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EG 102 ENGLISH COMPOSITION II
Calendar of Class Meetings
and Assignments

Fall 2003

Date

Text

Assignment

Page Numbers

Notes and Reminders

Week 1

LA

 

 

 

 

 

PH

Forms of Argument: Persuasive Writing

"Help Wanted Immediately! "

"Internet No Substitute for Real Knowledge"

"The New Stupidity In College Writing Classes"

Argument

Writing: Journal #1/#2

1-22

8-9

11-12

20-21

 

20-24

 

Week 2

LA

 

 

 

 

 

PH

Forms of Argument: Induction/Deduction

"America Needs a Flag-Protection Amendment"

"Ban Boxing"

"Ban Anti-Smoking Wimps! "

Developing Your Arguments

Writing: Essay #1-Two Views

23-65

 

31-33

36-37

40-41

 

24-27

 

Week 3

LA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PH

Forms of Argument: Fallacies

"Left-handers (Those Sickos) Got No Reason To Live"

"Greed and Liability Litigation"

"How Would You Like the Police to Investigate Your Miscarriage? "

"Sizism: One of the Last "Safe" Prejudices"

Logical Fallacies/Organizing Your Arguments

Writing: Journal #3/#4

66-89

 

74-75

 

76-77

81-82

 

83-86

 

27-30

 

Week 4

LA

 

 

 

 

PH

Forms of Argument: Argument By Authority/Semantic Argument/Statistics

 

"Federal Foolishness and Marijuana"

"The Need for Vision - Support for the Humanities"

"There Is No Safe Sex"

"Why Oregon State Should Give Up Football"

"'Moment of Quiet Reflection' Intended To Circumvent The Law"

"Greed and Overconsumption Are Killing The Rainforests"

"The Inescapability of Humanism"

"100,000 Beer Commercials? "

"Tobacco Taxes Unfair and Ineffective"

"God Bless America"

Developing Your Arguments

Writing: Journal #5/#6


90-115,
116-141, 142-165



101-103


107-108



111-113

131



133-134



137-138

 

139-141


150-154


157-158


159

 

Week 5

LA

 

 

 

PH

Forms of Argument: Argument By Authority/Semantic Argument/Statistics

Continued

Developing Your Arguments

Writing: Essay #2-Definition/Argument

598-629

 

 

630-667

 

Week 6

PH

 

 

 

Research and Argumentation: Finding a Topic/Searching for Information/Research Online/Web Resources

Writing: Journal #7/#8 (Developing an Abstract/Argumentative Statements)

211-213, 213-218, 239-243, 243-246

 

Week 7

 

Research and Argumentation: Evaluating Sources/Taking Notes/Using Sources

Writing: Bibliography/Notetaking

218-223, 223-231, 231-238

 

Week 8

PH

Research and Argumentation: Documentation in MLA Style/Documenting Internet Sources

Writing: Journal #7/#8 (Developing an Abstract/Argumentative Statements)

255-280, 248-252

 

Week 9

PH

Research and Argumentation: Sample Research Paper

Writing: Essay #3-The Research Paper

273-280

 

Week 10

LA

Argument For Analysis

Science

"The Handy-Dandy Evolution Prover"

"Stop Banning Things At The Drop of a Rat"

Sports

"Asking God To Cheat In Sports"

"Opposing View: NCAA Program Works"

"Our View: NCAA's Too-Tight Rules Hurt Deserving Students"

Writing: Journal #9/#10-Analysis Responses

 

 

 

169

238

 

 

 

176

213

211

 

 

Week 11

LA

Argument For Analysis

Religion

"Gambling in the New Testament"

"Should Priests Marry? "

"Woman Priests? Never! "

Product Advertising

"Butter: Now More Than Ever The Natural Choice"

"I Had Liposuction Instead"

"So I Have a Vitamin Gap, Big Deal"

Writing: Essay #4-Persuasive* (Common Essay Assignment)

 

 

201

215

235

 

 

208

175

219

 

 

Week 12

LA

Literary Argument

Fiction

"A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"

"A Modest Proposal"

"from Northanger Abbey - 'Oh! It is Only a Novel'"

Selected Handouts

Writing: Journal #11/#12 (Literary Response)

 

 

 

259

263

270

 

Week 13

LA

Literary Argument

Poetry

"My Mistress' Eyes - Sonnet CXXX"

"from Henry V, St. Crispin's Day"

"To His Coy Mistress"

"Death, Be Not Proud"

Writing: Journal #13/#14(Literary Response)

 

 

 

251

252

254

256

 

Week 14

LA

Literary Argument

Poetry

"from Paradise Lost, Book IX"

"My Last Duchess"

"I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major-General"

Selected Handouts

Writing: Journal #15/#16(Literary Response)

 

 

 

257

271

273

 

 

Week 15

LA

Literary Argument

Non-Fiction

"The Declaration of Independence"

Selected Handouts

Writing: Essay #5-Literary Analysis

 

 

 

274

 

 

 

Week 16

 

 

 

Final Examination- To be announced