Course Calendar

Posted on January 11, 2018 by rdanberg

WEEK ONE

WEEK ONE

Thursday, January 18

Review

  • Material under “Start Here” in our course Website. There are short recordings that accompany the documents.

Bring

  • Small photo I can put in my roll book. This helps me learn names quickly.
  • Norton Field Guide (NFG)

Read

Write

  • After you read the section on email etiquette, send me an email. It should be brief– 50 to 100 words. Follow the guidelines. In the subject line, write WRIT 212 Introduction Tell me about yourself– What is your major or area of interest at Binghamton? What school(s) did you attend before Binghamton? Are there are details that would help me understand your work or goals?
  • Taking Stock: Reading

In Class

  • Read Around: Taking Stock: Reading (A Read-Around is when we read work informal out loud in small groups without critique)
  • Review: RefWorks
  • Create: Google Drive Folders

WEEK TWO

Tuesday, January 23

Bring

Set Up Your Notebook(Fully set up according to the instructions in the Course Guide.)

Norton Field Guide (NFG)

Read

  • Collection with Introduction Assignment Sheet
  • NFG, Developing Academic Habits of Mind, p. 45-52
  • NFG, Annotated Bibliographies, 188-196
  • NFG, Summarizing, p. 33-35; Reading Critically, p. 26 to 29 (Considering the Rhetorical Situation, Identifying Patterns); Evaluating Sources, p.469-472; Synthesizing Ideas, p. 473 to 477
Note Taking

In the class notes section of your class notebook

In the Collection with Introduction Section of the Notebook

  • Follow the Instruction in Note Taking Guidelines: Instruction Manual to take notes on NFG Readings: Annotated Bibliographies, 188-196; Summarizing, p. 33-35; Reading Critically, p. 26 to 29 (Considering the Rhetorical Situation, Identifying Patterns); Evaluating Sources, p.469-472; Synthesizing Ideas, p. 473 to 477

Write

Taking Stock: Writing (This can be handwritten)

In-Class

  • Read-Around: Taking Stock: Writing
  • Discussion: Habits of Mind and Academic Reading

Thursday, January 25

Write

Note Taking:

Skim four of the following articles. Look for ones that might interest you and risk looking at one or two that don’t at all. If none interest you, pick at random. You can read first and last paragraphs and scan them to get a sense of the topic. Just follow the links. The idea is to get a sense of the topics available and to start thinking about how you might approach them.

Create a page in your Collection with Introduction notes. At the top of the page, write, “Topic Ideas”. Then, list the titles of the article along with the author, and the name of the publication

Then, respond to the following. This is meant to be a general response to the articles as a whole (you don’t have to do a new set of responses for each article.).

  • What is my initial response to the articles I find here? What is the source of my response?
  • If you absolutely had to write about something related to one of these topics, which might you choose and why?
  • From what angle do you like to look at things? For example, do you like to look things from the perspective of solving concrete problems? Do you like to think about politics, international relations, and government, human relationships, the psychological dimensions of things or the cultural perspective on things? Are you interested in medicine, technology, helping professions, human behavior, education or finance? Given the angle you like, choose two articles. If you looked at that article’s topic from an angle that suited you, how would you investigate it?  What kinds of questions would you wonder about? What kind of other, related problems or topics might emerge?

In class

  • Discussing the articles found in folders in RefWorks under the Collection with Introduction Folder: Opioid Epidemic, DACA, School Discipline Reform, El Salvadoran Deportations, Universal Basic Income, Children’s Health Insurance Program.
  • Start Collection with Introduction assignment
  • Choose article

WEEK THREE

Tuesday, January 30

Read

  • Re-Read NFG, Annotated Bibliographies; Summarizing, p. 33-35
  • The seed article you chose in class.

Note Taking

Re-Reading Response for the NFG readings you re-read. You’ll find the instructions in a section of note taking guidelines.

Seed Article: What is your initial response? Use the instructions in the Note Taking Guidelines with the following adjustment:

  • In What is your initial response? you’ll see that it asks you to annotate. For help annotating, refer to pages 16 to 19 in NFG, where you’ll find instructions and suggestions. Since we are working with an article online, use use hypothes.is to annotate in the article.  Access your article through our group on Hypothesis and you will see your group mates’ annotations as well. Feel free to annotate by responding to your classmate. If you agree with something he or she says, you might explain why or if you have a question that your classmates’ response prompts, ask the question. Important Note: Hypothesis offers you two options, annotated and highlight. You must choose “annotate” and write a note, not simply highlight. Watch the video below for a refresher about annotating in Atavist. Follow the instructions below:

Hypothes.is instructions

  1. Log in to Hypothes.is. Remember to use Chrome.
  2. When you are logged in, in the top right, you’ll see “groups” next to your name. Make sure you are in WRIT212. You will see all of our articles listed.
  3. Choose your article and then, “see annotations in context”. You will go to your article.
  4. Once you are in your article, as your read “block” (scroll over like you would copy or highlight it). You will have two options, “Annotate” and “Highlight.” CHOOSE ANNOTATE. Then, add your note in the space to the right of the screen. If you choose highlight, you will not be able to annotated.

Write

In Class

  • Know/Want to Know/Learn
  • Key Word Lists
  • Says/Does

Thursday February 1

Due

Taking Stock Report

In your Google Drive Submissions folder, compile the “body” sections for your Taking Stock Report. Review Checklist: Taking Stock and Submissions Guidelines to set up the document. Make a heading for the introduction and for the conclusion, but do not compose them yet. For a copy an example of a heading formatted in MLA, check page 540 of NFG.

Remember, you do not have to complete the Introduction or Conclusion sections, but you do need the bold faced headings for them.

Print a copy of your Taking Stock Report for your notebook.

Note taking:

For your Collection Seed Article complete

  • Complete Says/Does begun in class on your seed article. Do this in your “Collection with Introduction” section of your notebook. Remember to refer to the pages in our text book. We will compare notes in class to enter into hypothesis. In class, we discussed the technique “Names/Oppositions/Definitions” to help you compose your “Says”. For instructions on how to use this technique to help you complete “Says/Does,” look in the Note Taking Guidelines under “Names/Oppositions/Definitions”. This is not required but may help if you’re stuck.
  • As you work on your article “Says/Does”, keep adding to your “Key Word” list, which we put in the “Collection/Introduction” Section of your notebook. Add specialized terms, names of people, legislation, or words for concepts that are particular to the topic.

In Class

  • Preparing Work to Submit: Taking Stock Report
  • Complete Says/Does
  • Developing a Research Plan
  • Drafting an Annotation

Friday, February 2

Submit: Taking Stock Report

Upload this to your Google Drive folder if you used Microsoft Word or Pages, or create the document in Google Docs. Remember to follow the instructions at the link.

WEEK FOUR

Tuesday, February 6

Project Folder

  • Project Folder: Taking Stock

Writing

  • Seed Article Annotation. Typewritten and uploaded. Copies for your notebook

Reading

  • NFG, Developing a Research Plan, 435 to 440; Topic Proposals, 242-244

  • NFG, Finding Sources, p.445 to 455; Single Subject Index and Databases, p. 460; Searching the Web,  p. 462-463

Note Taking

  • Use the Instructional Manual Technique for NFG Readings

In Class

  • Using Research to Develop Ideas
  • Searching for Sources
  • Using Refworks with Julia Glauberman

Thursday, February 8

Read:

Note Taking:

In Class

  • Topic Proposals
  • Developing a Research Plan: Cubing and Questioning
  • Database search

WEEK FIVE

Tuesday, 2/13

Write:

  • Topic Proposal (Typed and Uploaded to Collection Plus Introduction Submission Folder)
  • Annotation Two

Read:

  • Collection Article Three  
  • NFG, 469 to 72, Evaluating Sources

Note Taking:

In Class:

  • Source search
  • Identifying the Conversation

Thursday, 2/14

Write:

  • Complete Conversation Charts One and Two for Articles One, Two and Three
  • Revise Annotation One or Two

In Class:

  • Conversation Charts Two and Three

WEEK SIX

Tuesday, 2/20

Read:

  • Based on our work last week– my response to your topic proposal, our work with Conversation Chart Three– Choose two more articles to read, articles four and five.

Note Taking:

  • Complete the Collection with Introduction Notes for Articles Four and Five. Be sure to notice that the notes now have conversation charts One and Two as a part of them. Add these new sources to Chart One. Complete Chart Two for each source.

In Class:

  • Composing the Introduction

Thursday, 2/22

Read:

  • Article Six

Note Taking:

  • Article Six

Write:

  • Annotation Four and Five

WEEK SEVEN

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27

Due:

  • Collection with Introduction. PLEASE REVIEW THE CHECKLIST BEFORE SUBMITTING OR MAKING COPIES
  • Bring Four Copies to Distribute. THE ASSIGNMENT IS CONSIDERED LATE WITHOUT COPIES
  • Project Folder Two: Collection with Introduction. See Checklist, although I will give you a copy in class. There will be no time to assemble your project folder or complete the Checklist. Bring it to class ready to put in the folder I will give you.

In Class:

  • Introduction to Editorial Reports
  • Introduction to the Position Paper
  • Introduction to Grounds for Argument

THURSDAY, MARCH 1

Read:

Norton Field Guide: Arguing a Position, p. 156 to 161; 169 to 170; 170 to 173 (Frame Your Topic as a Problem; Considering the Rhetorical Situation) 175 to 182.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles (PDF)— 113 to 117

This article can be found in our folder. You can follow the link there but because it’s in our folder, the link won’t open unless you’re logged into BMail.

Note Taking:

Complete:

  • Grounds for Argument: Argument Starts Here

In Class:

  • Understanding Scholarly Sources
  • Searching For Scholarly Sources
  • Building an Argument

WEEK EIGHT

Tuesday, March 6

BREAK

Thursday, March 8

Read: Organ Sales Will Save Lives, Norton Field Guide pg. 157. This essay is a model for the one you will write.

Grounds for Argument: Complete the sections below, including the exercises.

  • Claims
  • Problem Frames
  • The topic for your assigned group presentation

Due:

  • Editorial Reports, Collection with Introduction
  • Issues Blog Entry One. You’ll find instructions for how to complete the issues blog here. (You can also access the same instructions in our google drive folder).  You’ll find the blog link here. Your first issues blog entry can be a revision of any one of the sources you used in your collection, revised according to the issues blog instructions linked above.  Do not revise the seed article. In fact, choose the article among in your collection closest to the problem you’re going to be working on in your paper. You might want to refer back to the email comments I sent to help you choose.

Issues Blog Overview

Issues Blog Overview

Enter Your Post

Enter Your Post

Choosing Your First Post

First Post

WEEK NINE

TUESDAY, MARCH 13

Problem statement Worksheet:

  • Follow the link to the worksheet and answer the questions you find there on on paper in your notebook in the Assignment Three Section. You’ll need these answers to prepare your problem statement draft for Thursday.

Grounds for Argument:

  • Claims
  • Problem Frames
  • Reasons and Evidence

Note taking:

  • Use the technique Instruction Manual: Finding Sources and Argument to take notes on the Grounds for Argument material. Remember that Grounds for Argument will be the basis for your presentation and also will guide how you write your paper, so being clear on the concepts and strategies there will help you.

THURSDAY, MARCH 15

Grounds for Argument:

  • Acknowledgement and Response
  • Warrants

Problem Statement Worksheet:

  • Please submit the problem statement worksheet you completed for Tuesday, March 13. You can submit a handwritten copy.

Problem Statement Analysis:

  • Complete a problem statement analysis (page two of the handout from Tuesday, March 13) for passages two and three (page 3 of the handout). This can be handwritten. It will be in Project Folder 3.

Issues Blog:

  • Your second issues blog entry should be one that you find through an article from your collection. At this point, you are looking for strong credible sources of different kinds. For example, you may be looking for certain kinds of data. You might want to read opposing viewpoints. You might be ready for a scholarly source. You might be interested in finding a corroborating source– a second or third background source that backs up some of what you’ve learned.

    Find an article you’ve read that has several links in it or sites different authors, experts, or sources. Follow the links or see if you can find writing by the authors, experts or sources. Use what you find to write your March 15 issues blog entry.

Note taking:

  • Use the technique Instruction Manual: Finding Sources and Argument to take notes on the Grounds for Argument material. Remember that Grounds for Argument will be the basis for your presentation and also will guide how you write your paper, so being clear on the concepts and strategies there will help you.

WEEK TEN

TUESDAY, MARCH 20

Watch:

Note taking:

Developing a Plan for your Paper:

Problem Statement:

  • Typed and uploaded to your google drive folder
  • Four copies: one for yourself and for your group mates

THURSDAY, MARCH 22

Read:

  • Arguing Logically, NFG, pos. 356 to 361 (Stop before “Anecdotes”); 367-369

Notetaking:

  • Using the reading as a source, explain how you will address your own argument based on the guidance and advice found in the reading. This should be one handwritten page long.

Issues Blog

  • Scholarly Source

Planning Your Argument Worksheets

  • We began this work in Class. Please complete it so you can work on your outline in class.

WEEK ELEVEN

TUESDAY, MARCH 27

Read:

  • NFG: Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing, 480 to 490

COMPLETE

  • Reason Why Chart
  • Acknowledgement and Response Chart
  • Story Board Your Argument Chart

DRAFT (See the Link: ASSIGNMENT THREE: POSITION PAPER DRAFT

  • Revised Problem Statement
  • Body of the paper (we will discuss what this is in class)

THURSDAY, MARCH 29

Re-Read:

  • NFG: Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing, 480 to 490

Draft

  • Summary of the Argument

FRIDAY, MARCH 30

Arguing a Position

  • Essay Uploaded to Google Drive in two places, your submissions folder and your group folder. You can follow these instructions and/or watch the video to copy your paper from your submissions folder into the group folder.

Instructions to copy a file:

  1. Open your essay in your submissions folder.
  2. Choose “File” from the menu.
  3. Choose “Make a Copy”
  4. Name your file “LastNameCopyEssay”
  5. You will see a space that shows the name of the folder the essay is now in. Select it and you will see a list of folders. By selecting the arrows next to the names, you’ll go to the next folder.
  6. Find “Submissions”. Select the arrow.
  7. Find “Group Folders”. Select the arrow.
  8. Find your Group Folder. They are organized by number. Select the arrow.
  9. Choose “Save”. Your document will now appear in the folder.

WEEK TWELVE

TUESDAY, APRIL 3

Break

THURSDAY, APRIL 5

Break

Friday: April 6

WEEK THIRTEEN

TUESDAY, APRIL 10

Project Folder Three

  • Arguing a Position. See Checklist, although I will give you a copy in class. There will be no time to assemble your project folder or complete the Checklist. Print the checklist ready to put in the folder I will give you.

Digital Essay Analysis

  • Please got to this link Digital Essay Analysis, watch the video and answer the questions. You can also find this through our website.

Grounds for Argument

  • That is the beginning of the style section. If you look at the menu on the right and scroll down, you’ll find that style unit. Please complete the unit.

THURSDAY, APRIL 12

Read:

Digital Essay Analysis

  • Please got to this link Digital Essay Analysis, watch the video and answer the questions. You can also find this through our website.

Users Manual: Argument Podcast/Infographic.

  • Be prepared to upload voice file and graphic to Atavist.

FRIDAY, APRIL 13 11:59 PM

DIGITAL ESSAY SCRIPT

WEEK FOURTEEN

TUESDAY, APRL 17

Post

  • Revised Collection with Introduction

THURSDAY, APRL 19

Editorial Reports: Composing an Ending

Revising Workshop Continued

WEEK FIFTEEN

TUESDAY, APRIL 24

Due:

  • Revised: Assignment Three Position Paper

Digital Essay:

  • Complete Your Digital Essay Story Board. We began this in class using the storyboard template at this link. To use the template, go to the link, then go to file and “Make a Copy” of it in your digital essay folder in your submissions folder. Instructions for how to complete the template are found on the storyboard.

THURSDAY, APRIL 26

Complete your digital essay storyboard. Imovie will on the computers by tomorrow (I’ve been assured). Make sure:

  • You have images and graphics easily available to you. The best thing to do is to save them in a google drive folder that you can access
  • Your storyboard divides the text up into chunks and that it is clear, in the right hand column, which image goes with which text
  • You have citation information for each of the images you are using and all of the data/statistics/quotations, etc. that you use in your digital essay

Revision Workshop, Position Paper, Continued

Editorial Report: Endings

WEEK SIXTEEN

TUESDAY, MAY 1

  • Follow the link to the Portfolio Preparation checklist. Please review it (although we’ll do it in class too).
  • Bring hard copies of your Taking Stock, Collection with Introduction, and Position Papers for you classmates to review.
  • On Google Drive, have your digital essay available for review

THURSDAY, MAY 3

Portfolio Uploaded (We will discuss this in class)

Project Folder Four

You will not turn in a hard copy of your fourth project folder. I will check your submissions folder for the following:

Digital Essay Folder:

  • Draft of Script
  • Story Board

Editorial Reports: Endings

  • I will check your groups folder to make sure you wrote closing paragraphs as instructed, for each of your group mates
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