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Week 1
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7/3 |
Browse website if you get the chance. |
Introductions; syllabus; course terms; borders exercise; discuss the nature of power in the Information Age. In-class writing. Writing resources on campus. .
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| 7/4 |
Independence Day
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| 7/5 |
Read: Staples, “Black Men and Public Space” (NR 369); Naylor, “Mommy, What Does ‘Nigger’ Mean?”
CW (1-12)
Write: Log in to Forum
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Meet in computer classroom.
Review website; discuss web resources; what is “propaganda”?
Explain forum.
Analyze Hilfiger ad; discuss Staples, Naylor.
Explore WASPS. The composition house.
G&M: Using on-line resources. How to use your textbook for writing help.
Make an argument with evidence.
Introduce Media Monitoring.
Assign Essay 1. Discuss “freedom” |
| 7/6 |
Read: Booth, “Boring from Within: The Art of the Freshman Essay” (NR 454); Walker, “Beauty: The Other Dancer Is the Self” (NR 68)
CW (27-62) (231-245)
Write: Forum entry.
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Discuss Booth; what makes good student writing? What makes for good instruction? What expectations of me do you have as students? What is the nature of authority and how does it fit into the classroom?
Bring a dictionary.
The Writing Process.
How does Walker’s essay work to define the abstract concept of Beauty?
G&M: Writing a definition essay.
Transitions or "George of the Jungle"
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Week 2 |
7/10 |
Read: Becker, “Democracy” (NR 882); White, “Democracy” (NR 884)
CW ((629.1)
Write: Complete Essay 1.1, make three copies for peer review.
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Essay 1.1 due, bring 3 copies to class.
Explore the nature of peer workshop.
Peer workshop.
Editing: Passive/Active voice; the paragraph and transitions. The comma splice.
Discuss “democracy” and its relationship to “freedom”; Is Democracy possible in the Information Age?”
G&M: “Revision” |
| 7/11 |
Read: Read Guinier, “The Tyranny of the Majority” (NR 885)
CW (63-82)
Write: Forum Discussion |
Discuss Guinier, “democracy”
What is Political Correctness?
*Weekly GROUP media monitoring
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| 7/12 |
Read: Print out Crispin-Miller interview on Propaganda
and George W. Bush: “State of the Union Address" (2002)
Write: Complete Essay 1.2; Forum Discussion
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Discuss "Propaganda" and conspiracy theories. Essay 1.2 due, be certain to observe submission guidelines, write reflection in class. |
| 7/13 |
Read: Tan, “Mother Tongue” (handout); Anzaldúa, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” (NR 510); Kingston, “Tongue-Tied” (NR 487
Orwell, “Politics and the English Language” (NR 540)
CW (121-128)
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Discuss the essays, “borders,” “language,” “hierarchy,” and Pratt’s “contact zone”
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| 7/17 |
Get caught up on all readings to this point. Get started on reading King.
Write: Make sure you're working on 2.1
Forum: Have your ever felt duped by something you were told by government, by the media, or any other person/organization of authority? |
Discussion of style, propaganda, and manipulation. We take stock of where we've come and where we're going today. Be sure to have read ALL the reading done.
Discuss Military Recruitment Strategies
Writing: The modes of analysis. Synthesis. The almighty paragraph. |
| 7/18 |
Read: King, “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (NR 889) AND Clergymen’s Letter
You'll find King's letter in NR, but you won't find the Clergymen's Letter there. Please print out the Clergymen's Letter for class.
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Begin discussion of Clergymen’s letter,
“Letter from Birmingham Jail.”
The rhetorical situation.
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| 7/19 |
Read: Levin, “The Case for Torture”
(NR 675)
Write: Complete Essay 2.1, make three copies. Forum: Write about how you view the balance between Civil Rights and Security. What do you think of the phrase "The ends justify the means"
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Essay 2.1 due, bring three copies.
Peer workshop.Discuss Levin, the ethics of torture.
Debate.
Writing: Lecture on the enthymeme, the question at issue; evidence; appeals, fallacies. ASSUMPTIONS about AUDIENCE.
More on “Letter,” the rhetorical situation, choices.
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| 7/20 |
Read: Lakoff (ix-xvi, 3-34)
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Discuss Lakoff and Political Discourse
*Weekly GROUP media monitoring.
(special request for the story to be on torture or related item) |
Week 4 |
7/24 |
Write: Complete Essay 2.2
Forum contribution.
Contribute to the Forum about your ideas related to military
Read: To prepare for midterm, review issues relating to military recruitment. Use web resources or talk to a recruiter. Think about their sales pitch and consider your response.
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Midterm: In-class Essay #1, the persuasive essay. (Details about the specific situation in which you will be writing shall be provided in class.) 1 hour and 15 minutes. (open notes)
Essay 2.2 due. Reflect on process in class. |
| 7/25 |
Get caught up on your Forum entries.
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Discuss Lakoff and "framing"
Politics and Propaganda
Mark Crispin Miller on propaganda
and conspiracies
Begin Essay 3 discussion
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| 7/26 |
Read: DTE (35-78)
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Assign Essay 3, Quiz
Discuss Lakoff
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| 7/27 |
Read: DTE (79-124)
Atlantic Monthly Review
(link from here and print out the review)
Write: Journal Forum.
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Look at Lakoff in critical light
*Weekly GROUP media monitoring |
Week 5
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7/31
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Write: Journal on Forum
Read: Mother Jones Review
(link from here and print out the review) |
Wrap up Lakoff discussion
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| 8/1 |
Read: Excerpt from Branded
AND the David Guterson essay from the Norton Reader (I left my book at school and don't have a page number at the moment).
Write: Essay 3.1, make three copies for peer workshop.
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Essay 3.1 due, make three copies for peer workshop.
Discuss Branded excerpt AND Guterson essay from Norton Reader
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| 8/2 |
Read: Excerpt from Branded
Journal on Forum
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Discuss Branded excerpt
View The Persuaders
Discuss consumerism and the Nature of American Culture
*Weekly GROUP media monitoring
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| 8/3 |
Read:
Write: Write: Complete Essay 3.2
Journal on Forum |
Essay 3.2 due, write reflective essay in class.
*Weekly GROUP media monitoring |
Week 6 |
8/7 |
Gather copies of all the essays you have written thus far in this class. Obtain a RED pen.
Time is running out to make contributions to the forum for credit.
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Further discussion of Consumerism.
REVISION FESTIVAL
Don't forget your College Writer and your collection of writing from this term.
Papers will be returned on this day. |
| 8/8 |
Prepare for Media Monitoring
Extravaganza
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Assign Essay #4 Reflective Essay
*Weekly GROUP media monitoring |
| 8/9 |
Write: Post on Forum |
Review for Final
*Weekly GROUP media monitoring
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| 8/10 |
Write: Essay 4.2
Purchase TWO 8"x11" BLUE BOOKS for the Final Exam |
Essay 4.2 + Reflection Due
Final Exam |
