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Spring 2010English 1312: Research and Critical Writing

Course theme: If I could change the world…

I. Course and Instructor Information:

Instructor: Dr. Donna M. BronnerOffice: 310 Hudspeth (I’m seldom in the office but I have a mailbox there.)Office Hours: Thurs. 9-12:00 in the Writing Center. Walk in & wait or make appt.; Tuesday, 10:30-11:50 in UGLC Lobby by front windows.Phone #: 747-5128 (Unreliable. Do not leave a msg. Send an e-mail instead.)E-mail: Blackboard Mail. EMERGENCY ONLY : dmbronner@utep.edu (I will NOT accept assignments at this address.)

Sections: To avoid an absence, you may occasionally attend another section.TuesdayUGLC 234

11671: 9:00-10:20 11673: 12-1:20 FridayUGLC 234

14579: 10:30-11:50 14582: 12:00-1:20

II. Course Description:

The goals of English 1312 are largely based on the Writing Program Administrator’s Outcomes. These can be found at http://wpacouncil.org/positions/outcomes.html.

The primary goal of English 1312 is to develop students’ critical thinking skills in order to facilitate effective communication in all educational, professional, and social contexts. This effective communication is based on an awareness of and appreciation for discourse communities as well as knowledge specific to subject matters, genres, rhetorical strategies, and writing processes. 

The class presents an approach to communication that helps students determine the most effective strategies, arrangements, and media to use in different rhetorical contexts (Compose).  It teaches students a systematic approach for analyzing rhetorical situations and then producing a variety of documents and presentations while gaining more confidence and fluency in visual, oral, and written

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Spring 2010communication (Design).  In addition, because communication is central to being an active and engaged member of society, the course also provides a space for informed advocacy (Advocate). 

English 1312 is taught as a hybrid class--with one face-to-face meeting for lecture and discussion, and the rest of the course utilizing Blackboard software and/or other online tools. Blackboard provides students with permanent access to the syllabus, supplemental reading materials, e-mail, and discussion groups. In Bronner’s class, you must have daily access to a computer. If you do not, you should drop the class. It is vital that students check and participate in Blackboard consistently as it is an integral part of the course. On occasion, you may be asked to meet on your hybrid day to participate in library research, technology workshops, presentations, or other activities your instructor might need you to be physically present for. Please keep this time available for this class. Otherwise, you will miss out on important information.

At the end of the course, you will be able to:

Understand a theory of discourse communities; Engage as a community of writers who dialogue across texts, argue, and build on each other’s work; Draw on existing knowledge bases to create “new” or “transformed” knowledge; Develop a knowledge of genres as they are defined within discourse communities; Address the specific, immediate rhetorical situations of individual communicative acts; and, Develop procedural knowledge of the writing task in its various phases.  

You will also have the opportunity to strengthen your skills in the following areas:

Think, read, and write critically; Become familiar with the contents of the UTEP Library, in a variety of forms and areas of professional study (e.g. the arts,

humanities, sciences, nursing, social sciences, business, engineering, and education); Analyze and synthesize material from outside sources; Formulate research questions and locate source materials in the library to substantiate your content; Develop a sensitivity to the significance of data and how it can be rhetorically applied to various genres; and, As part of a research process, apply research to various genres; receive instruction in the logic and form of documentation

within a discipline (APA); learn writing strategies for integrating source material into your own prose (quoted, paraphrased, and summarized material); write analytical and argumentative papers appropriate to genres and larger discourse communities. 

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Spring 2010 Wysocki, Anne Francis and Dennis A. Lynch. Compose, Design, Advocate. New York: Pearson/Longman Publishing, 2007.

Department of English. A Guide to First Year Composition. 13th ed. 2010.

A flash drive to save all your course documents.

V. Course Assignments (this syllabus provides an overview of assignments for the class--specific assignment sheets will be discussed in class and posted on Blackboard):

Genre Analysis:  Students will find and compare two texts on the same subject but in different genres to write a genre analysis essay.  100 pts.

Literature Review / Primary Research Report:  Students will conduct primary and secondary research on a social, political, or ethical issue to become well-informed experts on the issue. Students will then write a literature review of these sources to summarize and synthesize the arguments and ideas of the research sources. 200 pts. If you do not turn this assignment in, you will fail Bronner’s class.

Documentary Film Project: Using either Macintosh software (I-Movie, Garage Band and Motion) or Windows software (MovieMaker or PhotoStory), students will plan, write, film and edit a documentary film advocating a position on a current issue. Students will be provided with opportunities to become more familiar with this software throughout the semester. 200 pts. If you do not turn this assignment in, you will fail Bronner’s class.

Class Presentation:  Students will present their documentaries to the class. 50 pts.

Online Opinion Piece:  Students will write an online opinion piece on some aspect of the topic of their literature review/primary research report in order to advocate for a policy change. 100 pts. 

Advocacy Website (ongoing all semester):  Students will create, design, and maintain a website that will advocate for the topic of their literature review/primary research report.  Students will add additional links and provide the needed content to this website in any way they want--with the stipulation that it is focused on advocacy and draws from their semester’s work and research. 150 pts.  

Participation in Class and Homework:  Because this is a hybrid class, participation in-class and online is mandatory. The activities included in this category ensure that you learn the material and help you to compose effective projects. This score will include your attendance in class as well as homework, drafts,

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Genre Analysis Literature Review Advocacy Web Site Documentary Online Opinion Piece

Presentation

WC or Committee Draft: 10 pts.1

WC or Committee Draft: 10 pts.1

WC: 10 pts.1 WC or Committee Draft: 10 pts.1

WC:10 pts.1

In-class Peer Review: 20 pts.2

In-class Peer Review2: 20 pts.

In-class Peer Review2: 20 pts.

In-class Peer Review2: 20 pts.

For-credit prewriting assignment: Annotated bibliography. 30 pts

Mid-term test over readings in CDA to this point: 40 pts (if students appear unprepared in class, these points will be allocated to unannounced quizzes.)

Total: 30 pts. 60 pts. 30 pts. 30 pts. 10 pts.

1. To receive your 10 pts. you may EITHER give me the WC cover sheet or turn your draft in for the optional draft review.

2. To participate in Peer Review and receive your points, you must have a draft with at least 75% of the page requirement completed, in-text citations, and a reference list. Print out 2 copies for review.

Grade Distribution (Students can earn a total of 1000 points for the course):

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Spring 20101000-900 = A 899-800 = B799 -700 = C 699- 600 = D 599 and below = F

VI: Course/Instructor Policies:

Projects Format: All projects must be word-processed using Microsoft Word--12 pt. font, one-inch margins, and double-spaced. Use font style Times New Roman-12 in Bronner’s class for all traditional “paper” assignments. The Web site, Online Opinion Piece, and Documentary titles have different font requirements based on design principles.

Microsoft Word is available to students at all campus computers and can be purchased at discount through the UTEP Bookstore using a current UTEP ID card.  Students may also go to openoffice.org and download a free and compatible version of Word/Office.

Be sure to name each submitted assignment with your first initial, last name, and an abbreviation of the assignment. Do not include spaces (although you can use _ if you’d like): For example:

klomaligenredraft.doc or k_lomali_genre_draft.docklomaligenrefinal.doc or k_lomali_genre_final.doc

Please use the correct extension (.doc), and don’t erase the extension; if it is missing, your project cannot be opened.

In order for raters to assist students, rough drafts must be completed essays.  Partial essays may not be accepted or will receive a low score. They must also be submitted before or on the due date. Those submitted after, even if just two minutes, will not receive comments for revision. Draft submission to the Committee is optional in Bronner’s class (up to 5 pts.) Note: Every major assignment in Bronner’s class must undergo a peer review, a trip to WC, or submission to the Committee for review. These options carry different point totals. To maximize your possible points, undergo an assigned peer review and either a trip to WC or Committee review.

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Spring 2010Assignment Evaluation: To ensure fairness and objectivity, all assignments, except for the presentation, advocacy web site, and participation grade will be assessed by evaluators who are not the student’s instructor. This committee consists of English Department instructors who will comment on and grade assignments according to the rubric included with each assignment.

To facilitate this, your projects will be submitted and returned to you through the English 1312 MinerWriter. The website’s address is http://english1312.utep.edu. More information about using MinerWriter is available in the Guide.

University Writing Center: UTEP’s University Writing Center (UWC) offers free writing tutoring assistance for all UTEP students. The tutors are undergraduate and graduate students who can help with all parts of a writing assignment, including prewriting, organizing, revising, and editing. They can also help to understand any writing assignment and help work on comprehending difficult textbook material. Remember that your classroom instructor is the final authority on what is or is not acceptable in an assignment. If you encounter a conflict between what the UWC tutor tells you and what the writing guidelines or your instructor say, ask your instructor for clarification. Ultimately, YOU, not the writing tutors, are responsible for the condition and content of your assignments.

The UWC is an important part of English 1312. During the first two weeks of the semester, students are required to attend an orientation at the UWC, which is located on the 2nd floor of the library (behind the check-out desk). Instructors will distribute the times that these orientations are offered. During the orientation, students will be given a self-evaluation sheet to fill out and give to their instructors.

Students who receive a C-, D, or F on an assignment (except for the documentary) will be required to go to the UWC at least twice before the next assignment is due. To show their instructors that they met this requirement, students need to give their instructors the forms that tutors fill out after each tutoring session. If a student chooses not to comply with UWC requirement, he/she will not be able to submit their subsequent paper. To facilitate revision, UWC tutors will not hold a tutoring session fewer than 12 hours before the assignment is due.

Participation/Attendance: Because this is a hybrid course, attendance is determined by class participation both in class and online. Students must be prepared and attend consistently to understand and incorporate the skills and processes used. Participation is worth 20 percent of final grade.

Each semester has a drop date beyond which an instructor can no longer drop a student with a “W.” Students who fail to attend or fulfill assignments after the drop date must necessarily receive an “F.” However, in the event of exceptional circumstances, and with the approval of the instructor of the course and the academic dean, a grade of “W” may be obtained. The student is responsible for supplying written documentation to support the request for a “W.” Acceptable reasons for a "W" include: personal or family medical emergencies, death of family member, military leave, or an exceptional work schedule that prevents you from completing the course. 

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Spring 2010Please also be aware of the six-course drop limit. According to the Texas Education Code, "all first-year students enrolled for the first time at any Texas public college or university are limited to six drops during their academic career. This includes student and faculty initiated drops and courses dropped at other Texas public institutions. This policy does not apply to courses dropped prior to census day or to complete withdrawals." So, be sure to start your college experience on the right track by attending class regularly. In Bronner’s class, if you arrive unprepared for class, as noted on the calendar, you will be dismissed from class and counted absent.

Hybrid Format: The hybrid format is an advantage to students because they will not always have to be on campus to attend class, and most hybrid-experienced students report that it gives more time to focus on learning and writing. It is strongly recommended that students have access to the Internet from home and are comfortable using a computer. If a student does not have access, he/she can get free access through the university. (http://admin.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=40).

If home access is not possible, arrangements can be made to use a computer regularly on campus in order to complete the work. Student computer labs such as ATLAS (http://atlas.utep.edu) are often available until midnight, but schedules do vary. A great deal of work will be done online, and not having access to a computer will not be an excuse for incomplete or late assignments.

Technology problems are also not an excuse for work that is late or missing. Students need to get into the habit of completing assignments for this course well before the due date to allow time for dealing with technology problems. Expect that at some time, the network will be down, computers will go on the fritz, or some other small catastrophe will occur. If students are prepared ahead of time, they can go to plan B.

Instructions for Accessing Your Course Online: Students must have a UTEP email ID and password before they can access Blackboard. UTEP automatically generates an e-mail ID for students when they are entered into the system. Any questions or problems can be directed to the Helpdesk at 747-5257.

All the course content will be delivered via Blackboard. Students can access Blackboard by the steps outlined below:

Go to http://my.utep.edu Login is e-mail ID. Password is e-mail password. Click on the link to Blackboard Once logged into Blackboard, all the courses a student is registered for are listed under the appropriate semester. Click on the course title to access the course.

Classroom Etiquette: 

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Spring 2010 No checking email, typing assignments, or surfing the web during class. Please turn monitors off when computers are not being used for class-related activities.

Absolutely no using the printer after class has started. Absolutely no food or drinks in this classroom. Turn off cell phone ringers, and please do not text message or listen to iPods/MP3 players during class.

 Online “Netiquette”: 

Always consider audience. Remember that members of the class and the instructor will be reading any postings. Respect and courtesy must be provided to classmates and to instructor at all times. No harassment or inappropriate postings

will be tolerated. Do not use inappropriate language, all capital letters, or language short cuts. Online entries should be written in Standard

English with edited spelling, grammar, and punctuation. When reacting to someone else’s message, address the ideas, not the person. Post only what anyone would comfortably

state in a f2f situation. Be sure to read everyone’s responses before posting. Avoid repetition of what someone else has already said. Add

something new to the discussion! No credit will be received for yes/no answers. Posts should justify positions and provide specific examples. Students must

demonstrate that they have read the assignment and their classmates’ comments carefully and thoughtfully. Be sure to post in a timely fashion to receive credit for attendance and for the discussion. Late postings will not receive

credit. Pay close attention to the posted deadlines. Blackboard is not a public internet venue; all postings to it should be considered private and confidential. Whatever is posted

on in these online spaces is intended for classmates and professor only. Please do not copy documents and paste them to a publicly accessible website, blog, or other space. If students wish to do so, they have the ethical obligation to first request the permission of the writer(s).

Drop Policy: To preserve a student’s GPA, he/she may be dropped from the course after missing four classes, either online or face to face. In Bronner’s class, if your 4th absence occurs before the drop date, you will be dropped (W) from class. If your 4th absence occurs after the drop date, your final grade will be affected. I must assign you an F if you drop after the drop date.

To be considered present in face-to-face classes, one must be prepared as well as physically in class. In Bronner’s class, if you are not prepared for class, according to the calendar, you will be asked to leave class and counted absent.

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Spring 2010 To be considered present online, one must post within the deadlines and in the appropriate space/thread. Missing a scheduled conference with the instructor constitutes an absence.

Late Work:  

Commenting and grading is scheduled by due date. Students who fail to submit assignments on time might not receive feedback on performance. Therefore, it is important to submit work before deadlines for full credit and feedback.

Assignments submitted one class day after the due date will be penalized up to one letter grade. Assignments submitted more than one day late may not be acceptable to the instructor for credit. In Bronner’s class, I will

not grade late or missing assignments. They must be graded by the committee. Be sure to submit all major assignments in order to pass this class. While late work may adversely affect a grade, a zero can

adversely affect enrollment. If a major assignment is over two class days late, the student faces failure for this section. In Bronner’s class, I will NOT submit assignments for you for whatever reason. Submit them early and in the correct

place so you have time to correct any submission problems.

Academic Dishonesty: Academic Dishonesty is NEVER tolerated by UTEP or the First-Year Composition Program. All cases are reported to the Dean of Students for Academic Sanctions. These sanctions may include expulsion. All work submitted must be original; students may not submit graded work from another course.

Forms of academic dishonesty include: Collusion—lending your work to another person to submit as his or her own; Fabrication—deliberately creating false information on a works cited page, and Plagiarism—the presentation of another person's work as your own, whether you mean to or not (i.e. copying parts of or whole papers off the Internet). See the Dean of Students website at http://www.utep.edu/dos/acadintg.htm for more information. Also see the UTEP Guide to First-Year Composition for more information on how to avoid plagiarism.

Copyright and Fair Use: The University requires all members of its community to follow copyright and fair use requirements. You are individually and solely responsible for violations of copyright and fair use laws. The University will neither protect nor defend you nor assume any responsibility for student violations of fair use laws. Violations of copyright laws could subject you to federal and state civil penalties and criminal liability, as well as disciplinary action under University policies.

Group Assignments: Group assignments can sometimes create tricky situations. Some students don’t always “pull their weight” and this upsets group members that are doing their work and being good contributors to the group. Despite this, group assignments

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Spring 2010are valuable because they help students work together for a common goal. Group work is a “professional life” reality and learning how to work in a group will be central to one of the projects in this class. Students who are not doing their group work can be voted off of their groups and will have to complete the entire work of a group on their own.

Documentation Styles: Instructors will introduce you to in-text, parenthetical documentation early in the semester and require this documentation convention throughout the course. You will learn and utilize the American Psychological Association (APA) form of documentation throughout the course.

Because much of the course is founded on research and the use of primary and secondary sources, checks on inadequate documentation, or using exact language from a source without quotation marks and scholarly citation are necessary as part of your learning process. Instructors fully explain the nature of inadequate documentation early in the semester and thereafter continually monitor assignments that require the use of primary and secondary sources. 

It is important to realize that the most important words in a paper are yours, not those of the supportive research. You should strive always to draw inferences from research material and weave into your papers your reaction and evaluation of source material. One of the worst things you can submit to your peer group or your instructor is a “patchwork”—that is, a project that simply links a series of quotations or paraphrased sentences that is followed by citation or footnote numbers.

ADA: The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that reasonable accommodations be provided for students with physical, sensory, cognitive, systemic, learning, and psychiatric disabilities. If you suspect that you have a disability and need an accommodation, please contact the Disabled Student Services Office (DSSO) at 747-5148 or dss@utep.edu. The DSSO is located in Room 106, Union East Bldg. Students are responsible for presenting the instructor any DSS accommodation letters and instructions.

Nature and Time Spent on Course: Although this is a required course for all students at UTEP, it is not an easy course. The course intends to help you develop a wide variety of strategies for communicating in a variety of media. To succeed in this course requires dedication and focus.

Be sure to allocate sufficient time for the class projects and work. The general rule for all classes is that students spend two hours working outside of class for each class credit. Because this is a 3-hour class, you would spend 6 hours doing homework each week. However, remember that you are only meeting with your instructor and classmates for 1.5 hours a week. Therefore, add the additional 1.5 hours to the 6 for a total of 7.5 hours. Some weeks you may work more; some weeks you may work less. However, keep this average in mind.

Grading Challenges In Bronner’s Class:

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Spring 2010Assignments: There is a procedure for challenging the way the Committee graded your assignment. Grade challenges are time consuming and should not be capricious. 1) You must file your grade challenge paperwork with me no later than 2 wks. after receiving your final grade on the assignment. The form is filed on the Homepage under Grade Challenges. 2) You must review your

assignment, paragraph by paragraph, against the graded rubic/comments and the assignment’s writing guidelines. Carefully document (put it in writing) the grading errors as compared to the rubric and guidelines. Go as far as inserting paragraph numbers and examples. Write a short introduction and conclusion. Attach the rubric, the graded essay, and the form with your reasons and send it all to me via Blackboard Mail marked: Grading Challenge (high priority). The challenge is a logos based analysis—write it as such. Keep it short and to-the-point. Don’t whine. If I feel your challenge is justified and well documented, I will send it on to the grading Committee. If I do not feel it is justified or that it is poorly articulated, I will not send it on. I will help you with the challenge if you see me during my Writing Center hours.

Final Grade: I take the accuracy of your grade book very seriously; however, YOU are responsible for keeping track of your grades throughout the semester. Your grade comes down to MATH, not how hard you worked nor how smart you really are. If there are errors or omissions in the grade book, you have to tell me about it in a timely way. I am happy to correct grade book errors. After your final grade is submitted, it is unlikely I will reexamine your grades unless you can clearly demonstrate the error. I will NOT grade/regrade assignments turned in after the due date nor turned in someplace other than was given in the submission instructions. Your grade book is accessible 24/7 on www.thinkwave.com. You will receive a special access code the second week of class. Don’t lose it!

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Spring 2010English 1312 Fall Calendar of Assignments

(may be subject to change)

The student is responsible for everything posted in the calendar, whether covered in class or not. You will not be permitted to make up work nor hand in late work if you miss the deadline posted on the calendar. You may be quizzed over the readings if it appears the class is unprepared.

Unit 1: Genre AnalysisReading assignments: CDA Ch. 1, 3, 4, 7, 14 (In ch. 14, pick a couple of essays to analyze); Guide pp. 390-406,420-454. Do: Activity 3, p. 431

Date In-class Homework for the week following class

Week OneAug. 22-28

Introduction to class.

Review syllabus & calendar

Blackboard practice.

 

Homework: Buy all books before next class & read assigns.

Homework:Add your head-shot to your BB profile before next class.

Homework: Computer tune-up. Scan for viruses. Check your browser settings and update Java. Download the VPN network and check the Chat function. Defrag. your hard drive. Delete cookies and uninstall unnecessary programs. Download updates & security patches. Install or update Flash from Adobe.com. If you have problems, GO (do not call) Help Desk, Library, rm. 300. Do it immediately because you may have to wait for an appointment.

Week TwoAug. 29-Sept. 4

Begin discussion on Genre Analysis and the genre of “scholarly article.”

Homework: Select 2 genres (one scholarly article from Academic Search Complete and one non-scholarly source from LexisNexis Library Database). Read and annotate your two genres. Begin GA Matrix for each article in Guide. Bring this work and 2 articles to class.

Week ThreeSept. 5-11

Monday, Sept. 6 = holiday

Developing GA Matrix

Study Buddy groups

Homework: Post your essay draft to your Study Buddy board by Sept 11, 11pm. Read through all of the essays before class. Note trends, problems, strengths. Use Guide 269-276.

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Spring 2010Optional: GA draft for Committee Review by Friday, 12:00 (noon)

Week FourSept. 12-18

In-class Peer review of complete GA draft including reference list. (Bring 2 paper copies of your essay with you. Your ticket into this peer review is 2 copies of your completed draft. No draft, no points/participation. The draft should be 75% complete with in-text citations and a reference list, all in APA format.

Begin Literature Review / Primary Research Report.

Homework: Visit writing center as needed (up to 10 pts). Bring me a copy of the WC cover sheet next class to get your points. If you submitted your GA for committee review, you should not submit the WC cover sheet to me, but you can still go to UWC for help. DO NOT send your WC cover sheet to me. If you forget to ask for a copy, you lose your points.

Before coming to class next week: Decide what your semester’s topic will be. See Guide pgs. 417-418. Do some preliminary exploration of the topic in Academic Search Complete and Lexis Nexis to make sure there are sources available on your topic. Read the Guide, pgs. 455-515. Once you choose a topic, you may not change your topic

Unit 2: Literature Review and Research Report $$$ Reading assignments: CDA Ch. 6; Guide pp. 86-99, 271-272, 417-418, 455-515Do: Activity 1, 2, 4*, 5, 6 Be prepared to discusses this work in classWeek FiveSept. 19-25

 

Genre Analysis final due to MinerWriter and to Blackboard on 24th by 12:00 (noon). I will NOT submit your assignment for you. Give yourself enough time to correct submission errors. Check to make sure your assignment was correctly submitted.

Refining your research questions and connecting them with sources and your primary research.

What is a .gov and why use it?

This is a good time to drop the course if you are overwhelmed.

Homework: Write 3-4 research questions (for library research). Make one a question of fact, one a question of consequences, and one a question of policy. The fourth is whatever you need it to be. Be careful of questions of definition; they must be complex enough to sustain a paragraph of writing and need a couple of sources to back up your writing. Turn in next class with name, section, topic.

Bring completed activities to class next week: (1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

Week SixSept. 26-Oct 2

Your ticket into this library session is 3-4 well developed research questions. Turn in with

Homework: Find at least 4 non-scholarly articles from LexisNexis, 2 scholarly articles from Academic Search Complete, and two original

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Also bring activities 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 as noted in homework. (Do not turn in.)

Surveys, interviews, and observations. Develop a data collection strategy in your Study Buddy groups.

data sources from .gov and/or .org.

Collect, read, and annotate all sources this week. Write an annotated bibliography including all sources needed. Due Wk. 8 in class.

Week SevenOct. 3-8

 

Optional: Literature Review/Primary Research Report draft due to Committee (MinerWriter) by Friday, 12:00 (noon) for comments.

Your ticket into this class is your completed Annotated Bibliography. At the top, write out your research questions. Turn it in with name, section, 4 questions, in strict APA format. IF IT IS NOT IN APA FORMAT, YOUR GRADE IS 0.

Begin writing your paper.

Homework: Make a detailed outline of your paper. Begin writing the various sections of your paper as you read/annotate sources. Begin each paragraph with a guiding topic sentence and then add your sources.

Homework: Collect your data. Have all primary research done by next class! Add your results to your essay.

Week EightOct. 10-15

Your ticket into this class is your paper draft for the in-class Peer review of complete Literature Review/Research Report, including reference list. (Bring 2 paper copies of your essay with you. No draft, no points/participation. The draft should be 75% complete with in-text citations and a reference list, all in APA format.

Begin documentary project.

Put together a documentary team of 2-4 students. Think about how you can “blend” your topics from your lit. rev/research report. Pick your topic. Turn it in to me before leaving class: First/last names of all on team. Topic and what/how you will advocate—see activities. Hardware and software choices.

Make corrections, visit WC and get your cover sheet for points!

If you have not done the I-Movie and I-Web tutorials, now is the time to do it. http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie

Before next class go to the vimeo link to view film festival winners: http://www.vimeo.com/5562558. Use the rubric in the Guide to “grade” a couple of these videos.

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Spring 2010Reading assignments: CDA: Chapter 5, 9, 11. Guide: 516-539Do: Activity 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7. Be prepared to discusses this work in classPlease note: The course gets harder from here to the end. Time management and class attendance are of the greatest importance.

Week Nine

Oct. 17-22

Drop the class if you did not turn in a Lit. Rev./Research Report

Literature Review/Research Report Final Due, Friday by 12:00 (noon) to MinerWriter and to Blackboard.

Your ticket into this session is your team. If you have NOT put your team together by the time you come to class, you will be dismissed until you return with a team, a topic, and everything from week 9 completed. You will be counted absent.

What makes an “A” documentary?

Mid-term Test: CDA: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14. Test on Blackboard.

Assign work to members and make a work schedule with assignments. Do this before next class. WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN!

Develop outline for documentary. Plan your “shots” using the Storyboard in the Guide.

Shoot your film, find your images and text.

Get at least the first 4 web site activities done for the next class. Bring them to class.

Unit 4: Advocacy Web Site Reading assignments: CDA: Chapter 5, 8. Guide: 578-592Do: All of the activities in the Guide for the web site.

Unit 5: Presentation of documentary filmReading assignments: Chapter 8, pages 223-262.353-375

Week TenOct. 24-29

Drop Deadline: Last day to drop with a W is Oct. 29.

What makes an “A” web site?

Work on presentations.

Review your Grade Book to make sure all are recorded accurately. Blackboard mail me if there are problems.

Begin editing your film. Insert music, voice-over, titles.

Design a welcome page for your web site. Do a trial post and make sure it works

Week Eleven

Oct. 31-Nov. 6

Presentations of documentary films. You MUST be able to play your documentary in class, either from DVD or Vimeo. Have a back-up plan in case one doesn’t work.

Finish documentary. Make sure you can publish it to Vimeo/YouTube.

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FYC@UTEP: Composing your success!

Fall 2010

Spring 2010Teams 1, 2, 3, 4, (5)Week Twelve

Nov. 7-13

Presentations of documentary films

Teams (5), 6, 7, 8, 9

Get busy on Web site. Figure out how to publish Web site for peer review next week.

Unit 6: Online Opinion PieceReading assignments: Chapter 13, pages 399-426, Online Op Ed: 345-352

Week ThirteenNov. 14-20

Documentary film due Friday to MinerWriter and Blackboard by 12:00 (noon).

Begin Online Opinion Piece

Peer review of Web site, which must be at least 75% complete.

Write a draft for peer review. It MUST have a clearly advocated policy change, a graphic, a citation page and in-text citations, be formatted for a web site (pretty).

Friday classes, note your peer review of OpEd will be online. Your draft must be posted by early next Friday morning to allow enough time to peer review online.

Week FourteenNov. 21-27

University closed Nov. 25-26

Optional: Online Opinion Piece Draft due to Committee for comments by Friday, the 26th at noon.

Tuesday classes: In-class peer review of Online Opinion Piece. Bring 2 copies, with in-text citations, ref. page, and graphics.

Friday classes: Online peer review with Study Buddy groups. Post your paper to your group’s board. Everyone review everyone’s paper and make comments based on rubric. I will grade these by looking at your Study Buddy page. Have this work done by 3 pm today to earn your peer review points.

Make changes to OpEd. Go to WC.

Turn your WC sheet in to me in the WC next Thurs from 9-12 or leave it in my mailbox in Hudspeth 310. DO NOT send it to me via e-mail. DO NOT leave it with WC staff.

Take your web site (either print out the pages or bring a laptop) to WC for review by the tutors.

Week FifteenNov. 28-Dec. 4

Dec. 3 = Dead day,

Online Opinion Piece due Friday, the 3rd at 12:00 (noon) to MinerWriter and to Blackboard.

Finish Web site corrections. MAKE SURE the LINK WORKS. If I can’t open your web site, I can’t grade it and you will earn 0 points. I will not e-mail you to tell you it doesn’t work. Try e-mailing your link to your Study Buddies and see if they can open it.

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FYC@UTEP: Composing your success!

Fall 2010

Spring 2010no classes Optional conferences with instructor- Tuesday & Thursday 9-12 in Writing Center.

Turn your WC sheet in to me in the WC next Thurs from 9-12 or leave it in my mailbox in Hudspeth 310. DO NOT send it to me via e-mail. DO NOT leave it with WC staff.

Week SixteenDec. 5-11

Finals week

  

Advocacy website due by WED., 12:00 (noon) to Blackboard. Post your URL to Blackboard, assignments.

Check your grades in the grade book (Thinkwave) and send any corrections or questions THIS WEEK! Send it via Blackboard mail, high priority.

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