Showcase - English Composition: Argument
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Welcome to Writing 122! Click on the title (Start Here: Orientation and Resources) to open this block and get started!
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In this first unit, we'll discuss automation and how it has an effect on our lives. Assignments are divided up by week.
Week 1: Suggested Schedule Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun Course Opens
View Videos : Navigating our Course
Read : Course Syllabus, Schedule
Due: Define Your Course Schedule
Due: Quiz & Lesson: Getting Started
Due: Reading and Self-Check
Due: Introductions Forum
Read: "The Great Forgetting"
Read: "Argument Overview"Read: "Essay 1 Assignment Sheet"
Post: R/R 1 Forum
Reply (2): R/R 1 Forum
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Week 2: Suggested Schedule Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun Reading: The Toulmin Method
Due: Glossary
Read/Listen: "Humans v. Robots"
Due: Quiz over Week 2 Readings
Read: Strategies for Gathering Reliable Information
Post: R/R #2 Draft: Essay 1 outline
Reply (2): R/R 2 Forum
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Week 3: Suggested Schedule Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun Reading: Citation Review
Drafting: Continue Essay 1 Research
Due: Collaborative Works Cited Page
Due: Draft of Essay 1 for Peer Review
Read & Assess: Peer Essay 1 from Workshop
Read & Assess: Peer Essay 2 from Workshop Post: R/R #3
Reply (2): R/R 3 Forum
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Week 4: Suggested Schedule Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun Workshop: Return and read your feedback from peers Reading & Quiz: Revision
Workshop: Return and read your feedback from your instructor (posted Monday night)
Reading & Exercise: Revision
Read: "Writing Like a Detective"
Revise Essay 1 Due: Essay 1
Post: R/R 4 Forum (1 post/no reply required)
This week, our focus is on revision! Please don't forget to return to the Peer Review Workshop in Week 3 to read the feedback from your peers, which will be available Monday morning.
Please note: The revision readings this week include assignments you'll do offline to improve your paper. However, you do NOT need to write down any of the recommended exercises in the "Write Like a Detective/Murder, Rhetorically Speaking" reading.Text and media: 2 Book: 1 File: 1 Turnitin Assignment 2: 1 -
Week 5: Suggested Schedule Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun Read: 5.1 "Mind Games"
Read: 5.2 "Rogerian Long Read" Quiz: 5.3 Rogerian Terms
Read: 5.5 "Essay 2 Expectations" & Essay 2 Possible Topics
Read: 5.4 Feedback Review and Response (when Essay 1 feedback is available)
Post: 5.6 R/R Forum #5 Write: Outline for Essay 2
Reply (2): 5.6 R/R 5 Forum
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Week 6: Suggested Schedule Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun Read: "Video Games in Education"
Search: Find additional sources for Essay 2Post: "Logical Fallacies Reading and Activity" forum
Write: thesis for Essay 2 (answer to research question)Read: Revision Requirements
Write: Detailed outline for Essay 2
Due: Feedback Review and Response
Write: Introduction Paragraph for Essay 2
View: How to Read a Scholarly Article
Quiz over videoPost: Intro paragraph for Essay 2 (Sample Essay Forum)
Reply (3): Sample Essay Forum
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Week 7: Suggested Schedule Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun Read: "On the Other Hand"
Review: Classmates' reviews on Sample Essay ForumWrite: Draft of Essay 2 Due: Draft of Essay 2 to Peer Review Workshop
Optional: Peer Review Forum
Read & Assess: Peer Essay 1 in Workshop
Read & Assess: Peer Essay 2 in Workshop Read: Reflective Writing and the Revision Process
Post: R/R 7 Forum
Reply (2): R/R 7 Forum
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Week 8
HighlightedWeek 8: Suggested Schedule Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun Read: "On the Other Hand"
Review: Classmates' reviews on Sample Essay ForumWrite: Draft of Essay 2 Due: Draft of Essay 2 to Peer Review Workshop
Optional: Peer Review Forum
Read & Assess: Peer Essay 1 in Workshop
Read & Assess: Peer Essay 2 in Workshop Read: Reflective Writing and the Revision Process
Post: R/R 7 Forum
Reply (2): R/R 7 Forum
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Week 9: Suggested Schedule Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun Read: "On the Other Hand"
Review: Classmates' reviews on Sample Essay ForumWrite: Draft of Essay 2 Due: Draft of Essay 2 to Peer Review Workshop
Optional: Peer Review Forum
Read & Assess: Peer Essay 1 in Workshop
Read & Assess: Peer Essay 2 in Workshop Read: Reflective Writing and the Revision Process
Post: R/R 7 Forum
Reply (2): R/R 7 Forum
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Week 10: Suggested Schedule Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun Draft: Continue your work on the presentation
Revise/Edit: Essay 3Revise: Presentation Due: Presentation Rough Draft (Forum)
Due: Works Cited for Essay 3 (Forum)
Read & Assess: Peer Presentations in Forum
Revise/Edit: Essay 3 Works Cited (see feedback in forum) Revise/Edit: Essay 3, Presentation
Due (2): Peer comments in Presentation Rough Draft forum
Submit a rough draft of your presentation by Wednesday, Week 10
- Submit your Works Cited page by Wednesday, Week 10
- All late work, revisions, etc. must be made up/completed before Sunday, Week 10 at 11:55 p.m.
Finals Week:
- Submit the final draft of your presentation by Sunday, Week 10 (preferred deadline; see assignment for details)
- Submit the final draft of Essay 3 by Wednesday, Finals Week, at 5 p.m.
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