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The syllabus and links will be updated throughout the term. Remember that you are responsible for handing in your electronic and paper homework on time.
 

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Week 0 March 30	Introductions, orientation, and course description Introduction to the Reading Journal Pretest Summarizing overview	Read Viewpoint 3, "Business Supports Work-Family Programs" in How Should Work and Society Be Reconciled?
Week 1 April 4, 6	Conferencing: Go to www.nicenet.org and join class number 223770E38, ELI 162. Go to Conferencing and choose Paraphrasing. Writing: Sentence Analysis Paraphrasing	Take a look at Writing a good critique   Now: Find an article in your field to summarize and comment on for your electronic reading journal. See the Guidelines. By Monday, April 11: Fill out the form at http://osu.orst.edu/~healeyd/162/ 162journal_guidelines.html and send it to me by 8pm. (The summary and comment are due by 9am April 25.)
Week 2 April 11, 13	Vocabulary in context Quiz on paraphrasing Discussion of Viewpoints 3 and 4.  Summarizing   Using online databases such as iac.	See information online about summarizing at http://osu.orst.edu/~healeyd/162/ 162summary.html Read Viewpoint 4, "Business Does Not Adequately Support Work-Family Programs." Take notes on the similarities and differences between Viewpoint 3 and Viewpoint 4 to discuss in class. Assignment for Essay #1
Week 3 April 18, 20	Searching the Web effectively. Read Viewpoint 5 and take notes. Vocabulary in context. Quiz on paraphrasing. Vocabulary in context. Quiz on paraphrasing. Using quotes and paraphrases activity with Viewpoints 3-5. (This will also come in handy in writing answers to essay questions.) Using sources - bibliographic format exercise.
Week 4 April 25, 27	Critical thinking and reading Critiquing overview. Vocabulary in context. Quiz on paraphrasing. Review Viewpoint 5 and make an outline of the main points. Looking at your outline of Viewpoint 5, write a summary.;   Essay Exams Look at the "Criteria for good essays" handout and write a quick short essay on one of the topics given in class. Did your answer meet the criteria? Write a better short essay answer. Incorporate ideas from other people as desired.	By 9am Tuesday, April 25: First reading journal is due. Hand in the photocopy of your article in class, with the main idea circled and supporting ideas underlined.; Send in the reading journal at www.nicenet.org (Conferencing Topic: Reading Journal 1) Essay #1 Due.
Week 5 May 2, 4 Midterm week	Midterm exam Exam topics: Paraphrasing Summarizing Outlining Short answer essays based on the readings Reading: Specialized Library and Internet Resources
Week 6 May 9, 11	Reading: Viewpoint 1: "Television Violence is a Serious Problem" Vocabulary in context. Quiz on paraphrasing. Reading and Note-taking Mark Viewpoint 1 to study for an exam; compare what you did with your classmates. How is this similar to or different from a summary? How could you use the author's arguments in an essay?;
Week 7 May 16, 18	Reading: Viewpoint 2, "The Amount of Violence on Television has been Exaggerated" Vocabulary in context. Quiz on paraphrasing. Paraphrasing for a report Find two useful pieces of information to support an idea and two other useful pieces of information to oppose that idea. Write the exact quotes, then paraphrase them. Share your quotes with each other at www.nicenet.org.  Creating web pages.
Week 8 May 23, 25	In-class critique of your online article. Comparing and contrasting effectively Use your list of areas of disagreement to outline a compare-contrast essay. Find good quotes to use in support of each viewpoint.	By Tuesday, May 23: Second reading journal is due. Hand in the photocopy of your article in class, with the main idea circled and supporting ideas underlined.; Send in the reading journal at www.nicenet.org (Conferencing Topic: Reading Journal 2) .
Week 9 May 30, June 1 Final exam week	Persuasive writing List arguments for and against an idea from the readings. Add your own ideas. Number the arguments from weakest to strongest, where higher numbers are stronger. Final exam review; Final exam	Prepare for the final exam.
Week 10 June 6	Debrief Final Exam

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