This document outlines the schedule and assignments for an EWRT 2 course on writing about A Game of Thrones. In week 1, students read part of the book and write haiku and posts responding to prompts. They complete a vocabulary quiz. In week 2, students continue reading and posting responses, including writing dialogue and questions. They have another vocabulary quiz. In week 3, students analyze characters, learn characterization techniques, and outline their first essay on choosing a character from the book.

1. EWRT
2
Fall
2016
Week
1
Class
Work
Homework
Essay
1
Character
Analysis
Class
1
Contest
1
9/26
• 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.”
Class
2
Vocab
#1
Contest
2
9/28
• Vocabulary
Test
#1
• A
few
haiku
• Discussion:
A
Game
of
Thrones
• Arguing
with
FREECASH
• In-­‐class
writing
• Contest:
Content
2
• 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:
GOT
• Study
Vocabulary
Week
2
Class
3
Vocab
#2
Content
3
10/3
• Vocabulary
Test
#2
• Rhetorical
Strategy:
using
dialogue
to
explain
and
describe:
persuasive
dialogue
• Discussion:
QHQ
• Contest
3:
Content
(Ten
questions)
• Read
GOT
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.
• Post
#5:
QHQ
Game
of
Thrones
Class
4
10/5
• 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
7

2. Week
3
Class
5
10/10
• 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
10/12
— Team
1
— 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
Class
7
Vocab
#3
10/17
• 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
Library
10/19
• Discussion:
Essay
#1
• 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

3. Week
5
Class
9
10/24
Teams
2
• Writing
Workshop:
Revision
strategies
• Skill
Review:
• Integrating
quotations
• Citing
summarized
material
• MLA
formatting
• Works
Cited
page
• Teams
2
• Using
the
comments
you
received
from
your
readers,
revise
your
draft.
• 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)
or
QHQ
Lao-­‐Tzu.
• Essay
#1:due
via
Kaizena
Friday,
week
5
at
noon.
Essay
#2
Government
Lao-­‐Tsu
and
Machiavelli
Class
10
10/26
¡ Essay
#1:
Submit
via
Kaizena
before
Friday
at
noon.
¡ Discussion:
Lao-­‐Tzu
"Thoughts
from
the
Tao-­‐te
Ching”
(19-­‐31).
¡ Bio
¡ Rhetorical
Strategies
¡ Questions
for
Critical
Reading
¡ QHQ
(time
permitting)
¡ Introduce
Essay
#2:
GOVERNMENT
¡ Suggestions
for
Writing:
Group
discussion
¡ Vocabulary
(time
permitting)
¡ Read
A
World
of
Ideas:
Government:
Machiavelli
"The
Qualities
of
the
Prince”
pages
35-­‐50
¡ Post
#18
Questions
(TBD
based
on
teams)
for
Critical
Reading:
(page
50)
or
QHQ
Machiavelli
¡ Study
Vocabulary
¡ Consider
Essay
#2:
Which
of
the
prompts
about
Lao-­‐Tzu
would
you
choose?
Week
6
Class
11
10/31
• Discussion:
Machiavelli
"The
Qualities
of
the
Prince"
• Biography
• Rhetorical
Strategies
• Questions
for
Critical
Reading
• QHQ
Discussion
• Vocabulary
(Time
Permitting)
• Essay
#2:
Choose
your
prompt
• Post
#19:
Apply
the
philosophy
of
Machiavelli
and/or
Lao-­‐Tzu
to
A
Game
of
Thrones
• Post
#20
Essay
#2:
Choose
one
question
from
"Suggestions
for
Writing"
pages
32-­‐33,
prompts
1-­‐6
and
one
from
pages
50-­‐51,
prompts
1-­‐5.
Post
the
questions
and
a
potential
thesis
for
each
in
preparation
for
the
in-­‐class
exam.
• Study
Vocabulary
for
exam
#4:
Next
Class

4.
Essay
#3
Justice
Cicero
Class
12
Vocab
#4
11/02
•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
• New
Teams:
Group
Preparation
for
Cicero
Homework
Prepare
for
Essay
Exam
#2
• Remember,
Essay
#2
will
be
an
in-­‐
class
exam
held
at
our
next
meeting
Read
A
World
of
Ideas:
Marcus
Tullius
Cicero
"The
Defense
of
Injustice"
(119-­‐129)
• Post
#21
Questions
for
Critical
Reading:
(page
129)
or
QHQ
Cicero)
Week
7
Essay
#3
Justice
Cicero
and
Thoreau
In-­‐class
exam
#2
11/07
In-­‐Class
Essay
Exam
#2
• Review
Cicero
Class
13
11/09
•Review:
Machiavelli
or
Lao-­‐Tzu
•Introduce
Essay
#3:
Justice:
•Discussion:
Cicero
"The
Defense
of
Injustice"
o Bio
o Rhetorical
Strategies
o Questions
for
Critical
Reading
o
QHQs
•Suggestions
for
Reading:
Thoreau
• Read
A
World
of
Ideas:
Henry
David
Thoreau
"Civil
Disobedience"
(133-­‐
157)
• Post
#22
Questions
(TBD)
for
Critical
Reading:
(page
157)
or
QHQ
Thoreau
Week
8
Class
14
11/14
•Review:
Thoughts
on
Cicero?
•Essay
#3:
Justice:
Due
Friday,
week
8
at
noon.
•Discussion:
Thoreau
o Bio
o Rhetorical
Strategies
o Questions
for
Critical
Reading
o 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
#23
The
introduction
and
thesis
for
Essay
#3
• Post
#24
How
can
we
apply
the
philosophy
of
Cicero
and/or
Thoreau
to
A
Game
of
Thrones?

5.
• Essay
#4
Privilege
and
Perspective:
Plato
Class
15
11/16
• 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
New
Teams
• Read
A
World
of
Ideas:
Plato's
"Allegory
of
the
Cave"
(443-­‐453)
• Post
#25
Questions
(TBD)
for
Critical
Reading:
(pages
453-­‐54)
or
QHQ
Plato
• Essay
#3
Due
Friday,
week
8,
before
noon
Week
9
Essay
#4
Privilege
and
Perspective
Plato
and
Woolf
Class
16
11/21
• Introduce
Section
#
4:
Privilege
and
Perspective
• Discussion:
Plato's
"Allegory
of
the
Cave"
o Bio
o Rhetorical
Strategies
o Questions
for
Critical
Reading
/
QHQs
• Introduce
Essay
#4:
In-­‐
class
essay:
Class
19
• Read:
A
World
of
Ideas:
• Virginia
Woolf
"Shakespeare’s
Sister"
(761-­‐776)
• Post
#26
Questions
(TBD)
for
Critical
Reading:
(page
776)
or
QHQ
Woolf
Class
17
11/23
• 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
#
27
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.

6. Week
10
Essay
5
Final
Paper
Class
18
11/28
• End
of
quarter
plan
• Group
Discussions:
Perspectives
and
A
Game
of
Thrones
• Introduce
Essay
#5
• In-­‐class
writing:
Generating
prompts
• Post
#28:
Post
an
essay
prompt
that
you
wrote
for
essay
#5.
• Post
#29
Pick
and
post
two
potential
essay
questions
for
essay
#5.
You
can
use
the
one
you
wrote
and
one
from
the
formal
prompts,
or
you
can
use
two
from
the
list
that
I
provided.
Write
a
one
or
two
sentence
answer
to
the
prompt.
(a
rough
thesis)
• Prepare
for
in-­‐class
essay
#4
Class
19
In-­‐class
exam
#4
11/30
• End
of
Quarter
Plan
• In-­‐Class
exam:
Essay
#4
• Post
#30:
Essay
#5
Brainstorming:
Free-­‐writing
what
you
know
about
your
topic
250
words
• Begin
Research
for
essay
support
• Post
#31:
Post
tentative
sources
for
essay
#5
(MLA
format)
• Study
for
Vocabulary
Make-­‐up
Exam
Prepare
essay
revision:
Due
Friday,
Week
11,
before
noon.
Week
11
Class
20
12/05
• End
of
Quarter
Plan
• Make
up
Vocab
Exam
• In-­‐class
writing:
Self
Assessment
• Drafting
Essay
#5
• The
Last
Post
#32:
Outline
and
Thesis
for
Essay
5
• Finish
your
revision:
Due
Friday,
week
11,
before
noon
• Work
on
essay
#5:
Due
before
our
final
meeting.
• Remember,
we
will
not
have
a
formal
meeting
for
class
21.
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
No
class:
Meetings
in
office
12/07
• Individual
Meetings
in
my
office
•Self
Assessment
and
Revision:
due
Friday,
Week
11
before
noon
•Remember,
Essay
5
due
before
our
final
meeting

7. Week
12
Final
Wed
12/14
9:15-­‐11:15
§ Final
Paper
Due
§ 25
participation
points
§ Final
discussion
§ Film
Screening
• The
End!