M

Jan. 9

  Introduction.

What is critical thinking?

W

Jan. 11

Over-view of critical thinking.

Read:  Nosich, "To the Student."  and

Nosich, pp. 1-16.

complete grey box--the big one-- p. 7

In-class activity, defining critical thinking, giving examples of what it is and what it isn't.  

F

Jan. 13

Last day to add/drop a class

M

Jan. 16

Martin Luther King holiday. No classes.

W

Jan. 18

Nosich, pp. 17-30. 

Review Impediments

Groups created for Flash Mobs about impediments--work on presentation in class.

M

Jan. 23

Presentation of Flash Mobs!

Read essay, "This is Water," posted on the website.  Please print out the essay, annotate it, and bring it to class.

Assignment given:  complete a weekly impediment log by choosing one impediment to notice in your life and around you for that week.  Jot down what you notice.  We will share these in class each week on Monday, and I may pick up your writing as well.  So, each week you will focus on and observe a different impediment. 

T

Jan. 24

Last day to elect S/U option

W

Jan. 25

Read closely the last part of Chapter 1, beginning on page 28 with "The Experience of Learning to Think Things Through." Pay close attention to the SEE-I process of becoming clearer about a concept.  SEE-I is a tool that helps with clarity and understanding.  Read until the end of the section--page 34.  Then write an SEE-I for the concept of "unreflective thinking."  For the last part of the SEE-I, the illustration, please create an analogy, simile ,or metaphor:  make a comparison in words. Do not draw  an illustration, but write one. Be prepared to share your SEE-I in class.   

M

Jan. 30

Read Chapter 2, pp. 47-76.

Complete grey box, p. 60, but choose only one of the first four elements to write out an SEE-I.

Due:  Impediment Examples, written or typed.  Please identify which impediment of which you are giving current examples(from the week).

W

Feb. 1

Complete exercises 2.6, p. 80; 2.9, p. 81. Be prepared to share your assignments with class.

Bring element analysis of short film watched in class--Blink--to class

Paper 1 assignment given. 

M

Feb. 6

 Read Chapter 3, pp. 86-123.

Complete an SEE-I for exercise 3.4, p. 127, choosing just one of the main concepts from Chapter 3.

Due:  Impediment examples. 

W

Feb. 8

Due:  draft of paper 1, typed, for workshop. 

Bring to class three to four F& P concepts for a course you have taken in your major.

 Due:  Friday, February 10, paper 1, typed, MLA format, in a box outside my door, Bancroft 208, between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM.

M

Feb. 13

 Chapter  4, pp. 133-161.

Complete exercise 4.1, p. 162, choosing just 1 of the standards to write out an SEE-I for.

Film analysis assignment posted and reviewed.

Due:  Impediment examples.

How to develop a complicated thesis statement--in-class workshop.

What is analysis?

Film--Good Bye Lenin used as an example. 

W

Feb. 15

In-class viewing  of film for paper--Wear Something Nice.

Analysis discussion.

M

Feb. 20

More film viewing. 

Due:  Impediment examples.

W

Feb. 22

 Due:  typed draft of paper 2 for peer workshop.

Bring Mate's book to class.  Presentation Groups for Mate assigned.

M

Feb. 27

Midterm grades due this week

What is addiction?   In-class workshop and writing.

Read  in Mate,  the Preface and forward, plus, pp. 1-48.

There will be a reading quiz. 

Due:  Impediment examples.

Due:  Paper 2 (no folder), TYPED, MLA FORMAT.

W

Feb. 29

Mate, pp. 49-103.  Reading Quiz!

 Gore Vidal essay passed out--this essay will be basis for discussion about evaluating following the standards. 

M

March 5

Review classical argument structure.

Due:  Read the essay passed out last class--The mad, mad world of liberal logic--and first complete an element analysis using the first eight elements, pp. 68-67 in Nosich (write it out). Next , write out an evaluation analysis, pp. 155-156 in Nosich, completing the first nine.

 Due:  Impediment examples. 

W

March 7

Last day to withdraw or rescind S/U option. 

In-class essay is written.  You may bring in notes, but you will be expected to write an argument following the classical argument structure, along with a Works Cited page for the two sources you used to support your argument.  You will also turn in copies of your two sources along with the in-class writing.

More review of classical argument and MLA Works Cited format.

M

March 12

Spring Break

W

March 14

Spring Break

M

March 19

Mate, pp. 105-130.  Reading quiz.

In-class group presentation day. You will have class time to develop your presentations.

W

March 21

Advising begins

Group 1 presentation for Mate, pp. 135-156.

M

March 26

Group 2 presentation for Mate, pp.156-185.  

W

March 28

 Group 3 presentation for Mate, pp. 185-221.

Paper 4 assignment discussed and posted. 

M

April 2

Group 4 presentation for Mate, pp. 221-261. 

W

April 4

Registration begins

Group 5 presentation for Mate, pp. 261-301. 

M

April 9

 Group 6 presentation for Mate, pp. 301-347.

W

April 11

Group 7 presentation for Mate, pp. 347-385. 

Due: topics for paper 4; be prepared to share with class.

M

April 16

 Group 8 presentation for Mate, pp. 385-422.

Bring in copies of at least three sources .

Discussion of annotated bibliography.

MLA workshop.  (Bring handbook.) 

W

April 18

No class--group conferences to help develop paper 4.  All conferences held in my office, Bancroft 208. 

M

April 23

Last day of classes

Due: rough draft workshop for paper 4. 

Due: Annotated Bibliography, typed, MLA format.

Final exam discussion.

T

April 24

Study day

Final exam schedule available on Records & Registration webpage: http://www.winthrop.edu/uploadedFiles/recandreg/Calendars/Exams.pdf