Course Schedule

 

Tuesday, August 29

  • Introduction to 2150
  • HW: Read “Shitty First Drafts”

Thursday, August 31

  • In class workshop: experimenting with drafting
  • Sign up for class leads/discuss presentation expectations
  • Discuss “Shitty First Drafts.”
  • HW: Read Spiegelman ch 1-3 and post to the blog

WEEK 2

Tuesday, September 5

  • Introduce Paper 1.
  • In class workshop: generating essay ideas through writing prompts
  • Discuss Spiegelman.
  • Presentation: Andrew and Ezra
  • HW: Read Spiegelman ch 3-6 and post to the blog

Thursday, September 7

  • In class workshop: generating essay ideas through drawing
  • Discuss Spiegelman
  • Presentation: Michael and Lisa
  • Read Maus II and post to the blog

WEEK 3

Tuesday, September 12

  • In class workshop: Connecting the personal with the political
  • Discuss Maus II
  • Presentation: Skylar and Ana
  •  HW: Read Satrapi and post to the blog

Thursday, September 14

  • Discuss Satrapi
  • Presentation: Allayah and Evan
  • In class workshop: beginning, middle end: exercises in ordering.
  • HW: Work on Paper 1, Read Responding to Other Students Writing
  • FIRST DRAFT PAPER ONE IS DUE FRIDAY BY 11:59 PM
  • Comments on peer’s papers due in class on Tuesday

 WEEK 4

Tuesday, September 19

  • Discuss “Responding to other students’ writing”
  • Presentation: Allysa Taylor
  • Peer Review Paper 1
  • HW: Work on revision, Paper 1

Thursday, September 21  NO CLASS SCHEDULED

            FINAL DRAFT PAPER I IS DUE FRIDAY BY 11:59 PM

WEEK 5

Tuesday, September 26

Thursday, September 28

  • In class workshop: applying McCloud’s concepts
  • Discuss McCloud
  • Presentation: Anindya and Daniela
  • HW: Read selection from Graphic Women (one page is missing from the scan: read it here)
  • post to blog, and list 5 points you may wish to argue in your rhetorical analysis. 

WEEK 6

Tuesday, October 3

  • In class workshop: topic sentence and thesis
  • Discuss Graphic Women
  • Presentation Yeatasmin and Sofa
  • HW: Read What is Academic Writing and post to blog

Thursday, October 5

  • In class workshop: evidence and analysis
  • HW: Type a full body paragraph and email to Prof. Thanhauser

WEEK 7

Tuesday, October 10

  • In Class Workshop: Paragraph Structure
  • Discuss “What is Academic Writing”
  • Presentation Zhang LI and Paaras
  • HW: Read RevisingAttitudes  and post to blog
  • Work on draft

Thursday, October 12

  • In Class Workshop: Citation format, when to quote, and when to paraphrase
  • Discuss “Revising Attitudes”
  • Presentation: Precious Owusu and Erica Wong
  • FIRST DRAFT RHETORICAL ANALYSIS IS DUE FRIDAY BY 11:59 PM
  • HW: Read peer’s drafts

WEEK 8

Tuesday, October 17

  • Discuss patterns of error on draft 1
  • Peer Review Paper 2
  • HW: Work on revision of Paper 2

Thursday, October 19

  • In Class Workshop: Strengthening topic sentences and thesis
  •  HW: Work on Revision of Paper 2
  • FINAL DRAFT RHETORICAL ANALYSIS IS DUE FRIDAY BY 11:59 PM

WEEK 9

Tuesday, October 24

  • INTRODUCE Paper 3
  • In class workshop: generating topic ideas through writing exercises
  • HW: List of 5 possible topics

Thursday, October 26

WEEK 10

Tuesday, October 31

  • Presentation from research librarian

Thursday, November 2

WEEK 11

Tuesday, November 7

  • Finding connections between topics: Silent Conversation
  • Workshop: Scale, stakes, stance, scope
  • HW: Work on Reflective annotated bibliography

Thursday, November 9

  • Trouble shooting research issues

 

WEEK 12

Tuesday, November 14

  • In class workshop: Developing an argumentative thesis
  • HW: Work on expanded outline

Thursday, November 16

  • Introduce Outline Template
  • In class workshop: Introductions
  • Workshop on structuring strategies: Webs and Outlines
  • * REFLECTED ANNOTATED BIB IS DUE FRIDAY BY 11:59 PM

 

WEEK 13

Tuesday, November 21 NO CLASS

Thursday, November 23  NO CLASS

 

WEEK 14

Tuesday, November 28

  • Conference on Paper 3 outline
  • HW: Work on First Draft Research Paper

Thursday, November 30

  • In class workshop: Context Paragraphs
  • HW: Work on First Draft Research Paper, read peer papers
  • FIRST DRAFT RESEARCH PAPER DUE FRIDAY BY 11:59 PM

 

WEEK 15

Tuesday, December 5

  • Peer Review
  • HW: Work on Revision, Paper 3

Thursday, December 7

  • In class editing workshop using “Revision for Consision”
  • HW: Work on Revision, Paper 3

 

WEEK 16

Tuesday, December 12

  • Short presentations of argument
  •  HW: Work on revision, Paper 3
  • FINAL DRAFT RESEARCH PAPER DUE FRIDAY BY 11:59 PM

 

 

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