Week One: Course Introduction

T  Jan 13

Distribution of syllabus and Diagnostic Exercise

R Jan 15

Review syllabus

F Jan 16

Last day to ADD or DROP classes via Wingspan or IN PERSON for the spring semester.  Last day for students to elect to Audit courses

Week Two: Overview of Academic Writing/The Writing Process

M Jan 19

Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.  Offices closed; no classes.

T Jan 20

School Cancelled Due to Inclement Weather

R Jan 22

-Notebook Entry #1 Due: 2 typed double-spaced pages describing yourself as a reader, writer and researcher

-PH:  Chapter1, “Thinking About Writing,” pp. 1-6 and Chapter 2 “Writing Processes and Strategies,” pp. 6-20

Week Three:  Overview of Argument and Research /Begin Essay #1

M Jan 26

Last day for undergraduate students to select the S/U (satisfactory/unsatisfactory) option for a course or to change a course from S/U to a letter grade.

T Jan 27

-PH: Chapter 3 “Paragraphs” pp. 20-30 and Chapter 4 “Argument” pp. 30-43
-RCWW Assign Essay #1 Evaluation and Etzioni (pp.298-312) and Taylor (pp. 313-318) and “A Guide to Writing Evaluations” (pp. 359-374)

R Jan 29

-Notebook Entry #2 Due: Revision of diagnostic exercise
-Turn in discussion leader selections 
-PH: Chapter 64, “Using Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism” pp. 378-403 and “The Correct Use of Borrowed Information” and Chapter 66 “Documenting in MLA style”

Week Four: Essay #1 Evaluation

T Feb 3

-Notebook Entry #3 Due: Research Exercise
-PH: Chapter 19 “Transitions”
-RCWW: Manjoo (pp. 319-327) and Schiff (pp. 328-337)

R Feb 5

RCWW:  Romano (pp. 342-349) and Kim (pp. 350-358)

Week Five: Essay #1 Evaluation/Begin Essay #2  

T Feb 10

Essay #1 IN-CLASS

R Feb 12

-Assign Essay #2   
-PH: Chapter 31 “Style” and Chapter 32 “General and Specific Language”
-RCWW: “Speculating about Causes or Effects,” King, and Angier, (pp.375-395) and “A Guide to Writing Essays Speculating about Causes or Effects” (pp.427-441)  

Week Six: Essay #2 Cause/Effect

T Feb 17

-Notebook Entry #4 Due
-PH: Chapter 33 “Conciseness and Wordiness”
-RCWW: Dutton (pp. 396-401)

                Discussion Leader:        Taylor Burgess                       
-Kozol (pp.402-411)
                Discussion Leader:        Brian                                     

R Feb 19

-PH: Chapters 59-65
-Meet in Library Classroom

Week Seven: Essay #2 Cause/Effect

T Feb 24

-Notebook Entry #5 Due: Reading for Meaning and Reading Like a Writer Activities for both Ripplinger and Slick
-PH: Chapter 34 “Active versus Passive Voice” and Chapter 35 “Unnecessary and Inappropriate Language”
-RCWW: Ripplinger, (pp.416-421)
                 Discussion Leader:      Brandon                                     
-Slick (pp. 422-426)  
                 Discussion Leader:        Sean                                      

R Feb 26

-Rough Draft Due
-PH: Chapter 36 “Appropriate Language” and Chapter 37 “Nonsexist Language”

Week Eight: Essay #2 Cause/Effect Due/Begin Essay #3 

T Mar 3

-Essay #2 Due
-Assign Essay #3

-Chapter 8, “Proposal to Solve Problem,” Pollan pp. 442-457
-“A Guide to Writing Proposals,” pp. 502-516

R Mar 5

-Notebook Entry #6 Due with Entries 1-5
-PH: Chapter 38 “Commas”
-Shugart, (pp. 458-465)
             Discussion Leader:       Erin                                      
 -Beck, (pp. 466-473)
             Discussion Leader:  Hollie and Felicia                        

Week Nine: Essay #3 Proposal

T Mar 10

-Notebook Entry #7 Due: Reading for Meaning and Reading Like a Writer for Both Kornbluh article and O'Malley -PH: Chapter 39 Apostrophes
-Kornbluh (pp. 474-482)
              Discussion Leader:       Kyle                                           

-O’Malley (pp.488-495)
               Discussion Leader:       Charles                                        

W Mar 11

Last day to withdraw from a spring semester course.  (Automatic N grade is issued.)  Students may not withdraw from a course after this date without documented extenuating circumstances. Last day to rescind elected S/U option.  A rescinded S/U will still count toward the maximum of four allowed.

R Mar 12

-PH: Chapter 40 “Semicolons” and Chapter 41 “Colons”  and Chapter 18 “Sentence Clarity”
-Varley (pp.496-501) 
                Discussion Leader:     Gabrielle                                  

Week 10: SPRING BREAK

T Mar 17

Spring Break

R Mar 19

Spring Break

Week 11: Essay #3 Proposal

T Mar 24

-PH: Chapter 18 “Sentence Clarity” (cont). and Chapter 20 “Sentence Variety”

-In-Class Work on Essay #3 and Conference Prep

W Mar 25

Advising for Fall 2009 begins

R Mar 26

Conferences on Essay #3 Need to bring a draft to the conference

Week 12: Essay #4 Position Paper

T Mar 31

-Rough Draft of Essay #3 Due for Peer Review

-MAKE UP ENTRIES DUE: Maximum number 2 from Entries 1-6 PLUS the 2 paged typed midterm reflection of yourself as a reader/writer/researcher to this point.  MAKEUPS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT THE REFLECTION.  Also, be sure to return the original graded package of Entries 1-6 with the made up entries

R April 2

-Essay #3 Due

-Assign Essay #4 “Position Paper” and Khosla (pp.517-534)

-“A Guide to Writing Position Papers” (pp.582-595)

Week 13: Essay #4 Position Paper

T April 7

-Notebook Entry #8 Due: Reading for Meaning and Reading Like a Writer activities for BOTH articles for day
-PH: TBA (student selection)
-Stabiner (pp. 535-542)
             Discussion Leader:   Allison and Taylor Baker                
-Brooks (pp. 543-551)
              Discussion Leader:     Greg                                            

W April 8

Registration for Fall 2009 begins

R April 9

-Notebook Entry #9 Due: Reading for Meaning and Reading Like a Writer activities for BOTH articles for day
PH: TBA (student selection)
-Moberg (pp.552-559)
              Discussion Leader:   Jacob                                           
-Dahlke (pp. 565-573)
               Discussion Leader:  Karena and Kiara      -                      

Week 14: Essay #4 Position Paper

T April 14

Notebook Entry #10 Due: Reading for Meaning and Reading Like a Writer activity for Statsky
-PH: TBA (student selection)
-Stasky (pp. 574-581)
               Discussion Leader:    Robert                       -

R April 16

Conferences

Notebook Entry #11 Due at time of conference 

Week #15: Essay #4 Position Paper Due/Exam Preparation

T April 21

--Rough Draft Due
-Notebook Entry #12 Due (along with entries 7-11)

R April 23

-Last Day of Class
-Course Evaluations
-Exam Preparation

Week #16: Exam

Sat. May 2 at 3:00 pm

Winthrop university policy does not accept travel plans or work schedules as reasons to reschedule a final examination.