CO150 Common Syllabus, 2006-2007

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:

Course Curriculum

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.

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Lesson Plans and Assignments


Course Goals
General Advice about Teaching
Introduction to Weekly and Daily Lesson Plans

Portfolio 1: Daily Lesson Plans


Week 1: Monday, August 21 -  Friday, August 25
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Week 2: Monday, August 28 - Friday, September 1
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Week 3: Tuesday, September 5 - Friday, September 8
Labor Day (No Classes) | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Week 4: Monday, September 11 - Friday, September 15
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Week 5: Monday, September 18 - Friday, September 22
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Week 6 : Monday, September 25
Monday |

Portfolio 2: Daily Lesson Plans


Week 6 Continued : Tuesday, September 26- Friday, September 29
             | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Week 7: Monday, October 2 - Friday, October 6
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Week 8: Monday, October 9 - Friday, October 13
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Week 9: Monday, October 16 - Friday, October 20
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Portfolio 3: Complete Weekly Plans


Portfolio Three Overview: A Note on Planning Lessons for Portfolio Three

Week 10: Monday, October 23- Friday, October 27
Week 11: Monday, October 30 - Friday, November 3
Week 12: Monday, November 6 - Friday, November 10
Week 13: Monday, November 13 - Friday, November 17
Fall Break
Week 14: Monday, November 27 - Friday, December 1
Week 15: Monday, December 4 - Friday, December 8

Final Examination

Assignments and Portfolio Overviews

Note: These documents provide rationales for each of the portfolios as well as the assignments themselves. We advise reading the overview for portfolios two and three prior to planning your class lessons.

Overview of Major Assignments for CO150

Portfolio 1: Goals
Portfolio 1, Part A: Summarizing an Article and Responding to its Points
Portfolio 1, Part B: Summarizing an Article and Analyzing its Effectiveness

Portfolio 2, Part A: Exploring Issues for Research and Argumentation
Portfolio 2, Part B: Illustrating Your Process of Inquiry

Portfolio 3, Part A: Writing an Argument for an Academic Audience
Portfolio 3, Part B: Writing an Argument for a Public Audience

Appendix

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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)

Argument Aids

Types of Claims Overhead
Questions for Audience Analysis (Word Document)
Mini-Debate Activity (Legalizing Marijuana) (Word Document)

Workshops
Summary and Response Essay

Academic Context Argument

Public Context Argument

Portfolio Samples

Portfolio 1A:  Student Sample Essay
Portfolio 2:  P2B Sample Inquiry Essay A
Portfolio 2:  P2B Sample Inquiry Essay B
Portfolio 2:  P2B Sample Inquiry Essay C
Portfolio 3:  P3A Sample Academic Argument A
Portfolio 3:  P3A Sample Academic Argument B