All due dates are tentative. Regular blogging is due every week unless specified otherwise.
CSK = Composition Survival Kit
TSIS = Graff & Birkenstein's "They Say / I Say"
Week 1 - Expectations & Introductions
9.7
Week 2 - Justifications & Questions
9.12
Read: "Why I Blog," "There's an art to writing on Facebook or Twitter," "In Defense of Twitter," and "Writing in the Age of Distraction"
Write: first blogging entry & first tweet
9.14
Due: 750-word response essay to “What do you want to learn?” prompt
Read: CSK "Introduction" & p. 1-16, TSIS "Preface," p. 1-29 & p. 141-144
Write: TSIS Exercise 2, p. 15, & Exercise 2, p. 29
Week 3 - Moves That Matter
9.19
Read: CSK 17-22, TSIS p. 30-51
Write: TSIS Exercise 1, p.40, & Exercise 1, p.50
9.21
Read: CSK 50-67, TSIS p. 55-77
Write: TSIS Exercise 1, p. 67, & Exercise 2, p. 76-77
Student group: Bruce W., Leanne K., Andrew S., Elizabeth S., Amber S.
Student focus: online sources
Week 4 - Moves That Matter
9.26
Read: TSIS p. 78-101
Write: TSIS Exercise 1, p. 90-91, & Exercise 2, p. 101
Student group: Katie P., Tiffany B., Karli H., Michael M., Xingyu C.
Student focus: citations
9.28
Read: TSIS 105-128
Write: TSIS Exercise 2, p. 120, & Exercise 2, p. 128
Student group: Uriah H., Joe S., Catt K., Michelle C., Alex H.
Student focus: writing styles
Week 5 - Moves That Matter / Pop Up Scholarship
10.3
Read: TSIS 129-138
Write: TSIS Exercise 1, p. 137
Student group: Charles S.,Stefanie R., Robin B., Alaina P., Chris S.
Student focus: thesis statements
10.5
Student group: Haley G., Tony W., Emily T., Evan P.,
Student focus: transitions
Pop Up Scholarship introduction
Week 6 - Pop Up Scholarship
10.10
Pop Up Scholarship Parts 1&2 due
10.12
Write: Evaluation of & reflection on Twitter
Pop Up Scholarship Part 3 due
Reverse-Engineered Scholarship introduction
Week 7 - Reverse-Engineered Scholarship
10.17
Reverse-Engineered Scholarship Part 1 due
10.19
Reverse-Engineered Scholarship Part 2 due
Mashup Scholarship introduction
Week 8 - Mashup Scholarship
10.24
Read: "Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism," "What Plagiarism Looks Like," & "The ecstasy of influence: a plagiarism"
10.26
Mashup Scholarship Part 1 due
Pecha Kucha reintroduction
Week 9 - Pecha Kucha
10.31
Mashup Scholarship Part 2 due
Pecha Kucha due
Andrew S., Robin B., Kat P., Catherine K., Elizabeth S., Charles S., Joe S., Leanne K., Stefanie R., Amber S.
11.2
Pecha Kucha due
Evan P., Haley G., Alex H., Uriah H., Chris S., Michelle C., Xingyu C., Karli H., Tiffany B., Michael M., Alaina P.
Week 10 - Causes
11.7
First causes draft due
11.9
First causes draft due
Week 11 - Causes
11.14
Second causes draft due
11.16
Second causes draft due
Week 12 - Solutions
11.21
First solutions draft due
11.23
First solutions draft due
Week 13 - Solutions
11.28
Second solutions draft due
11.30
Second solutions draft due
Week 14 - Reflections
12.5
Read: CSK 27-32
Write: Self-reflective essay
12.7
Revisions due
Week 15 - Exam Week
Conferences