Spring 2019 Course Syllabi

Tentative Course Outline: Syllabus 120: Spring 2019 January 9 Introduce Class The process of writing a research paper Introduce the first paper: The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : Starting Arguing for Causes and Effects p. 385-386; Analyzing Causal Arguments pp. 387-391 January 11 The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : Readings pp. 391-401; Guide to Writing pp.418-425 January 14 Select a tentative topic for the first paper. The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : Arguing: Asserting a Thesis pp. 582-585; Outlining pp.490- 494; Formulating a Thesis; p. 425-426 January 16 Thesis statement and working outline due The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : Finding Sources and Conducting Field Research pp. 609-624; Evaluating Sources pp. 625-631 PowerPoint Lecture: Annotated Bibliography January 18 Lecture: Who owns information? Ethical use of information; Plagiarism: Accidental vs. deliberate: Online Writing Lab Purdue University January 23 Lecture: Avoiding plagiarism and note taking The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : Chapter 23: Using Sources to Support Your Ideas pp. 632-643 Paraphrase worksheet January 25 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 28 50 Essays: a Portable anthology: Malcolm X, “Learning to Read” pp. 281-290; Frederick Douglass, “Learning to Read and Write” pp. 144-149 January 30 Research notes due: Internal documentation. Works cited page The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : Chapter 24: Citing and Documenting Sources in MLA Style pp. 644-673 Review Outlining ; Writing a Draft pp. 426-430