Monday, August 29: diagnostic
Thursday, September 1: “rules” of writing
Monday, September 5: Labor Day Holiday
Thursday, September 8: U Street Field trip
Monday, September 12: practice summary due on WP China town article; observation
Thursday, September 15: summary (5%) due of article on Adams Morgan due; DC Neighborhood observation; links to dc sources
Monday, September 19: themes for observation essays; read observation essay
Thursday, September 22: observation essay due for peer review (bring 3 copies); prepare for midterm; paraphrasing accurately and ethically
Monday, September 26: draft of observation essay due for instructor comments; midterm (5%) - summary
Thursday, September 29: individual conferences – no class
Monday, October 3: observation essay due (10%); bring in a visual source from your neighborhood for your argument analysis paper (a print-out of a website, a brochure for a mueseum or monument, a picture of a poster advertising a neighborhood event, a flyer etc); finding a thesis
Thursday, October 6: rhetorical analysis due for peer review (bring 3 copies); reflection on observation essay
Monday, October 10: Fall Break No Class
Thursday, October 13: draft of rhetorical analysis for instructor comments; parargaphing and transitions
Monday, October 17: summary of nytimes articledue (5%); finding a research topic; titles, intros, conclusions
Thursday, October 20: pre-research
Monday, October 24: no class – group conferences; bring pre-research;
Thursday, October 27: Rhetorical analysis due (10%); bring internet research source and completed library self-tour; library research day – meet in library instruction room
Monday, October 31: plagiarism tutorial assigned; annotated bibliography; library research day – meet in library instruction room
Thursday, November 3: Field research/picture day in DC - meet at 11:00 in front of the Main House; have your plagiarism tutorial and your library self-tour; you should have 2 articles you think will make the cut for your annotated bibliography
Monday, November 7: discuss sources for annotated bibliography
Thursday, November 10: Individual annotated bibliography due (15%)
Monday, November 14: group meeting in class about choosing sources
Thursday, November 17: more research – meet in computer lab
Monday, November 21: Group research due (10%): group presentations
Thursday, November 24: Thanksgiving Break No Class
Monday, November 28: group presentations and example blog
Thursday, December 1: meet in computer classroom; how to blog, blog narrative, more research
Monday, December 5: peer review of blog narrative
Thursday, December 8: prepare for final
Saturday, December 10: Final exam (10%) - rhetorical analysis of a source
Monday December 12: Project IV: Blog Due (10%)
