Spring 2019 Course Syllabi

April 1 Thesis and scratch outline The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : Developing Reasons Supporting Your Position pp. 267-271; 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 3 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” http://www.williamcronon.net/writing/Trouble_with_Wilderness_Main.html April 5 Research notes Due Review outlines and first draft; The St Martin’s Guide to Writing Writing a Draft pp. 271-273; 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 8 Lecture: Fallacies used in persuasion The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : pp. 595 April 10 Lecture: Fallacies used in persuasion The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : pp. 595 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 12 The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : Evaluating the Draft: Using Peer Review pp. 273-274; Revising, Editing and Proofreading pp. 274-278-331 First draft: revise in class April 15 Writing Conferences April 17 Writing Conferences April 24 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; April 26 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology: 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 Final Draft of paper