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