Week 1: WELCOME Tues. Jan. 15:
Course Intro and Overview:

Text: Allyn and Bacon Guide to Writing. Ramage, Bean and Johnson, 4th. Ed.*Please bring book to class each day.
You will need the book to complete your work.
Explore class website
http://www.public.asu.edu/~jvanasu/1022008.htm

Read "Schedule" and "Policies." Quiz over material on Thurs.
Prepare to choose a topic from this list:
http://www.public.asu.edu/~jvanasu/topics05.html
**All students must have ASU email account by Jan. 24.       

Thurs. 1/17
1)Syllabus Quiz.
2) Pick topics
3) Attendance and importance of working with peers
4) Intro Conjectures Essay, Writing Project 1
5) Library and Research    
6) Introduce Article Annotation
7) Article Credibility/Appropriatness

DUE: Read and summarize "Indians . . "  
http://www.public.asu.edu/~jvanasu/Indians.html  
Bring typed copy of "Indians . . ." summary to class.  
Read Chapter 6 ("Summary" pages 124-130) & 22 (697-704 only).
ATTN:  Mid-Term See Week 7 for questions . 

Week 2 Tues. January 22:
Due: Final of "Indians" Summary.

Read Chapter 1 pgs. 6-22,
(keep reviewing Chapter 22 on MLA).

Thurs. January 24.
Discussion: 1) Plate, Aristotle and the Sophists or Who Wants to Argue? 2) More about semester topic. 3) Conjectures Essay
4) Online Research
DUE: "Indians" Summary corrections.
Read Chapters 4 & 14 (Very important Chapter).

Week 3: Tues. Jan. 29  
Open and closed form essays (Chapter 1).
MLA Documentation: Correct Citation form. (Refer to Ch 22)  
Read Chapter 4

DUE: One Article and summary (correctly cited!).

Thurs. Jan. 31   NO CLASS Go to library and find articles/or work on summaries. (Me: attending English Conference (AWP) New York).
Three summaries and articles due in class on Feb. 5 and R/D for / peer edit.
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Classwork usually completed in this period--1) Discuss Conjectures Essay. 2) Let's get the "SOAP."  
DUE: two articles and their summaries. Bring to class.    
  *Use in text-documentation in all summaries.

Week 4: Feb. 5  Tues.
Peer Edit of WP# 1 (failure to submit Draft results in one grade off final essay). Bring all articles and summaries.

WP # 1 Due Feb. 7, in class.  Late papers lose one grade per day. A grade a day. 

Feb. 7 Thurs.   In class response to WP1
Introduce Assignment # 2.   “Evaluating and Analyzing Arguments”

DUE: WP#1 ( Remember to place essay in envelope with all supporting materials).

Week 5 Feb. 12 Tues .
UNIT TWO: Analyzing and Evaluating Arguments, Examining Logical Fallacies,  WP#2
Re-see "periodical research" pp 611-623 (Find at least one journal article for WP2).
 Re-see chapter 14 Classical Arguments.  
Reminder: Mid-Term in class Week 7.

 Feb 14. Thurs. Discussion of Writing project Two.
In class discussion, Dorothy's letter.
Group work with evaluative arguments, establishiing criteria, more disucssion of WP2 and related articles.

Read Chapter 13, "Analysis" & 15 "Making an Evaluation 

Begin Study for Mid-term. Questions will help you pinpoint any fallacies in your articles.

Week 6  Feb. 19, Tues.
DUE: Two articles and summaries due in class

Feb 21, NO CLASS TODAY
See syllabus changes in red

Week 7 Feb. 26 ,
Workshop argument analysis sheet and discuss parts of argument.
Read Chapter 18 Composing and Revising Closed form prose
Due: Argument Analysis sheet (in class peer workshop).
 

Feb. 28 , Thurs..     Full draft first peer review of part one (analysis) and two (essay) of WP 2.
Discuss Evaluative Claims and Issues  
First reading of WP2 draft  (bring all you have written to class).
Read Chapter 23(refresher)& 24  
Mid Term date changed to March 6th. (but you still should study logical fallacies to be able to include any you find in your evaluative argument for WP 2).

Week 8 March 4, Tues.
Peer Edit RD of WP# 2:  
FINAL WP#2 DUE Thurs. in class.

March 6, Thurs..  
DUE: Final WP 2

Mid-Term in Class  (logical fallacies)  See questions at: http://www.public.asu.edu/~jvanasu/quiz.htm
Introduce WP3  scroll to assignment # 3.

Spring Break
March 13-19th

Spring Break  

Week 10 March 18, Tues.
Invention Wp3 Taking a Position
Assign Presentation times.

March 20
Note Change> NO IN-CLASS MEETING.
Find articles for WP 3. Re-consider Chapter 15 * WP3 is not an evaluative argument, but one often needs to analyze and evaluate positions before determining which position they will argue for/against.

Week 11 March 25, Tues.
In Class: Discuss Presentation Requirments  
Read Chapter 11 (analyzing data and graphs).  

March 27, Thurs.  
Rough draft WP3 due

Review Re-read Chapter 14

Week 12 April 1,
Presentations WP3

April 3 DUE: WP 3 Final Packet
Presentations
Introduce Assignment 4

Week 13 April 8, Tues.  
Portfolio Invention WP 4  Schedule group conferences.

Read Chapter 13, Analyzing and Synthesizing Ideas. Re-see Chapter 15 Evaluative Arguments.

April 10, Thurs. .   
 Evaluation workshop

Week 14 April 15, Tues.   Group Conferences

April 17, Thurs. Group Conferences

Week 15: April 22,Tues. Group Conferences

April 24 Thurs. Peer Review WP 4

April 29 Tuesday  ALL DUE
PORTFOLIO and letter DUE