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Week 1 (Aug 25 –29): Course Introduction.
Students as Scholars program
Discussion Post 1: Introductions
Week 2 (Sept 1 –
Sept 5): Consensus and Controversy
Chapter 1: Argument in Academic Writing
Readings: Dennett, Randall
Discussion Post 2: Consensus and Controversy
Week 3 (Sept 8 – 12): Evaluating Sources
Chapter 2: Reading, Evaluating, and Responding to Arguments
Readings: Kohn
Discussion Post 3: Wikipedia Sources
Week 4 (Sept 15 –19): Plagiarism and Use
of Sources
Chapter 3: Using Academic Sources Responsibly
Readings: McGrath, Tenner, Howard, Goodwin
Discussion Post 4: Plagiarism Policies
Plagiarism Policy Essay (Exercise 3.4)
Week 5 (Sept 22 – 26): Finding a Topic
Chapter 4: Moving from Inquiry to Argument
David Deutsch: A New Way to Explain Explanation
Discussion Post 5 (Exercise 4.3)
Research Proposal (exercise 4.4)
Week 6 (Sept 29 – Oct 3): Research
Chapter 5: Using the Library and Databases
Discussion Post 6
Library Research Assignment
Week 7 (Oct 6 –10): Summary, Paraphrase,
Quotation, and Synthesis
Chapter 6: Using Sources Effectively
Discussion Post 7
Summary Assignment
Week 8 (Oct 13 – 17): Audience
Columbus Day recess
(Monday classes meet Tuesday; Tuesday classes do not
meet this week)
Chapter 7: Revising to Meet Audience Expectation
A Quick Guide to Documentation (p 206 – 230)
Discussion Post 8: Audience exercise
Annotated Bibliography
Week 9 (Oct 20 –24): Professional
Audiences
Chapter 8: Adapting Your Writing for Professional Audiences
Discussion Post 9
Wikipedia Edit
Week 10 (Oct 27 – 31): Literature Reviews
UNC Lit Review Handout
Discussion Post 10: Lit Review Thesis
Literature Review
Week 11 (Nov 3 –7): Personal Research Report
Chapter 9: Writing a Personal Research Narrative
Discussion Post 11: Final Paper Working Thesis
Personal Research Report
Week 12 (Nov 10 – 14): Final Paper draft
Chapter 10:
Writing an Argumentative
Research Paper
Discussion Post 12: Addressing Your Audience
Week 13 (Nov 17 – 21): Peer Review
Peer Reviews in class
Week 14 (Nov 24 – 25): Final paper format
Thanksgiving Recess Nov 26 – 30
All revisions due by Nov 26
Week 15 (Dec 1 –5): Final Projects
Reflections on Research Project
Research papers due
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