Week 1
INTRODUCTIONS |
1/18 |
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1/20 |
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Introductions; syllabus; course terms; Review website; discuss the nature of power in the Information Age.
Reading strategies
In-class Discussion :
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Buy textbooks
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I AM the choices I make.
Making decisions. Knowing yourself.
"Where I Stand" exercise.
Democracy/Adulthood/College
Bring textbooks to class. (10 points)
"The Critical Attitude"
Analyze Hilfiger ad. |
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1/25 |
Read:
75 Campbell (94), Ehrenreich (395)
NFG Chapter 1
Write: Blog: Sign in to BLOG by accepting my invitation (e-mailed to you) and post a response to the prompt. |
Explain WASPS
"Success"
Notetaking in class and while reading.
Discussion: What is my "bliss" and am I following it? If not, why not?
How much of ME is my own identity and how much is what I allow others to shape?
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1/27 |
Read:
Write:
BLOG |
Assign Essay 1
Replacing the Five-Paragraph Prison with new structures. |
1/29 |
Read:
Write:
12-Step Program, begin work on Essay 1, Post to BLOG |
Meet in Writing Center for Orientation
Escaping the Five-Paragraph Prison
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Week 3
What is "success" ?
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2/1 |
Read: Malcom X (16)
NFG Chapter 15
Write: In your journals, explain how Malcolm X redefines success while in prison.
Begin work on Essay 1 (Steps 1-4) |
12-Step Program
Success through reading/writing.
Definitions of Success
The complex thesis (Don't simplify, complexify)
Reading and Writing Paragraphs |
2/3 |
Read: Walker (280)
Write: Keep working on Essay 1.1
BLOG |
Teach-in: Budget Cuts and the Threat to Success
Meet outside CSM theater
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2/5 |
Read: Rodriguez (9)
Write: Keep working on Essay 1.1
BLOG
Make appointment for next week in Writing Center |
Discuss Walker, Rodriguez.
Definitions of Success
The Idea of Beauty. How does Walker’s essay work to define the abstract concept of Beauty? How does this relate to "success"? |
Week 4
"Success"? |
2/8 |
Read: Gladwell (on-line)
Write: Develop a thesis statement and working outline. Make three copies for Peer Review in class.
BLOG
Go to Writing Center this week. |
Discuss "The Uses of Adversity"
Definitions of Success
Explore the nature of peer workshop.
The 3-part thesis
Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing |
2/10 |
Write: Complete a Sentence Outline for Essay 1
Read: Reread handout on paragraphs |
Peer Workshop for Outlines
Discuss summarization, quoting, paraphrasing
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2/12 |
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Week 5
LANGUAGE, IDENTITY, AND POWER
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2/15 |
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2/17 |
Write: Complete Essay 1.1 (1st draft of Essay 1); bring three copies to class. |
Essay 1.1 due, bring 3 copies to class.
Peer workshop. |
2/19 |
Write:
Complete Revisions, Editing, and Proofreading of Essay 1, and then write reflective essay. Assemble all work in a manila folder. |
Essay 1.2 due (with Reflective Essay) due in manila folder
Discuss Language, Political Correctness, Power
The Problem of Gender-Specific Language
Discuss "Aria" |
Week 6 LANGUAGE AND POWER |
2/22 |
Read: Read: Naylor (61)
Anzaldua
Write:
Check in with Blog for latest prompt Write a one-paragraph summary of Naylor's and Rodrigruez's essays. |
Discuss “Borders”
Assign Essay 2 |
2/24 |
Read: Lakoff
Write:
Check in with Blog for latest prompt
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Discuss Metaphors and Framing |
2/26 |
Read: Tan (link to page)
Blog:
Substantial BLOG participation REQUIRED
(note that prompts are waiting for you to respond to with seriousness and fully developed paragraphs. |
Hierarchies, exercise
Discuss Tan
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Week 7 LANGUAGE AND POWER
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3/1 |
Read: Orwell (72)
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Discuss "Politics and the English Language"
Charting a course toward analysis.
Make "Manifestation" Groups |
3/3 |
Read:
Write:
Begin developing a response to the Essay 2 assignment using prewriting. Begin a chart as discussed in class in order to analyze how each essay you have been assigned develops the relationship between power and language, noting general assertions and supporting points.
Blog: Continue the conversation |
Continue work with Orwell.
What does Language and Power have to do with the Budget Crisis? What is at stake?
Small-group discussion of Language and Power issues.
Establishing Questions at Issue (and answering them).
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3/4 |
March Forth!
Get involved! Save Education!
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3/5 |
Read: Reread/review each of the readings in the Language and Power section.
Write: Continue prewriting. Develop a multi-clause thesis statement that is in direct answer to the essay prompt, and develop a Section Outline, asserting the major areas you intend to develop in support of your thesis. Make three copies. |
Thesis workshop
Passive and Active Voice, wordiness, diction, Focus on MLA style.
Sentence focus, noun phrase appositives.
Noun phrase appositives.
Discuss charts; devise questions
Introduce Outline handout
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Week 8 LANGUAGE AND POWER |
3/8 |
Read: Handout on outlining.
Write: Develop a sentence outline for Essay 2 following the guidelines for Question, Thesis, and Development. Make three copies for peer workshop.
Write: Develop Essay 2.1 from outline. You should have a good draft by Wednesday. |
Essay 2 Sentence Outline Peer Workshop
Bring three copies.
Form Groups for Manifestation
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3/9 |
flex day (no class) |
3/11 |
flex day (no class) |
Week 9 Propaganda and Persuasion |
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Write: Complete Essay 2.1 AND save document in Googledocs. Print one copy for me.
Read:View PBS Frontline documentary "The Persuaders" by clicking on this link and watching the documentary film on-line. This will take about 90 MINUTES. As you watch, take thorough notes.
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Peer Workshop. Establish peer groups for additional critique.
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3/17 |
Write: Blog about the documentary's argument.
Read: Thoreau, "Civil Disobedience" (345) |
Discuss "The Persuaders" and definitions of "propaganda" and "persuasion"
Where is POWER in the Information Age?
Analysis of "Citizen Soldier" (youtube)
Group work: Definiton of Propaganda, the key elements
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3/19 |
Write: Complete Essay 2.2 essay, and prepare essay and all drafts and prewriting for submission in a manila folder.
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Essay 2.2 due with Reflective Essay
(Include all prewriting, outline, drafts, and copies of internet sources in a manila folder)
Discuss "Propaganda"/Emotional vs. Rational Appeals
Assign group topics
View video with "Propaganda Schoolroom"
More on Education vs. Propaganda/where are the facts?
The Logical Argument: Claim & Reason
WASPS
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Week 10 Propaganda and Persuasion |
3/22 |
Write: Post to the blog, following the prompt you will find there. |
March to Sacramento!
(Arrive on Campus at 5:45 am) |
| 3/24 |
Read: |
Discuss Sacramento Experience
Manifestation Groups Meet
Propaganda Presentation
Essay 2.2 due (for those who went to Sacramento)
Bring your yellow reporting forms to turn in to me. |
3/26 |
Read: NFG chapter on "Arguing"
Write: Blog |
Rational Arguments vs. Propaganda
Sample analysis of propaganda.
Discuss the question of intent
Assign Propaganda Project and Essay #3
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Week 11 Propaganda and Persuasion |
3/29 |
Link to this site, and follow the instructions provided there. Use the handout with propaganda techniques that I have distributed in class to do the exercise.
Type your answers. |
Discuss the techniques employed by propagandists.
Small-group discussion of WWII posters. Review propaganda analysis handout.
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3/31 |
Read: Article |
Propaganda and Democracy discussion
Propaganda Analysis |
4/2 |
Bring TWO articles containing information and/or opinion about your Manifestation group's issue. Summarize the articles briefly and prepare to discuss them with your group.
Purchase: The Dumbest Generation |
ATTENDANCE MANDATORY
Manifestation make plans for Spring Break work.
Discuss articles related to Manifestation topics.
Bring The Dumbest Generation
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Question(s) at Issue: What should you do with a week off of school?
Claim: You should party (half naked, in the tropics, with the opposite sex, like a rockstar, using a cafeinated sugar drink)
Reason: ? |
4/7 |
4/8 |
Week 13 Propaganda and Authoritarianism |
4/12 |
Read:
these questions
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4/14 |
Read:
Write: |
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4/16 |
Read:
Write: Work on Essay 3.1 |
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Week 14 Propaganda and Authoritarianism |
4/19 |
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4/21 |
Read: ReadThe Dumbest Generation1-100 and use split-page notetaking method to keep track of the reading.
Write: Complete Essay 3.2 Revison
Familiarize yourself with e-portfolios. Link here for a FAQ. Make some decisions
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Finish Group Presentations
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4/23 |
Read: Keep reading The Dumbest Generation |
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4/26 |
Read: Through pp. 150 inThe Dumbest Generation /Continue split-page journal method. |
The Dumbest Generation
Discuss Essay 3 |
4/28 |
Read: Through p. 180 in The Dumbest Generation /Continue split-page journal method. |
Present E-Portfolio Assignment/The Dumbest Generation |
4/30 |
Write: Essay 3.1 |
Esssay 3 Peer Workshop (bring 3 copies) |
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5/3 |
Read:
Get e-portolio together |
The Dumbest Generation |
5/5 |
Write: Work on Essay 3.2
Complete "Manifestation" Reflection |
Manifestation Reflections Due
The Dumbest Generation
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5/7 |
Write: |
Complete Essay 3.2 |
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5/10 |
Get e-portolio together |
MoreThe Dumbest Generation Essay Revisions due. |
5/12 |
Write: Propaganda Project Reflection
Work on revisions of Earlier Essays |
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5/14 |
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The Dumbest Generation |
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5/17 |
Write: Essay 4.1 (make three copies)
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Essay 4.1 due for Peer Workshop (Bring three copies) |
5/19 |
Keep writing! |
Review for Final/Work on E-Portfolios/Review for Final |
5/21 |
Write: Essay 4.2 and Reflective Essay |
Essay 4.2 and Reflective Essay due/
Final Exam
Eng 100 BA Friday, May 22, 8:10-10:40
Eng 100 CE Friday, May 22, 11:10-1:40 |
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5/24 |
Memorial Day |
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I will be on campus during this week to help you with revisions. I will put a schedule on the door of my office for you to sign up for a time. |
| 5/28 |
Complete e-portfolio including final draft of Final Essay. Submit link to E-Portfolio Page to timmax@gmail.com by 5:00 pm. Late submissions will be downgraded by one full grade for each hour beyond the deadline. |
