Syllabus

Course Policies

schedule only

Schedule for both sections (updated 3 May)

Readings

Required Readings

• “50 Shades of Green”
• "10 Reasons Fair Trade Coffee Doesn't Work"
• "What Makes a Good Business Website?"
• "Don't Gloat, Democrats"
• "Inside Job: A Vertical Farm"
• "Guess Who's Coming for the Dinner?"
• "Leading for Global Competency"
• "Fake News Dupes Students, Study Finds"

Optional Readings

• “Change is Never Easy, But It’s Possible”
• The Vertical Farm: New Yorker article
• "Don't Gloat Democrats" Full Venn Diagram
• Three Paths to Deeper Understanding
• TED Talks on the Pathways Themes
• An Eco-City in the Desert (evaluation & analysis)
• Desert Eco-City: More Commentary and Visuals
• The Micro-credit revolution: “Starting With a Handshake”
• Gaviotas: A City to Reinvent the World
• Venezuela's El Sistema miracle
• Weasel Words--article on fallacious language
• Groupthink--book review on the illusion of independent thought

Assignments

Major Assignments

• Rhetorical Analysis of a Website + Memo (see below)
• Critical Analysis of a Story (updated)
• Research Project: Problems and Solutions--Overview
  • Working Bibliography (updated 2017)
  • Research Proposal + Annotated Bibliography
  • Researched Argument--details on final stages

• Multi-modal Presentation

Small Assignments

• Memo for Rhetorical Analysis of a Website
• Responding to Films Exercise (updated)
• Martin Curiel Quoting Exercise [DOCX]
  • Martin Curiel Interview Questions [DOCX]
  • Martin Curiel Transcript [DOCX]
  • Incorporating Sources [DOCX

• Analyzing Your Audience worksheet
• Refining Your Research worksheet

• Writing for Different Stakeholders--exercise
• Memo for Researched Argument + sample answer
• Extra Credit Opportunities

Samples of Assignments

• Sample Web site analysis ("bad guy" company)
• Sample Web site analysis ("good guy" company)
• Website Analysis Sample Paragraphs
• Website Analysis Sample Outline
• Sample Student Annotated Bibliography (updated for MLA 8th edition)
• Memo for Researched Argument + sample answer

Basics of Rhetoric, Critical Thinking, and Analysis

• Analyzing Arguments Basic Questions [DOC]
• The Appeals and the Modes [DOCX]
• The Top Twenty Errors: A Quick Guide to Editing
• Evaluation Criteria [DOC]
• Considering Kairos [DOCX]
• Advice on Transitions [DOCX]
• Revision Strategies [DOCX]
• Advice on Introductions and Conclusions [DOCX]
• How to Reduce Wordiness
• Business Letters: Rhetoric and Format
• Writing to Your Legislator

Peer Reviews

• Peer review for Web Analysis paper
• Peer Review for Research Proposal + Annotated Bibliography
• Peer Review for Researched Argument

Grading and other tedious matters

• Full Rubric for English 1B