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Week
1: August 19
Topic: Course
and individual intros. Demos of lab software.Discussion of
various styles of composition
across cultures .
Understanding visual rhetoric.
Plagiarism.
Resources for
Week 1:
Course
Intro: Powerpoint
Inspiration:
Writing Across Cultures
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Have
Already Read :
Envision, Chapters 1 & 2; Joining Academic Conversations (JAC), policies and procedures, grade descriptors.
Assignments
Due Next Week:
. Upload two images to miX that you will use next week to introduce yourself to the class.
Read: JAC, Plagiarism, (xiii, 149-152). Read Lunsford, plagiarism, 190-191: Envisions, 174-175. |
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Week
2: August 26
Topic:
Structure of Argument. Logical Fallacies.Resources
for Week 2:
Ad Project, Four More Years Project: SuperCardView
Apple's legendary "1984" commercial,
Apple's
Quadra commercial, and a slew
of other great Apple ads. AlsoElection
Year Websites and Links: Fallacies and Ads
eCampus
Host Son Culture Photoessay, Japan.
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In Class Assignments:
Introduce yourself
using images submitted through miX.
Have Already Read/Visited:
AdSources:www.ablongman.com/envision012
www.ablongman.com/envision014,
www.ablongman.com/envision087
JAC, Goal 1.
Lunsford: Read visuals, 15-16; making an argument, 22-31.
Work in-class with Ad Project, Four More Years Project. Bring
your ads (2-3) to class this week. Discuss your ads for analysis.
Assignments
Due Next Week:
Read the
new attendance policy for WVU students, presented to the
Faculty Senate by the Student Instruction Committee and also
guest columnist and WVU BOG Member Eric Miller's editorial
in the DA about coming
up with better excuses. Also read Professor
Michael Lastinger's rebuttal in a subsequent issue of
the DA. Read
this new letter to the editor, written by Nina Forest, about
the attendance issue from a non-traditional
student's viewpoint. The
alternate topic of couch
burning and WVU's off-campus jurisdiction in sanctioning
students is found in a recent DA editorial. The Ohio
State University has also reacted to off-campus behavior in
these stories: Vice-President
for Student Affairs Bill Hall speaks out (plus a second
news release by him) and a student
newspaper (The Lantern) editorial.
Log on to eCampus. Go to the Discussion Area for our Course. Post an opinion
(at least three sentences) regarding your stance on the attendance
or couch burning topics or both. |
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Week
3: September 2nd
Topic: In-Class
Essay
Resources for
Week 3:
eCampus Web Board
Logical
Fallacies: Powerpoint
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In Class Assignments:
In-Class Essay #1:
Choose couch burning topic or attendance topic. Use at least
one quote from a classmate from the eCollege Discussion Board.
Use at least one quote from one or more of the online articles.
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Week
4: September 9
Topic: Discussion
of Induction and Deduction. Return and discuss in-class essay.
Resources for
Week 4:
Myers-Briggs
Temperament Inventory (MBTI), online.
Keirsey
Temperament Sorter online.Myers-Briggs
Temperament Inventory powerpoint.
Argumentative Writing.
Power
Resources for
Week 4:
Argumentative Writing: Powerpoint.
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In Class Assignments:
Take the Myers-Briggs
Personality Inventory. (preferred version).Take
Keirsey
Temperament Sorter online (example of induction).
Assignments
Due Next Class Meeting:
Choose song lyric to analyze and bring to class next week
for discussion. Read: Envision--Chapters 3 and 4,
Ads.
Due Tues. September 16: Ad Analysis due by midnight, emailed
to Dr. Sloane.
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Week
5: September 16
Topic:Song Analysis
Song
Analysis: Powerpoint
Song
Lyrics Webquest"Born
in the USA" Concept Map.
Detailed View of
Concept Map."Born
in the USA,"
"BUSA" Powerpoint |
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Ad Analysis
due by tonight at midnight!
Assignments
Due Next Week:
Read Lunsford (L), 137-179.Read Envision, Chapters
5 & 6.
Bring song lyrics of your choice to class for discussion and analysis.
In Class Assignments:
Work with "Born
in the USA" and "Little Pink Houses" SuperCard™ projects.
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Week
6: September 23
Topic: Research
Assignment
Resources for
Week6::
Pittsburgh
Culture: Powerpoint
Research
Reactions: Powerpoint
Research
Methods. Powerpoint
Internet Search
Game
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In Class Assignments:
Discussion of Research Essay.
Read: Envision, Chapters 4 & 5.
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Week
7: September 30
Topic:
How to Critique Essays
Research Paper.
Song Analysis and Critiquing
Discussion of research
essay progress. MLA format.
Resources for
Week 7 :
Research
Essay Assignment.
Research Organization, Powerpoint.
Critique
Schedule.
eCampus
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Assignments:
Important
Due Date: Song Analysis & Lyrics Due Tonight by email to Dr. Sloane before midnight!
Lunsford, 196-231,
including sample MLA-formatted essay.
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Week
8: October 7
Critiquing.
Powerpoint.
Practice Critiques Session in Class in Small Groups (eCampus). We meet in small groups in G31 Eiesland Tonight.
Consult your Small Group Critique Schedule for Chat Room Locations and Members for next week.
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(*Mid-Semester Grade Reports)
In Class Assignments:
Small-group critiquing.
Assignments
Due Next Week:
Meet online in small groups according to our critique schedule.
Sample Critique Groups.
Critique
#1: Send your critique to person #1 before online critique
meeting before Tuesday night of next class meeting. |
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Week
9: October 14
Critique Session #1 Online in Small Groups (eCampus).
eCampus
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Course
Meets online.
Assignments:
Dr. Sloane to be
abroad and groups meet online as usual. He will log into
the groups from overseas.
Log into eCampus Chat area and spend at least 60 minutes in your assigned group
critiquing #1's song analysis.
Assignment
due to Next Week:
Critique
#2: Send your critique to person #1 before online critique
meeting before Tuesday night of next class meeting.
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Week
10: October 21
Critique Session #2 Online in Small Groups
eCampus.
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Course
Meets Online.
Assignments:
Log into eCampus Chat area and spend at least 60 minutes in your assigned group
critiquing #1's song analysis.
Assignments
Due Next Week:
Meet online in small groups according to our critique schedule.
Critique
#3: Send your critique to person #1 before online critique
meeting before Tuesday night of next class meeting .
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Week
11 : October 28
.Critique Session #3 Online in Small Groups
eCampus.
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Assignments:
Log into eCampus Chat area and spend at least 60 minutes in your assigned group
critiquing #1's song analysis. |
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Week
12: November 4 (General Election Day--No Class)
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iAssignments
Due Next Week:
Meet online in small groups according to our critique schedule.
Critique
#4: Send your critique to person #1 before online critique
meeting before Tuesday night of next class meeting.
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Week13: November 11
Critique Session #4 Online in Small Groups
eCampus.
Discussion of Satire and satiric techniques.
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Course
Meets Online.
Assignments: Research Essay is Due by EMAIL to Dr. Sloane before midnight on November 21st, Friday.
Assignments
Due Next Week:Research Essays Due by Friday, the 21st, at midnight.
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Week
14: November 18
Return of Essays. Discussion of Diction.
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Assignments:
Satires
due by midnight tonight!
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Week
15: November 25 (No Class: Thanksgiving Recess)
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In Class Assignments:
Assignments
Due Next Week: Bring all your graded assignments with
you to class to compare with the grades we have recorded.
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Week
16: December 2
Topic:Timed
in-class argument essay (350 words minimum). Course assessments
and return of all work.
Last class meeting.
Resources for
Week 15:
Student evaluation
of instruction. Topics will be provided in class.
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In Class Assignments:
Course Review.
Return of all graded assignments. Gradebook check with your
returned essays that you bring to class.
In-Class
Essay #2:
Write an argumentative essay choosing a topic from
one of those provided in this powerpoint presentation.
You
may also choose a topic among several provided from this pdf
file. Use refutation/rebuttal in your argument and specify
the # of the topic you chose. Be certain to use at least two
images in your essay. |
