WEEK 1 (9/2)

WEEKLY OVERVIEW:

TERMS:

"The first step in arguing successfully is to state your position clearly. This means that a strong thesis is crucial to your essay. For argumentative or persuasive essays, the thesis is sometimes called a major proposition, or a claim.

Through your major proposition, you take a definite position in a debate, and by taking a strong position, you give your essay its argumentative edge. Your readers must know what your position is and must see that you have supported your main idea with convincing minor points."

--(Gilbert H. Muller and Harvey S. Wiener, The Short Prose Reader, 12th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2009)

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DAILY CLASS SCHEDULE/MATERIALS (WEEK 1):

DAY ONE (THURSDAY 9/2)

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DUE:

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IN CLASS

Welcome!!!

DISCUSS: Weekly Sheets: Weekly assignment sheets will be published the Sunday of each week. The weekly sheets are a guide to the class and will include a brief overview of what we will cover in class and detailed homework instructions. Each week, new sheets will be shared on CANVAS.

We will often refer to the sheets in class and you will need them to complete your homework. It will be your responsibility to have a weekly sheet each week. Be sure to read the entire weekly sheet and ask me if you have any questions about it. The weekly sheets are an important part of the toolbox you will need to be successful in this course!

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DISCUSS: Brief Introduction to Course:
WR101 is a writing course, but is also a course designed to explore the nature of communication in different contexts — how we all have various identities and move among various communities, and often use different types of communication and ways of acting within these communities. We will begin today with a writing sample that invites you to begin thinking about community and identity and academic goals.

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DISCUSS: Video Recording Consent Emerson College Recording Consent Form

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IN CLASS WRITING ASSIGNMENT: JOURNAL #1-Writing Expectations (WEEK 1)

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IN CLASS READING: “Introduction,” (SC 3-8), “About This Book,” (SC 9-12) [WRITERS AND READERS]

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WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT #1:

WRITE: JOURNAL #1-Writing Expectations (WEEK 1)

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DUE: END OF CLASS THURSDAY (9/2)

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WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT #2:

CANVAS:
If you have not done so already, be sure to check your login and password for CANVAS. This will be the central communication point for your academic records and class information.

Syllabus Assignment:
Click here to read the syllabus. Please read the entire document and make note about any questions or concerns that you have.

READ: “Writing: An Ongoing Conversation,” (SC 13-17), “Propositions,” (SC 45-55) [WRITERS AND READERS]

READ: Alison Gopnik, “Diagnosing the Digital Revolution,” (RC 40-43) [READING CULTURE-TRIMBUR]

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DUE: START OF CLASS TUESDAY (9/7)

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WEEK 1 QUIZZES:

There will be no quiz this week.

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WEEK 1 DISCUSSIONS:

There will be no discussion this week.

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WEEK 1 FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION:

WATCH: "The danger of a single story," by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. "Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding." -TED

HAVE A GREAT WEEK AND BE SAFE OUT THERE!

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