Week 1 (Aug 27 – Sept 2): Academic and Scholarly Audiences
Students as Scholars program
Writing Commons "Identifying a Conversation"
Perdue OWL "Aristotle's Rhetorical Situation"
GMU Library InfoGuide: Tackling the Discipline Awareness Assignment
Discussion Post 1: Scholarly Controversies and Arguments
Discipline Awareness I Assignment due Aug 31
Week 2 (Sept 4 – 9): Audience and Argument
Readings: Kohn "The Dangerous Myth of Grade Inflation"
Discussion Post 2: Audiences
Audience Assignment due Sept 7
Sept 3: Labor Day: University Closed
Week 3 (Sept 10 – 16): Scholarly and Other Sources
Writing Commons "Understanding Library Resources"
GMU Library Tutorials (Scholarly and other sources; Anatomy of a Scholarly Source; UlrichsWeb database)
Discussion Post 3: Wikipedia Sources
Research Proposal due Sept 14
Week 4 (Sept 17 – 23): Research Methods
Using the Library and Databases
Library Tutorials
Discussion Post 5: Library resources
Library Research Assignment due Sept 21
Week 5 (Sept 24 – 30): Plagiarism and Use
of Sources
Writing Commons "Avoiding Plagiarism"
GMU Honor Code
Discussion Post 4: Plagiarism Policies
Plagiarism Policy Essay due Sept 28
Week 6 (Oct 1 – 7): Summary, Paraphrase, Quotation, Synthesis
GMU Writing Center QuickGuides
Discussion Post 6: Paraphrase Practice
Week 7 (Oct 8 – 14): Documentation: APA, MLA
Writing Center QuickGuides
Perdue OWL Research & Citation
Discussion Post 7: Documentation questions
Summary Assignment due Oct 12
Fall Break: Monday classes/labs meet Tuesday. Tuesday classes do not meet this week.
Week 8 (Oct 15 – 21): Evaluating Sources
Writing Commons "Evaluating Sources"
Discussion Post 8: Source Evaluations
Annotated Bibliography due Oct 19
Week 9 (Oct 22 – 28) Synthesis and Analysis
Writing Commons "Synthesizing Your Research Findings"
UNC Literature Review Handout
GMU Writing Center QuickGuide: Writing a Literature Review
Discussion Post 9: Literature Review subtopics
Week 10 (Oct 29 – Nov 4): Drafting and Revising
Writing Center QuickGuide: Outlining
Discussion Post 10: Lit Review Thesis
Week 11 (Nov 5 – 11):
UNC Handout: "Revising Drafts"
GMU Writing Center QuickGuide: Revising
Discussion Post 11: Lit Review Conclusion
Literature Review draft
Peer Review due Nov 9
Week 12 (Nov 12 – 18): Literature Review
Discussion Post 12: Revision Practices
Literature Review Assignment due Nov 16
Week 13 (Nov 19 – 20): Continuing the Discussion
Thanksgiving Break: Nov 21 – 25
All revisions due by Nov 25 (see revision policy on syllabus)
Week 14 (Nov 26 – Dec 1): Next Steps
Discussion Post 13: What's Next?
Wikipedia Edit due Nov 30
Week 15 (Dec 3 – 8:Reflection
Discussion Post 14: Reflection
Discipline Awareness II assignment Due Dec 7
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