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WRT 120 Syllabus
WRT 120 Announcements
WRT 120 Assigmments
Adieu to Imaginary Worlds
One Last Look at Imaginary Worlds
ASSIGNMENT SHEET: Paper #3
Notes on 'Before the Law'
Samuel Beckett Links
Notes on 'Waiting for Godot'
Approaching 'Waiting for Godot'
Notes on 'Axolotl' by Julio Cortazar
Notes on 'EPICAC' by Kurt Vonnegut
ASSIGNMENT SHEET: Paper #2
DIRECTIONS: Independent Project
Suggested Readings: Independent Project
Utopia/Dystopia Links
Character Analysis: Brave New World
Analyzing the Brave New World
Defining Utopia
Embarking on the Brave New World
A Critique of BRAVE NEW WORLD
Dante Links
Inferno: Final Destinations, Cantos XXXII-XXXIV
Inferno: Malebolge, Cantos XVIII-XXXI
Inferno: Questions/Analysis, Cantos XII - XVII
Structure in the Inferno: Analysis, Cantos V - XI
Inferno: Questions for Analysis, Cantos I - V
Introducing Canto I
Approaching the Divine Comedy
Relating to Dante's Inferno
Our Goals for Studying the Inferno
Assignment Sheet: PAPER #1
The Birthmark
Leaf By Niggle
Responses to Leaf By Niggle
'On Fairy Stories' by J.R.R. Tolkien
Notes on Ovid and 'Metamorphoses'
Analyzing the Mythic Tales
The Four Functions of Myth
Myth and Metaphor
Myth - Links
Filtering the Introduction to 'Fantastic Worlds'
Allegory
'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' and 'The Zebra Storyteller
Introducing the 'Imaginary Worlds' Theme
Alice In Wonderland
The Metamorphosis
Conference Schedule: 4/21 and 4/26
Commentary: Following Up Your Response
Critical Thinking and Commentary
Casebook: Evaluating Sources
What is Argument?
Parts of an Argument
Casebook Assignment Sheet
Rubric for Evaluation of Writing
Assignment Sheet: Essay#1
Expressive Writing
Short Stories About Identity
Thoughts on Stories About Identity
Poems About Identity
Understanding the 'Rhetorical Situation'
Mind-map: Identity
ENG Q20 Syllabus
Frederick Douglass Excerpt
Propaganda Analysis
How to Detect Propaganda
George Orwell's Politics and the English Language
Propaganda Analysis Exercise
Weblog for WRT 120
Writing Assistance on the Web
Blackboard at WCU
WCU Homepage
WCU's Francis Harvey Green Library
~~ Assignments ~~
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DATE
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ASSIGNMENT
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Week
14
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4/19/05
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Paper #3 is due today. Conferences will be scheduled for students to discuss their choices and/or progress on the independent project, due at the Final Exam period. Conference times will be in lieu of class on Thursday, 4/21 and Tuesday, 4/26. |
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Week
13
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4/12/05
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Your rough draft is due for an in-class Rough Draft Workshop. |
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Week
12
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4/7/05
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Class is cancelled for 4/7. Your rough draft is due next Tuesday, 4/12. We'll have a Rough Draft Workshop in class. |
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4/5/05
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Two homework assignments due 4/5: Brainstorm topics based on the categories presented in the Writing Assignment on pp. 323-24 in The Call to Write. Brainstorm a list of topics for each category. Bring your lists to class. Also, write a response (1-2 paragraphs) to a reading you've done for one of your classes this semester. |
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Week
11
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3/31/05
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Read Chapter 9 in The Call to Write. In class writing on Practicing Commentary. Handout is available here. |
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3/29/05
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Choose any news article and write a response (1 page). Bring your article and response to class. |
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Week
10
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3/22/05
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Bring a complete draft of your casebook to a group Conference in my office in Main 312. |
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Week
9
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3/17/05
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Complete
the Endnotes and draft the Conclusion for your Casebook.
Prepare a draft of your |
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3/15/05
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Complete the Introduction and Headnotes for your Casebook. |
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Spring
Break
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Enjoy! Complete the "Evaluating Sources for the Casebook" worksheets we began in class by the time you return from Spring Break. You can download the Worksheet if you need spare copies. |
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Week
8
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3/3/05
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Complete the "Evaluating Sources for the Casebook" worksheets we began in class by the time you return from Spring Break. You can download the Worksheet if you need spare copies. |
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3/1/05
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Bring all of the sources you gathered to class on 3/1. Also, in Quick Access, read pp. 147-48; 157-58; and 160-173. If class is canceled, read "Evaluating Sources for your Casebook." |
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WEEK
7
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2/24/05
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Prepare to search for and select articles for your group's casebook in the library this week. On Thursday 2/24 meet with your group in FHG Library. Check in with me to get the assignment for Tuesday 3/1. You can find me at one of the tables on the third floor near the computer classroom. |
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2/22/05
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Prepare to search for and select articles for your group's casebook in the library this week. On Tuesday 2/22 we'll meet in FHG Library's third floor computer classroom. |
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WEEK
6
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2/13/05
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Read The Call to Write, pp. 61-90; Quick Access, pp. 51-58 by Tuesday 2/15. Brainstorm 4 or 5 topics for the Casebook Assignment (see The Call to Write, p. 322). On Tuesday, in addition to reviewing the reading material assigned, you will form collaborative groups and select a topic to create a "Casebook" on a debatable issue. |
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WEEK
5
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2/10/05
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Paper #1 is due. Read The Call to Write, pp. 61-90; Quick Access, pp. 51-58 by Tuesday 2/15. |
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2/8/05
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Bring one copy of your draft in "isolated sentences" format to class on Tuesday to participate in an "editing workshop." |
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WEEK
4
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2/3/05
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Bring four (4) copies of your revised draft of Essay #1 to class for a "revision workshop." |
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WEEK
3
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1/27/05
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Bring a complete rough draft of Essay #1 to class for a "rough draft workshop." |
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1/25/05
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Read Chapters 4 and 5 in The Call to Write. Bring your textbook to class. |
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WEEK
2
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1/20/05
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In-class writing: Choose two poems from the ones assigned to write a one-paragraph response. Your response can be personal or interpretive. |
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1/20/05
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Read the Short Stories on Identity: The Lesson, A Sorrowful Woman, and Girl. Read the poems on identity as well: A Road Not Taken, I'm Nobody, Much Madness Is Divinest Sense, Alone, As I Grew Older, Richard Cory. |
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1/18/05
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Complete the Student Information sheet, which asks you to answer questions related to your writing and reading experience. (Due Tuesday, 1/18) Read the Short Stories on Identity: A&P, Eveline, The Lesson, A Sorrowful Woman, and Girl. |
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WEEK
1
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1/13/05
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In
class you will write a 1-2 paper on the topic of "identity."
The paper can be in whatever mode or style you choose. The only requirement
is that you put your mind and energy into it and that you try to make
it a good piece of writing, as you define "good." If you miss
class today, please make this up for homework.
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