Week
1
Introduction
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Course Overview
What is academic writing?
What kind of academic
writing will we do in this class?
How do I find a
topic to research?
- Overview: Topic Exploration
- Topic exploration reading
(k:\CM102\Unit1_topic_exploration_rdg.doc)
- Topic exploration assignment model (k:\CM102\Unit1_project.doc)
- Topic exploration rubric
(k:\CM102\Unit1_topic_par_rubric.doc)
Homework:
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Week 2
Prewriting for a Thesis Sentence |
If baseline
essay not
completed last week, print and email a
copy.
Overview
of research process
How do I locate
sources?
Visit from Andy Gress, librarian
Reading from The KU Handbook for Writers: “Writing a Thesis Statement,” pp. 41–44
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Week 3
The Thesis Key Points and the Body Paragraph |
How Credible
Are Your Sources? (.doc)
Strategies for taking notes
• Methods
• Avoiding plagiarism
• Finding common elements among your sources
Using the ladder
of abstraction to narrow a topic (.ppt)
Draft Unit 3 Project: Thesis
Key Points (50
pts)
http://word-crafter.net/CompI/Thesis.html
Reading from The KU Handbook for Writers: “APA Documentation
and Formatting,” pp. 205–210
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Week 4
Using Research to Paraphrase and
Quote with APA Format |
Peer edit Unit 3 Project:
- On your first reading
- Point out anything that's confusing or missing.
- Mention anything that's especially interesting or effective.
- On your second reading
Draft Unit 4 Project: Working References
Page (75 pts)
Readings from The KU Handbook for Writers: “Prewriting
Techniques,” pp.
32–39; “Writing an Informative Essay,” pp.
102–110
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Week 5
Learning to Outline for Essay Paragraphs |
Proof
and turn in
working reference list
- warm-up
- references to use for checking
Review plagiarism and paraphrase Draft Unit 5 Project: Outline
(100 pts)
http://word-crafter.net/CompI/Outlining.html
Readings from The KU Handbook for Writers: “Writing
a Formal Outline,” pp. 98–99; “How to Write a
Strong Paragraph,” pp.44 –51; and “Introduction
and Conclusions," pp. 52–58
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Week 6
Drafting, Peer Review, and Introductions
and Conclusions
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Moving from outline to draft
Draft Unit 7 Project (5-par. essay) (75 pts)
http://word-crafter.net/CompI/Revising.html
Reading from The KU Handbook for Writers: ”Editing
and Revising,” pp. 66–69
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Week 7
The Second Draft
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Peer edit Unit 7 Project (75 pts.; 25 pts. for edit)
- First, edit for global issues:
- Does anything need to be cut? added?
- Is the organization logical, or should you move things
around?
- Is the introduction interesting? Does the conclusion remind
readers of what you
want them to remember?
- Then read the paper again to look for surface issues.
- Do you notice any problems with sentence structure, spelling,
etc.?
- Check for correct handling of quotations:
- How many of the four
methods of introducing quotations did you use?
- complete
sentence and colon
- signal
phrase and comma
(According to ....,)
- combining
your words and a
quotation (Thoreau
states his purpose
directly when he
says that "I
went to the woods because I
wished to live deliberately.")
- working
a short phrase into
your sentence (no
punctuation other
than quotation marks)
- Quotations
quiz
- Check APA
Homework
- Reading from The KU Handbook for
Writers: “The
Paramedic Method
of Revision,” pp.
70–72,
and ”Proofreading
the Final Paper,” pp. 72–75
- Revisions for the final persuasive paper (220 points)
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Week 8
Proofreading and Editing the Informative Essay
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Peer
edit Final Project: Informative Essay (220 pts.)
Paramedic Method of Revision
Prepare for Informal presentations (50 pts)
Final letter (10
pts)
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Week 9
Proofreading and the Final Project
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Informal
presentations (50
pts)
Final letter (10 pts)
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Week
10
Final exam
Oct. 23
Tues. 8:00am
Thurs. 10:00am |
Turn in final letter
Tools for continued progress
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