All class activities and due-dates subject to change with advance notice.
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Writing Assignments Due Today |
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Tues. 8/30 |
Introductions
The Emperor and the Commons |
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Thurs. 9/1 |
WHEW: Becoming your own best writing teacher
Conferencing Open House |
WebCT: Lamott, "First Drafts" and Macrorie, "Fish" |
SFD: Writer's Review, 2 copies |
Friday. 9/2 |
Introduction to Research at GMU
Conferencing Open House |
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First Commons Post Due by 5pm |
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Tues. 9/6 |
Topics v. Problems, Research v. Critical Inquiry
Conferencing Open House |
WebCT: Freire, "Banking" and Brooke, "Underlife" |
FA: EndNote Practice Citation |
Thurs. 9/8 |
Rules v. Rhetoric |
E-Res: Columbo & Milano, "Reframing"
CR: 17-26 |
Writer's Review Folder |
Friday, 9/9 |
EndNote Basics |
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Second Commons Post Due by 5pm |
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Tues. 9/13 |
Active Reading |
WebCT: Moser & Watters, "Argument"
E-Res: Kohl, "Rosa Parks"
CR: 142-148 |
FA: 3 Possible Research Problems |
Thurs. 9/15 |
Topic/problem "Zhuzhing"
Storytelling
Schedule Conferences |
D-Base: Cronon, "Place for Stories"
CR: 37-52, 56-57 |
FA: Annotation
FA: Museum Preview |
Friday 9/16 |
Field Trip to NMAI (required) |
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Tues. 9/20 |
Analyzing Stories: I Say/They Say
Schedule Conferences |
E-Res: Clark, "Case Study"
D-Base: Thomson, "Myth & Museums"
CR 201-207 |
Research Log I and II |
Thurs. 9/22 |
Writer's Workshop
Schedule Conferences |
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Museum Analysis Folder |
Friday 9/23 |
How Universities Organize Knowledge |
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Tues. 9/27 |
Immodest Proposals and Research Pathways |
Native American Issues Readings, TBA |
Research Log III and IV |
Thurs. 9/29 |
I Say Tomayto: Researching in different disciplines |
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Proposal Folder |
Friday 9/30 |
Student Panel on 110 Research |
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Tues. 10/4 |
World Wide Wacky: Healthy skepticism and gray-area dowsing |
D-Base: Schwartz et al., "Aspirin"
WebCT: Evaluation, TBA |
FA: Website Warmup |
Thurs. 10/6 |
Beyond notecards and outside the box: Inquiry and information management, keywords and analyses |
CR 90-105 |
Research Log, all parts complete
Bring Possible Research Source #1 |
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Tues. 10/11 |
No Class: Fall Break (Monday classes meet today) |
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Thurs. 10/13 |
EndNote for the Long Haul: Keywords, breadcrumbs, and snapshots |
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Website Analysis Folder
FA: Source Abstracts
Bring PRS #2, 3, and 4 |
Friday, 10/14 |
Optional EndNote Session |
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Commons Posts? |
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Tues. 10/18 |
He said/She said: Using source material in your writing
Fish or Cut Bait Conferences |
CR: 114-126
WebCT: TBA |
FA: Source's sources
Bring PRS #5, 6, and 7 |
Thurs. 10/20 |
Three Sides to a Story: Stakeholders, counterarguments, refutations, advanced data
Fish or Cut Bait Conferences |
CR: 72-74, 151-164 |
Source Analysis Folder |
Friday 10/21 |
Optional LOC Field Trip |
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Tues. 10/25 |
Bibliographies; WHEW |
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FA: Thesis and Sketch, 3 Copies |
Thurs. 10/27 |
Organizational Strategies |
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Annotated Bibliography |
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Tues. 11/1 |
Writer's Workshop
In-class Press Conferences |
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SFD: Research Assignment (3 copies)
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Thurs. 11/3 |
Writer's Workshop
In-class Press Conferences |
CR: 135-137 |
FA: Unanswered Questions
Commons Posts? |
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Tues. 11/8 |
Ethics and Frames of Reference
In-class Press Conferences |
CR 222-240, 285-288 |
FA: Revision Plan 1 |
Thurs. 11/10 |
Writer's Workshop: Overview
Schedule Revision Conferences |
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Complete Research Draft x 3
Research Draft Folder
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Tues. 11/15 |
Writer's Workshop: Expansion & Transformation
Revision Conferences |
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Thurs. 11/17 |
Writer's Workshop: Rhetorical Polish
Revision Conferences |
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FA: Comparative Sentence Survey |
Friday 11/18 |
Presenting with PowerPoint (optional) |
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Tues. 11/22 |
Writer's Workshop: Editing and Styling |
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FA: Revision Plan 2 |
Thurs. 11/24 |
No class: Thanksgiving |
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Tues. 11/29 |
Student Presentations |
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FA: Comparative Presentation Review (due by 12/8) |
Thurs. 12/1 |
Student Presentations |
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EndNote Overview
Final Commons Posts Due by 5pm |
Friday 12/2 |
Student Presentations (IN 133) |
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Tues. 12/6 |
Student Presentations |
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Thurs. 12/8 |
Concluding Remarks |
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Research Folder and Class Portfolio
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