This common syllabus is provided to support our newest instructors, as well as instructors interested in learning about the latest changes to the CO150 curriculum. Please follow the links below to view the syllabus materials:
Note: The following weekly and daily lesson plans provide varying levels of detail about suggested course goals and activities. The weekly lesson plans provide overviews of teaching and learning goals for each week. They become less detailed as the semester proceeds. Daily lesson plans are provided, for both Monday/Wednesday/Friday and Tuesday/Thursday sections, for the first portfolio.
Course
Goals
General Advice about Teaching
Introduction to Weekly and Daily Lesson Plans
Portfolio 1: Daily
Lesson Plans
Week 1: Monday, August 22 - Friday,
August 26
Monday | Tuesday
| Wednesday | Thursday
| Friday
Week 2: Monday, August 29 - Friday, September
2
Monday | Tuesday
| Wednesday | Thursday
| Friday
Week 3: Tuesday, September 6 - Friday,
September 9
Labor Day | Tuesday | Wednesday
| Thursday | Friday
Week 4: Monday, September 12 - Friday,
September 16
Monday | Tuesday
| Wednesday | Thursday
| Friday
Week 5: Monday, September 19 - Friday,
September 23
Monday | Tuesday
| Wednesday | Thursday
| Friday
Week 6: Monday, September 26 - Friday,
September 30
Monday | Tuesday
| Wednesday | Thursday
| Friday
Week 7: Monday, October 3 - Wesnesday,
October 5
Monday | Tuesday
| Wednesday |
Portfolio 2: Daily Lesson Plans
Week 7: Thursday, October 5- Friday, October
7
Thursday
| Friday
Week 8: Monday, October 10 - Friday,
October 14
Monday | Tuesday
| Wednesday | Thursday
| Friday
Week 9: Monday, October 17 - Friday,
October 21
Monday | Tuesday
| Wednesday | Thursday
| Friday
Week 10: Monday, October 24
- Friday, October 28
Monday | Tuesday
| Wednesday | Thursday
| Friday
Portfolio 3: Complete Weekly Plans
Portfolio Three Overview: A Note on Planning Lessons for Portfolio Three
Week 11: Monday, October 31 - Friday,
November 4
Week 12: Monday, November 7 - Friday,
November 11
Week 13: Monday, November 14 - Friday,
November 18
Fall Break: Monday,
November 21 - Friday, November 25
Week 14: Monday, November 28 - Friday,
December 2
Week 15: Monday, December 5 - Friday,
December 9
Final Examination
Admin Materials
How to Create a Writing Studio Account
Accessing
EReserve
CO150 Mid-Term Course
Evaluation (Word Document)
Grading Criteria for Summary and
Response Essay (Word Document)
Helpful Things
The Writing@CSU Teaching Activities
Bank
Rhetorical Terminology (Word Document)
Backward
Outline Analysis Directions (Word Document)
Backwards Outline Workshop (Word Document)
Revision
Anne Lamott's Bird
by Bird excerpt (Word Document)
Research Assistance
Some Sample Topics (PDF File)
Research Strategies (Word Document)
Issue Analysis Log (Word Document)
Argument Aids
Types of
Claims Overhead
Questions for Audience
Analysis (Word Document)
Mini-Debate Activity (Legalizing
Marijuana) (Word Document)
Workshops
Summary and Response Essay
Letter
to the Editor
Academic Context Argument
Public
Context Argument
Portfolio Samples
Portfolio 1: Summary Homework Drafts
Portfolio 1: Agree/Disagree Homework Drafts
Portfolio 1: Interpretive/Reflective Homework Drafts
Portfolio 1: Analytical/Evaluative Homework Drafts
Portfolio 1: Student Summary and Response Paper
Portfolio 1: Student Letter to the Editor
Portfolio 2: Student Topic Proposal
Portfolio 2: Student Personal Position Analysis
Portfolio 2: Student Annotated Bibliography
Portfolio
2: Student Issue Analyses
Portfolio 3, Part A: Student Academic Context Argument
Portfolio
3, Part B: Student Public Context Argument 1 (PDF File)
Portfolio
3, Part B: Student Public Context Argument 2 (PDF File)
