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Week 1
1/17: Intros, syllabus. In-class reading: Jack Grimes, "Hook-up Culture" (514), and Ethan Watters, "In My Tribe" (516).
1/19: Reading: syllabus and Aims of Argument, chs 1 and 2.
Terminology: Aims of argument: Using argument to achieve something. Four main aims are to inquire, to convince, to persuade, to mediate. Annotate: to make a note in a text in order to understand or learn better. Argument: mature reasoning for holding an opinion. Using mature reasoning to make a point. Claim: what the author wants the audience to believe or do. The main point of an argument. The thesis. Climate of opinion: the sum of arguments that are being made. The social context surrounding an argument. Helps you see the writer's ideas and assumptions. Helps you understand the consequences of making a given argument at a given time. You look at this in order to find errors in his/her information. Critical Reading: Skills and habits that are useful in analyzing and evaluating texts that contain arguments. Critical reading takes you out of the "target audience," and puts you in a position where you're less likely to be manipulated. Evidence: Factual information that helps support your opinion. Mature reasoning: 1) well-informed, with opinions that are supported by relevant information; 2) self-critical and open to constructive reasoning; 3) argue with their audience's mind--their arguments are "other directed"; 4) know the argument's context, including its past, present, and future (relates to "Climate of opinion"). Reason: Specific facts and examples to support a claim. Rhetoric: Having an opinion and backing it up with a reason. Overall, Rhetoric is the art of persuasion. Rhetorical context: The words on the page are added contributions to a debate with people. Rhetorical context is the existing argument on an issue--the positions that are being taken.
Week 2
1/24: Reading: Samuel P. Huntington, "The Clash of Civilizations?" and Edward W. Said, "The Clash of Ignorance." Creating summaries and responses: working on mini-essay 1.
1/26: Workshop mini-essay one on either Huntington or Said.
Friday, 1/27: Mini-essay one due to me by email or dropped off at my office.
Week 3
1/31: Reading: Chrys Ingraham, "What Wedding Films Tell Us about Love" (453) and Jane Smiley, "Why Marriage?" (551). Plagiarism Statement. MLA Documentation. Learning Center Assignments.
Group work terminology--use the texts and your critical-thinking brains to define these terms as they relate to the readings: 1) "naturalize" (454 and 459) 2) "The heterosexual imaginary" (454, 456, 457) 3) "wedding industrial and ideological complexes" (455) 4) "the cultural real" (455) 5) "ideologies" (456) 6) "late capitalism" and "free-market capitalism" (551) 7) "property status" (552, 554) 8) "serial monogamy" (553)
2/2: Workshop mini-essay two on either Ingraham or Smiley. Come to class with 4 copies of a draft of your essay.
Friday, 2/3: Mini-essay two due to me by email or dropped off at my office.
Week 4
Monday, and Tuesday, February 6 and 7: Humanities Symposium on "Forgiveness." Please attend the Monday night presentation: Gerda Klein's "Perspectives on the Holocaust."
2/7: No Class: attend Monday night's Humanities Symposium event.
2/9: No Class: instructor away
Friday, 2/10: Mini-essay three, a summary and response essay on Gerda Klein's "Perspectives on the Holocaust," due to me by email or dropped off at my office. ALSO: FIRST LEARNING CENTER APPOINTMENT DUE.
Week 5
2/14: Library tour
2/16: Read chapter 3: analyzing arguments
Week 6
2/21: Read chapter 4 on visual arguments. Workshop a draft of a new mini-essay
2/23: Read "What is Feminism?" by Cassandra L. Langer (570). Workshop a draft of a new mini-essay
Week 7
2/28: Library work-day on scrapbook portfolios
3/2: Scrapbook portfolios due
SPRING BREAK
Week 8
3/14: Return scrapbook portfolios Assign research paper with topic proposal with preliminary bibliography and positions paper
3/16: Read Chapter 5, "Writing Research-Based Arguments," pages 93-126
Week 9
3/21: Read Chapter 6, "Looking for some Truth: Arguing to Inquire"
3/23: Read Chapter 7, "Making Your Case: Arguing to Convince" Move to library for preliminary research
Week 10
3/28: Read Chapter 8, "Motivating Action: Arguing to Persuade"
3/30: Library workshop day--searching for resources and writing the topic proposal
Week 11
4/4: Topic proposal with preliminary bibliography due
4/6: Read Chapter 9, "Resolving Conflict: Arguing to Mediate"
Week 12
4/11: Library workshop day on positions paper
4/13: Easter break
Week 13
4/18: Positions Paper due
4/20: Library workshop day
Week 14
4/25: Peer workshop day
4/27: First draft of researched argument due (paper copies to me by 3:30 in MC 538 or email by 8:00 PM) Second tutoring appointment due
Week 15
5/1: 7 presentations: Ali, Kelsea, Sara, Jon, Danielle, Teresa
5/3: 7 presentations: Scott, Anna, Nick, Ben, Chai
Finals week:
Monday, 5/8: Researched Argument Due by 11:50 AM |
