Kevin Eric De Pew
Heavilon 110
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Week 1 (6.12-6.16)

M.6.12

• Introduce course, and each other
• Go over syllabus
• Fill out questionnaire

T.6.13

• Discuss homework and semester assignments
• Introduce Proposal: Current Knowledge Assignment.

  Due Read the Ilona Leki article. As you read make notes in the margins about what you understood, as well as what was confusing. In one-page, explain

  • who do you think Leki is writing to and what evidence from the article points to this audience?
  • what is Leki proposing? why is she making this proposal? what evidence from the text supports your answer.
  • since this article is the justification of the work that you will be doing this semester, what is your response/opinion of Leki's proposal? do you think that this assignment sequence will fulfill your expectations of a college English class? why/ why not? what changes would you make?

W.6.14

• Discussion of invention, or developing a reason to write

  Due Read pp 2-12 in the Rules for Writers; think about your subject for Proposal: Current Knowledge Assignment as you read.

H.6.15

• Discussion and enactment of peer review

Due Rough draft of Proposal: Current Knowledge Assignment; bring two copies.

F.6.16

• Meet in SC 183
• Review of library research at Purdue.

Week 2 (6.19-6.23)

M.6.19

• Meet in SC 183
• Introduce Annotated Bibliography Assignment
• Searching for Internet Sources

  Due Final draft of Proposal: Current Knowledge Assignment.
  

T.6.20

• Meet in Heavilon 110
• Discuss citation conventions, plagerism, and summarizing

  Due

• Read 375-383, 392-394, 398-402 in Rules for Writers.
  
• Skim through page 448-458.
  
• Bring two sources to class.

W.6.21

• Discuss source credibility

  Due

• Read Feline Reactions to Bearded Men before class;
  read 384-388 in Rules for Writers; In one-typed page
  write out an evaluation of this site using the check list
  on page 387.
  
• Bring one internet source to class.

H.6.22

• Workshop on Annotated Bibliography

  Due Choose eight possible articles;

  • write each one down with the correct citation;
    
  • give a two to three sentence explanation for each citation explaining why this sources could be useful for your Annotated Bibliography.
    

F.6.23

• Analysis of academic surveys.

  Due Reflection #1 and bring the survey article from the Annotated Bibliography to class.

Week 3 (6.26-6.30)

M.6.26

• Peer review

Due Rough draft of Annotated Bibliography Assignment; bring two copies.
Also using the assignment sheet develop five questions/criteria for reviewing this essay.

T.6.27

• Web Authoring

  Due Make your Assignment #2 electronically available by putting on a PC
  readable disk or placing it in your career account Home Directory.

W.6.28

• Constructing a Survey

Due

• Final draft of Annotated Bibliography Assignment
  
• Bring the survey article from the Annotated Bibliography to class

H.6.29

• Discuss Demographic Questions and strategies for conducting
  a Survey.

  Due

• Read the Trimbur selection about interviews and questionnaires;
  then use his advise about constructing surveys and questionaires
  to evaluate the survey article you collected for the Annotated
  Bibliography.

• Write a memo explaining the Who, What, Where, When,
  Why, and How of the Survey that you will conduct. Do not
  forget the Why is your research question for the survey; start
  with this question. Also, for the "what" think 3-4 possible
  questions you will ask in your survey.

F.6.30

• Workshop surveys, testing questions

  Due Design your questionaire; bring twelve copies to class

Week 4 (7.3-7.7)

M.7.3

• Online discussion; Go to http://linnell.english.purdue.edu:7000 by 8:40.
• See instructions for online activity.

T.7.4 No class; Fourth of July

W.7.5

• Analysis of survey results

  Due In one typed page explain your survey results and give a
  prelimanary analysis of these results (In other words how do you
  think these results answer your research question.

H.7.6

• Look at the format of a memo, and go over how to make and use
  visuals affectively.

Due Reflection #2

F.7.7

• Conference with the Instructor

Due Rough Draft of Survey Assignment; bring one copy

Week 5 (7.10-7.14)

M.7.10

• Conference with the Instructor

  Due Rough Draft of Survey Assignment; bring one copy.

T.7.11

• Introduce Interview Assignment

Due Final draft of Survey Assignment

W.7.12

• Conduct mock interviews

Due Plan for your interview. Explain and justify the Why? (The
research question) Who? When? Where? How? and What? (these
are the questions that you will ask; write a draft of these questions).
Consult the Trimbur selection about Interviews.

H.7.13

• Interviewee evaluation

Due A write-up of mock interviews in which you use your notes from
the previous class to write out how your interviewee responded to the
interview.

F.7.14

• Working towards syntheses

Week 6 (7.17-7.21)

M.7.17

• Introduction to argument

  Due Read 348-364 in Rules for Writers. Think about how Hacker's
  discussion about argumentative writing can be applied to the Interview
  Assignment and the Synthesis Assignment.
  

T.7.18

• Developing Arguments from the Interview Write-Up

Due Your write up from your interview (typed) and your prelimanary
thinking about how this interviewed answered your research questions
(one page).

W.7.19

• Lessons in Peer Feedback
• Peer Readings of Interview Assignment.
• Meet in SC 277.

Due Rough Draft of Interview with an Expert Assignment; bring two copies

H.7.20

• Modeling essays: thesis and supporting evidence, making the connection

  Due Bring the letter(s) that you for your peers about their rough draft of
  Interview with an Expert Assignment.

F.7.21

• Introduce Synthesis Assignment

Due Final draft of Interview with an Expert Assignment

Week 7 (7.24-7.28)

M.7.24

• Responding to Sources

Due Reflection #3

T.7.25

• Ten minute oral presentations on your topic.

  Due Prepare a five minute presentation about your subject where you

1. explain the background of your subject.
2. explain the major debates about your subject.
3. present your informed opinion and how you will support it.

• Be prepared to answer questions from your peers.
• Prepare a handout or overhead of our presentation.

W.7.26

• Ten minute oral presentations on your topic.

  Due Prepare a five minute presentation about your subject where you

  1. explain the background of your subject.
  2. explain the major debates about your subject.
  3. present your informed opinion and how you will support it.

• Be prepared to answer questions from your peers.
• Prepare a handout or overhead of our presentation

H.7.27

• Working on Works Cited

Due Bring a draft of your Works Cited (at least the sources that you have used
so far in drafting your essay)

F.7.28

• Peer reading

Due Rough Draft of Synthesis: Final Paper Assignment; bring three copies

Week 8 (7.31-8.4)

M.7.31

• Peer reading
• Reflection #4; to be done in class

Due Rough Draft of Synthesis: Final Paper Assignment; bring three copies

T.8.1

• Workshop

W.8.2

• Workshop
• Additional Office Hours from 9:00-12:00

H.8.3

• Workshop

Due Final draft of Synthesis: Final Paper Assignment

F.8.4

• Distribution of grades