SYLLABUS

September
October
November
December

8/31 – Introduction to Course
In Class:
-First Day Writing Sample
Before Next Class:
-Buy the Ballenger Book!
-Photocopy 2 Readings on Reserve in Library (Omi/Winant & Nagel)
-Print Malcolm Gladwell, “Black Like Them” (http://www.gladwell.com/1996/1996_04_29_a_black.htm)
-Visit our course website, follow the blackboard link, and make sure you can logon to it.

DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Read Ballenger, pp. 60-61 (on reading for research), pp. 125-30 (skip exercise 3.1), and pp. 146-53
-Read Gladwell, “Black Like Them”
-Read Omi and Winant, pp.53-61
-Complete Reading Questions 1 (Omi/Winant and Gladwell) - try to follow Ballenger's notetaking ideas
-Bring disk with responses to RQ1. (After 9/2, all RQs will go on Blackboard!)

9/2 – Class meets in Computer Lab – Room CL201B
In Class:
-Discussion of Omi/Winant & Gladwell
-Introduction to Course Website and Blackboard’s (Bb) Discussion Board
-Notetaking Techniques – electronic notetaking by modifying the double-entry journal (see Ballenger, pp. 146-53)
-Ballenger’s Exercise 3.2 (p. 130), but with Omi/Winant Quote.
-“Say Back” to a source and avoid plagiarism. (In class, work on Ballenger, pp. 130-33)

DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Finish Reading Omi/Winant; Read Nagel, pp. 237-42
-Practice modified double-entry journal – complete RQ2 (O/W, G, N).

9/7 - Class meets in Computer Lab – Room CL201B
In Class:
-Discussion of Winant, Gladwell, and Nagel
-Synthesis – locating key themes in Race/Ethnicity
-Ironing out Bb kinks

DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Read Ballenger pp. 133-39
-Complete Ballenger’s Exercise 3.3 (p. 140), but with Nagel and Winant (RQ3)

9/9 – Synthesis (Objective and Purposive)
In Class:
-Locating Key Themes, building synthesis
-Discussing Ballenger’s Exercise 3.3.

DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Objective Synthesis Table (bring 4 copies to class!)
-Read Ballenger, 140-5 – pay careful attention to 143-5 on loops, inverted pyramids, diamonds

9/14 – Objective Synthesis Table Due (4 Copies to Class!)
In Class:
-Discuss Objective Synthesis Tables
- Loop, Inverted Pyramid, and Diamond – Extending Ideas, Evidence, Analysis, and Synthesis

DUE NEXT CLASS:
- First Draft, Objective Synthesis Paper (3 pages minimum; Bring 4 Copies)

9/16 – No Classes (9/15-9/17)

9/21 – First Draft, Objective Synthesis Paper Due (3 pages minimum; 4 copies)
In Class:
-Peer Review
-Synthesis, Loops, Inverted Pyramids, Diamonds

DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Revise two body paragraphs in Objective Synthesis based on peer comments.
-Post original and revised paragraphs to Db.

9/23 – Discuss Synthesis - class meets in Computer Lab (TBA)
In Class:
-Work with student samples and revisions.

DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Final Draft, Objective Synthesis Due!
-Read Ballenger, pp. 63-71 & 73-78.
-Class meets in Library (Internet Research)

9/28 – Final Draft Objective Synthesis Due! (4 pages minimum)
In Class:
-Class meets in Computer Classroom - Room TBA
-Introduction to Internet Research & Evaluating websites.
-Begin Research Assignment 1 (3 Internet-generated sources)
-For each source, work through Ballenger’s evaluation flowchart (Figure 2.3, p. 75)

DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Modified double-entry journal responses for each source in Research Assignment 1
-Reading Questions 4

9/30 – Pre-Proposal Research Draft
In Class:
-Winant and Nagel Revisited
-Analytical Synthesis – conceptual connections, application connections, loops, inverted pyramids, diamonds

DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Reading Questions 5 (two inverted pyramids and a loop)

10/5- Workshop on Loops, Inverted Pyramids, and Synthesis with a Purpose
In Class:
-Group work with loops and inverted pyramids

DUE NEXT CLASS:
-First Draft, Pre-Proposal Research Draft (3 pages, minimum)
-Be sure to include in-text citations, quotation, and paraphrase in the draft.

10/7 – No Class Meeting – Complete first draft of Pre-Proposal Draft.

10/12 – Pre-Proposal Research Draft – First Draft Due! – Bring 4 copies to class!
In Class:
-Peer-review (Revisiting loops, pyramids, and diamonds– Concepts, Examples, Synthesis)

DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Revision Assignment 2 (Revise three paragraphs in Draft based on peer comments)
-Post original and revised paragraphs to Db, with explanations for changes.

10/14 – Library Resources
In Class:
-CUNY Plus and Online Indexes/Databases
-Class Meets in Library (TBA)
-Research Assignment 2 (Scholarly Articles) – Due 10/28
-Research Assignment 3 (Books) – Due 10/28

DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Read Ballenger, Appendix B on APA Style (pp. 313-37)
-Format Draft using APA guidelines – do not include an abstract, notes, appendix or tables and figures.
-Do your best on “Citing Sources in Your Essay” and on the References Page
-Bring 3 copies of draft to class!

10/19 – APA Paper Format and Citation Style
In Class:
-Signal Phrases, In-Text Citation, and References
-Flexible Phrasing for Readability; Clear Citation for Responsibility
-Group work on APA Format

DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Final Draft, Pre-Proposal Research Draft

10/21 - No Formal Class Meeting
-Work on Research Assignment 2
-Work on Research Proposal

10/26 – From Pre-Proposal Research Draft to Research Proposal
In Class:
-Final Draft, Pre-Proposal Research Draft Due!

-DUE NEXT CLASS:
-First Draft, Research Proposal
-Research Assignment 2 (Scholarly Articles)

10/28 - First Draft, Research Proposal Due.
In Class:
-Research Assignment 2 and Research Assignment 3 Due!
-Peer Review of Proposals
-Group work on sources

DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Final Draft, Research Proposal
-Class meets in Library

11/2 - Final Draft, Research Proposal Due.
In Class:
-From Pre-Proposal Draft and Proposal to Formal Research Paper
-Conference Signup.
-First Draft, Research Paper Assignment (Due 11/11)
-Annotated Bibliography (First version due 11/11)

11/4 - Conferences & Individualized Research
-No Formal Class Meeting

11/9 - Conferences & Individualized Research
In Class:
-Class meets in Computer Lab Room C206
-Research Assignment 4

DUE NEXT CLASS:
-First Draft, Research Paper (bring 4 copies!)
-Annotated Bibliography

11/11 – First Draft, Research Paper Due!
In Class:
-Bring 4 copies to class
-Peer review, First Draft of Research Paper and Annotated Bibliography

DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Revision Assignment 3

11/16 – Reclaiming Your Topic
In Class:
-Taking Back the Paper from Sources
-Revision Assignment 3 and Research Assignment 4 Due

DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Second Draft, Research Paper

11/18 – Draft Two Due (7 Sources Minimum)
-In Class:
-Bring 3 Copies of Second Draft to Class
-Synthesis Revisited
-Peer Review - conceptual synthesis, analytic synthesis, and position
-DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Revision Assignment 4

11/23 – Conferences & Individualized Research
In Class:
-Individualized Research & Conferences
-Class meets in Comupter Lab Room 201B. **This is a change in room designation.**
DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Read Ballenger, “Beginning at the Beginning” (p. 191-97)
-Complete “Writing Introductions” Assignment (Step 1, Ballenger’s Exercise 4.3, p.195)
-In addition to drafting three leads, be sure to identify which of Ballenger’s techniques (194-5) you’re following.
-Post your 3 Introductions to the Db in the “Three Ways In” forum – by 11/30.

11/25 – Thanksgiving – No Class (11/25-11/28)

11/30 – Conferences & Individualized Research
No formal class meeting.
Conferences
DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Revision Assignment 4

12/2 – Working on the Introduction
In Class:
-Reread Ballenger 191-97.
-Bring 3 copies of “Writing Introductions” Assignment to class.

DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Abstract and References Page Assignment

12/7 – References Page and Abstracts
In Class:
-Bring 3 Copies of References Page and Draft Abstract to class.
DUE NEXT CLASS:
-Final Draft, Research Paper

12/9 – Last Class Meeting
-Final Draft Due, including Annotated Bibliography (Submit 2 Copies)

12/21 - Final Exam (4-6pm)