This document outlines the schedule and assignments for an English writing course over 10 weeks. It includes the readings, homework assignments, in-class activities, tests, and 5 essays for the course. The course will cover rhetorical strategies and analyze texts including A Game of Thrones, philosophical works by Lao-Tzu, Machiavelli, Cicero, Thoreau, Plato, and Woolf. Students are assigned discussion posts, vocabulary study, and drafts of their 5 character analysis, government, justice, privilege/perspective, and final essays over the course of the term.

1. EWRT
2
Fall
2014
T/Th
7:30-­‐9:45
S72
Week
1
Class
Work
Homework
Essay
1
Character
Analysis
Class
1
• A
Game
of
Thrones:
Prologue
9/23
• 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
9/25
• 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:
GOT
• Study
Vocabulary
Week
2
Class
3
9/30
• Vocabulary
Test
#2
• Rhetorical
Strategy:
using
dialogue
to
explain
and
describe:
persuasive
dialogue
• Discussion:
QHQ
• Contest
5:
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
10/2
• 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

2. Week
3
Class
5
10/07
• 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
10/09
— 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
10/14
• 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
10/16
• Discussion:
Essay
#1
• 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

3. Week
5
Feb
3
Class
9
10/21
• 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:
Submit
via
Kaizena
10/23
¡ 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
Class
11
10/28
• 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
#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

4. 10/30
• 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,
Week
6:
Week
7
Essay
#3
Justice
Cicero
and
Thoreau
Class
13
11/04
• 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
11/06
• Review:
Thoughts
on
Cicero?
• Essay
#3:
Justice:
Due
Friday,
week
8
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?

5. Week
8
• Essay
#4
Privilege
and
Perspective:
Plato
Class
15
11/11
• 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,
week
8,
before
noon
• Read
A
World
of
Ideas:
Plato's
"Allegory
of
the
Cave"
(443-­‐
453)
• Post
#29
Questions
(TBD)
for
Critical
Reading:
(pages
453-­‐54)
Class
16
11/13
• 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:
Class
19
• Read:
A
World
of
Ideas:
o 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
before
noon
Week
9
Essay
#4
Privilege
and
Perspective
Plato
and
Woolf
Class
17
11/18
• 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.

6. Class
18
11/20
• End
of
quarter
plan
• Group
Discussions:
Perspectives
and
A
Game
of
Thrones
• Introduce
Essay
#5
• In-­‐class
writing:
Generating
prompts
•
• Post
#33:
Post
an
essay
prompt
that
you
wrote
for
essay
#5.
• Post
#34
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
Week
10
Essay
5
Final
Paper
Class
19
11/25
• 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,
Week
11,
before
noon.
No
Class
11/27
• Thanksgiving
Week
11
Mar
17
Class
20
12/02
• 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,
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.

7. Class
21
12/04
• Individual
Meetings
in
my
office.
• Self
Assessment
and
Revision:
due
Friday,
Week
11
before
noon
• Remember,
Essay
5
due
before
our
final
meeting
Week
12
Class
22
Final
Thursday
12/11
7am-­‐9am
§ 25
participation
points
§ Final
discussion
§ Film
Screening
§ Final
Paper
Due
• The
End!