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Jan. 10

Distribution of syllabus and Diagnostic Exercise

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Jan. 12

-RCWW: Chapter 1 “Academic Habits of Mind: Thinking, Reading, and Writing in College” (pp. 1-18) and Appendix I “A Catalog of Critical Reading Strategies” (pp. 551-601)

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Jan. 17

Notebook Entry #1 Due: 2 typed double-spaced pages describing yourself as a reader, writer and researcher
-PH:  Chapter 1, “Thinking About Writing” (pp. 1-5) and Chapter 2 “Writing Processes and Strategies” (pp. 5-24),  Chapter 3 “Paragraphs” (pp. 25-35), Chapter 4, “Document Design” (pp.36-48)

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Jan. 19

-PH: Chapter 7 “Critical Reading, Thinking, and Arguing” (pp. 65-87) and Chapter 8 “Visual Argument” pp. 88-97)

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Jan. 24

Notebook Entry #2 Due: Revision of Diagnostic
-Assign Essay #1 (Evaluation)
-PH:  Chapter 18 Coordination and Subordination (pp. 144-148) and Chapter 19 Sentence Clarity (pp. 148-152)
RCWW:  Chapter 6 (pp.281-293), Beradinelli (pp.294-302), and “A Guide to Writing Evaluations” (pp. 330-344)

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Jan. 26

--PH: Ch 67, “Collecting Information” (pp. 374-378), Ch 68, “Using Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism” pp. 378-406 and “The Correct Use of Borrowed Information” and Ch 70 “Documenting in MLA style” (pp.408-454)

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Jan. 31

-PH: Chapter 20 “Transitions”
-RCWW: Rosen (pp. 308-316) and Romano (pp. 317-324)

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Feb. 2

-Notebook Entry #3 Due: Research Exercise
-RCWW:  Ballesteros (pp. 325-329), Essay #1 Preparation

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Feb. 7

Essay #1 IN-CLASS

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Feb. 9

-Assign Essay #2: Speculating about Causes or Effects
-PH: Chapter 32 “Style Versus Grammar” (pp. 219) and Chapter 32 “General and Specific Language” (pp. 219-222) 
-RCWW: “Speculating about Causes or Effects,” King, and Wallis, (pp.410-436) and “A Guide to Writing Essays Speculating about Causes or Effects” (pp.469-482)  

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Feb. 14

-Notebook Entry #4 Due
-PH: Chapter 33 “Conciseness and Wordiness” (pp. 232-234)
-RCWW: Sunstein (pp. 437-444), Carr (pp.445-455), Khella

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Feb. 16

PH: Chapters 61-66 (Finding a Topic, Choosing Primary and Secondary Sources, Searching Libraries and Library Databases, Using Web Resources, Conducting Firsthand Research, and Evaluating Sources) (pp. 335-373)

-Meet in Library Classroom

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Feb. 21

-Notebook Entry #5 Due
-PH: Chapter 36 “Active versus Passive Voice” (pp. 235) and Chapter 37 “Unnecessary and Inappropriate Language” (pp. 235-237)

-RCWW: Khella (pp. 456-463) and Slick (pp. 464-467)  

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Feb. 23

-Rough Draft Due
-PH: Chapter 38 “Appropriate Language” (pp. 237-244) and Chapter 37 “Nonsexist Language” (pp.245-246)

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Feb. 28

Essay #2 Due
-Assign Essay #3: Proposal to Solve a Problem
-RCWW: Chapter 9, “Proposal to Solve Problem” and Hill (pp. 483-500)
-“A Guide to Writing Proposals”(pp. 538-550)

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March 1

-Notebook Entry #6 Due  
-PH: Chapter 40 “Commas” (pp. 247-262)

-RCWW:  Shugart, (pp. 501-508) and Beck, (pp. 509-515)

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March 6

-PH: Chapter 41 “Apostrophes”

-RCWW: -Kornbluh (pp. 516-524), O’Malley (pp.525-532), Varley (pp.533-537) 

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March 7

Last day to withdraw from a full spring semester course.  Students may withdraw from a course through Wingspan.(Automatic N grade is issued.)  Students may not withdraw from a course after this date without documented extenuating circumstances.  

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March 8

-Notebook Entry #7 Due

-PH: Chapter 42 “Semicolons” (pp.267-270), Chapter 43 “Colons” (pp.27-273)
-Essay #3 Preparation/Review

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March 13

Spring Break

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March 15

Spring Break

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March 20

-Rough Draft Due
-PH: Chapter 18 “Sentence Clarity”  and Chapter 20 “Sentence Variety”

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March 22

-Essay #3 Due
-Assign Essay #4: Position Paper

-RCWW: “Position Paper,” Greene (pp.345-357), “A Guide to Writing Position Papers” (pp.396-409)

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March 27

-Notebook Entry #8 Due
-PH: TBA (student selection)
-RCWW: Stabiner (pp. 358-366) and Page (pp. 367-372)

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March 29

-PH: TBA (student selection)
-RCWW: Kirp (pp.372-379) and Hsu (pp. 381-388)

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April 3

-Notebook Entry #9 Due
-PH: TBA (student selection)

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April 5

-RCWW: Statsky, (pp. 388-395)

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April 10

Notebook Entry #10 Due at the conference
-Conferences

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April 12

-Notebook Entry #11 Due
-Rough Draft Due for Peer Review
-PH: TBA (student selection)

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April 17

-Essay #4 Due
-Exam Preparation

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April 19

-Course Evaluations
-Exam Preparation

Exam: Friday, April 27 at 11:30 a.m. Winthrop University policy specifies that personal conflicts such as travel plans and work schedules do not warrant a change in examination time.