EGL 110 3412 Issues and Ideas Prof. M. Kramer
MWF 11:00 a.m. TZ101 office M3078
Office hrs. MW 1:30 – 2:00 p.m.; most off. phone 301-322-0578
Fridays, 12 – 1 p.m.; and by appointment kramermg@pgcc.edu
Texts: Lunsford, Ruszkiewicz, and Walters. Everything’s an Argument, with Readings.
3rd ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004.
Any writing handbook used in EGL 101. A college-level dictionary.
Syllabus Spring 2006
"Assign"
means writing or other assignment given for future due date. "Due" means due on date
under which it is listed. All chapter
assignments are for the Lunsford text
unless otherwise specified. “Respond”
refers to Respond exercises at the end of text chapters.
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Jan. 23 Course Intro Diagnostic writing sample. Chapt.1 lecture Respond 2, in class. |
Jan. 25 Reading & Writing Arguments Due: Chapt. 2; Bush & Lincoln inaugural speech handouts |
Jan. 27 Audience: Readers and Context Due: Chapt. 3; “Ladies Last” handout |
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Jan. 30 Arguments from the Heart Due: Chapt. 4; Respond 2 Assign: Begin collecting letters to the editor (on any subject of interest to you). You will need 6-8 letters by Feb. 10. |
Feb. 1 Arguments Based on Values Due: Chapt. 5; “Schoolchildren Debating What It Means to be a Patriot,” pp. 828-34; Respond 2 Assign: Essay 1: Chapt. 6, Respond 3 - written character analysis |
Feb. 3 Arguments Based on Character Class meets in computer lab, M3088 Due: Chapt. 6 |
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Feb. 6 Arguments Based on Facts and Reason Due: Essay 1: Chapt. 6, Respond 3 - written character analysis |
Feb. 8 Facts & Reason cont. Due: Chapt. 7; Respond 2 (print out the ‘snapshot’ and attach it to your claims) |
Feb. 10 Structuring Arguments Due: Chapt. 8 |
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Feb. 13 Structuring Arguments cont’d. Due: Chapt. 8, Respond 2 |
Feb. 15 Arguments of Definition Due: Chapt. 9 Assign: Essay 2 (definition) Use text essays pp. 846-80 as sources. |
Feb. 18 No class. Work on Essay 2. |
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Feb. 20 President’s Day: No Class |
Feb. 22 Definition cont’d Class meets in computer lab, M3088. Due: Bring your rough draft of Essay 2 on disk. |
Feb. 24 Definition cont’d Due: Essay 2Oral reports |
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Feb. 27 Evaluations Due: Chapt. 10 |
Mar. 1 Evaluations: Criteria Due: Chapt. 10, Respond 1 |
Mar. 3 Evaluations, cont’d Due: text essays, pp. 461-479, 486-89. Assign: Essay 3 (evaluation) |
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Mar. 6 What Counts as Evidence Due: Chapt. 18 Class meets in computer lab, M3088. Research pair and share. |
Mar. 8 Using Evidence & Ideas of Others Due: Chapts. 20 & 21 Bring research printouts to class. |
Mar. 10 Essay 3 Workshop Due: outlines, rough drafts of Essay 3 |
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Mar. 13 Fallacies of Argument Due: Essay 3 |
Mar. 15 Fallacies, cont’d Due: Chapt. 19 |
Mar. 17 Fallacies, cont’d Fallacy quiz. |
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Mar. 20 Review Terri Schiavo case or other argument: review of types of arguments and fallacies |
Mar. 22 Causal Arguments Due: Chapt. 11 and “Turning Boys into Girls,” pp. 486-89. |
Mar. 24 Causal Arguments, Cont’d. Essay 4 (causal): written in class |
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Mar. 27 Causes and Effects Group work on oral causal arguments (argument & rebuttal). Fallacy quiz returned and discussed. |
Mar. 29 Oral causal argument Groups present oral causal arguments and rebuttals |
Mar. 31 Due: Revised Essay 4. Put in instructor’s mailbox in M3072 by 4:00 p.m. |
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Apr. 3 Proposal arguments Overview of Essay 5 project. Dividing up the tasks. Begin discussion of proposal arguments: A should do B because C + results will achieve D |
Apr. 5 Proposal claims Develop claims for proposal arguments. Due: Chapt. 12 |
Apr. 7 Proposal problems Relating claim to need or problem: defining the problem (each team). |
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Apr. 10 Spring Break |
Apr. 12 Spring Break |
Apr. 14 Spring Break |
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Apr. 17 Proposals cont’d. Audience analysis. Showing that proposal is workable: evidence and opposition. Due: claim with statement of need or problem. |
Apr. 19 Proposals cont’d. Showing that proposal will achieve desired outcome. |
Apr. 21 Argument structure Rebutting opposing points of view. |
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Apr. 24 Rough draft workshop Meet in computer lab. Sign up for draft conference. |
Apr. 26 Conferences Bring rough draft and all resources to conference with instructor. |
Apr. 28 Conferences Bring rough draft and all resources to conference with instructor. |
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May 1 Spoken arguments Due: Essay 6 Proposal argument due at class time. Lecture on Chapt. 17. Teams prepare oral briefings. |
May 3 Oral briefings in class. |
May 5 Oral briefings in class. |
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May 8 Last Day of Class Semester review. Preparation for final exam. |
May 11 No Class |
May 12 Final Exam 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. |
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