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264: ACADEMIC WRITING
Schedule for Spring
2002
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Week
1—Jan. |
Class Assignments |
Workshop |
Discipline Concepts |
Writing Concepts |
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T15 |
Introduction |
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R17 General |
Reading:
EI, Intro & p 11-13, 111-113, & 323-327 Writing:
Comparison/ contrast + other writing samples Class:
Rhetorical strategies |
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Description Narration Process Definition Example Comparison
& Contrast Classification
& Division Cause
& Effect |
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Week 2 |
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T22 Sciences |
Reading:
EI, p 13-79 Writing:
Outline comparison/contrast of Bacon & Wilson essays Class:
partner exercises in observation |
Guidelines |
Objectivity, Observation, Hypothesis, Static, Dynamic, Systemic |
Objective
language, Connotation
& Denotation, Word
Choice CBE
Documentation |
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R24 Sciences |
Reading:
EI, 80-108 Writing:
Essay 1 due (Objective Description) Class:
Workshop |
Description |
Abstract, Formal
Observation, Report |
Sentence
Focus, Action
& Linking Verbs, Direct
& Indirect Objects, Subject
Complement, Active
& Passive Voice |
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Week 3 |
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T29 Sciences |
Reading:
Class papers Writing:
Workshop comments Class:
Workshop |
Description |
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R31 Sciences, Social Sciences |
Reading:
EI, 113-187 Writing:
Essay 2 due (Formal Observation Report) Class:
Workshop |
Reports |
Subjectivity, Quantitative, Qualitative, Survey, Interview, Theory |
Voice, Topic
Sentences, Paragraph
Unity, Quotations
& Paraphrases, APA
Documentation |
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Week
4—Feb. |
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T5 Social Sciences |
Reading:
EI, p 188-250 Writing:
Reading log, Workshop comments Class:
Workshop |
Reports |
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Expletives, Coordination
& Subordination, Punctuation
as Rhythm |
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R7 Social Sciences |
Reading:
EI, p 250-319 Writing:
Essay 3 due (Experience-based Critique) Class:
Workshop |
Critiques |
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Week 5 |
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T12 Social Sciences |
Reading:
class papers Writing:
Workshop comments Class:
Workshop |
Critiques |
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R14 Humani- ties |
Reading:
EI, 323-364 + handouts Writing:
Essay 4 due (Close Reading, comparison/contrast) Class:
Workshop |
Close
Readings |
Interpretation, Mimetic, Pragmatic, Expressivist, Formalist |
Thesis
Statements, Essay
Unity, Logic, Transistions, MLA
Documentation |
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Week 6 |
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T19 Humani- ties |
Reading:
EI, p 365-400 Writing:
Workshop comments Class:
Workshop |
Close
Readings |
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R21 Humani- ties |
Reading:
EI, p 401-417 + handouts Writing:
Essay 5 due (Historical Analysis, cause & effect) Class:
Workshop |
Analysis |
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Week 7 |
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T26 Humani- ties |
Reading:
Class papers Writing:
Workshop comments Class:
Workshop |
Analysis |
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R28 Revision |
Reading:
Writing:
Revision of one essay due Class:
Workshop Note:
Portfolio of five short papers (revised, edited, clean copies) due
to my office by 5:00 Friday, 1/29 |
Revisions |
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Week
8—Mar. |
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T5 |
Spring
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R7 |
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Week 9 |
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T12 5 p |
Reading:
Research Writing:
5 p Class:
Progress log, Group work, Surface Exercises |
Exercises |
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Library
& Internet Research |
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R14 5 p |
Reading:
Research Writing:
5 p Class:
Research & writing day, Consultations |
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Week 10 |
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T19 5 p |
Reading:
Research Writing:
5 p Class:
Progress log, Group work, Surface exercises |
Exercises |
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Library
& Internet Research |
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R21 5 p |
Reading:
Research Writing:
5 p Class:
Research & writing day, Consultations |
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Week 11 |
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T26 5 p |
Reading:
Research Writing:
5 p draft due Class:
Workshop 5 p |
5
p |
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R28 5 p |
Reading:
Research Writing:
5 p Class:
Workshop 5 p |
5
p |
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Week
12—Apr. |
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T2 10 p |
Reading:
Research Writing:
5 p due Class:
Progress log, Group work, Surface exercises |
Exercises |
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R4 10 p |
Reading:
Research Writing:
10 p Class:
Research & writing day, Consultations |
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Week 13 |
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T9 10 p |
Reading:
Research Writing:
10 p Class:
Progress log, Group work, Surface Exercises |
Exercises |
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R11 10 p |
Reading:
Research Writing:
10 p draft due Class:
Workshop |
10
p |
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Week 14 |
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T16 10 p |
Reading:
Research Writing:
10 p Class:
Workshop |
10
p |
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R18 10 p |
Reading:
Research Writing:
10 p Class:
Workshop |
10
p |
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Week 15 |
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T23 10 p |
Reading:
Research Writing:
10 p due (2 copies—1 to LGS, 1 to classmate) Class:
Consultations |
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R25 10 p |
Reading:
Revisions Writing:
Peer response letters due (2
copies—1 to LGS, 1 to classmate), any revisions of 5 p due Class:
Consultations |
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Exam Week—May |
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