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2. AGENDA
•COURSE DETAILS
•SURVEY
•FILM 71 MINUTES
•THE ARGUMENT
ESSAY

3. THE GREEN SHEET: PART 1 OF THE SYLLABUS
INFORMATION, EXPECTATIONS, AND POLICIES
• COURSE REQUIREMENTS
• ASSIGNMENTS AND VALUES
• PARTICIPATION
• REQUIRED MATERIALS
• BOOKS
• COMPUTER ACCESS
• THREE BLUEBOOKS
•CLASS POLICIES
•PLAGIARISM
•CONDUCT AND COURTESY

4. TEXTS AND REQUIRED MATERIALS:
• HARRY POTTER AND THE
PRISONER OF AZKABAN BY J.K.
ROWLING
• ONE LARGE BLUE BOOK FOR IN-
CLASS ESSAY #3.

5. COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Active participation in class discussions and regular
attendance. You will earn real points for your
participation in activities.
Keeping up-to-date on the assignments and reading
Formal writing: one in-class essays and three out of
class essays
A series of homework posts to the class discussion
board
Reading quizzes and in-class assignments

6. Your grades will be
available via canvas
You must satisfactorily complete ALL of the
required work in this course to pass the course.
That means you must write and submit all four
essays. You must score at least 504/700 points
to pass the class.

7. THE SYLLABUS: PART 2
THE COURSE CALENDAR

8. CALENDAR
• THE SYLLABUS IS A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE.
• IT MAY BE REVISED DURING THE QUARTER.
• USE IT TO DETERMINE HOW TO PREPAREFOR CLASS.Week and
Days

Homework
 
Project Title
What we
will do 
in class

9. This class is
going to be so
easy!
Is this class
too hard?
Is this class
History 10?
I will be the
favorite!

10. CLASS SURVEY
• I AM GOING TO PASS OUT A BRIEF SURVEY. PLEASE ANSWER AS HONESTLY AS
YOU CAN.
• PLEASE MARK YOUR ANSWER ON THE SCANTRON.
• YOU HAVE ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO ANSWER 14 QUESTIONS (FRONT AND BACK)
• EXAMPLE:

11. Director:
Chris Columbus
Writers:
J.K. Rowling (novel),
Steve Kloves (screenplay)
Stars:
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert
Grint, Emma Watson
Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets. Directed by Chris
Columbus, performance by
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint,
and Emma Watson, Warner
Brothers, 2002.
EWRT 1a Class 2

12. THE ARGUMENT ESSAY
•Our first essay will be an argument essay that uses either the film or the
novel The Chamber of Secrets for its basis. To better understand the
basic features of the argument essay, we will read pages 267- 285 in The
St. Martin’s Guide. These pages include three argument essays that will
serve as models for the one we will write. They also include a section
titled “Basic Features.” Each chapter in this text offers a look at these
fundamental aspects of each different kind of essay. I cannot stress the
importance of reading this section carefully.

13. HOMEWORK
Read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapters 3-6.
Read: Chapter 6: Arguing a Position. 267- 285 Basic Features, Statsky, Estrada, and Etzioni.
Discussion #2: Answer the following questions:
1. Consider what each of the following elements contributes to the story Estrada is trying to tell about bullying:
--the title
--Estrada’s remembered experience of being upset by the name “the Washington
Redskins” (par. 1–2)
--the anecdote about the Native American father upset about the practice
at his son’s school of celebrating Braves’ victories with Indian costumes
and tomahawk chops (par. 8)
2. Notice that in paragraphs 11–13, Estrada offers hypothetical examples of
team names for ethnic groups. How do these examples support Estrada’s
position?