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RS Composition
M 8/27; W 8/28 (M/W 41days)
-ACT VOCABULARY (always handwritten for your assignment)
-MLA RESOURCE
-MLA EXAMPLE ESSAY for citation and formatting examples (download the PDF from the website/link)
-MLA reminders
- SYLLABUS
-Daily: notes, freewrites, activities, essay drafts, peer review, and ACT Vocabulary (20%)
-Three Essays, 20% each
1. Techne
2. Epistemology and Identity, Community, and Purpose
3. Research Project
-Semester Test: Essay (10%) and Multiple Choice (10%). Multiple Choice Test includes ACT vocabulary and all readings and notes, class discussion, and the writing process, etc.
Essay Rubric, Drafts Description, and Grading
-All typed essays will be 12 point font, Times New Roman, double-spaced, MLA 9 format, and will include the word count on the last page prior to the works cited page. The works cited page is not included in the word count. (There will be additional requirements for the various essays.). All final essays must be submitted to turnitin.com.
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-Semester schedule for RS Comp, and overview of RS Literature
-RS Goals are to become better thinkers, listeners, and writers, and college preparation
-Qualities to develop: independence, perseverance, resilience
-A word on The Word, Logos
-What is vitue? Write down examples of virtues
-FW: explain what you think are the three most important virtues
-Reading materials/photocopies
-Prereading start assignment together: annotating example
ASSIGNMENT:
1) Read and annotate, in your reading packet, "The virtue of honesty requires more than just telling the truth".
*To annotate, underline most intersting ideas and circle key facts, concepts, and terms and write two or more questions/connections on each page. To annotate is to record your thinking as you read. What's important? What's interesting? What questions do you have? Is there vocabulary you aren't familiar with? Other connections?
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September
September
M 8/31; W 9/1
"The virtue of honesty requires more than just telling the truth"
FW: Choose one idea you noted and write about it.
Plato's Apology: skepticism, wisdom, pursuit of virtue; Plato and "true knowledge" (Plato's Apology)
-Is wisdom a "skill"?
-FW: What is skill and how do we acquire it?
-Discuss various areas of skill: physical, intellectual, artistic, social
-Write down two skills you have in each of the 4 skill areas
ASSIGNMENT
1) One page on two skills you have developed in your life. What were the keys to developing each of these skills? (20pts)
2) Read and summarize by writing main idea of each paragraph and recording two specific details per paragraph for Moonwalking with Einstein excerpt and then complete one page handwritten freewrite on the following prompt: What was the most surprising idea presented in the reading? (40pts)
3) Write down 4 complete quotes from the article.
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M 9/2; W 9/3
-Ideas review from last class
-Notes: Aristotle and the Greeks: intellectual and moral virtue
-FW: Choose one of the skills from the page you wrote and one sentence from it, and then FW, 10 minutes
-Discuss assignment (Moonwalking with Einstein) and share ideas in groups: Skill-Listening: read your paper to your group, one person says back what they heard.
-Annotating: start on "Talent is NOT the Answer" together (in reading packet)
ASSIGNMENT
-ANNOTATION! To annotate is to record your thinking as you read. What's important? What's interesting? What questions do you have? Is there vocabulary you aren't familiar with? Other connections?
1) Read and annotate "Talent is NOT the Answer" (reading packet)(10pts). Handwrite one page applying one of the ideas from the article to one of the skills you wrote about for your previous assignment.
2) Define ACT words 1-10 by handwriting definition (copy the one listed) and then creating your own sentence using the word in context. ACT VOCABULARY. You may be called on next class to share your sentence with the class. (10pts)
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M 9/4; W 9/8
-Vocab, 1-10, sentences aloud
-"Talent is NOT the Answer": review annotations
-Discuss ideas on each page as a class
-Share previous assignment where you applied an idea from the article to a skill you have learned or are developing.
-2 examples of deep practice: video shorts; video 1 Classical Guitar from 5:00 to 10:00; and video 2 Basketball Training from 5:45 to 8:00
-Start on assignment
ASSIGNMENT
1) Read "The Two Year Window" and make a list of the five most important ideas in the article. Choose one idea from the article and write a page exploring that idea.
2) Write down 4 complete quotes from the article. Also write down 4 complete quotes from the Moonwalking with Einstein article if you haven't done so already. Be sure to note if quoting the author or if it's a quote in the article (i.e., quoted in, qtd. in)
3) ACT Vocabulary 11-20. (10pts)
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M 9/9 ; W 9/10
-11-20 ACT vocab
-Main ideas from reading: FW on one and then paper trade and respond
-"The Two Year Window": rank the five most important points, then discuss
-Notes: Control group, correlation, teen depression, social engineering
-Work on assignment (45 minutes of class time)
ASSIGNMENT
For 1-3, write your three bullets for each article on a separate piece of paper so that they are all on the same page.
1) Read and annotate "Dunning-Kruger Effect," (reading packet) and then summarize in bullet points three key ideas from the article and write down three quotes. (10pts)
2) Read and annotate "Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Summarized" (reading packet) and "Multiple Intelligences: Widely Used, Yet Misunderstood" (reading packet) and copy down from the second article three key ideas and three quotes.(10pts)
3) ACT Vocabulary 21-30. Handwritten. (10pts)
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M 9/11; W 9/14
-Review annotations for "Dunning-Kruger" article and Gardner article and mark one idea per page
-FW: What connections can you make between the ideas presented in the "Dunning-Kruger Effect" and "Multiple Intelligences: Widely Used, Yet Misunderstood" (10pts)
-discuss
ESSAY 1 PROMPT and further notes. (hardcopy handed out in class)
-If you have an idea, go through your freewrites and the articles looking for related material and/or apply the MODs to your idea.
-If you don't have an idea yet, them make a list of 5-8 ideas from freewrites and trhe articles.
1) brainstorming: list a skill you have developed in each of the following areas: philosophical (meaning, purpose, wisdom), intellectual, emotional, artistic, social, technical, physical (you've already brainstormed on some of these). (OPTIONAL)
2) Now go through your freewrites, notes, and articles and make a list of the 5-8 most interesting ideas you have discovered so far this semester. Choose one of each from the above (1,2) and apply the MODS to both of them. MODs (Methods of Development) (OPTIONAL)
ASSIGNMENT
1) ACT Vocabulary 31-40. Handwritten. (10pts)
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M 9/15; W 9/16
-MLA RESOURCE
-MLA EXAMPLE ESSAY for citation and formatting examples (download the PDF from the website/link)
-Essay 1 Prompt and Notes (hardcopy handed out in class)
-Review your ideas from last class
-Write down preliminary BIG IDEA and 4 supporting ideas and share with Howard.
-Research Notes Day: quotes, paraphrases, summaries, and page numbers from articles for writing your outline next class.
ASSIGNMENT
ACT Vocabulary 41-50. Handwritten. (10pts)
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M 9/17 ; W 9/18
Essay Rubric, Drafts Description, and Grading
ESSAY 1: outline day. Basic Outline Format. I will write the basic structure on the board.
-Outline will be completed in class and turned in.
ASSIGNMENT
ACT Vocabulary 51-60. Handwritten. (10pts)
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(10) M 9/21; W 9/22
Outline Day 2 and writing draft
--Check structure and relationship of ideas
-*Outline analysis; consider structure before starting to write. What is the overall organization pattern?
-Writing time: the goal is to simply write your essay from beginning to end. Think of this as an organized, focused freewrite. You will have this class and next to write your essay.
ASSIGNMENT
ACT Vocabulary 61-70 Handwritten. (10pts)
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M 9/23; W 9/24 (1st quarter midterm)
-Minimum 1500 words
-Finish Moodle Draft 2
ASSIGNMENT
ACT Vocabulary 71-80. Handwritten. (10pts)
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M 9/28 ; W 9/29
-Copy and paste Draft 2 from Moodle into Google doc and change to MLA formatting. Times New Roman, 12 point font, double-spaced
MLA RESOURCE, MLA EXAMPLE ESSAY for citation and formatting examples (download the PDF from the website/link)
MLA Reminders
Readings for the semester
-structure and development check, revision
-note your thesis
-Add further references from our readings
ASSIGNMENT
ACT Vocabulary 81-100. Handwritten. (20pts)
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October
October
M 9/30 ; W10/1
-Notes on class: You will decide the topic for essay 2 and you will read a book from the SHS library related to that topic.
-The schedule for this Unit 1/essay 1 has been revised
-Revision work, MLA , and conferences with Howard
mybib.com for MLA formatting for your references
MLA RESOURCE, MLA EXAMPLE ESSAY for citation and formatting examples (download the PDF from the website/link)
MLA Reminders
Readings for the semester
-lead-in. detailed, specific, visual, directly connected to thesis
-Context of ideas, argument
-thesis: placement, idea, word choice, wordiness, specificity
-Transitions between paragraphs and within paragraphs.
-Transitions Resource
*Get rid of "you/I/we", "things," "stuff", "it was," "it is," and other extraneous words or constructions. General proofreading. Punctuation Basics
ASSIGNMENT
Revise as per notes and feedback
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M 10/2 (early out / homecoming); W 10/5
Conference with Howard and continue revision work
-lead-in. detailed, specific, visual, directly connected to thesis
-Context of ideas, argument
-thesis: placement, idea, word choice, wordiness, specificity
-Transitions between paragraphs and within paragraphs.
-Transitions Resource
*Get rid of "you/I/we", "things," "stuff", "it was," "it is," and other extraneous words or constructions. General proofreading. Punctuation Basics
ASSIGNMENT
Draft 3 (1500 words minimum) due next class for peer review. Make sure to do general sentence revision and good proofreading of your draft 3.
Write down the following on the back of your Draft 3:
1. What is something that has gone really well so far with your essay
2. What has been the biggest challenge so far in writing your essay
3. What are two questions about your essay that you have for your peer review group
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(15) M 10/6 ; W 10/7 (early out / PT conferences)
After receiving the reviews of your essay, annotate draft 3 hardcopy with the recommendations, suggestions, and ideas from your group members. It's nice to have everything in one place. Then work on revising. Remember that your groups' observations and recommendations are things to consider, but you, as the writer, make the final decision on how to revise.
ASSIGNMENT
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M 10/8; W 10/9
Peer review continued
After receiving the reviews of your essay, annotate draft 3 hardcopy with the recommendations, suggestions, and ideas from your group members. It's nice to have everything in one place. Then work on revising. Remember that your groups' observations and recommendations are things to consider, but you, as the writer, make the final decision of how to revise.
ASSIGNMENT
-Draft 4 with feedback incorporated and essay revised for next class
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M 10/13; W 10/14
Sentence Revision
Sentence work and revision:
-lead-in. detailed, specific, visual, directly connected to thesis
-thesis: placement, idea, word choice, wordiness, specificity
-sentences: wordiness, diction, sentence combining, punctuation
-Transitions between paragraphs and within paragraphs.
*Make sure to rewrite sentences on the paper copy of your draft. We need to document the changes. -EXPERIMENT!!!!! This is practice!
1) Rewrite most sentences!!!! Wordiness, diction, sentence combining, punctuation; must be rewritten in pen or pencil on your draft!!! Then make the changes in word for next class.
2) Experiment with punctuation
3) This draft with sentence revision written on it will be submitted via picture to google classroom.
*Get rid of "you/I/we", "things," "stuff", "it was," "it is," and other extraneous words or constructions. General proofreading. Punctuation Basics
ASSIGNMENT
Make the changes you wrote on draft 4 and that will be draft 4.5 for peer editing next class.
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M 10/15; W 10/16
Peer Editing of draft 4.5
ASSIGNMENT
-Essay 1 final Draft 5 (1500 words minimum) and Self-evaluation due next class. Essay Rubric, Drafts Description, and Grading
1) Final Essay (DRAFT 5) and Self-evaluation. Self-evaluation must be articulate, analytical, and specific. Must use MLA format for final essay and self-evalutation. Must have word count at the end of your essay and at the end of your self-evaluation. The word count does not include the works cited page. ESSAY RUBRIC.
2) On Draft 5, the final draft, mark the below with a pen
a. underline your thesis
b. underline your best transitional sentence
c. underline your most detailed sentence
d. Mark in the margin the best example/illustration that you used
e. Number with a pen or pencil your references on your Works Cited page. Then, write those numbers where that reference was used in the main body of your essay.
3) Self-evaluation Essay based on ESSAY RUBRIC
4) Submit Draft 5 to turnitin.com and to Classroom.
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M 10/19; W 10/20
Essay 1 Due:
-self-evaluation and then drafts from newest to oldest. Be sure to mark Draft 5 as required.
-must turn in outline, draft 2 with handwritten sentence revision, draft 3 with peer review notes, draft 4 with changes made and handwritten sentence revision, and Final Draft 5.
ESSAY 2: TBD
ASSIGMENT
1) Read and annotate "Say Goodbye to the Information Age," (reading packet) Write one page on the following:
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M 10/21; W 10/22
-Activity on and discussion of "Say Goodbye to the Information Age"
-Work on reading assignment
ASSIGNMENT
1) Read and write a one sentence summary of each paragraph and also include two specific details from each paragraph. Are we living in a golden age of stupidity? and write one page on the following: The article talks about the importance of "friction" in learning. Explain what the author means by this and explain whether or not you agree with her.
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M 10/26; W 10/27
Class discussion and analysis of readings, and FWs
-Limits of Reason Vocab and "The Limits of Reason" (both in reading packet)
ASSIGNMENT
1) Complete reading terms (Limits of reason vocab handout) (reading packet) (25pts) for "The Limits of Reason" (reading packet) article before reading the article. Then, as you read the article, underline the sentence where the vocab word appears, and check off each term as you come to it. Note the context of the word. (25pts)
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(20)
M 10/28; W 10/29
Work on Limits of Reason article
-Get group numbers, divide up by page on essay and choose one idea from your page to write about: FW on "The Limits of Reason" (10pts)
-Then go to group and decide on a question to research and answer (five bullets for your response) and then present to the class
-Questions about any other terms/concepts from "The Limits of Reason"
Ethos, Pathos, Logos review
ASSIGNMENT
Read and annotate "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" (reading packet) by Martin Luther King, Jr. Note 2 examples each of ethos, pathos, logos that we didn't note together in class, and then choose the passage/paragraph in the essay that you thought was the most persuasive.
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M 10/30 (end of 1st quarter); W 11/2
-Discussion and analysis
Ethos, Pathos, Logos review
"Letter from a Birmingham Jail" (reading packet)
ASSIGNMENT
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November
November
-Freewrites and brainstorming
-quotes, paraphrase, notes, etc.
ASSIGNMENT
-categorization of ideas and references
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Essay Rubric and Drafts Description
Essay 2 Basic Outline Format
Prompt: TBA
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M 11/3; W 11/4 (early out)
Draft 2 on Moodle
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(25)
M 11/5; W 11/6
Draft 2 on Moodle
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M 11/9; W 11/10
Sentence Revision
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M 11/11; W 11/12
PEER REVIEW
-ESSAY RUBRIC
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M 11/13; W 11/16
PEER REVIEW
-ESSAY RUBRIC
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M 11/17; W 11/18
Peer Editing
ASSIGNMENT
-Essay 2 final Draft 5 and Self-evaluation due next class. Essay Rubric, Drafts Description, and Grading
1) Final Essay (DRAFT 5) and Self-evaluation. Self-evaluation must be articulate, analytical, and specific. Must use MLA format for final essay and self-evalutation. Must have word count at the end of your essay and at the end of your self-evaluation. The word count does not include the works cited page. ESSAY RUBRIC.
2) On Draft 5, the final draft, mark the below with a pen
a. underline your thesis
b. underline your best transitional sentence
c. underline your most detailed sentence
d. Mark in the margin the best example/illustration that you used
e. Number with a pen or pencil your references on your Works Cited page. Then, write those numbers where that reference was used in the main body of your essay.
3) Self-evaluation Essay based on ESSAY RUBRIC
4) Submit Draft 5 to turnitin.com and to Classroom.
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(30)
M 11/19; W 11/20
Essay 2 due
-Essay 3 prompt: topics brainstorming
-evaluating references activity
CARS references evaluation: Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness, Support
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December
December
M 11/23; W 11/24
-Research day
-Share main idea/topic with Howard
ASSIGNMENT
Four peer reviewed or critical, authoritative articles. Write a three sentence summary of each article and apply CARS to each article. One sentence for each letter of CARS. The CARS page is in your reading packet. That's seven sentences total per reference (40 pts). CARS references evaluation: Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness, Support
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M 11/30; W 12/1
-Research articles, paraphrase and quoting notes, HANDWRITTEN and turned in
-CARS references evaluation: Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness, Support
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M 12/2 (early out); W 12/3
Essay 3
-Essay Writing Process Grading and Drafts Description
-Group discussions sharing ideas
-research notes and brainstorming
-MODs (Methods of Development)
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M 12/4 (2nd quarter midterm); W 12/7
-handwritten outline
-Basic Outline Format
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(35)
M 12/8; W 12/9
Moodle draft 2
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M 12/10; W 12/11
Finish Moodle draft 2
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M 12/14; W 12/15
Sentence Revision of draft 2 after printing from Moodle and thesis, development, organization
ASSIGNMENT
-revise draft 2 and bring draft 3 next class for peer review
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M 12/16; W 12/17
peer review
PEER REVIEW (10 pts)
-ESSAY RUBRIC
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January
January
M 12/18; W 1/4
peer review
PEER REVIEW (10 pts)
-ESSAY RUBRIC
ASSIGNMENT
-revise in response to feedback and then do sentence revision again. Make changes and that's Draft 4 for peer editing next class.
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(40)
M 1/5; W 1/6
peer editing
ASSIGNMENT
-Essay 3 final Draft 5 and Self-evaluation due next class. Essay Rubric, Drafts Description, and Grading
1) Final Essay (DRAFT 5) and Self-evaluation. Self-evaluation must be articulate, analytical, and specific. Must use MLA format for final essay and self-evalutation. Must have word count at the end of your essay and at the end of your self-evaluation. The word count does not include the works cited page. ESSAY RUBRIC.
2) On Draft 5, the final draft, mark the below with a pen
a. underline your thesis
b. underline your best transitional sentence
c. underline your most detailed sentence
d. Mark in the margin the best example/illustration that you used
e. Number with a pen or pencil your references on your Works Cited page. Then, write those numbers where that reference was used in the main body of your essay.
3) Self-evaluation Essay based on ESSAY RUBRIC
4) Submit Draft 5 to turnitin.com and to Classroom.
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M 1/7; W 1/8
-Essay 3 Due
-work on semester test essay readings and test preparation
ASSIGNMENT
-Essay Semester Test is next class
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(41)
M 1/11; W 1/12
Essay Semester Test (50% of semester test grade)
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11/13, 11/14, 11/15 (Semester tests)
Semester Test: multiple choice (50% of semester test grade)
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