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ENC 1101 Syllabus

Other Example Syllabi

Example 1
Example 2

      Syllabi for the 6-Week Summer Semester

Example 1, using Good Reasons and portfolio assessment
Example 2, using Everything's an Argument
Example 3, dividing course into three distinct units
Example 4, incorporating an additional text and using strong theme


Major Assignments

Opposing Viewpoints Assignment Sheet
Analyzing Visual Rhetoric and Grading Sheet
Rhetorical Analysis: Gender Ideology and Cultural Myths in Advertising
Definition Argument
Evaluation Argument
Proposal Argument

Minor Assignments

Summary Assignment Sheet
Field Description and Report
Logical Fallacies Exercise
Library Quiz
Self-Analysis and Journal

Class Activities

Writing to Learn Activities (from Andrea Lunsford’s Teaching Practicum Handout):
First Five Minutes
“Admission Slips”
Last Five Minutes
New Topic
Anticipations
Class Minutes
Concept Metaphors
Study Questions
Interruptions
Short-Answer
Quizzes
Notebooks or Reading Logs
Observation Reports
Problem Generating
Focused Questioning
Microthemes
Five-Senses Exercise
In-Class Icebreaker Activity--"Three Words"
Learning Introductions with Bridget Jones' Diary
Argument in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Analysis of Argument in Bill Moyers Editorial
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Assignment
Mock Debate of Proposal Topics
Visual Text Analysis

Peer Reviews

In-Class Peer Review Worksheet
Peer Review for the Proposal
Analyzing Visual Arguments--Peer Review Worksheet
Peer Review--Definition


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