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1/17

Intro

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Handouts

Email Survey

Six Word Memoirs!

Read Chapter 1, “Critical Thinking” p. 3-29 in your text.  Use the annotation guidelines to annotate your text and take reading notes.

1/19

Discuss Chapter 1, I will initial your notebooks as well.

Send me an email following the directions on the “First Writing Assignment Handout.”  The email is due in my inbox by Sunday, Jan. 22 at midnight.

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Read Ch.2 “Critical Reading: Getting Started” p. 32-52 and Ch. 7 “Using Sources”—Quotes p. 284-89.

Take notes on your reading, write a short proposal for your first essay.

1/24

Discuss the readings, go over notes and questions.  Essay 1 topic proposal due in class.

Read Ch. 3 “Critical Reading: Getting Deeper into Arguments” p. 73-104 and Ch. 6 “Developing an Argument of your own” p. 226-34.

Take notes on your reading, I will initial notebooks.

1/26

Discuss the reading, maybe do some in class writing.

Read Ch. 12 “A Psychologist’s View: Rogerian Argument” p. 455-66. And Ch. 6 “Developing an Argument of your Own” p. 234-55.  Work on a draft of your essay.

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1/31

Discuss readings and Draft Workshop.

Missing this class breaks the B contract.

2/2

Draft Workshop

Read Ch. 21 “A College Education: What is its Purpose?” p. 547-74.

Take notes on your reading for class discussion.

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2/7

Discuss the Chapter and work on essays.

Discuss the Field Research Essay Assignment.

Keep revising your draft and print out 2 copies of your work for peer review class.

2/9

Peer Review of Rogerian Essays.

Missing this class breaks the B contract.

Essay 1 Due at midnight on Turnitin.com

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Begin doing your observations and keeping your double entry notebook.

2/14

Movie, King Corn

Continue your observations

2/16

Movie, King Corn, and discussion.

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Work on your field journals!  6 pages of field notes are due in class on Tuesday.

Draft a short list of interview questions for your research.  Include at least 5 questions on the list and bring the list to class.

2/21

Bring in Field Journals for development workshop (I will initial your notebooks) and a copy of your draft interview questions.  Work on interview questions in class. 

Read the Meghan Daum essay "In the Tube."  Work on your field development journals

Also begin drafting your fast food essay.

2/23

Discussion and Draft Workshop.

Keep working on and revising your draft.

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Print out 2 copies of your draft for sharing.

2/28

Draft Workshop

Missing this class breaks the B contract.

Continue revising and refining your work and bring 2 copies for peer review.

3/1

Peer Review of Field Research Essays

Go over research proposal and research project

Missing this class breaks the B contract.

Essay 2 Field Research due at midnight on Turnitin.com

Start Reading Clint Van Winkle’s Soft Spots.  You should have the book completed before Spring Break.

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Take good reading notes and begin writing your research proposal.

3/6

Go over research essay project sequence. 

Documentary: "The Wounded Platoon."

Begin writing your research proposal.

3/8

Library Research with databases.

Documentary: "The Wounded Platoon"

Missing this class breaks the B contract.

Over the break, finish reading the book and work on your proposals.

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Bring a typed draft of your research proposal with you to class.

3/20

Draft workshop with research proposals.

Documentary: The Wounded Platoon

Missing this class breaks the B contract.

PROPOSALS DUE at midnight on Turnitin.com

3/22

Library Research Day

We'll meet in the library to continue doing research on our topics.  I'll be taking attendance and will be available to help you.

Continue collecting resources for your research paper and work on drafting your annotated bibliography.

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Draft your annotated bibliography and bring 2 copies to class.  Also bring your research sources with you.

3/27

Draft workshop on Annotated Bibliography. 

Focus on writing solid source summaries.

Missing this class breaks the B Contract.

Bring two copies of your Annotated Bibliography for Peer review.

3/29

Peer Review of Annotated Bibliography.

Missing this class breaks the B Contract.

Essay 3: Annotated Bibliography due at midnight on Sunday, April 1st on Turnitin.com

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Read Ch. 4, pgs. 137-173 on Visual Images.  Take good notes in your writers notebook and bring an image to class to analyze.

4/3

Analyzing images, using them in papers. 

Begin revising your Rogerian argument papers.  Print out a copy with my comments on the draft and bring those to class on Thursday.

4/5

Revising the Rogerian Argument paper.

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Revising the Field Research Essay.  Print out a copy with my comments on the draft and bring it to class on Tuesday.

4/10

Revising the Field Research paper.

Begin writing your research report that is due on Friday the 13th.

4/12

Research Paper Discussion...talk about plagiarism.

Work on your research paper drafts.

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Print out a draft of your research paper and bring to class for draft workshop.

4/17

Draft workshop

Missing this class breaks the B Contract.

Keep working and drafting your paper.

4/19

Draft workshop

Missing this class breaks the B Contract.

Work on pulling your research paper together over the weekend.  Bring 2 copies of the completed draft to class for revision workshops.

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4/24

Revision workshop.  Bring your research paper and other drafts of your essays for revision.

4/26

Attend a session of the IUSRC conference.

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5/1

Peer Review day—bring 2 copies of your research paper for peer review and any other papers you’d like to have reviewed by your classmates.

5/3

Research Paper and completed course portfolio due at class time.  NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED

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