RECENT HANDOUTS
- Project 2 - Step 3 (Due: Wed, 10/17)
- Project 2 - Example of a Student’s Annotated Bibliography (10/17)
- Three Approaches to Writing Annotations (10/17)
- Approaches to Writing Annotations, Part II - Rhetorical Annotation of Garver (10/17)
IMPORTANT DATES
Formal Papers
- Paper 1: Mon, Sep 24
- Paper 2: Wed, Oct 07
- Paper 3 (Final Project, Part I): Mon, Nov 12
- Paper 4 (Final Project, Part II): Fri, Dec 07
Other Important Dates
- Last day to drop without a grade: Fri, Sep 07
- Last day to drop with "W": Wed, Oct 30
- Last day of classes: Wed, Dec 05
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
I may make minor changes in our schedule; but I will always alert you to any changes at least one week in advance.
Abbreviations for Book Titles:
RM = Research Matters
TS = They Say / I Say
Week 1 - Introduction to Academic Argumentation
Session 1 (Mon, Aug 27)
- Introduction to the Reading of Argument (Opinion Pieces on Concealed Handguns)
- Session 2 (Wed, Aug 29)
- Selecting Reliable Sources (Student paper on the Harry Potter controversy)
- Comparing Popular & Academic Sources: Two Academic Views on the "Concealed Handgun" Issue
Week 2 - The Importance of Sources in Academic Writing
No Class - Labor Day Holiday (Mon, Sep 03)
Session 3 (Wed, Sep 05)
- Due - "Unreliable Sources" Assignment
Week 3 - Finding Academic-Level Sources
Session 4 (Mon, Sep 10)
- RM Ch. 5 "Gathering Information" (50-66)
Session 5 (Wed, Sep 12)
- RM Ch. 6 "Meeting the challenges of online research" (67-79)
Week 4 - Finding Sources in Walker Library
Session 6 (Mon, Sep 17)
- Meet in Walker Library 264A for instruction on finding academic source materials
Session 7 (Wed, Sep 19)
- No Class - Individual Conferences
UNIT II. Setting the Foundation for Research: Writing an Annotated Bibliography
Now that we have a better understanding of the basics of academic-level argument, with this second project, you will go the next step by examining several texts that address the same problem and by reporting your findings using the form called an "annotated bibliography."
Week 5 - Introduction to the Art of Summary
Session 8 (Mon, Sep 24)
- Paper 1 due
- TS, Ch. 2 - "'Her Point Is': The Art of Summarizing"
- F. O'Connor, "Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction" (handout)
Session 9 (Wed, Sep 26)
- F. O'Connor, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" (handout)
Week 6 - Annotated Bibliographies: Writing the Entries
Session 10 (Mon, Oct 01)
- K. G. Ochshorn, "A Cloak of Grace: Contradictions in 'A Good Man Is Hard to Find'" (photocopy)
Session 11 (Wed, Oct 03)
- W. S. Doxey, "A Dissenting Opinion of Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man Is Hard to Find'" (photocopy)
Week 7 - Annotated Bibliographies: Writing the Introduction
Session 12 (Mon, Oct 08)
Session 13 (Wed, Oct 10)
UNIT III. Developing a Research Proposal
We will devote the second half of the semester to your main project for this class: a research proposal. A key expectation of research proposals is that they demonstrate that the writer have good knowledge of the research already published; so we will begin by learning how to write a special kind of summary that focuses on the arguments of published research. This special summary is known as a précis. Then we will learn how to combine several précis into the main section of a research proposal, "the review of literature." Finally, we will build on this preparatory work by developing it into a real research proposal. As we leaning about the components of a research proposal, we will examine a set of readings on the nature of human violence in order to see how academic writers quote and respond to other writers.
Week 8 - Writing a Précis: Introduction
No Class - Fall Break (Mon, Oct 15)
Session 14 (Wed, Oct 17)
- Paper 2 due
- E. Garver, "What Violence Is" (photocopy)
Week 9 - Writing a Précis
Session 15 (Mon, Oct 22)
- John Dewey, "Force, Violence, and Law" (photocopy)
Session 16 (Wed, Oct 25)
- J. Dewey, "Force, Violence, and Law"
Week 10: Writing the "Literature Review"
Session 17 (Mon, Oct 29)
- TS, Ch. 4 "The Art of Quoting"
- V. Bafucchi, "Two Concepts of Violence" (photocopy)
Session 18 (Wed, Oct 31)
- V. Bafucchi, "Two Concepts of Violence" (photocopy)
Week 11: Writing the "Literature Review" (cont.)
Session 19 (Mon, Nov 05)
Session 20 (Wed, Nov 07)
Week 12 - Crafting Your Response to Other Writers
Session 21 (Mon, Nov 12)
- Project, Part I due
- TS, Ch. 4 - "'Yes / No / Okay, But': Three Ways to Respond
Session 22 (Wed, Nov 14)
Week 13 - Crafting Your Response
Session 23 (Mon, Nov 19)
- TS, Ch. 5 - "'And Yet': Distinguishing What You Say from What They Say"
Session 24 (Wed, Nov 21)
- TS, Ch. 6 - "'Skeptics May Object': Planting a Naysayer in Your Text"
Week 14 - Writing the Proposal's Introduction
Session 25 (Wed, Nov 26)
- TS, Ch. 7 - "'So What? Who Cares?' Saying Why It Matters"
Session 26 (Mon, Nov 28)
- TS, Ch. 9 - "'Ain't So / Is Not' Academic Writing Doesn't Mean Setting Aside Your Own Voice"
Week 15 - Conferences
Session 27 (Mon, Dec 03)
- No Class - Individual Conferences
Session 28 (Wed, Dec 05; last day of class)
- No Class - Individual Conferences
Final Paper Due: Fri, Dec 07 by 3:00, in my office (PH 385)
