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1 1/18: Intro. Syllabus. Martin Luther King, Jr. Website: The BBC's "Historic Figures" biography of King Website: The BBC's "Religion and Ethics" page on non-violence Website: "A True Historical Examination" of Martin Luther King, Jr. Video from PBS
1/20: Library introduction: meet in Todd Wehr Memorial Library Assignment: find a credible argument concerning some aspect of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life, work, or legacy.
2 1/25: Reading: St. Martin’s Handbook (SMH): Ch. 11, parts a-e. Discuss King articles--credibility of sources, quality of sources The United States Constitution Topic-to-Issue Scrapbook assignment
1/27: Bring to class a draft of summary / evaluation on King article Discuss summary. Discuss evaluation. Reading: SMH Ch. 16—summary, paraphrase, and plagiarism. Collect plagiarism statements.
3 2/1: Scrapbook Entry #1 due. Please include a photocopy of the article, and save the original article for your scrapbook. Reading: SMH Ch. 46 a-b, “Varying Sentence Structures”
extra credit opportunity: Humanities Symposium
2/3: Due at end of class: Topic proposal due for Scrapbook. In one page or less, provide the name of your topic, i.e., "Drug Testing in Professional Sports," a list of three to five issues you anticipate researching, i.e., "different testing policies in different sports," "athletes' civil liberties regarding testing and 'probable cause,'" and "treatment of athletes with drug problems." Then, provide a well-written paragraph describing how you arrived at this topic and why you think the topic will work well for the scrapbook. Library time for research
4 2/8: Progress reports Reading: SMH ch. 17 and 20: integrating and citing source material Using signal phrases, structuring a summary, the Works Cited entry. Sample summary exercise: "City to decide pigeons' fate," by Joan Kent of the La Crosse Tribune -- what's the story about? i.e., what's the surface-level conflict? what other conflicts are hinted at? -- outline of summary, introductory sentence using signal phrase -- sample mini-essay on this article
2/10: Scrapbook Entry #2 due. Please include a photocopy of the article, and save the original article for your scrapbook. Issue: SpongeBob SquarePants In-class exercises: analyzing commercial products
5 2/15: Workshop: articles for Entry #3
2/17: Scrapbook Entry #3 due. Please include a photocopy of the article, and save the original article for your scrapbook. In-class: marketing and advertising as argument. Quiz questions on "FRONTLINE: The Persuaders"
6 2/22: Workshop: articles for Entry #4 Open book quiz on MLA style: see chapter 20 of The St. Martin's Handbook. Here, I'll be testing your ability to put together correct citations for a book, a magazine article, an article from an academic journal, and an article printed from an electronic database. I'll also test to make sure you understand when to use italics (or underlining) and quotation marks for indicating the titles of works in your writing.
2/24: Scrapbook Entry #4 due. Open book quiz on comma splices and fused sentences (ch. 39), sentence fragments (40), commas (48), and semicolons (49). Here, I'll be testing your ability to correct sentences with errors in the above areas. I suggest you skim the sections closely, stopping to examine those concepts you don't grasp.
7 3/1: No class, conferences
3/3: Scrapbook Entry #5 due to my office by 1:10 PM. No class, conferences Also, first tutoring session response sheet due. 8 3/8: Spring Break
3/10: Spring Break
9 3/15: Instructions for compiling the scrapbook
3/17: No class: instructor away
10 3/22: Scrapbook due Begin researched argument: A list of debatable questions: possible issues to address in the researched argument Assignment links: Proposal with preliminary bibliography The researched argument and presentation
3/24: Easter: no class
11 3/29: Meet in library for workshop on topic proposal
3/31: Proposal with preliminary bibliography due. Look at student sample essay Group One: list five positive qualities of the paper's argument Group Two: list five possible shortcomings of the paper's argument What do our responses suggest about what qualities are important? 12 4/5: Quiz on "Video Games: Buyers Beware!" St. Martin's Handbook, pages 291-297
4/7: Quiz on "Hollywood and the Hero: Solving a Case of Mistaken Identity," St. Martin's Handbook, pages 441-464
13 4/12: Meet in library. Positions paper due at end of hour.
4/14: quiz on SMH chapter 17, integrating sources into your writing
14 MONDAY, 4/18: EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: attend "Song and Script: a Celebration of Poetry and Music," in the FAC Recital Hall, 7 PM. 20 extra credit points
4/19: library workshop
4/21: library workshop
15 4/26: Presentations First draft due. Second peer tutoring appointment due. 4/28:
16 5/3: Presentations
5/5: Presentations
Finals week
researched argument due at scheduled final exam time.
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