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WEEK/DATES
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SCHEDULE
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Week 1
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Mon 08/21
Wed 08/23
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Introductions, icebreakers, syllabus, assignments, course overview.
Introducing key terms: rhetorical situation, argument, claims, evidence, appeals, strategies, qualifiers, rebuttals.
Read pp. 4-14 of RWEA (Reading, Writing, and Evaluating Argument), and apply to Snape, "We Can Find Sensible Solutions," Kristof. "Do We Have the Courage?"
Homework for 08/23.
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Week 2
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Mon 08/28
Wed 08/30
ONLINE
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Types of argument, claims, evidence. Appeals, moves, what texts “do” vs. “say.” How stories persuade.
Read pp. 14-36 of RWEA; May's “The Stories We Tell Ourselves.” Gerstein, “Other People’s Rotten Jobs Are Bad for Them. And for You.”
Assign students to introduce “potential” texts and “peril” texts for 09/06.
Introduction to A.I. tools and “writing coaches,” and how to create accounts.
Homework for 08/28
Writing and AI: The Potential
Read and discuss the following:
Mollick, “How to Use AI to Do Stuff”
Matthews, “If You’re Not Using ChatGPT for your Writing You’re Making a Mistake”
Mollick, “Magic for English Majors: Programming in Prose in an AI-haunted World”
Abril, “Gen Z graduates are fluent in AI”
Post homework to the Discussion Board and to your Google Drive.
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Week 3
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Mon 09/04
Wed 09/06
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LABOR DAY NO CLASS CAMPUS CLOSED
Students work in groups to prepare presentations for 09/06 and 09/11.
Google doc with texts and groups.
Writing and AI: The Perils
Read and discuss the following:
Group 1 presents:
Caplan, “Dear Student: Keep Away From ChatGPT”
Harari et al., “You Can Have the Blue Pill or the Red Pill”
Group 2 presents
Klein, “Beyond the ‘Matrix’ Theory of the Mind”
Acemoglu and Johnson, "Big Tech Is Bad Big AI Will Be Worse"
Post the Discussion Board and to your Google Drive.
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Week 4
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Mon 09/11
Wed 09/13
ONLINE
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All read and analyze together O’Neil, “These Women Warned of AI’s Dangers and Risks Long Before ChatGPT”
Group 3 presents
1. Mollick, “Assigning AI: Seven Ways of Using AI in Class”
2. Mollick “How to Use ChatGPT to Boost Your Writing”
Group 4 presents
3. Mollick “What happens When AI Reads a Book”
Group 5 presents
Marche “Peering Into Future of Novels With Machines”
Marche “The College Essay is Dead”
Warner, “With ChatGPT in the World Students Need to Think”
Post homework to the Discussion Board and to your Google Drive.
Absorb, reflect, experiment with A.I. prompts. Write entries for your A.I. reflection journal and make sure copies of Canvas homework are in Google Drive. Read assignment 1 prompt.
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Week 5
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Mon 09/18
Wed 09/20
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Reviewing assignment 1 prompt. Assigning texts, students, and groups.
Writing with AI. Brainstorming, inventing, outlining, drafting. Peer and group feedback.
Using AI writing coaches. Working on a zero draft.
Post homework to the Discussion Board and to your Google Drive.
Writing about claims, evidence, and strategies.
Read RWEA pp. 47-53 on the art of summarizing and quoting, and page 13 of RWEA for help with talking about claims, and review pages 15 - 19 on discussing evidence.
Group discussions of texts.
Post homework to the Discussion Board and to your Google Drive.
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Week 6
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Mon 09/25
Wed 09/27
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Introductions and metadiscourse. Building body sections.
Read drafting tips handout on structuring introductions and body paragraphs, and discussing claims and RWEA pp. 66-68 on metadiscourse.
In class: drafting the introduction and body paragraphs.
Post homework to the Discussion Board and to your Google Drive.
Peer review. Feedback from classmates and A.I.
Workshopping papers.
Post homework to the Discussion Board and to your Google Drive.
(Sign up for conference times)
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Week 7
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Mon 10/02
Wed 10/04
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Conferences with instructor (Sign up for conference times)
Post homework to the Discussion Board and to your Google Drive.
Conferences with instructor
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Week 8
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Mon 10/09
Wed 10/11
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PAPER 1 DUE
Groups work on their presentations for 10/11
Group presentations
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| Week 9 |
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Mon 10/15
Wed 10/17
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Discuss Young and Sullivan, “Why Write” A Reconsideration.” (Joey, and Gen) Apply
concepts to short texts in class.
Post homework to the Discussion Board and to Google Drive.
Strategies and appeals. Read RWEA pp. 59-70, and apply concepts to these short texts:
Killer Mike speech and video (Kai, Zee, Izzy) Bryce, "Wind is Not the Answer," (Cade, Riley) McNamee,"Google and Facebook Terrify Me" (Sami, Connor, Sidney)
Parry, "Branding a Condition,"
Homework
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| Week 10 |
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Mon 10/23
Wed 10/25
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Read: Hari's "The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered." (Luke and Zac)
Read assignment 2 prompt
Groups prepare to present on a strategy
Post homework to the discussion board and to your Google Drive
Analyzing and discussing strategies in Hari continued
Reread RWEA pp. 60-75.
Groups present on a strategy
Post homework to the discussion board and to your Google Drive
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| Week 11 |
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Mon 10/30
Wed 11/01
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In class work on drafting two full strategies sections.
Use AI to assist, including MyEssayFeedback tool. Reflect on results.
Organize peer review partners and share google docs.
Post homework to the discussion board and to your Google Drive
Peer review and drafting workshops. Based on peer review and AI identify areas for feedback and assistance.
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| Week 12 |
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Mon 11/06
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PAPER 2 DUE
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| Wed 11/08 |
Civic and Critical Literacy
Read Roberts-Miller, "Rhetorical Characteristics of Demagoguery," the two-page handout on possible causes of a "culture of demagoguery" and these three short texts that contain demagogic appeals.
Post homework to the discussion board and your Google drive
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| Week 13 |
| Mon 11/13 |
Read handout analyzing authoritarian populist rhetorics and apply to statements preceding January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol and excerpts from Speeches on Jan 6.
Read pages 90-102 in the RWEA; textbook on evaluating arguments and fallacies.
Post homework to Canvas and Google Drive.
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| Wed 11/15 |
Review pages 90-102 in the RWEA; textbook on evaluating arguments and fallacies (there will be a quiz on fallacies so pay attention).
Read Miller and Shieh on campus smoking rules, and Crichton and respondent arguments about climate change.
Post homework to Canvas and your Google Drive folder
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| Week 14 Thanksgiving Week |
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Mon 11/20
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Zoom Conferences upon request: instructor will meet with students on Zoom during class time. Contact instructor to arrange time. |
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Wed 11/22
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No classes |
| Week 15 |
| Mon 11/27 |
Outline and initial draft due. Using A.I. tools such as LEX to develop analysis.
Explain your project to your partner, then to the entire class. Creating a plan to develop the paper.
Post homework to Canvas and to your Google Drive.
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| Wed 11/29 |
Developing body paragraphs. Posing questions to your peer and playing devil's advocate.
Post full draft to Canvas and to your Google Drive by Friday 5.00 pm)
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| Week 16 |
| Mon 12/04 |
STUDENT TEACHER CONFERENCES |
| Wed 12/06 |
Student presentations |
| Week 17 |
| Mon 12/11 |
Student presentations |
| Fri 12/15 |
FINAL PAPER DUE |
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