This document outlines the schedule and assignments for an English writing course over 12 weeks. It includes readings from A Game of Thrones and A World of Ideas, 5 essays on various topics, weekly vocabulary exams, discussion posts, and a final paper due at the end. Some key assignments are a character analysis, debates applying different philosophies, and applying course concepts to the novels. Students are assigned groups, discuss readings, and get feedback to revise their drafts.

1. EWRT 2 Fall 2017
Week 1 Class Work Homework
Essay 1 Character Analysis
Class 1
Contest 1
9/25
 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 Gameof Thrones throughpage
100
 Post #1 Write a Haiku (or two) that
expresses a social or political aspect of
the reading thus far.
 Study: Vocabulary (Examoneis at our
next meeting).Youcan find the list of
words on the website under
“Vocabulary” “Vocabulary list one.”
Class 2
Vocab #1
Contest 2
9/27
 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 Gameof Thrones through page
200.
 Post #2: Use the ideas yougenerated
with the FREECASH method to write
about two (ormore) sides of an issue.
 Post #3: QHQ:GOT
 Study Vocabulary
Week 2
Class 3
Vocab #2
Content 3
10/2
 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
twocharacters about the validity or
error of a third characters' behavior or
action. Use your in-class exercise as
fodder.
 Post #5: QHQ Gameof Thrones
Class 4
10/4
 QHQ: A Game of Thrones
 Analytic Authority Picks
 Introduce Essay #1
 Rhetorical Strategy: Analogy
 Introduction to Vocab Exam 3
 Read A Gameof Thrones through 400
 Post #6 In-class writing: analogy
 Post #7 Describe your character;
include page numbers
 StudyVocabulary:ExamClass 7

2. Week 3
Class 5
10/9
 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
10/11
 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
10/16
• 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
10/18
• 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
10/23
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 Turnitin Friday,
week 5 at noon.
Essay #2 Government Lao-Tsu and Machiavelli
Class 10
10/24
 Essay #1: Submit via Turnitin
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
10/30
• 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
11/01
 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
Class 12.5
In-class
exam #2
11/06
In-Class Essay Exam #2  Review Cicero
Class 13
11/08
 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
11/13
 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
11/15
 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
11/20
 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
11/22
 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
11/27
 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
11/29
 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
12/04
 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
12/06
No class:
Meetings
in office
 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
Monday
12/11
7:00-
9:00am
 Final Paper Due
 25 participation points
 Final discussion
 Film Screening
• The End!