16 Weeks | Mondays, Wednesdays
Section 037 9:30 - 10:45, SRC 3030
Section 089 11:00 - 12:15, BIC 2551
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
WORK DUE BEFORE CLASS
WEEK 1 1/22 and 1/24
course overview
Course overview; Creating community
Monday - building community, intro to syllabus and tech stuff
Wednesday - syllabus discussion; assignment review; Perusall demo
WEEK 2 1/29 and 1/31
information and media literacy
Discussion of media and information literacy; Finding quality information in a digital age
Learning Objectives: Evaluate the credibility of a variety of sources; Analyze arguments presented in sources
Monday - MILESTONE 1 DUE in Google Classroom; reviewing CLOs Sec 037 and Sec 089; research topics
Wednesday - CLASS CANCELED 😢
WEEK 3 2/5 and 2/7
discourse communities, rhetorical situation
Learning Objectives: Assess the feasibility of a research inquiry; Analyze a rhetorical situation within a discourse community
Monday - research and positionality; thoughts on Chat GPT; who are true experts?
Wednesday - Read the selections assigned in MILESTONE 2; in class - analyzing the rhetorical situation and discourse communities for your research issue; complete activities from Research Fundamentals to focus research question
WEEK 4 2/12 and 2/14
developing a research question
Learning Objectives: Identify a research question; Identify a research plan; Practice writing as a process involving inquiry, research, feedback, and revision
Monday - MILESTONE 2 DUE in Google Classroom; meet in library, SRC 2025
Wednesday - create your research plan in class; complete quarterly self-assessment in class
WEEK 5 2/19 and 2/21
building & analyzing research, awareness of bias
Learning Objectives: Identify a research plan; Build a body of research in the various stages of the research process; Analyze a rhetorical situation within a discourse community
Monday -
Wednesday - ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE
WEEK 6 2/26 and 2/28
building & analyzing research, evaluating & summarizing sources
Learning Objectives: Build a body of research in the various stages of the research process; Evaluate the credibility of a variety of sources; Analyze arguments presented in sources; Practice writing as a process involving inquiry, research, feedback, and revision.
Monday - CLASS CANCELED - SICK
Wednesday - ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE CLASS CANCELED - SICK
WEEK 7 3/4 and 3/6
building & analyzing research, evaluating & summarizing sources
Learning Objectives: Build a body of research in the various stages of the research process; Analyze arguments presented in sources; Evaluate the credibility of a variety of sources; Practice writing as a process involving inquiry, research, feedback, and revision; Use suitable methods of citation.
Monday - meet in library, SRC 2025
Wednesday - ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE
WEEK 8 3/11 and 3/13
organizing and citing research
Learning Objectives: Build a body of research in the various stages of the research process; Analyze arguments presented in sources; Evaluate the credibility of a variety of sources; Use suitable methods of citation
Monday -
Wednesday - ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFLECTION DUE
WEEK 9 3/18 and 3/20
developing arguments
Learning Objectives: Develop research-supported arguments that address an issue relevant to a discourse community.
Monday - READ AND ANNOTATE "How America Got Mean" (2023); 1:1 check-ins; review Argument Essay
Wednesday - 1:1 check-ins continued; in class midterm self-assessment
WEEK 10 3/25 and 3/27
SPRING BREAK
WEEK 11 4/1 and 4/3
evaluating arguments
Learning Objectives: Develop research-supported arguments that address an issue relevant to a discourse community; Use suitable methods of citation; Practice writing as a process involving inquiry, research, feedback, and revision.
WEEK 12 4/8 and 4/20
evaluating arguments
Learning Objectives: Create researched print and/or digital texts that respond to rhetorical situations; Evaluate the credibility of a variety of sources; Use suitable methods of citation.
Monday - They Say/I Say exercises; review Argument Essay student examples
Wednesday - In class "open book" exam covering paraphrasing, citing, and plagiarism; Argument Essay contract
WEEK 13 4/15 and 4/17
creating researched texts
Learning Objectives: Create researched print and/or digital texts that respond to rhetorical situations; Use suitable methods of citation. Incorporate responses from instructor(s) and peers as part of the revision and editing process.
Monday - In class work on Argument Essay
Wednesday - In class work on Argument Essay
WEEK 14 4/22 and 4/24
incorporating feedback
Learning Objectives: Incorporate responses from instructor(s) and peers as part of the
revision and editing process; Create researched print and/or digital texts that respond to rhetorical situations; Use suitable methods of citation.
Monday - REMOTE CLASS! CHECK YOUR COD EMAIL FOR DETAILS; ARGUMENT ESSAY DUE for peer review
Wednesday - MILESTONE 3 DUE in Google Classroom; Incorporate feedback into Argument Essay in class
WEEK 15 4/29 and 5/1
creating researched texts &
incorporating feedback
Learning Objectives: Incorporate responses from instructor(s) and peers as part of the revision and editing process; Create researched print and/or digital texts that respond to rhetorical situations; Use suitable methods of citation.
Monday - Review Final Research Project student examples
Wednesday - Review Final Research Project student examples; In-class 1:1 conferences
WEEK 16 5/6 and 5/8
revising, editing, & citing final project
Learning Objectives: Create researched print and/or digital texts that respond to rhetorical situations
Monday - Independent work on final project
Wednesday - Independent work on final project
FINALS WEEK
self-assessment
Learning Objectives: Practice writing as a process involving inquiry, research, feedback, and revision.
Monday - FINAL RESEARCH PROJECT and Self-assessment due