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1. Student Learning Outcomes
2. Sample Introduction to Course
3. Sample Schedule of Work and Grading Rubric
4. Unit 1 - Close Reading
5. Unit 1 - Notes On Quotations
6. Module 2: Reading
7. Strand A Reading: A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett
8. Supplemental Strand A Reading: Killing Birds by Kristoffer Whitney
9. Strand A Reading: Anda's Game, Graphic Novel adapted by Dara Naraghi (adapted from a story by Corey Doctorow)
10. Supplemental Strand A Reading: Understanding "Gold Farming"
11. Strand B Reading: The Gambler by Paolo Bacigalupi
12. Supplemental Strand B Reading: Earning the Future: a Q & A with Paolo Bacigalupi
13. Strand B Reading: "Where I Lived, And What I Lived For," by Henry David Thoreau
14. Supplemental Strand B Reading: What Would Thoreau Do? by Nika Knight
15. Strand C Reading: "No One Leaves Home Unless Home is the Mouth of a Shark," by Warsan Shire
16. Supplemental Strand C Reading: The Arts in Refugee Camps, by Awet Andemicael
17. Strand C Reading: Excerpts from Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca
18. Supplemental Strand C Reading: "The Conquistador who Wrote a Captivity Narrative: Cabeza de Vaca's Naufragios as a Captivity Narrative," by Carmen Gomez Galisteo
19. Optional Strand C Reading: Cabeza de Vaca (Complete Text)
20. Module 2: Discussion Questions
21. Supplemental Reading #1: Literary Criticism
22. Supplemental Reading #2: Literary Terms
23. Supplemental Reading #3: Critical Thinking Equals Critical Reading
24. Supplemental Reading #4: Writing about Literature Handout
25. Module 3: Drafting
26. Reading #1: What We Write About When We Write About Literature
27. Reading #2: Five Ways of Looking at a Thesis
28. Module 3: Discussion Questions
29. Supplemental Reading #1: Planning to Write
30. Supplemental Reading #2: How to Annotate a Text
31. Supplemental Reading #3: Outlining
32. Supplemental Reading #4: Introductions and Conclusions
33. Supplemental Reading #5: Quoting Plays and Poetry in MLA (from the Writing Commons)
34. Supplemental Reading #1: The Guiding Idea and Argumentative Thesis Statement (from the Writing Commons)
35. Module 3: Essay 1 Draft - Close Reading
36. Module 4: Revising
37. Reading #1: Higher and Lower Order Concerns for Editing
38. Reading #2: Writer's Handbook - Editing Guide (from Writer's Handbook)
39. Unit 1: Essay 1 Revised - Close Reading
40. Unit 2 - Definition Argument
41. Module 5 - Readings
42. Reading #1: Definition Argument Overview
43. Reading #1: Women's Rights are Human Rights - Hillary Rodham Clinton
44. Reading #1: Self-Reliance - Ralph Waldo Emerson
45. Reading #1: The Perils of Indifference - Elie Wiesel
46. Module 5: Discussion Questions
47. Module 6: Drafting and Revising
48. Reading #1: Definition Argument Essay
49. Reading #2: Outlining
50. Discussion 6A - Outline Your Paper
51. Discussion 6B - Devil's Advocate
52. Essay 2 - Definition Argument
53. Unit 3 - Research Essay
54. Research Essay Requirements
55. Module Seven - Reading
56. Reading #1: "The Yellow Wallpaper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
57. Reading #2: "Why I Wrote the Yellow Wallpaper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
58. Reading #1: "In a Grove," by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
59. Reading #1: "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain", by Langston Hughes
60. Module 7: Discussion Questions
61. Module Eight - Research
62. Evaluating Sources
63. Source Evaluation Checklist
64. Step 1: Readings for Evaluating Sources
65. Step 2: Discussion 8A - Evaluating Sources
66. Step 3: Readings for Learn about Conducting Research
67. Step 4: Discussion 8B – Research Scavenger Hunt
68. Research and Documentation
69. Step 1: Readings for Review Resources on Conducting Research
70. Step 2: Review Readings for Evaluating Sources and Conducting Research
71. Step 3: Discussion 8B – Research Scavenger Hunt
72. Module 9: Creating the Annotated Bibliography and Drafting the Essay
73. Step 1: Discussion Activity – The Annotated Bibliography
74. Step 2: Discussion Activity: An Outline or Letter
75. Step 3: Draft the Paper
76. Process: Writing a Thesis Statement
77. Annotated Bibliography
78. Module 10: Revising
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