Spring 2019 Course Syllabi

W (1-23) Lecture: Who owns information? Ethical use of information; Plagiarism: Accidental vs. deliberate: Online Writing Lab Purdue University; Sticks and Stones : Arguing a Position, pp. 101-129) – Analysis of Argument Structure F (1-25) Lecture: Avoiding plagiarism and note taking; Paraphrase Activity The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing: Using Sources to Support Your Ideas pp. 632-643; 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology: Scott Russell Sanders, “The Inheritance of Tools” pp. 369-377; Sarah Vowell, “Shooting Dad” pp. 433-440 M (1-28) Annotated Bibliography is due. 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology: “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” pp. 112-118; Maxine Hong Kingston, “No Name Woman” pp. 238-250 W (1-30) The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing : Documenting Sources in the Text pp. 645-649; Creating a List of Work Cited pp. 649-665 Review outlines and first draft, The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing : Outlining pp. 492-493; Planning and Drafting pp. 267-272 F (2-1) Research notes due Lecture: Fallacies used in persuasion The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing : p. 595 Fallacy Activity; 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 M (2-4) Formal outline is due. The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing : Evaluating the Draft pp. 273-276; 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology; Natalie Angier, “Men, Women, Sex, and Darwin” pp. 29-42; Stephen Jay Gould, “Women’s Brains” pp. 184-190 (due Feb. 8) W (2-6) First draft: Peer revision activity in class / Revise and resubmit to Google Classroom by Feb. 8. F (2-8) 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology : Lars Eighner, “On Dumpster Diving” pp. 161-173; Nancy Mairs, “On Being a Cripple” pp. 267-279 (due Feb. 13) M (2-11) Returned 2 nd draft with instructor comments Student work day / Instructor Guidance