5 Introduction
Define course goals and procedures
Assignment for January 7:
Familiarize yourself with "Atteberry's Tips to Better Writing"
by accessing the web page: www.pitt.edu/~atteberr
Prepare for quiz over writing tips
Begin Journals
7 Quiz over "Atteberry's Tips to Better Writing."
Discuss tips for good writing
Assignment for January 9:
Turn in journals
9 Examine Student Paper: "My First Kiss"
12 Further examination of student papers and grading policies
Assignment for January 14:
Read: "Salvation," p. 8."
Read: "Grandmother's Victory," p. 11.
14 Quiz over readings
Introduction to narration
Assignment topics provided and discussed
16 Continue discussion of readings and topics
Examine student samples
19 NO CLASS--MARTIN LUTHER KING'S BIRTHDAY
21 Continue discussion of student samples
23 Narration papers due
Journals Due
Assignment for January 26:
Read: "Once More to the Lake," p. 32.
Read: "Marrying Absurd," p. 38.
Prepare for quiz over readings
26 Quiz over readings
Introduction to Description
Assignment topics provided and discussed
28 Continue discussion of readings and topics
Examine student samples
Assignment for January 30:
Continue working on papers.
30 Revision Exercise
Assignment for February 2:
Description papers due.
2 Description papers due
Big screen analysis
Assignment for February 4:
Read: "Black Men and Public Space," p. 196.
Read: "Clutter," p. 208.
Read: "The Anthropology of Manners," p. 188.
4 Quiz over readings
Introduction to Illustration
Paper topics provided and discussed
6 Journals Due
Continue discussion of readings and topics
Assignment for February 9:
Continue working on paper drafts.
9 Work on paper construction and revision
Assignment for February 11:
Illustration papers due.
Read: "Talk in Intimate Relationships," p. 156.
Read: "The Men We Carry in Our Minds," p. 169.
Read: "Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts," p. 152.
11 Illustration papers due
Quiz over readings
Introduction to comparison/contrast
Paper topics provided and discussed
13 Continue discussion of topics and readings
Examine student samples
Assignment for February 16:
Continue working on paper drafts.
16 Meet in Computer Center
Revision Exercise
Assignment for February 18:
Comparison/Contrast papers due.
Read: "Predictable Crises of Adulthood," p. 115.
Read: "Four Kinds of Reading," p. 123.
Read: "The Truth about Lying," p. 136.
18 Comparison/contrast papers due
Quiz over readings
Introduction to classification
Paper topics provided and discussed
20 Journals Due
Continue discussion of topics and readings
Examine student samples
23 Further discussion of student samples
25 Big Screen analysis
Assignment for February 27:
Continue working on paper drafts.
27 Meet in Computer Center
Complete Revision Exercise
Assignment for March 2:
Classification papers due.
Read: "Women's Beauty: Put Down or Power Source?" p. 91.
Read: "What is Poverty?" p. 94.
Read: "The Company Man," p. 98.
2 Classification papers due
Quiz over readings
Introduction to definition
Paper topics provided and discussed
4 Continue discussion of readings and topics
Examine student samples
6 Journals Due
Open Day for catching up
Assignment for March 16:
Continue working on paper drafts.
9 NO CLASS--SPRING BREAK
11 NO CLASS--SPRING BREAK
13 NO CLASS--SPRING BREAK
16 Work on paper construction and revision
Assignment for March 18:
Definition papers due.
Read: "Where Have All the Parent's Gone?" p. 227.
Read: "If Hitler Asked You to Electrocute a Stranger, Would You?" pp. 234.
18 Definition papers due
Quiz over readings
Introduction to causal analysis
Paper topics provided and discussed
20 Continue discussion of readings and paper topics
23 Examine student samples of analysis papers
25 Revision exercise
Assignment for March 27:
Continue working on drafts
27 Journals Due
Revision exercise
Assignment for March 30:
Analysis papers due
30 Analysis papers due
Introduction to argumentation
Assignment for April 1:
Read: "Should This Student Have Been Expelled?" p. 318.
Read: "A Step Back to the Workhouse," p. 294.
Read: "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor," p. 303.
1 Continue introduction to argumentation
Quiz over readings
Paper topics provided and discussed
Assignment for April 3:
Continue working on paper drafts.
3 Journals Due
Paper revision and construction
6 Revision assignment
Assignment for April 8:
Argument papers due
8 Argument papers due
Open day for catching up
10 Revision assignment
13 Final Exam Topics distributed and discussed
15 Open day for catching up
17 Open day for catching up