Icebreaking. Syllabus overview. Description of course purposes, structure, assessment, and expectations. Course Key Terms and FAQs Assignments/deadlines: Review course reading material (NEO)

Description: Origins of academic writing, its purposes and importance. Aristotelian Triangle. Essay structure overview. Reading: Booth, pp. 9 – 15, and Scott F. Crider, The Soul of Rhetoric in the Age of Amazon. Renovatio Journal, Spring 2019, pp. 35 – 42. Assignments/deadlines: Prepare a 1-page preliminary outline of Scott F. Crider, summarize some of the author’s ideas and make clear whether you’re agreeing or disagreeing with what he says. NEO. For next week.

Description: Text analysis. Reading methods. Reading: Ruszkiewicz, pp. 317 – 324 and Bailey 14 - 27 (With exercises) Booth, pp 106 – 107. Assignments/deadlines: Session 2 assignment: Review of answers. Discussion. Peer review

Description: Finding the gap. Developing the problem. Crafting the question. Carving out the topic + video screening (To be announced). Reading: Bailey, pp. 27 – 29. Booth, pp. 56 – 70. Assignments/deadlines: Read abstract, introduction (pp. 1- 5), and Wexler v. The Law, (pp. 48 – 49) from Kocer, Stephanie., “I Save Me”: Gender, agency, and power in Better Call Saul [Master’s thesis, Minnesota State University, Mankato]. (2022). https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/etds/1205/ In 1 – 2 pages: -Underline the key terms. -Identify the places where you disagree with the author. -Describe the language of the writer: The terms, sentences and tone. NEO. For session 7.

Description: Outlining. Summarizing. Paraphrasing. Citations… and a Grammar reminder. Reading: Ruszkiewicz, pp. 342 – 353. Assignments/deadlines: In one (1) page, describe your topic proposal and create an outline. Printed. For next week.

Description: Sentence. Paragraph. Introduction. Conclusion… and a Vocabulary alert! Reading: Bailey, pp. 77 - 81. Ruszkiewicz, pp. 354 – 361. Assignments/deadlines: Read the article: The Rhetorical Education of Isocrates and the Exemplary in Teaching: Overcoming the “Learnification of Education by Lars Petter Storm Torjussen. Nordic Journal of Educational History Vol. 6, no. 2 (2019), pp. 3–21 and prepare a 3-page summary and a 20-word glossary. NEO. For next week.

Description: Definition. Elements. Reasoning. Reading: Booth, pp. 114 – 123. Bailey, pp. 101 – 117. Critical Thinking-Open University, pp. 12 – 18. Assignments/deadlines: Session 4 assignment: Review of answers. Discussion. Presentation. Peer review.

Description: Finding sources. Bibliography. Online sources. Reading: Ruszkiewicz, pp. 435 – 473. Assignments/deadlines: Read and answer Bailey, pp. 62 – 71, and extend your draft (topic proposal) to 5-7 pages including: - Past readings on your topic - Paragraphs including some citations - List of new sources Printed. For next week. Presentation.

Description: Conventional VS Creative. Voice. Stylistic choices… but with Grammar and Vocabulary! Reading: Birkenstein, 117 – 130. Watch Dr. Helen Sword on Stylish Academic Writing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQsRvAVSVeM&t=1221s&ab_channel=HarvardUniversity Assignments/deadlines: Extend your paper to 8-10 focusing on arguments. Printed. For next week.

Description: Definition. Types. Ethical or Legal? Alternatives… Reading: Booth, pp. 201 – 207. Bailey, pp. 30 – 35.

Description: Revising the frame. Coherence check. Grammar reminder. Arguments revision. Citations and sources check. Reading: Booth, pp. 208 – 2018. Birkenstein, pp. 309 – 327. Assignments/deadlines: Apply the rules (Editing and formatting) to your draft. Make your list of references. Printed. For next week.

Description: Honesty. Objectivity. Humbleness… and again, Plagiarism. Reading: Booth, pp. 285 – 288, and “Using the Brain You Gave Me” Augustine of Hippo on Language by Garry Wills: https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/using-the-brain-you-gave-me Assignments/deadlines: Write your introduction and conclusion and prepare the last version of your paper. Printed. For next week.

Description: Presentation and defending: Rules. Skills. Etiquette; explained and practiced. Screening Dr. Steven Pinker answers big questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgVzm_3I-pM&ab_channel=PenguinBooksUK Class discussion and preparation for the next week.

Description: Presentation and Defense of Research Papers.