(Subject to adjustments over the course of the summer)
Week 5
JULY 5 (T) Draft Due: Summary #2 (Choice of “Bless me Reader…” or “The Final Cut”)
Discuss: Close Reading; Justice (Please bring the text to our session; we will discuss how we might incorporate this into future assignments); “Parts of a Full Argument” (EWR 213-216)
July 7 (Th) Final Due: Summary #2
Read Beforehand: Erasmus, De Copia (PDF), and Copia Assignment Doc
Discuss: De Copia Exercises (Copia Doc and Expansion), Paragraph-building, and
Editing for Concision
Week 6
July 11 (M) Read Beforehand: “Rapaccini’s Daughter” and take notes/ close read.
Díaz, “The Pura Principle,” Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper”
“‘But Don’t Get Me Wrong’: The Art of Metacommentary”
(TSIS 129-138)
Discuss: Death Penalty Article; How to write a metacommentary of a text
July 14 (Th) Due: Revision of Death Penalty Article
Read Beforehand:
Gawande, “Hellhole” (BB)
Ch6: Planting a Naysayer in Your Text TSIS 78-91, “Responding to Opposing Views: Refuting, Conceding, and Bridging”; “Considering Refutation in Arrangement” (EWR 220)
Blog Assignment: Write about the process of writing your Death Penalty Article
Week 7
July 18 (M) Mini-Assignment: Write a metacommentary of a paragraph in Schwab
Schwab, “Writing against Memory and Forgetting”
Read Beforehand: “‘Yes/No/Okay, But’: Three Ways to Respond” (TSIS 55-67)
“‘And Yet’: Distinguishing What You Say from What They Say” (TSIS 68-77), “‘As A
Result’: Connecting the Parts” (TSIS 105-120)
Discuss: More Close Reading; Compare and Contrast Assignment;
Discuss: More Close Reading; Compare and Contrast Assignment;
July 21 (Th) Draft Due: 3 pages of Compare and Contrast Paper AND Outline
Read Beforehand: Dresser, “Stem Cell Research: The Bigger Picture”;
; “‘What’s Motivating This Writer’: Reading for the Conversation” (TSIS 145-155),
Discuss: Considering Another Side; Work on Brainstorming and Outlining
Blog Writing: What is your relationship to Memory? (due Mon)
Week 8
July 25 (M) Draft 2 Due: Compare and Contrast Paper
Read Beforehand: “Maintaining Positive Arguments When Considering Another Side” (EWR 195-196)
Discuss: Review: “Parts of a Full Argument” (EWR 213-216) “Stasis Theory—Identifying the Issues and Joining the Debate” (EWR 187-189) (Exercises: EWR 190-191)
July 28 (Th) Final Due: Compare and Contrast
Read Beforehand: Gawande, “Letting Go”
Discuss: “‘The Data Suggest’: Writing in the Sciences” (TSIS 156-174), “‘Analyze This’: Writing in the Social Sciences” (TSIS 175-192)
August Course Calendar: Compare and Contrast, Considering Another Side, and Travel Writing (Subject to adjustments over the course of the summer)
Aug 1 (M) Draft Due: Compare and Contrast
Discuss: Introductions and Conclusions Worksheet
Aug 4 (Th) Revision of Compare and Contrast, with audience analysis and a paragraph
describing strengths and weaknesses of your paper.
Read Beforehand: NYTimes Op-Ed on Justice vs. Revenge
Week 10
Aug 8 (M) Final Due: Compare and Contrast
Read Beforehand: Dresser, “Stem Cell Research: The Bigger Picture”
Discuss: Considering Another Side (Concept), Framing Quotations
Aug 11 (Th) Due: Outline and brainstorm for Considering Another Side
Activity: Arguing the Impossible
Week 11 Travel Writing
Aug 15 (M) Read Beforehand: Mark Twain’s “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”: http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/projects/price/frog.ht
Aug 17 (W) Due:
1. Write about a recent trip you’ve taken (perhaps Boston)
2. Summer Reflection
