| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Introduction: Symbolic Encounters In class: Writing exercise | |
| 2 |
At Odds with Nature Writing: Introductory exercise In class: Questioning your sources; finding a motive | |
| 3 | Birds: Nature's Emissaries | |
| 4 |
Writing: Warm-up exercise 1.1 In class: Developing a thesis. Using MLA in-text citations | |
| 5 | In class: Workshop on introductions | Draft Essay 1 due |
| 6 |
Farms, Lawns, and Gardens: Cultivating Nature In-class: Workshop on drafts Organizing your thoughts; structuring your essay | |
| 7 | Farms (cont.) | Revised Essay 1 due |
| 8 | In class: Framing an argument | |
| 9 | In class: The rhetoric of argument | |
| 10 |
In class: Paragraphs and transitions Exercise: Re-assembling an essay | |
| 11 | In class: The Rules of Engagement: Using sources & developing evidence | |
| 12 |
Dams: Reconstructing Nature Water for a Dry Land Writing: Warm-up exercise 2.1 | |
| 13 |
The Romance of the River Writing: Warm-up exercise 2.2 In class: Exploring two texts. Creating a conceptual framework | |
| 14 |
Landscapes Lost and Found In class: Exploring the past in a narrative essay | Draft Essay 2 due |
| 15 |
Writing: Comments on partners' essays In class: Workshop Essay 2 Creating coherent essays: Introductions and conclusions | |
| 16 | Wolves: Confronting wildness | Revised Essay 2 due |
| 17 | In class: Asking good questions and finding good sources | |
| 18 | In class: Exploring a new perspective and preserving your own | |
| 19 |
Writing: Warm-up exercise 3.1 In class: Oral presentations of individual readings Evaluating and citing secondary sources | |
| 20 |
Writing: Identify critical source(s) that you plan to read In class: Additional oral presentations of individual readings | |
| 21 |
Writing: Warm-up exercise 3.2 In class: Additional oral presentations of individual readings Using and misusing sources Avoiding plagiarism; preserving your voice | |
| 22 | Writing: Prospectus | |
| 23 |
Discuss final revision process Compare draft & published versions of two poems (one by Robert Frost and one by Walt Whitman) | Draft Essay 3 due |
| 24 |
In class: Workshop Essay 3 Managing complexity; achieving coherence | |
| 25 |
Writing: Ongoing revision of Essay 3 In class: Workshop on revised introductions | Essay 3 revised introductions due |
| 26 | In class: Favorite passages from required or supplementary readings | Revised Essay 3 due |