee, “Two Ways to Belong in America” pp. 298-301
April 19
First draft: revise in class
April 21
Writing Conferences
April 24
Writing Conferences
April 26
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;