Jeni DiSalvo

350 Carver Hall

Iowa State University

 

disalvo@iastate.edu

 

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English 250

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Spring 12 MWF Schedule (Sections HF and HH)

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Monday   (Durham 91)

Wednesday   (Ross 31 Sect HF, Durham 91 Sect HH)

Friday    (Ross 31 Sect HF, Durham 91 Sect HH)

Week 1

January 9

Writing Sample:  Write essay exam

January 11

Read: p. 536-548

Introduction to Course

 

January 13

Read:  p. 3-36

Email Etiquette

Taking notes

Drawing Teams

Week 2

January 16

No Class--University Holiday

January 18

Forms of Arguments

January 20

Read: 38-67

Work on Arguments in groups (bring notes)

Week 3

January 23

Read: p. 549-565

 

January 25

Creating an Effective Argument

Writing Definitions

Connotation/Denotation

January 27

Read:  p. 69-93

Creating an Argument

Defending an Argument

Discussion of Definition Paper Assignment

Week 4

January 30

Read:  566-598

Write:  Definition of Term

Write: Notes for Debate

February  1

Debate

 

February 3

Read:  p. 249-280

Creating notes for Definition Paper

Week 5

February 6

Write:  Definition Paper

Due:  Definition Paper at 10:00 P.M.

February 8

Using Audience Analysis

 

February 10

Read: p. 95-130

In Class Exercise for Audience Analysis

Group Meetings for Handbook Exercise 1

Week 6

February 13

Write:  Presentations for Handbook Exercise 1

February 15

Discussion over Causal Paper Assignment

February 17

Read: p. 133-164

Exercise for Academic Arguments

Research on Campus

Week 7

February 20

Discuss Causal Project

Work on Argument Exercise

February 22

Discussion of Logic

Fallacies of Logic

February 24

Read: p. 170-206

Present Argument Projects

NO EXTENSIONS

Week 8

February 27

Read: p. 441-463

Create: Visual Representation of Causal Argument

February 29

Discuss Visuals

 

March 2

Read:  p. 208-243

Counter Argument Exercise

 

Week 9

March 5

Work on projects

Due:  Causal Project Draft in the Lab

March 7

Discuss Evaluation Paper Assignment

March 9

 

Discuss Evaluation Exercise

Week 10

Spring Break

Week 11

March 19

Presentations

March 21

Presentations

March 23

Presentations

Week 12

March 26

Read: p. 284-326!

Write: Draft for Evaluation

Discuss Notes from Observation

March 28

Discuss Application of Criteria for Evaluation

Presentations for Handbook Exercise 2

March 30

Q & A for Evaluation Paper

Finish Presentations

Week 13

April 2

Finish Presentations

April 4

Online Lecture--No formal class

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April 6

Read:  p.284-304

Quiz

Prepare for Evaluation Paper

Week 14

April 9

Field Trip for Evaluations

April 11

Write Evaluation Paper in Class

April 13

 

Read: p. 373-389

 

 

Week 15

April 16

Finish Evaluation

April 18

Discuss Parts of Proposals

 

Discuss Proposal Project

April 20

NO FORMAL CLASS

 

Week 17

April 23

Discuss end of the semester notes

Meet with instructor over papers

 

 

April 25

Meet with instructor over papers

April 27

Meet with instructor over papers

Due:  Proposal (unless you send an email extension proposal) 10:00 P.M.

 

Finals Week

Friday, May 4th

Due:  Re-write of Evaluation Letter

and

Re-write of Definition Paper

No papers will be accepted after 10 P.M.

Meet with instructor over papers

Final Exams for Engl 250 MWF Classes

Section HF (1:10 MWF)  Final Exam on Monday, April 30th, 12:00-2:00

Section HH (2:10 MWF)  Final Exam on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2:15-4:15

 

 

 

 

To sell your ideas to your peers, to your management, to your customers, you must, and I stress MUST, be able to communicate.  One of the reasons Sir Isaac Newton was famous in physics was because he could communicate.

~Danny S.

     

 

 

Definition Essay

Causal Essay

Evaluation Essay

Proposal

 

 

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