Lesson Plans

• BILT (complete Module II; print out results—don’t forget to write in your name—submit). Freewrite to consider your topic for Essay I; see SMH 3a, “Exploring a topic,” and SMH 13a-h to review and reflect upon purpose, whether your statement can be argued, formulating your thesis, and developing support. Bring in chaos/ ideas/ clusters.
• In Class: Historical Perspectives Presentations. Overview of Essay I.

Presentations: Historical Perspectives

Essay I Overview/Proposal:
(Topic needs to relate to theme of course)

• The College Essay (Analysis) "an analytic or interpretive literary composition"
  Not a report of others' information, but an analysis or interpretation. Don't regurgitate other people's research and analysis, but create something original with the resources you have available (your mind and some awesome resources)
  Consider what it means to have original scholarship; consider the types of texts that are read/assigned in humanities. Even "fact" books (e.g., history) are interpretive, as they develop from a perspective (usually US-centric) of historical events and their importance.
  Factoid: The events of the biblical Exodus are not mentioned in Egyptian historical records.
• Great General Site for Information: Writing Center at CO State
• Identifying Stance/Argument (13)
• Resource: Activities and Checklists
• Identify Research Question (consider how this will evolve into thesis)
• Review Topics (in terms of Purpose, Argument, &c-- Toulmin, Aristotelian)
• Proposal: What is it and Why?
• Resource: Proposal Overview from Bedford-St. Martin's. I suggest considering your personal interest in topic and why.

Bookkeeping:

• Hand in BILT Tutorial: Module II
• Pick Up Corrected Work

Upcoming:

• Read & Blog: Religious Perspectives Readings. Discussion.
• Draft Essay I Proposal (One printout; one digitally accessible; don’t worry; it will be rather brief!). In Class: Workshop in finalizing proposal; discussing resources and methods.

// posted by Andrea Beaudin @ 2/08/2005 09:08:00 PM