Frederick Douglass An American Slave Textual Analysis

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* AVC 101, Spring 2013, Student Schedule Unit 1 | Key: WR = A Writer’s Reference; WI: A World of Ideas | Date | Class Activities | Homework Due the Next Class | Unit 1 Essay 1: Textual Analysis and Reader Response | Week 1 | Feb. 5 | Syllabus and Blackboard overview Discuss first essay assignment | Read: ““From Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave” (WI: 157-171) for Feb. 7th | Feb. 7 | First-week writing sample Begin discussing reading: ““From Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave” (WI: 157-171) | Read: “Evaluating Ideas: An Introduction to Critical Reading” (WI: 1-11) “Writing about Texts” (WR: A1) and “Constructing Reasonable Arguments” (WR: A2) |…show more content…
12 | Continue to discuss ““From Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave” (WI: 157-171)—discussion questions Discuss and practice close reading | Read: Martin Luther King Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (WI: 211-231) “Writing Paragraphs” (WR: C4) Annotate: Martin Luther King Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (WI: 211-231) due in class Feb. 14 Watch: “Extreme Paragraph Makeover” video clip (Blackboard) | Feb. 14 | Collect annotations of King Discuss Martin Luther King Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (WI: 211-231) Begin activities on paragraph structure | Read: W. E. B. Du Bois “Of Our Spiritual Strivings” (WI: 287-299) Bring: Samples essays 1 and 2 without paragraph breaks (Blackboard) | Week 3 | Feb. 19 | Continue with paragraph activities Discuss W. E. B. Du Bois “Of Our Spiritual Strivings” (WI: 287-299) | Read: Marcus Tullius Cicero “The Defense of Injustice” (WI: 143-155) And “Evaluating Arguments” (WR: A) Online Responses and Annotations: Response 1, original response due Friday, Feb. 22: Douglass, King, and Du Bois (5 pts) Writing: First draft of essay 1 for instructor feedback due in class Feb. 26 (hard copy, no rubric; must have at least 3 typed/double spaced pages to receive credit; see draft requirements on Blackboard)…show more content…
26 | Continue to discuss Cicero “The Defense of Injustice” (WI: 143-155) If time, begin to discuss Henry David Thoreau “Civil Disobedience” (WI: 173-199) and thesis statements (lesson plan) Collect first draft of essay 1 | Read: “Integrating Sources” (WR: MLA-3) and Sample diagnostic Bring: Working draft of essay 1 to class for Week 5 First-week diagnostic to class for Week 5 Rubric (Blackboard) Online Responses and Annotations: Response 2, original response due Friday, March 1st: Thoreau (5 pts) | Feb. 28 | Discuss Henry David Thoreau “Civil Disobedience” (WI: 173-199) Begin evaluating sample diagnostic and discuss rubric | Read: “Citing Sources; Avoiding Plagiarism” (WR: MLA-2) Bring: Romeo and Julie handout (Blackboard) for March 5 | Week 5 | March 5 | Continue discussing sample essay, rubric, and thesis statements Brief overview of MLA manuscript format | Read: MLA (WR) and mark with post-it notes “Documenting Sources” (WR: MLA-4) “Manuscript Format; Sample Paper” (WR: MLA-5) Bring: MLA template assignment and handout to class March 7th Writing: Final draft Essay 1 due by 11:59 pm Sunday, March. 10th

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