Week 8       More Than “Two Sides”   

ePortfolio blog post due this week by Friday 5pm. Title of post: “Discourse Community.” Contents: In your own words, define the term discourse community. Write 1-2 paragraphs explaining a discourse community you belong to, including the parameters of who belongs to the community. Define key terms (at least five) relevant to your discourse community in language someone not belonging to that community could understand. Use bullet points to organize your list of terms.

3/4                   “The Gun Show” from More Perfect podcast (1h 9min) (eC)

In-class: brainstorm A5 topics; discuss groups for A5

3/6                   “Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and the Indignity of Black Death” by Zeba Blay (eC)

In-class: how to begin research; how to use library website; using information with integrity

Due: Groups for A4/A5

3/8                   “Once Militantly Anti-Abortion, Evangelical Minister Lives ‘With Regret’” from Fresh Air (46 mins) (eC)

Due: A4 research question (due in “A4 Research Questions” Google doc)

Week 9       More Than “Two Sides”—Crispr edition

ePortfolio blog post due this week by Friday 5pm. Title of post: “Academic Integrity & Source Selection.” Contents: Consider the information you learned in class and from the Everything’s an Argument readings this week. In 1-2 paragraphs, answer the following questions in your own words: What is academic integrity and why is it important? How will you go about evaluating sources that you find online? Using examples, what are some indicators that a source is trustworthy? Using examples, what are some “red flags” that would make you think a source might not be trustworthy?

See: Everything’s an Argument chapters 19-20 (evaluating and using sources)

See: Everything’s an Argument chapter 21 (academic integrity)

3/11                 Watch first: “Gene editing for dummies”—time 4m 22s (eC)

Listen second: “Doing the No No” with Adam Zaretsky by Love + Radio (eC) –headphones suggested

Due: MLA citations for A4 by end of class period (due in “MLA citations” Google doc)

3/13                 Choose One:

“Genetically Modified People Are Walking Among Us” by Carl Zimmer (eC)

“Editing Babies? We Need to Learn a Lot More First” by Eric J Topol (eC)

A4 work time / optional workshop

3/15                 A4 work day

                       Due: A4 Annotated Bibliography

Week 10     

3/18                 Spring Break — no class

3/20                 Spring Break — no class

3/22                 Spring Break — no class