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Course Schedule

*course completed; agenda & assignment details omitted

Week 1
September 9 (W)
September 10 (Th)

Class: Introduction to Course

Class: Introduction to Blogs and Communities​​

Week 2

Class: Community Discussions in Groups​

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Due this week: Community Details​

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Week 3

Due: Blog Research

​Class: Voice and Audience

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Class: Identifying Community Conversations

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Class: Writer Bios

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Post: Introduction to Your Community

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Due: 1) Read Group Members' Posts (due Sunday 6pm)

       2) Read these Peer Review Guidelines​​

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Class: Peer Review Breakout Rooms

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Due: Arrange Interviews

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Class: Multi-Genre Searches; Using Library Databases

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Class: Interview Prep; Source Summaries

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Post: Source Summaries (view slideshow from class)

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Due: Read "Introduction" from They Say / I Say

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Class: Entering a Conversation

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Class: Defining a Conversation

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Class: Diagramming a Conversation

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Post: Project 1: Framing the Conversation

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No Classes (Holiday)​

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Class: They Say​

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Due: Read Chapters One and Two from They Say / I Say​

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Class: I Say​

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Due: Read Chapter Four from They Say / I Say​

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Post: Agreement & Disagreement Piece

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At-Home Exercise, part 1: Read & Annotate Sample Interview Articles

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At-Home Exercise, part 2: Integrating Interviews

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Due: Continue research â€‹

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Class: Statements vs. Arguments

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Due: Read from Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace,

        Lessons on "Actions" and "Characters"​

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Class: Sentence Clarity​: Characters & Actions

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Post: Project 2: Position Op-Ed​

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Due: Peer Review Annotations & Group Meetings

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Post: Position Op-Ed Revision (due 6pm)

Class: Stating the Opposition

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No class session​

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Due: Opposition research​​

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Class: Reverse Outlines

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Post: Project 3: Opposition Op-Ed​

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Class: Topic sentences​

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No Classes (Holiday)​

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Due: Read Lesson Four: Cohesion and Coherence from Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace

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Class: Cohesion and coherence

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Due: Long Essay Draft 1

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Due: Group B Peer Review on Drafts​

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Due: Group C Peer Review on Drafts​

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Due: Group A Peer Review on Drafts

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Due: Group A Peer Review Comments

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Due: Group B Peer Review Comments

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Due: Group C Peer Review Comments

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Class: Drop-in office hours

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Due: Long Essay Draft 2​

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No Classes (Holiday)​

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No Classes (Holiday)​

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Class: Thesis Claims ("I Say") Workshop

Class: Paper Questions

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Due: Long Essay Final Version​

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