English 123: College Research Paper

Spring 2008

Ann Rasmussen

Your Spring 2008 Syllabus

MLA Assistance

MLA Documentation Visit the Diana Hacker web page for assistance with your MLA documentation. She does not have all that you need, however.

Modern Language Association Web Site Visit MLA's home page for updates and changes. Click on FAQ link where you find some frequently asked questions about documentation.

 

Helpful Hints for Writing Your Essay

When to Use Quotations and a list of words to introduce borrowed material

View Research Assignments

Annotated Bibliography: Check this link for the assignment, deadlines, and helpful links.

Required Textbooks and Supplies: Books are available at the BookStop in Greenly at 10th Ave. and 16th

Palmquist, Mike. The Bedford Researcher, 2nd edition
Companion Web Site:
Bedford Researcher

Hacker, Diana. A Writer's Reference 5th edition with CD (Optional)

Supplies:

3.5 floppy disk PC formatted or some sort of storage device

3X5 or 4X5 note cards

3 ring notebook

colored markers or pencil

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Weekly Schedule

Week 15: April 28: Presentations begin. See Presentation Schedule. View Presentation Rubric

Week 14: No Class Wednesday. Class meets Friday

Week 12: April 7:

April 9:Rough Draft Due Wednesday;

April 11: No Class Friday.

Week 11: Mar. 28: MLA Review; see pages 244 and 266 for examples. Take notes in class. MLA quiz Friday over MLA and notes.

Week 10:Mar. 24:

  • Due Wednesday March 26
    • Working Outline
    • 15 notecards

 

Mar. 26 Wed: Assignemnt: Deductive Reasoning and Logical Fallacies. Define these logical fallacies and bring an example to class on Friday. Use the web sites to help define each falay and then try to find examples on the web, in newspapers, in the TV news:

Logical Fallacies. org and Logical Fallacies and the Art of Debate

  1. Ad Hominem Argument
  2. Misericordian Argument
  3. Ad Populum Argument
  4. Argument by Analogy
  5. Begging the Question
  6. Equivocation
  7. Guilt by Association
  8. Jumping to Conclusion
  9. Non Sequitur
  10. Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
  11. Slippery Slope
  12. Straw Man

Week 8: Mar. 3 Monday: Finish Paraphrasing; Wednesday Chapter 11 Outling and Organizing p. 145. Friday Same.

Outline Patterns

Outlining the Your Argument

Week 7: Feb. 25: Monday: Reflection Essay; Wednesday: Chapter 10: taking notes; Friday Note taking exercise; annotated bibliography due.

Assembling the annotated bibliography: Review the checklist for the complete annotated bibliography assignment.

Week 6: Feb. 18: Monday, Meet in Ross 2261. Bring your textbook to review citations for internet sources. Download Interntet Citation Sheets

Feb. 20, Tuesday, Meet in Ross 2261

Feb. 22, Friday, Meet in Ross 2261. 8 internet citation sheets due

Week 5: Feb. 11: Monday, Meet in Ross 2261. Bring your textbook. We will be looking at citations for periodicals.

Feb. 13: Wednesday, Meet in Michener Library to continue search for periodicals.

Feb. 15: Friday, Meet in Ross 2261 to complete periodical citations

Week 4: Feb. 4: Assembling the annotated bibliography

Time Table of creating the annotated bibliography:

Feb. 4 Monday meet in Ross 2261 to begin search for book sources.

Feb. 6 Wednesday: Meet in Michener Library to check out books to write citations sheets and make annotations.

Feb. 8 Friday meet in Ross 2261 to complete citation sheets. Previewing Books and Taking Notes

Week: 3: Jan. 28:

  • Monday: Ross 2261 Computer Lab
  • Wednesday: Michener Library at Circulation Desk
    • Giver Essay Due
  • Friday: Ross 2261 Except for 8:00 class, meet in Mich. L08
    • Research Question with 10 questions due (MLA page format)
    • Library of Congress exercise due

For Eng. 123-054 and 035

Understanding the Library of Congress Subjects to locate sources

 

Essays must meet these criteria:

3-4 pages, typed, double space, following MLA for documentation and style (paper format). Check your Bedford Researcher for MLA rules.

10:10: Eng. 123-054: Argue that The Giver is/is not appropriate reading for 6th graders. Try to connect your argument to the Feinberg's Problem Novel essay.

11:15: Eng. 123-035: This class has a choice: Argue that The Giver is/is not appropriate for 6 th grade or argue that MYSPACE must be carefully controlled in a middle school.


 

For English 123-042

Understanding the Library of Congress Subjects to locate sources

Essays must meet these criteria:

3-4 pages, typed, double space, following MLA for documentation and style (paper format). Check your Bedford Researcher for MLA rules.

Argue that public schools should/should not restrict students' use of MySpace and other social networking tools in an academic environment using school computers.

Meet in Ross 2261 Computer Lab M.

NOTE: CLASS WILL MEET IN MICH. L08 COMPUTER LAB FRIDAY, FEB. 1.