English 20M
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All final papers (Essay 3) are due in my office, DH 203, on Wednesday, May 15th from 10am-1pm. I will not be in my office, but Professor Aldridge will be there. Please leave your essay 3 in the box labeled 20M. NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Please don’t email me about your grade. Grades will be posted to My Sac State by the week after finals. There is no way to return your essays this semester. If you would like your essay 3 folder back, please email me at the start of Fall semester and we’ll make arrangements.
Handouts/Articles/Readings
“Responding – Really responding to student writing” by Richard Straub
20 Questions you can ask students to help them revise their work
“Definition of the Three Disciplines”
Features of Qualitative and Quantitative Research
“Research Methods in the Natural and Social Sciences”
“Science and the Scientific Method”
Steps of the Scientific Method
“Summarizing a research article”
How To Write a Literature Review
What can a literature review do for me?
Reading Strategies
Annotating and Marking What You Read
Questions for Rhetorical Analysis
What in the world is rhetorical analysis?
Journals
2 – Definition of the Three Disciplines
6 – College Research Process/Library Databases
7 – “The Genetics of Language”
8 – Empirical Research Reports and Analyzing your article for Essay 1
9 – Research in the Social Sciences/Literature Reviews
11 – Analysis of Three Social Science Research Articles for Essay 2
13 - Orwell Part 1, Chapters 1-5 study questions
14 - Orwell Part 1, Chapters 6-8 study questions
15 – Orwell Part 2, Chapters 1-5 study questions
16 - Writing in the Humanities
17 – Orwell Part 2, Chapters 6-10 study questions
18 – The Principles of Newspeak study questions
19 – Orwell Part 3, Chapters 1-3 study questions
20 - ”Propaganda: How not to be bamboozled” by Diane Cross
21 – Orwell Part 3, Chapters 4-6 study questions
22 – Analysis of 1984 and uncritical masses
23 - Analysis of Current Issue
Research
Research Component for each essay
Essay 1 – Natural Sciences
Starter Article: “The Genetics of Language”
Peer Workshop 1 – Essay 1a revision
Peer Workshop 2 – Essay 1b editing
Essay 2 – Social Sciences
Research in the Social Science
Starter article: ”Male and Female Language”
Peer Workshop 3 – Essay 2a revision
Peer Workshop 4 – Essay 2b editing
Essay 3 – Humanities
Peer Workshop 5 – Essay 3a revision
Peer Workshop 6 – Essay 3b editing
Midterm
Article #1:
Writing a Counterargument Paragraph
Structure of a Counterargument Paragraph
Using quotations from outside sources
Using quotations – model paragraph