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    ENG 112 Spring 2016 Schedule

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    This document provides a schedule of assignments for an English composition course. It lists the following key information: - Reading assignments are due on listed dates before class. Students are responsible for completing all readings. - Assignment due dates are in the "Assignments" column. - Important course dates include the last day to add/drop the class and withdraw from the class. - Links to topics and resources for identifying a research topic of interest. - A weekly schedule that lists reading assignments and assignment due dates over 15 weeks. Readings include articles and videos and assignments include essays, bibliographies, and presentations.

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    ENG 112 Spring 2016 Schedule

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    This document provides a schedule of assignments for an English composition course. It lists the following key information: - Reading assignments are due on listed dates before class. Students are responsible for completing all readings. - Assignment due dates are in the "Assignments" column. - Important course dates include the last day to add/drop the class and withdraw from the class. - Links to topics and resources for identifying a research topic of interest. - A weekly schedule that lists reading assignments and assignment due dates over 15 weeks. Readings include articles and videos and assignments include essays, bibliographies, and presentations.

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    This document provides a schedule of assignments for an English composition course. It lists the following key information: - Reading assignments are due on listed dates before class. Students are responsible for completing all readings. - Assignment due dates are in the "Assignments" column. - Important course dates include the last day to add/drop the class and withdraw from the class. - Links to topics and resources for identifying a research topic of interest. - A weekly schedule that lists reading assignments and assignment due dates over 15 weeks. Readings include articles and videos and assignments include essays, bibliographies, and presentations.

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    ENG 112 Spring 2016 Schedule

    Uploaded by

    Beth Bensen
    This document provides a schedule of assignments for an English composition course. It lists the following key information: - Reading assignments are due on listed dates before class. Students are responsible for completing all readings. - Assignment due dates are in the "Assignments" column. - Important course dates include the last day to add/drop the class and withdraw from the class. - Links to topics and resources for identifying a research topic of interest. - A weekly schedule that lists reading assignments and assignment due dates over 15 weeks. Readings include articles and videos and assignments include essays, bibliographies, and presentations.

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    Calendar/Schedule of Assignments

    (This schedule is subject to change.)

    All reading assignments are due on the day they are listed on the schedule
    below. We will not be reading in class. You are responsible for completing
    all assigned readings prior to arriving to class. Each reading assignment is
    identified in the Readings column.
    Also note that assignment due dates are in the Assignments column.

    RRW = Read, Reason, Write


    BB = Blackboard

    Linked titles take you to a Web text.


    Click on links to access texts.

    Important Dates
    January 15, 2016
    Last day to add a class
    January 27, 2016
    Last day to drop a class with a refund
    March 17, 2016
    Last day to withdraw from a class with a grade of W
    Start watching the news, reading the newspaper and favorite blogs to begin identifying research
    topics of interest to you. Review topics on the following links: (Keep Taboo Topics for this
    course in mind as you select a topic)

    http://libguides.reynolds.edu/content.php?pid=143803&sid=1277216 (Reynolds topic


    guide)
    http://www.idebate.org/index.php
    http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005018778.html (this is a list of very BROAD
    topics; you will need to narrow down by developing a more focused research question)

    Week/Date
    Week 1
    Tu 12 Jan

    Th 14 Jan

    Readings

    Assignments

    Introduction to class
    Discussion of class projects listed in syllabus
    Questions about the syllabus and assignments?
    No reading assigned
    In-class review of library modules and complete
    Information Literacy Pre-test

    14 Jan:
    Information
    Literacy Pre-test by
    the end of class

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    Week/Date
    Week 2
    Tu 19 Jan

    Th 21 Jan
    Week 3
    Tu 26 Jan

    Th 28 Jan

    Week 4
    Tu 2 Feb

    Th 4 Feb

    Week 5
    Tu 9 Feb
    Th 11 Feb

    Spring 2016
    Readings

    2
    Assignments

    (click on links to access and read articles or watch videos)


    Reading, Analyzing, and Understanding Visuals (RRW,
    pp. 120-126)
    Understanding Rhetoric
    Introduction to Rhetoric (three minute video)

    19 Jan: Academic
    Honesty
    Agreement in
    Blackboard by
    midnight

    Visual Rhetoric: Overview


    What Is Visual Literacy (fifteen minute video)
    Brown, Doodlers Unite! (five minute video)
    Understanding the Basics of Argument (RRW, pp. 7075)
    The Art of Rhetoric: Persuasive Techniques in
    Advertising (click link to watch 8.5 minute video)
    Orbach, Fat Is an Advertising Issue (click on link to
    access and read article)
    Understanding the Basics of Argument (RRW, pp. 7578)
    Mitchell, Faith and Fashion
    Pope et al, Evolving Images of Male Body Image (Go
    to Week 3s content folder to access a PDF of this article)
    No reading assigned
    Continue discussion of rhetorical appeals and work on
    Rhetorical Analysis essay
    No reading assigned
    In-class peer review of Rhetorical Analysis

    4 Feb: Rough draft


    of Rhetorical
    Analysis essay at
    the beginning of
    class

    Class canceled; attend individual conference; see


    conference schedule in BB

    8-11 Feb:
    Complete draft of
    Rhetorical Analysis
    essay for individual
    conference in BH,
    Room 220B

    Class canceled; attend individual conference; see


    conference schedule in BB

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    Week/Date
    Week 6
    Tu 16 Feb

    Spring 2016

    Readings

    Assignments

    Understanding the Basics of Argument (RRW, pp. 8187)

    16 Feb: Final
    revision of
    Rhetorical Analysis
    essay in
    Blackboard by
    midnight

    Th 18 Feb
    Writing Effective Arguments (RRW, pp. 99-107)
    Note: Next week the class will begin using Library Modules. You may access Library Modules
    by clicking on the links established in the course schedule or by going directly to each module
    by clicking on the Library Modules button in the Course Menu in Blackboard. For each
    module, you will see two links related to each module.
    The first link for each module will take you directly to that module on the Library Research
    Guide.

    The second link for each module will take you to the assessment/quiz for that specific module.

    Week 7
    Tu 23 Feb

    Th 25 Feb

    Week 8
    Tu 1 Mar

    Th 3 Mar

    Locating, Evaluating, and Preparing to Use Sources


    (RRW, pp. 263-265)
    Items a and b Library Module One
    Locating, Evaluating, and Preparing to Use Sources
    (RRW, pp. 265-269)

    25 Feb: Assessment
    for Library Module
    One by midnight

    Locating, Evaluating, and Preparing to Use Sources


    (RRW, pp. 269-277)
    Items a, b, and c in Library Module Two
    Items a, b, c, and d in Library Module Three
    Items a, b, c, and d in Library Module Four

    3 Mar: Assessments

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    Week 9
    Tu 8 Mar

    Th 10 Mar
    Week 10
    Tu 15 Mar

    Th 17 Mar

    Spring 2016

    Items a, b, and c in Library Module Five

    for Library Modules


    Two and Three by
    midnight

    Items a and b in Library Module Six

    8 Mar: Assessments
    for Library Modules
    Four and Five by
    midnight
    8 Mar: Research
    paper topic proposal
    in Blackboard by
    midnight

    Writers and Their Sources (RRW pp. 2-32; skim this


    chapter)

    10 Mar: Assessment
    for Library Module
    Six.

    Writing the Researched Essay (RRW pp. 281-287)


    Gladwell, Something Borrowed (click on link to
    access, print, and read article)
    Items a, b, and c in Library Module Seven
    No reading assigned
    In-class activity: research day and/or work on module
    assessments

    18 Mar: Assessment
    for Library Module
    Seven

    ~{{~ Spring Break: classes not in session 21-27 Mar ~{{~


    Week 11
    Tu 29 Mar

    Th 31 Mar

    No reading assigned
    In-class activity: Library Modules Post-test

    29 Apr: Post-test:
    Information Literacy
    Assessment due by
    midnight (go to
    Blackboard course
    site; click on
    Library Modules
    on the Course Menu,
    click on Post-test
    link)

    In-class activity: Peer review of annotated bib; research


    day

    31 Mar: Draft of
    annotated bib; bring
    copies of source
    materials to class

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    Spring 2016

    5
    (books, scholarly
    articles, newspaper
    articles, etc.)

    Week 12
    Tu 5 Apr

    Writing the Researched Essay (RRW pp. 287-300)

    Th 7 Apr
    No reading assigned
    In-class activity: Peer review of research paper draft

    Week 13
    Tu 12 Apr

    Th 14 Apr
    Week 14
    Tu 19 Apr

    Th 21 Apr

    Class canceled; attend individual conference; see


    conference schedule in BB

    5 Apr: Final draft of


    Annotated
    Bibliography in
    Blackboard by
    midnight
    7 Apr Draft of
    research paper
    (outline, title, intro,
    body paragraphs,
    conclusion, Works
    Cited list); bring
    copies of source
    materials to class
    (books, scholarly
    articles, newspaper
    articles, etc.)
    11-14 Apr:
    Complete draft of
    research paper for
    individual
    conference in BH,
    Room 220H

    Class canceled; attend individual conference; see


    conference schedule in BB

    No reading assigned
    In-class activity: Work on visual arguments

    No reading assigned
    In-class activity: Peer review of Visual Argument and

    19 Apr: Final
    revision of research
    paper in Blackboard
    by midnight
    19 Apr: At least five
    images you are
    considering using in
    your Visual
    Argument
    21 Apr: Complete
    draft of Visual
    Argument with Self-

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    Spring 2016
    Self-reflection Essay

    Week 15
    Tu 26 Apr

    Presentations

    Th 28 Apr

    Presentations

    Finals Wk
    Th 5 May

    Finish presentations & class reflection (11:00 a.m.-1:40


    p.m.)

    6
    Reflection essay for
    in-class peer review
    Due date will vary:
    Final draft of Visual
    Argument and Selfreflection essay for
    presentation

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