WRTG1310 Course Outline
Fall, 2012
Instructor: Deb Moore
Please bring your syllabus, course outline, textbook, and handbook to EVERY class.
August 25
First Day of Class
Introductions
Due 8/30: Read the Syllabus and Complete the
Scavenger Hunt (10 pts)
Due 9/1: Get on the wiki; upload picture and short bio (10 pts)
August 30
Worksheet Due September 1
Syllabus and Course Outline
How to Wiki
Due 9/1: Read Text Chapter 1/Introduction
and Chapter 12/Catalog of Reading Strategies
September 6
September 13
Writing Center
Syllabus and Course Outline
Reading and Annotating
Due 9/6: Read Text Chapter 13/Cueing the Reader
Reading and Annotating September 8
Paraphrasing and Summarizing
Plagiarism September 15
Due 9/15: Read Text:
Chapter 3/Writing Profiles
Due 9/15: Response Sheet for Chapter 3
Edge/I’m Not Leaving Until I Eat this Thing and Coyne/The Long
Goodbye
Reading and Annotating
Paraphrasing and Summarizing
Profile
Due 9/20: Read Text Chapter 11/Invention,
Chapter 14/Narrating, Chapter 15/Describing,
Chapter 22/Field Research
September 20
Profiles September 22
September 27
Profiles
September 29
Profiles
Profiles
How to Peer Review
Due 10/4: First Draft Profile Essay
(Upload to Wiki by 8am the day before)
October 4
First Draft Profile Essay Workshops
and Conferences
Due 10/6: Profile Essay Revision
October 6
Profile Essay Revision Due
Workshops and Conferences
Due 10/11: Final Revision Profile Essay
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October 11
Profile Essay Final Revision Due October 13
Midterm Exam
In-class Writing Assignment-Review of Profile Essay
Portfolios Assigned
Explaining a Concept
RadioLab: Memory Due 10/18: Read Text Chapter 23/Library and Internet Research
and Chapter 24/Using and Acknowledging Sources
October 18
Research and Sources October 20
Ch 23 and 24
Fall Break—No Class
Due 10/25: Read Text Chapter 4/Explaining a Concept
Due 10/26: Response Sheets for
Ngo/Cannibalism and
Toufexis/Love: The Right Chemistry
October 25
Explaining a Concept October 27
Explaining a Concept
Citation Workshop
Nuit of the Living Dead
Due 10/27: Read Text Chapter 16/Defining
and Chapter 17/Classifying
November 1
Explaining a Concept First Draft Due November 3
Workshops and Conferences
Due 11/3: Explaining a Concept Essay Revision
November 8
Due 11/1: First Draft Concept Essay
(Upload to Wiki by 8am the day before)
Explaining a Concept Revision Due
Workshops and Conferences
Due 11/8: Final Revision Explaining a Concept Essay
Explaining a Concept November 10
Explaining a Concept
November 15
Explaining a Concept Final Revision Due November 17
In Class Writing Assignment—Review of Explaining a Concept
Proposing a Solution: Selection of Topics and
Plan of Attack
Proposing a Solution
Due 11/17: Read Text Chapter 6/Arguing a Position
and Chapter 19/Arguing
Due 11/17: Response Sheets for Chapter 6: Answer questions in
the margins of Statsky’s Children need to Play, Not Compete
(p270).
BE PREPARED FOR QUIZ OVER CHAPTERS.
Due 11/22: Read Text Chapter 7/Proposing a Solution
Due 11/15: Response Sheets for Chapter 7
Answer questions in margin of O’Malley’s More Testing, More
Learning
(p. 326).
BE PREPARED FOR QUIZ OVER ENTIRE CHAPTER.
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November 22
Proposing a Solution
(Cont)
November 24
Thanksgiving Holiday—No Class
Due 11/29: First Draft Proposing a Solution Essay Due
November 29
December 6
Proposing a Solution First Draft Due December 1
Workshops and Conferences
Proposing a Solution Final Revision Due December 8
Workshops and Conferences
TBA
Distribution of Final Exam
In Class Writing Assignment—Review of Proposing a Solution
Portfolios Requirements Reviewed
December 13
Final Exam Turn-in December 15
Portfolios Due
CRN 11013 meets at 8am
No Class
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