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ENGL 0122, Persuasive Voice, Winter 2000
Section 24: T/Th 9.00 - 10.30
Instructor: Shamim Ansari
| Office Room: 424, Pioneer Hall | Office Hours: T and Th, 10:30-12.00. |
| Office Phone: | E-Mail:sansari@du.edu |
| Voice Mail: 871-4395 | URL:http://www.du.edu/~sansari |
Required Texts:
Lunsford, Andrea; Ruszkiewicz. Everything's an Argument.Bedford:St.Martin's, 1999.
Bloom, Lynn Z, ed. The Essay Connection. 5th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
A Student's Guide To First-Year English, 11th Edition
Purpose:
Persuasive Voice is the second course in the First-Year English sequence. Your goal will be learning how to take a stand effectively in your writing. My purpose in this course will be to acquaint you with various strategies for developing argumentative essays, to guide you through the process of an inquiry and assessment casebook, to spend time with you in the library, and to encourage you towards a more fluent style of writing. As a result of this course, your ability to analyze your reading and express your ideas persuasively in writing should improve. Casebook topics will address a controversial issue of your own interest.
Requirements:
1) Essay Assignments: You are required to write two 5-page essays and a 10-page casebook. All paper assignments will be explained clearly in class -- in discussion and written form.
Format for Assignments: All essays prepared out of class should be written on a computer or your laptop. Please proofread your essay carefully after it is typed and make any necessary corrections. Essays should be formatted using a standard twelve-point font such as Times New Roman. Leave 1 inch margins on the top, bottom and right borders of your text and 1.5 inch margin on the left. Double space your papers.
Folder for Assignments: All essays must be submitted in a folder with pockets and with your name on it. Keep your graded essays in the folder and turn the accumulated essays in each time an assignment is due.
Late Assignments: An essay's grade will drop by one-third for the first, second and third day it is late. (An A, for example, will drop to an A- after one day.) After the third day, it will no longer be accepted.
Plagiarism: If you use another writer's words and/or ideas in your paper, acknowledge it and cite the source in your paper. If you commit plagiarism, you will fail the paper on the first offense and you will fail the course on the second offense. Please read the Guide (p.41) for more details.
2) Editing Sheets: You are required to complete Editing Sheets for each of your papers. An error in your paper will be marked according to the notation of the Handbook (Part III) in the Guide. After you have identified the problem in your handbook, you must correct your errors (please follow the Editing Policy described in the Guide, pp. 49-53) and submit the editing sheets back to me. An editing sheet for a paper is due the class period immediately following my return of your paper. Your editing sheets will be graded and will count as quizzes.
3) Reading Assignments: You will be asked to read essays outside of class. To make sure that you have actually read them, I will ask you to write, either at home or in class, a few lines in response to a reading assignment.
4) Attendance: Regular attendance is mandatory. If you miss more than three classes, your grade will be lowered by one full letter grade. (see Guide, p. 57)
5) Conferences: You must schedule at least one conference with me during the quarter. A conference is for the purpose of discussing your writing with me in more detail than class time permits. Besides seeing me at the conference, the more often you visit me during my office hours, the more I will be able to help you individually with your paper assignments.
Assignments and Grading:
| Essay One (4-5 pages) | 10 percent |
| Essay Two (4-5 pages) | 10 percent |
| Inquiry and Assessment Casebook (10 pages) + Presentation | 30 percent |
| Mid-Term Exam (will include an in-class essay) | 10 percent |
| Library Assignments | 10 percent |
| Quizzes, Editing Sheets, Homework, Participation | 10 percent |
| Final Exam | 20 percent |
Important Dates:
Last day you may drop class without a signature: February
11, 2000
Last day you may drop class with a signature: February 25, 2000
First Essay Due: Thursday, January 27, 2000
Mid-Term Exam: Tuesday, February 1, 2000
Casebook Due: Thursday, February 17, 2000
Second Essay Due: Tuesday, March 7, 2000
Final Exam: Tuesday, March 14, 2000
Schedule of Readings, Assignments and Activities:
|
Week 1, Jan. 3-7 |
ARGUMENTATION and PERSUASION |
| Tue., Jan. 4th |
Introduction/Overview of course |
| Thurs., Jan. 6th | Read "Everything Is an Argument" and "Reading
and Writing Arguments," pp.3-3 in Ruszkiewicz. Explanation of CASEBOOK ASSIGNMENT, Plagiarism |
| Week 2, Jan.10-14 | AUDIENCE and the EMOTIONAL APPEAL |
| Tue., Jan. 11th | Read "Readers and Contexts Count," pp.32-39 in Ruszkiewicz. Read "Letter from Birmingham Jail," pp.569-587 in Bloom. |
| Thurs., Jan. 13th | Read "Arguments from the Heart," pp. 43-49 in Ruszkiewicz. Read "Arguments of Value," pp. 50-54 in Ruszkiewicz. Read "The Sanctuary of School," pp.647-651 in Bloom. |
| Week 3, Jan. 17-21 | WORKING with SOURCES & TYPES of EVIDENCE |
| Tue., Jan. 18th | Read "Assessing and Using Sources," pp.287-293 in Ruszkiewicz
and "Documenting Through the Disciplines," in Guide. Meet at the Library for Introduction to Research Methods. |
| Thurs., Jan. 20th | Read "What Counts As Evidence," pp.255-266 in Ruszkiewicz. Casebook Topic Due. On-Line Library Quiz Due ESSAY ONE ASSIGNED |
| Week 4, Jan. 24-28 | The ETHICAL and RATIONAL APPEAL |
| Tue., Jan. 25th | ROUGH DRAFT and OUTLINE of ESSAY ONE DUE Read "Arguments Based on Facts and Reason," pp.64-76 in Ruszkiewicz . Read "Philosophy: Who Needs It" (Handout) List of six sources for Casebook due in MLA format. (annotated) |
| Thurs., Jan. 27th | FINAL DRAFT of ESSAY ONE DUE Read "Arguments Based on Character," pp. 56-62, Ruszkiewicz. Read "The Clan of One-Breasted Women," pp.653-661 in Bloom |
| Week 5, Feb. 1 - 4 | The STRUCTURE of ARGUMENTS |
| Tue., Feb. 1st | MIDTERM |
| Thurs., Feb. 3rd | Read "Structuring Toulmin Arguments," pp.79-94 in Ruszkiewicz. Essay Reading TBA ESSAY ONE RETURNED |
| Week 6, Feb.7-11 | ARGUMENTS of DEFINITION and EVALUATION |
| Tue., Feb. 8th | OUTLINE of CASEBOOK DUE Read "Arguments of Definition," pp. 97-113 in Ruszkiewicz. Read "Racism" (Handout) Editing Sheet for Essay One due. |
| Thurs., 10th | ROUGH DRAFT of CASEBOOK DUE Read "Arguments of Evaluation," pp.120-135 in Ruszkiewicz. Essay Reading TBA |
| Week 7, Feb.14-18 | CASEBOOK |
| Tue., Feb. 15th | Read "Causal Arguments," pp.144-159 in Ruszkiewicz. Essay Reading TBA |
| Thurs., Feb. 17th | CASEBOOKS DUE Sign up for Oral Presentations |
| Week 8, Feb. 21-25 | "I'LL TAKE MY STAND" |
| Tue., Feb. 22nd | CLASS CANCELLED FOR "I'll Take My Stand" |
| Thurs., Feb. 24th | ESSAY TWO ASSIGNED Casebook Presentations Discussion of "I'll Take My Stand" event |
| Week 9, Feb. 28 - Mar.3 | CASEBOOK PRESENTATIONS |
| Tue., Feb. 29th | Read "Fallacies of Argument," pp.268-280 in Ruszkiewicz. Casebook Presentations |
| Thurs., Mar. 2 | ROUGH DRAFT and OUTLINE of ESSAY TWO DUE CASEBOOKS RETURNED |
| Week 10, Mar. 6-10 | REVIEW |
| Tue., Mar. 7th | ESSAY TWO DUE Review for Final |
| Thurs., Mar.9th | Review for Final |
FINAL EXAM: TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 9.00-11.00 a.m (same classroom).