Syllabus 'Til the End :(

Syllabus 3/27 - 5/1

Thurs 3/27: More argument as "entering a conversation"
Homework: Over the weekend, decide on a topic and do some initial research through Cline's resources

Mon 3/31: Citations
Homework: continue research and work on draft of short argument (topic) paper
Tues 4/1: LAB
Wed 4/3: More citations and other MLA conventions
Thurs 4/4: Annotated Bibliographies
Homework: Draft of topic paper due Mon for peer-review, final due Thurs

Mon 4/7: Peer-review drafts of topic paper
Tues 4/8: LAB
Wed 4/9: TBA
Thurs 4/10; NO CLASS; final draft due to my office by 2:00 p.m.
Homework: continue with research and start working on annotated bib.

Mon 4/14: Introduction to film as argument and Brazil
Tues 4/15: LAB
Wed 4/16: NO CLASS: MOVIE NIGHT 6-8 p.m. -- place TBA
Thurs 4/17: NO CLASS: ANNOTATED BIB. DUE TOMORROW
Fri 4/18: Annotated bib. due to my office no later than 3:00 p.m.
Homework: Bus 174 worksheet due Mon, and draft of long argument (issue) paper due Thurs 4/24

Mon 4/21: Film discussion
Homework: draft of long argument (issue) paper due Thurs
Tues 4/22: LAB: reflection
Wed 4/23: NO CLASS: DRAFT OF ISSUE PAPER FOR PEER-REVIEW TOMORROW
Thurs 4/24: Peer-review
Homework: start working on final draft of issue paper and putting together your portfolio, BOTH DUE FRI 5/2

Mon 4/28: informal presentations (this shouldn't require ANY outside preparation)
Tues 4/29: informal presentations
Wed 4/30: informal presentations
Thurs 5/1: informal presentations
Fri 5/2: PORTFOLIO (includes final draft of issue paper) due to my office NO LATER THAN 3:00 p.m.

Syllabus Before Break

Tues 3/11 -- Lab day: continue with satire
Homework: read Darnan's "Persuasion and Argument" on VISTA
Wed 3/12 -- More argument
Thurs 3/13 -- Logical Fallacies
Homework for Spring Break: Be safe, have fun and read pp. lvii-lxii in CILCTE; read BOTH Baldwin in CILCTE and Miller's "Discrimination is a Virtue" on VISTA; write a reading response to ONE of them due Tues 3/25
Mon 3/24 -- NO CLASS
SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISGNMENT:

Black Like Me — But Not Too Black
By Erin Aubry Kaplan

http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/06/12/nosejobs/index.html

Erin Aubry Kaplan reacts to the recent report by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons that offers new methods for performing nose jobs on African-Americans. She examines the surgeons’ proclaimed goal of retaining the natural beauty of an African-American nose.
1. Describe the author’s attitude towards African-Americans and plastic surgery. How are the issues surrounding
African-Americans getting plastic surgery on their noses related to stereotypes?
2. What lines of argument does she use in her essay (e.g., arguments from the heart, from values, and so on)? Which do
you find the most effective? Why? Do you find any to be ineffective? Why or why not?

Read the essay online and answer the questions. Email the answers to me in a Word doc (PLEASE no .docx) by midnight Monday 2/24

Reminder: No Class Tomorrow

Just a reminder that there is no class tomorrow. Please submit the following to me by midnight tomorrow:

From http://www.seeingandwriting.com, select the "Seeing & Writing Exercises" heading from the top left corner. Then choose "Visual Exercises" and then choose "Chapter 4: Projecting Gender." In complete sentences, answer questions 1-4 and email them to me at pattypetelin@mac.com. Also, please put your full name in the box provided.


Also, your proposals (or abstracts, if you prefer the term used by most of the scientific disciplines) are due to me Wed. 2/27.

For those of you interested, Shaq is playing for the first time with the Suns tonight against the Lakers. Go Suns!

RUBRIC for Rhetorical Analysis Essay

I have emailed you all the rubric (an outline that will help me determine your grade) for the rhetorical analysis essay. PLEASE remember to print it up and attach it as the final page to your essay, which is due Wednesday. THANK YOU.

Also, it might be a good idea to take a look at it and familiarize yourself with the grading criteria.

Patty

Weeks 5 & 6

MON 2/11 -- Optional peer-review day; viewing of The Snowbowl Effect in Cline Assembly Hall at 5:30pm
TUES 2/12 -- Lab day
Homework: Final draft of rhetorical analysis due tomorrow
WED 2/13 -- Essay due; Plato's Cave in CILCTE: BRING BOOK TO CLASS
Homework: The Snowbowl Effect typed responses to questions due tomorrow
THURS 2/14 -- discussion of The Snowbowl Effect
Homework: re-read and write a reading response to Plato due MON
MON 2/18 -- More Plato; introduction to synthesis
Homework: read CILCTE pages xix-xxx AND Freire in CILCTE: synthesis response to both Plato and Freire due WED
TUES 2/19 -- Lab day
Homework: Plato and Freire synthesis response due tomorrow
WED 2/20 -- discussion of Plato and Freire; more synthesis; assign Synthesis Essay
THURS 2/21 -- Introduction to visual literacy
Homework: write a proposal (250 words) for your synthesis essay topic due MON

Snow Day, Monday 2/4

Hello.

I'm sure you'll all be heartbroken to hear that class Monday, Feb. 4, is canceled. I do not know yet whether the university itself will close due to the weather, but I personally feel that it is irresponsible to have people out driving in these conditions.

Please have your response to Eighner for Tuesday and we'll go from there.

Feel free to email me if you have any questions or concerns.

Patty

Weeks 3 & 4

MON 1/28 -- More rhetorical analysis
Homework: Response to Pinker due WED, read Godsey in CILCTE for tomorrow/TUES
TUES 1/29 -- Lab class
Homework: Response to Pinker for tomorrow
WED 1/30 -- Pinker and Godsey; more ethos/logos/pathos
Homework: Response to Eighner in CILCTE due MON
THURS 1/31 -- Thesis statements; pulling it all together
Homework: Response to Eighner in CILCTE due MON
MON 2/4 -- Eighner; assign rhetorical analysis essay
Homework: choose text for rhetorical analysis essay for TUES (Godsey, Eighner, or, with my permission, a full page magazine advertisement of your choice); rough draft THURS
TUES 2/5 -- Lab class
Homework: Rough draft of rhetorical analysis essay due THURS
WED 2/6 -- Structure day
Homework: Rough draft for tomorrow
THURS 2/7 -- Rough draft due for peer review
Homework: Final draft of rhetorical analysis due MON
MON 2/11 -- NO CLASS -- Final draft due to my office (LA 133) no later than 1:00pm!
ALSO TODAY, viewing of The Snowbowl Effect in Cline Assembly Hall at 5:30pm

Weeks 1 & 2

MON 1/14 -- Introduction to course
Homework: purchase required texts
TUES 1/15 -- Lab class: diagnostic essay
Homework: read and write a response to Taylor's "Generation NeXt" for Thursday
WED 1/16 -- what I'm looking for in a reading response; why we should annotate; grammar introduction
Homework: reading response to Taylor due Thursday
THURS 1/17 -- short quiz on Taylor; discussion; introduction to rhetoric
Homework: read both Rose and Perl and write a combined response for next Wednesday
MON 1/21 -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day -- NO CLASS
Homework: combined response to Rose and Perl due Wednesday
TUES 1/22 -- Lab class: introduction to process
Homework: combined response to Rose and Perl due tomorrow
WED 1/23 -- discussion of Rose and Perl and responses to in-class writing process; grammar worksheet
Homework: read Lamott in CILCTE for tomorrow
THURS 1/24 --quiz on Lamott; author/audience/purpose, word choice, humor; rhetorical analysis
Homework: read and write a response to Pinker for Monday

WELCOME

Hello. Welcome to Patty's ENG 105 class. Our class meets from 12:40 - 1:30pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday in LA room 228, and Tuesday in LA room 317. ENG 105 is an introductory class focusing on multiple forms of academic writing (rhetorical analysis, synthesis, argument, and others). In this course, I hope not only to introduce you to the fundamentals of academic writing, but also to the importance of thinking critically about the world around us. We'll have fun, too.

Email: psp@nau.edu

Office hours: Monday 1:30-3:30pm, and Tuesday 3:00-4:00pm in LA room 133

P.S. The title of this blog was taken from the words of Walt Whitman.