SYLLABUS ENGL 102 Writing Rhetorically with Sources
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Week One
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WHEN IT'S DUE
21 DECEMBER 2021 by 11:59 PM EST 22 DECEMBER 2021
By 11:59 EST 23 DECEMBER 2021 by 11:59 PM EST 24 DECEMBER 2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
READ: Click on this link to read sample student profiles. WATCH : Click on this link to watch this video explaining how to read this syllabus and use this website.
WATCH: Click on this link to watch this short video explaining how to write a strong reading Journal.
READ: Also, the assignment explanation for the Discussion Board Post and Response, as well as how to be a good Discussion Board Respondent. READ: “Why Go to College?” US News & World Reports June 17, 2019 By Emma Kerr https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/2019-06-17/is-college-worth-the-cost WATCH: Click on this link to watch this short video on writing a strong comparison between two sources.
READ: “College May Not Be Worth It Anymore” The New York Times By Ellen Ruppel Shell May 16, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/opinion/college-useful-cost-jobs.html |
WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
WRITE: A 250-word introduction of yourself. Attach as a .doc or as a link to a google doc and email it to ltord@bridgew.edu. Be sure to include an image or picture to represent you in your email. EMAIL ME: your syllabus check in email. REMINDER! SIGN UP FOR: One of your two required one-on-one meetings with me during the next four weeks. Click on this link to sign up for a time. Keep working on the 250 word introduction to yourself. Remember to include a picture or image (.jpeg). Please send it to me as soon as you are done.
Remember to send me your syllabus check in email. POST TO OUR CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD: 250-word summary of the benefits for a US student earning a four year degree. DISCUSSION BOARD RESPONDENT: Me (Lee Torda) Want to see the PowerPoint about how to do a good discussion board post again with out having to watch the whole video? You can access it by clicking on this link POST TO OUR CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD: 300-word comparison of Ruppel Shell and Kerr’s two different arguments. As part of your post, include at least five of the strong verbs discussed in the video or available by clicking on this link to a google doc list of the verbs. This will count as your WRITING EXERCISE for this week.
DISCUSSION BOARD RESPONDENT: |
Week Two
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WHEN IT'S DUE
27 DECEMBER 2021 By 11:59 PM 28 DECEMBER 2021
By 11:59 PM 29 DECEMBER 2021
by 11:59 PM EST 30 DECEMBER 2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
WATCH: Click on this link to watch this short video explaining the research project assignment. READ: Read the class profiles of your classmates. This part of assignment is on hold until everyone turns I in their material. Read, also, the assignment information by clicking on this link on “Positioning yourself as a researcher/Formulating a Research Question” WATCH: This short video on the Locating and Evaluating Sources Part I assignment.
READ: “Student Debt is Transforming the American Family” The New Yorker September 2, 2019 By Hua Hsu https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/09/student-debt-is-transforming-the-american-family and “Are Student Loans The Next Mortgage Crisis?” Forbes December 11, 2019 By Zach Friedman https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2019/12/11/are-student-loans-the-next-mortgage-crisis/#5b8b66b73f86 READ, also, this week’s CLASS UPDATE available in the “class update” page of this website. READ, also, the complete assignment information for “Locating and Evaluating Sources Part I” page of this website. WATCH: This short video explaining our Writing Exercise for the week on evaluating sources.
READ: This article on evaluating sources: https://guides.lib.byu.edu/c.php?g=216340&p=1428399
WATCH: This short video on when to quote versus when to paraphrase and how to position them appropriately. READ: TSIS: “They Say: Starting With What Others Are Saying” available by clicking this link. |
WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
WRITE: Complete the profile scavenger hunt worksheet, available by clicking here (note: most students have not turned in both a picture and a introduction. This assignment is on hold until I have that material) POST TO OUR CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD: Your tentative research question, along with the answers to the three other questions included in the prompt about who you are as a researcher. Be sure to respond to at least two of your classmates with suggestions/questions about their research question. SUBMIT YOUR “POSITIONING/FORMULATING” DRAFT TO ME VIA EMAIL: Your draft of the first part of your research project is due to me at ltorda@bridgew.edu.
POST TO OUR CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD: Using the compare/contrast language from Week One, respond to the prompt about Friedman and Hsu’s articles. DISCUSSION BOARD RESPONDENT: REMINDER! SIGN UP FOR: One of your two required one-on-one meetings with me during my open office hour. Click on this link to sign up for a time. POST TO OUR CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD: What you learned from doing the evaluating sources exercise.
DISCUSSION BOARD RESPONDENT: POST TO OUR CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD: An update on where you are at with your research project: what sources have you located and how have they shaped/re-shaped your initial question? Be sure to respond to at least two of your colleagues.
POST TO OUR CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD: A sample paragraph that demonstrates effective quotation and paraphrase techniques. |
Week Three
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WHEN IT'S DUE
3 JANUARY 2022 by 11:59 PM EST 4 JANUARY 2022
by 11:59 PM EST 5 JANUARY 2022
By 11:59 PM EST 6 JANUARY 2022
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
WATCH: This short video about Locating Sources Part II assignment. READ: This online article about the benefits to international students studying in the US. https://www.internationalstudent.com/study-abroad/guide/ten-benefits-to-studying-abroad/ READ, also, TSIS: “But don't get me wrong: the art of metacommentary” available by clicking on this link. READ, also, the complete assignment information for “Locating and Evaluating Sources Part II” locatedon this website. READ, also, this week’s CLASS UPDATE available in the “class update” page of this website. WATCH: This short video on grammar and punctuation for rhetorical power for this week’s Academic Writing Exercise.
No other reading due today. Use this time to collect interviews from up to three people on the value of studying at a university outside of your home country. READ: “I am the President of MIT: America Needs Foreign Students” by L. Rafael Reif in The New York Times 07/14/2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/opinion/coronavirus-trump-immigration-students.html
AND “Studying Abroad can be a Waste of Time” by Curtis Chin in The New York Times 10/01/2013 https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/10/17/should-more-americans-study-abroad/studying-abroad-can-be-an-expensive-waste-of-time READ, also, in TSIS "Skeptics May Object: Planting a Naysayer in your text" available by clicking on this link. No Reading Due
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
SUBMIT TO THE “LOCATING/EVALUATING PART I” to me via email: Your draft of your literature review for your research project to ltorda@bridgew.edu POST TO OUR CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD: Your reaction to the reading. Use the vocabulary and methods discussed in the TSIS reading as you write. DISCUSSION BOARD RESPONDENT: REMINDER! SIGN UP FOR: One of your two required one-on-one meetings with me during my open office hour. Click on this link to sign up for a time. POST TO OUR CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD: Your sample sentences and analysis from your Academic Writing Exercise.
DISCUSSION BOARD RESPONDENT: . POST TO OUR CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD: Post a response to the two articles from the New York Times about study abroad. Who do you agree with more? Are there points in the argument you don’t agree with that you still find useful? DISCUSSION BOARD RESPONDENT
POST TO OUR CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD: Post a summary of one of your three interviews. Respond to a classmate’s post whose interviewee connects to your interview. Include in your post an update on your research project? How have the interviews shaped/reshaped your question? What tentative conclusions can you draw from your research this week and last?
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Week Four
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WHEN IT'S DUE
10 JANUARY 2022 by 11:59 PM EST 11 JANUARY 2020
By 11:59 PM EST 12 JANUARY 2020
By 11:59 PM EST 13 JANUARY 2020
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
WATCH This TED talk by Chimamanda Adichie called "The Danger of a Single Story available by clicking on this link. READ, also, this week’s CLASS UPDATE available in the “class update” page of this website WATCH: This short video that explains how you will complete the research report part of your final project.
WATCH: This short video on powerful opening paragraphs. READ: in TSIS: Chapter 8 “As a Result: Connecting The Parts.” by clicking on this link. READ, also, the complete assignment information for the Research Notebook, Final Research Report, and Research Presentation on the this website. WATCH: This Pecha Kucha about Pecha Kuchas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZOt6BkhUg
READ: This companion article from Wired magazine about what Pecha Kucha is and why it’s a good way to do a presentation: https://www.wired.com/2007/08/st-pechakucha/ WATCH: This short video on great and useful verbs.
And, as an added fun bonus, watch a classic of American children from my generation from School House Rock on, what else, verbs! (that’s what’s happening) for this week’s Academic Writing Exercise by clicking on this link.. READ: in TSIS: “So What, Who Cares? ” available by clicking on this link. |
WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
SUBMIT “LOCATING/EVALUATING PART II FOLDER” DRAFT: Your draft of your interview part of your research project to me via email. POST TO OUR CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD: What is the “single story” you feel like people believe about you? How would you like to change that? How can you change that? DISCUSSION BOARD RESPONDENT: SIGN UP FOR: One of your two required one-on-one meetings with me during my open office hour. Click on this link to sign up for a time. POST TO OUR CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD: Your tentative introductory paragraph with thesis. Be sure to respond to at least two classmates with questions/suggestions.
POST TO OUR CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD: What does 20 seconds of text sound like? Practice a 20 second version of your thesis and post it to our class discussion board. It’s not that easy to get it to exactly 20 seconds!
POST TO OUR CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD: Post your version of the verb exercise the prompt asks you to complete. Include an analysis of how changing the verb changes the sentence.
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Week Five
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WHEN IT'S DUE
17 JANUARY 2022 by 11:59 PM EST 18 JANUARY 2022
by 11:59 PM EST 19 JANUARY 2022
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
WATCH: This short video on how to use PowerPoint or Google Slides to record your Research Presentation Pecha Kucha. No other reading due. Use this time to respond to your classmates drafts and work on your final report and research presentation. READ, also, this week’s CLASS UPDATE available on the “class update” page for this class. WATCH: The three other Pecha Kuchas by your classmates assigned to you. See the CLASS UPDATE for whose Pecha Kucha you have to watch.
NOTE: Please be considerate of your classmates’ time by posting your Pecha Kucha so that everyone has time to watch them. |
WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
SUBMIT A “FINAL REPORT/PRESENTATION” DRAFT: A draft of your final report and your script for your Pecha Kucha emailed to me. SIGN UP FOR: One of your two required one-on-one meetings with me during my open office hour. Click on this link to sign up for a time. WORKSHOPPING PARTNERS: read this week’s Class Update to find out who your workshop partner is. Read their final research report draft and script. Provide feedback using the workshop feedback report available by clicking on this link.
SUBMIT YOUR FINAL REPORT/RESEARCHER’S NOTEBOOK TO ME: Your final research notebook, with your final report. Include all of the materials listed in the assignment in the order and format outlined there due to me via email.
POST TO “PECHA KUCHA” to the Dropox folder you were invited to join: Your pecha kucha. FINAL CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD POST: What did you learn from watching the Pecha Kuchas of your classmates? Final grade letters will be emailed to you within a week of completing the course. |