Syllabus ewrt 2 fall 2013

Week
1

9/23

Class
Work
Homework

Essay
1
Character
Analysis

Class
1

9/24

• A
Game
of
Thrones:
Prologue

• Website

• Green
Sheet

• Syllabus

• Contests/Analytic
Authorities

• Contest
1:
Content

• Rhetorical
Strategy:
using

compressed
statements
to

communicate
meaning:

Writing
Social
and
Political

Haiku

• Buy
books

• Register
for
Wordpress

• Read
A
Game
of
Thrones
through

page
100

• Post
#1
Write
a
Haiku
(or
two)
that

expresses
a
social
or
political
aspect

of
the
reading
thus
far.

• Study:
Vocabulary
(Exam
one
is
at

our
next
meeting).
You
can
find

the
list
of
words
on
the
website

under
“Vocabulary”
“Vocabulary
list

one”
or
on
the
presentation
for

class
#1

Class
2

9/26

• Vocabulary
Test
#1

• A
few
haiku

• Discussion:
A
Game
of
Thrones

• Arguing
with
FREECASH

• In-‐class
writing

• Contest:
Content

• How
to
write
a
QHQ

• Read:
A
Game
of
Thrones
through

page
200.

• Post
#2:
Use
the
ideas
you

generated
with
the
FREECASH

method
to
write
about
two
(or

more)
sides
of
an
issue.

• Post
#3:

QHQ:
A
Game
of
Thrones

• Study
Vocabulary

Week
2

9/30

Class
3

10/1

• Vocabulary
Test
#2

• Rhetorical
Strategy:

using

dialogue
to
explain
and

describe:
persuasive
dialogue

• Discussion:
QHQ

• Contest
5:
Content
(Ten

questions)

• Read
A
Game
of
Thrones
through

page
300

• Post
#4:
Write
a
dialogue
between

you
and
an
equal,
arguing
the

validity
or
error
of
a
character's

behavior
or
action.
Or
write
a

dialogue
between
two
characters

about
the
validity
or
error
of
a

third
characters'
behavior
or

action.

Use
your
in-‐class
exercise

as
fodder
if
you
wish

• Post
#5:
QHQ
Game
of
Thrones

Class
4

10/3

• QHQ:
A
Game
of
Thrones

• Analytic
Authority
Picks

• Introduce
Essay
#1

• Rhetorical
Strategy:
Analogy

• Introduction
to
Vocab
Exam
3

• Read
A
Game
of
Thrones
through

400

•
Post
#6
In-‐class
writing:
analogy

•
Post
#7
Describe
your
character;

include
page
numbers

• Study
Vocabulary:
Exam
Class

Week
3

10/7

Class
5
• Defining
your
Character

• Characterization

o Direct

o Indirect

• Eight
Methods
of

Characterization

• Rhetorical
Strategies:

o Examples

o Explanation

• In-‐class
Writing

— Read
A
Game
of
Thrones
through

500

— Post
#
8:
In-‐class
writing:

Paragraph
practice

— Post

#9:
Find
one
example
for

each
of
the
eight
methods
of

characterization.

— Study
Vocabulary:

Test
class

seven

Class
6
— In-‐class
writing:
What
defines

your
character?

— Group
Discussions

— Choosing
your
prompt

— Formulating
a
tentative

thesis

— Outlining
your
essay

— Introductions:
Writing
a

directed
summary

— Read
A
Game
of
Thrones
through

page
600

Post
#10:
Post
your
working

thesis
and
outline.
Find
evidence

to
support
your
points.
Include

exact
quotations
and
citations
in

your
outline.

— Post
#11
Directed
summary

—
Study
Vocabulary
list
#3:
Test

next
class

— There
will
be
NO
WORD

BANK

Week
4

10/14

Class
7

10/15

• Vocabulary
Test
#3

• Review

• Counterarguments

• Conclusions

• Rhetorical
Strategies:

Aphorism
and
Chiasmus

• In-‐Class
Writing:

Counterarguments,

Conclusions,
Aphorism,

Chiasmus

• Read
A
Game
of
Thrones
through

page
700

• Post
#
12:
Counterargument

• Post
#13:
Conclusion

• Post
#14:
Examples
of
aphorism

and
chiasmus

Class
8

10/17

• Meet
in
the
Library
Lobby

• Overview
of
Library

Resources

• Research
Activity

• Read
A
Game
of
Thrones

through
the
End

• Post
#15:
Best
250
words
of

essay
#1

• Bring
two
clean
copies
to
our

next
class

Week
5

10/21

Class
9
• Writing
Workshop:
Revision

strategies

• Skill
Review:

• Integrating
quotations

• Citing
summarized

material

• MLA
formatting

• Works
Cited
page

• Teams

• Using
the
comments
you
received

from
your
readers,
revise
your

draft.
Consider
carefully
what
each

person
had
to
say.

• Post
#16:
Introduction
and

Conclusions

• Read
A
World
of
Ideas:

Government:
Lao-‐Tzu
"Thoughts

from
the
Tao-‐te-‐
Ching”
(19-‐31).

• Post
#17
Questions
(TBD
based
on

teams)
for
Critical
Reading:
(page

31).

• Post
#18
QHQ
Lao-‐Tzu

• Remember,
essay
#1
is
due

Friday
before
noon.

Essay
#2
Government
Lao-‐Tsu
and
Machiavelli

Class
10
¡ Essay
#1:
email
to

palmorekim@fhda.edu

¡ Introduce
Essay
#2:

GOVERNMENT

¡
Discussion:
Lao-‐Tzu

"Thoughts
from
the
Tao-‐te

Ching”
(19-‐31).

¡ Bio

¡ Rhetorical
Strategies

¡ Questions
for
Critical
Reading

¡ QHQ
(time
permitting)

¡ Suggestions
for
Writing:

Group
discussion

¡ Vocabulary
(time

permitting)

¡ Read
A
World
of
Ideas:

Government:
Machiavelli
"The

Qualities
of
the
Prince”
pages
35-‐
50

¡ Post
#19

Questions
(TBD
based

on
teams)
for
Critical
Reading:

(page
50)

¡ Post
#20

QHQ
Machiavelli

¡ Study
Vocabulary

¡ Consider
Essay
#2:
Which
of
the

prompts
about
Lao-‐Tzu
would
you

choose?

Week
6

10/28

Class
11

10/29

• Discussion:
Machiavelli
"The

Qualities
of
the
Prince"

• Biography

• Rhetorical
Strategies

• Questions
for
Critical

Reading

• QHQ
Discussion
Vocabulary

(Time
Permitting)

• Essay
#2:
Choose
your
prompt

(Time
Permitting)

• Post
#21:
Apply
the
philosophy
of

Machiavelli
and/or
Lao-‐Tzu
to
A

Game
of
Thrones?

• Post
#22
Essay
#2
(before
due

date)

• Essay
#2:
Electronic
copy
due
this

Friday
before
noon.

• Study
Vocabulary
for
exam
#4:

Next
Class

Essay
#3
Justice
Cicero

Class
12

10/31

• Vocabulary
Exam
#4:
15

mins

• Discussion
Lao-‐Tzu/

Machiavelli:
Examples
and

preparation

• Group
Preparation
for

discussion
of
Philosophy
and

A
Game
of
Thrones.

• Class
Discussion

• Essay
#2
writing
tips

• Group
Preparation
for
Cicero

• Homework

• Read
A
World
of
Ideas:
Marcus

Tullius
Cicero
"The
Defense
of

Injustice"
(119-‐129)

• Post
#23
Questions
for
Critical

Reading:
(page
129)

• Post
#24

QHQ
Cicero

• Remember,
Essay
#2
is
due
by

noon
on
Friday:

palmorekim@fhda.edu

Week
7

11/4

Essay
#3
Justice
Cicero
and
Thoreau

Class
13

11/5

• Review:
Machiavelli
or
Lao-‐
Tzu

• Introduce
Essay
#3:
Justice:

• Discussion:
Cicero
"The

Defense
of
Injustice"

• Bio

• Rhetorical
Strategies

• Questions
for
Critical

Reading

•
QHQs

• Suggestions
for
Reading:

Thoreau

• Read
A
World
of
Ideas:

Henry

David
Thoreau
"Civil

Disobedience"
(133-‐157)

• Post
#25
Questions
(TBD)
for

Critical
Reading:
(page
157)

• Post
#26
QHQ
Thoreau

Class
14

11/7

• Review:
Thoughts
on

Cicero?

• Essay
#3:
Justice:
Due
Friday

November
14
at
noon.

• Discussion:
Thoreau

• Bio

• Rhetorical
Strategies

• Questions
for
Critical
Reading

• QHQ
Thoreau

• Suggestions
for
Writing

Essay
#3

• Essay
#3
(2-‐3
pages):
Choose
your

topic
from

"Suggestions
for

Writing"
pages
129-‐30,
prompts
1-‐
9
or
pages
157-‐58,
prompts
1-‐6

• Post
#27

The
introduction
and

thesis
for
Essay
#3

• Post
#28
How
can
we
apply
the

philosophy
of
Cicero
and/or

Thoreau
to
A
Game
of
Thrones?

Week
8

11/11

•
• Essay
#4
Privilege
and

Perspective

Plato

Class
15

11/12

• Essay
#3
Questions
or

Comments

• Group
Discussions:
Justice

and
A
Game
of
Thrones

o Get
into
your
teams
to

consider
the

application
of
Cicero

and
Thoreau
to
A

Game
of
Thrones

o Class
discussion:

Cicero/Thoreau

and
A

Game
of
Thrones

• In-‐class
writing:
Generating

Prompts

• Essay
#3
Due
Friday,
November

15
before
noon

• Post
#28
Post
one
or
two
good

questions
that
you
might
consider

answering
for
your
final
paper.

• Read
A
World
of
Ideas:
Plato's

"Allegory
of
the
Cave"
(443-‐453)

• Post
#29
Questions
(TBD)
for

Critical
Reading:
(pages
453-‐54)

Essay
#4
Privilege
and
Perspective
Plato
and
Woolf

Class
16

11/14

• Introduce
Section
#
4:

Privilege
and
Perspective

• Discussion:

Plato's

"Allegory
of
the
Cave"

o Bio

o Rhetorical
Strategies

o Questions
for
Critical

Reading

• Introduce
Essay
#4:
In-‐class

essay

• Read

A
World
of
Ideas:

• Virginia
Woolf

"Shakespeare’s

Sister"

(761-‐776)

• Post
#30
Questions
(TBD)
for

Critical
Reading:
(page
776)

• Post
#31
QHQ
Woolf

• Remember,
Essay
#3
is
due

Friday,
November
15
before

noon

Week
9

11/18

Class
17

11/19

• Woolf Section
#
4:

Privilege
and
Perspective

• Discussion:

Woolf's

“Shakespeare’s
Sister"

o Bio

o Rhetorical
Strategies

o Questions
for
Critical

Reading

o QHQ

• Essay
#4

• Prepare
for
essay
test
4

• Post
#
32
QHQ:
How
can
we

apply
the
ideas
of
Plato
and
Woolf

to
A
Game
of
Thrones?
Make
sure

to
include
textual
support
in
your

post.

You
might
consider
how

Woolf’s
notions
can
be
extended

beyond
the
realm
of
women.

Essay
5
Final
Paper

Class
18

11/21

• End
of
quarter
plan

• Group
Discussions:

Perspectives
and
A
Game
of

Thrones

• Introduce
Essay
#5

• In-‐class
writing:
Generating

prompts

• Post
#33:
Post
at
least
one
essay

prompt
that
you
wrote
for
essay

#5.

• Post
#34
Pick
and
post
one
or
two

potential
essay
questions
for
essay

#5.
This
can
be
one
you
wrote
or

one
from
the
formal
prompts.

Write
a
one
or
two
sentence

answer
to
the
prompt.
(a
rough

thesis)

• Prepare
for
in-‐class
essay

Week
10

11/25

Class
19

11/26

• End
of
Quarter
Plan

• In-‐Class
exam:
Essay
#4

• Post
#35:
Essay
#5

Brainstorming:
Free-‐writing
what

you
know
about
your
topic
250

words

• Begin
Research
for
essay
support

• Post
#36:
Post
tentative
sources

for
essay
#5
(MLA
format)

• Study
for
Vocabulary
Make-‐up

Exam

• Prepare
essay
revision:
Due

Friday,
Dec.
6
before
noon.

Thanksgiving
No
class

Week
11

12/2

Class
20

12/3

• End
of
Quarter
Plan

• Make
up
Vocab
Exam

• In-‐class
writing:
Self

Assessment

• Drafting
Essay
#5

• The
Last
Post
#37:
Outline
and

Thesis
for
Essay
5

• Finish
your
revision:
Due
Friday,

Dec.
6
before
noon

• Work
on
essay
#5:
Due
Thursday,

Dec.
12
before
noon.

• Remember,
we
will
not
have
a

formal
meeting
on
Thursday.
I
will

be
available
for
conferences
in
my

office
during
class
hours.
I
do

suggest
making
an
appointment

by
email
if
you
want
to
see
me.

• See
you
in
class
for
the
final!

Class
21

12/5

• Individual
Meetings
in
my

office

• Self
Assessment
and
Revision:

due
Friday,
Dec.
6
before
noon

• Remember,
Essay
5
due

Thursday,
Dec
12
before
noon

Week
12

12/9

Final
(22)

8:30
class

meets
Wed.

Dec
11
7-‐9am

11:00
class

meets
Fri
Dec.

13
9:15-‐11:15

§ 25
participation
points

§ Final
discussion

§ Film
Screening

§ 8:30
class
meets
Wed.
Dec
11

7-‐9am

§ 11:00
class
meets
Fri
Dec.
13

9:15-‐11:15

• Have
Happy
Holidays!

Syllabus ewrt 2 fall 2013

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