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