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January Calendar |
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MLK DAY
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First Day of Class
Homework: Letter of
Introduction Due Monday 01/24
Syllabus |
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In-Class Writing: Describe yourself as a writer/reader. Send response to
Borger via email.Syllabus & Student Information
Sheet
Homework: Email Borger (Email
Etiquette)*
*Email that is not formal (no
subject line, no signature, etc.) will not be answered.
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Letter of Introduction
Due: letters accepted after today will receive 1/2 credit - late letters
will not be accepted after Friday 01/28.
Perception Activity
Homework:
Letter to
Yourself Due Wednesday 01/26
Homework: Read "'Serving in
Florida' from Nickel and Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich & "On Dumpster
Diving" by Lars Eighner in Mercury Reader (MR) for Friday
Mug shots
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Perception Activity
Letter to Yourself Due: letters accepted
after today will receive 1/2 credit - late letters will not be accepted
after Friday 01/28.
In-Class Writing: Work
Stereotypes
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Discuss
Unit 1: Literacy Narrative
Homework: Draft of Literacy
Narrative Due Wednesday, 02/02
Homework: Read "Growing Up"
by Russell Baker & "Workers" by Richard Rodriguez in MR for Monday |
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February Calendar |
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In-Class Writing: Mercury
Reader SelectionsHomework: Read "Learning the
Language" by Klass in MR & Chapter 7 in Allyn & Bacon for
Wednesday
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Literacy Narrative Draft Due (25% of Unit 1 Grade)
Section 03: Complete responses
to #5 & #6 from the Mercury Reader
Selections Journal for 01/31
In-Class Writing: Reporter vs. Storyteller
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(Starting now, have some way to
save electronic copies of your work - flash drive, email, etc. You will be
completing prompts that will be collected with Unit 1 Working Folders and
Final Literacy Narrative on Friday 02/11 - technological difficulties
happen, but are not excuses for getting extensions on final projects.) |
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Bring electronic copy of Literacy
Narrative to class for Paragraph Rotation activityReceive Literacy Narrative Drafts
back Q & A
Scavenger Hunt:
Find Borger's Office
(Faner 2265) by Friday 02/11/11
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MLA Format
Discuss format for Unit 1 Working Folder (have a 2 pocket folder or binder
clip to turn materials in on Friday)
Attendance, tardiness, homework
completion |
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Literacy Narrative Workshop: Bring in your Literacy Narrative to work on in
class - polish and finalize with Borger
Open form vs. Closed form Chapter 1 Allyn &
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UNIT 1: LITERACY NARRATIVE WORKING
FOLDER Due
Unit 1 Postwrite
Homework: Read "Advertising's
Fifteen Basic Appeals" by Jib Fowles in Mercury Reader (148-167) Quiz
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Quiz: 15 Basic Appeals
Discuss Pathos, Ethos, Logos
Homework: Read Chapter 5
"Seeing Rhetorically" in Allyn & Bacon
Instructions activity (if there is
time)
DO NOT GO TO
REGULAR CLASSROOM ON WEDNESDAY - GO STRAIGHT TO STUDENT CENTER:
DO NOT PASS
GO, DO NOT COLLECT $200!
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*FIELD TRIP*
Descriptive Activity: Meet Borger in the
Roman Room (in the
middle of the Student Center behind McDonald's)Chapter 5 in Allyn & Bacon
text
(page 99). Check in for attendance, turn in description at the end of the
hour.
Homework: Read
chapter 11 "Analyzing Images" in Allyn & Bacon |
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Magazine / Audience Analysis ActivityHomework: Read "Elements of
Effective Layout" by Dorothy Cohen in MR
Last day Literacy Narratives will be accepted for a grade (5% off each day
late as per syllabus) |
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Complete Magazine Analysis from Fri
(10 minutes):
Unit 2: Advertisement Analysis
Discuss "Elements of
Effective Layout"Homework: Advertisement
Description Draft due
Friday and list of appeals you plan to analyze with "proof" from ad
Start looking for ads that deal
with workplace issues in some way, shape, or form. If you find good
ads / commercials, bring them to class or email link to Borger |
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CLICK HERE FOR MAGAZINE ANALYSIS GROUP WORK
RESPONSES |
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Ad Analysis Format: Memo with Headings
Show & Tell: Create your own
advertisements: consider audience, product, AND 15 appeals. Share Ads with class and discuss appeals (and
media audience analysis - TV / website / magazine)
Homework: Advertisement
Description Draft due
Friday (make
description so detailed I can visualize the ad without having the ad in
front of me; describe it so that a blind grandmother could see it) |
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Advertisement Description Drafts due
- have electronic copy to use in class: Description paragraph rotation - add to
the writer's descriptionHomework: Ad Analysis
explain in detail the appeals being used in the ad. Most ads have 2-4
appeals in them. Identify appeals and justify each appeal using
specific proof from the ad. Bring electronic copy to use in class
- we're gonna' beef 'em up again via paragraph rotation on Monday |
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March Calendar |
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Ad Analysis paragraphs due: paragraph rotation - read and add
to the writer's analysis - what other things do you see that they might have
missed?Review
sample Ad
Analysis essays
SIGN UP FOR MANDATORY
CONFERENCES
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Discuss sample essays & "grade" |
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MANDATORY CONFERENCES: 50% of Unit 2 Working Folder (conferences can only be
made up for 1/2 credit if you contact me prior to or immediately after
missing your original time slot) |
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MANDATORY CONFERENCES: 50% of Unit 2 Working Folder (conferences can only be
made up for 1/2 credit if you contact me prior to or immediately after
missing your original time slot) |
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Intros & Conclusions to Unit 2 essaysMANDATORY CONFERENCES: 50% of Unit 2 Working Folder (conferences can only be
made up for 1/2 credit if you contact me prior to or immediately after
missing your original time slot) |
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MANDATORY CONFERENCES: 50% of Unit 2 Working Folder (conferences can only be
made up for 1/2 credit if you contact me prior to or immediately after
missing your original time slot) |
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UNIT 2 ADVERTISEMENT ANALYSIS
WORKING FOLDER DUE
Postwrite
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Summary WritingHomework: Read Allyn & Bacon: Portions of Chapter 3 (49-56) &
Portions of Chapter 6 (109-117)
Reading List for Unit 3: TBA
Annotated Bibliography - for use with Units 3 & 4
Last day Ad Analyses will be accepted for a grade (5% off each day
late as per syllabus). Their inclusion in your semester portfolio is
mandatory. If you do not turn one in now, you cannot receive credit for
it in your portfolio. |
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SPRING BREAKHomwork:
Read the following in your Mercury Reader
"Men and Women Talking on the Job"
Tannen (191-206)
"Blame it on Feminism" Faludi
(231-246) |
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SPRING BREAK |
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SPRING BREAK |
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SPRING BREAKPsst!
Hey! Didja' do your readings from the Mercury Reader yet?
"Men and Women Talking on the Job"
Tannen (191-206)
"Blame it on Feminism" Faludi
(231-246) |
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SPRING BREAK |
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Unit 3: Summary Analysis
Summary
Notes
SAMPLE
CITATION format for Mercury Reader selections for
Annotated
Bibliography
Homework: Read "Importance of
Work" Steinem (179-184) & "Professions for Women" Woolf (208-213).
Homework: Complete one
annotated bib. entry for one of the four readings you've done to date (Tannen,
Faludi, Steinem, or Woolf) - you can turn in more than one if you want me to
check them, but the minimum you need is one entry for Wednesday.
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Here are a few sample annotated bibs
from last semester. Your assignment is a little different, so make
sure you are doing what I asked you to do, not what I asked Ishmael and
Cervantes to do ;)
Sample
Annotated Bib: Ishmael
Sample
Annotated Bib: Cervantes
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Course Mid-Term Evaluation: Small Group Instructional Diagnosis. Try
to be as concrete as possible about all aspects of the course and
instruction. Remember, be honest but don't be malicious.
Homework: Read and write
annotated bibliographic entries for "Manifesto to
Industrial Workers" IWW (273-277)
Abbreviated Unit 3 prompt |
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Incorporating
Quotes into your essays
Summary Analysis Format Notes
Article Discussion
Homework: Read and write
annotated bibliography entries for "Why We Need
Affirmative Action" Patterson (249-273) & "The High Price of Materialism"
Kasser (279-287)
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Article Discussion
Summary Analysis Format Notes
In-Class Writing over Mercury
Reader selections read to date
Homework: Substantial draft due in electronic form for paragraph
rotation Friday. Substantial would include the summary of your article
and at least the first half of the analysis.
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Article Discussion / Grade
Sample Essays
Sample Annotated Bibliographies from this semester (these are also
linked on the "Handouts" page and will grow as folks email me requested
samples) |
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Homework due: Substantial Draft of Summary / Analysis. Paragraph Rotation: Look for quotes, look for discussion of
Pathos/Ethos/Logos, look for examples supporting rhetorical elements, etc. |
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April Calendar
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Homework
due: Substantial Draft of Summary / Analysis. Paragraph Rotation: Look for quotes, look for discussion of
Pathos/Ethos/Logos, look for examples supporting rhetorical elements, etc. |
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UNIT 3 SUMMARY ANALYSIS WORKING FOLDER DUE
Unit 3 Postwrite |
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Unit 4:
Synthesis
Stereotypes in the
Classroom: Stossel 20/20 Clip
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*FIELD TRIP*
MORRIS LIBRARY: Room 261 (second floor, above circulation across from
the Writing Center)
Do not go to regular classroom: DO NOT PASS GO,
DO NOT COLLECT $200,
DO NOT BE LATE!
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Lookism: Stereotypes in the workplace, Stossel 20/20 segment
Summary "How
to use a database" notes from Friday's Library Field Trip |
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Unit 4 Student Samples from Fall 2010 |
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How to use the databases
*Field
Trip* Research / Work Day in Morris Library - check in with Borger in main
lounge area at the front of the library by coffee shop. Talk to
librarians about research, make copies of articles on 3-5 floors, etc.
Use the
Purdue OWL
cite to help cite the many kinds of sources you may be using for your essay.
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Annotated
bibliography due - five sources total, 3 from Mercury Reader 2
from outside sources you have researched this week
Organizing Unit 4
Section 09: 10 am meet in the
computer lab instead of the prison cell for the next week |
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Practice Synthesis: Bring in 1-2 quotes from Mercury Reader
selections (should have in annotated bib already) email at the end of the
hourDiscuss Works Cited
Page: Use the
Purdue OWL
cite to help cite the many kinds of sources you may be using for your essay.
Section 09: 10 am meet in the
computer lab instead of the prison cell for the next week -------->
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Email drafts (optional) if you want Borger feedback
Draft Works Cited Page: Use the
Purdue OWL
cite to help cite the many kinds of sources you may be using for your essay.
Workshop Day: bring in materials to
work on essay or works cited page or annotated bibliography
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In-class Writing: Letter to you
Print and turn in at the end of the hour
Unit 4 Rubric |
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UNIT 4 SYNTHESIS WORKING FOLDERS DUE
Unit 4 Postwrite
UNIT 4 RUBRIC GRID
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Mandatory Conferences: Worth 20% of your portfolio grade |
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Mandatory Conferences: Worth 20% of your portfolio grade |
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Mandatory Conferences: Worth 20% of your portfolio grade |
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May Calendar
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Mandatory Conferences: Worth 20% of your portfolio grade
Revise essays for Portfolio, Compose Reflection, or Work on Outline for
Final Exam
LAST DAY UNIT 4 WORKING FOLDERS
WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR A LATE GRADE: 25% OFF Turn in to FANER 2380 - my
mailbox
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Early Portfolio
X/C: 10% |
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Revise essays for Portfolio, Compose Reflection, or Work on Outline for
Final ExamEarly Portfolio
X/C: 5% |
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Portfolios Due: 50% of your semester grade comes from your portfolio
(500 pts)Late Portfolios = 25% deduction and are accepted no
later than Monday, 05/09, 3:30 pm. |
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Late Portfolios Due on Borger's Desk or English Department office by 3:30 pm with a 25% late
deduction. Portfolios turned in past 3:30 pm will not be accepted
or graded. |
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COMMON FINAL EXAM: Sections 03 & 09 take exam together in same room (AG
170) @
same time: 10:10 am - 12:10 pm
PORTFOLIOS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BEYOND
MONDAY 05/09/11. PORTFOLIOS TURNED IN ON THE DAY OF THE EXAM WILL NOT BE
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