Week
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Topic
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Content
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Class Activities
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Homework
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1
(9/2)
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Course Overview
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Logistics & Recap
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In-class practice
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2
(9/9)
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W-Skills
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Structure, coherence
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In-class practice
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3
(9/16)
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W-Skills
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Summarizing, paraphrasing
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In-class practice
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4
(9/23)
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W-Skills
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In-text citation, documentation quoting
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In-class practice
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Reading: Research as Conversation
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5
(9/30)
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RP
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Finding topics, information, evaluating sources
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Discussion
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Reading: Writing in the Social Sciences
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6
(10/7)
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Individual conference
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Q&A
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Research paper
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7
(10/14)
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RP
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Critical thinking & analysis
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In-class practice
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8
(10/21)
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RP
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Peer Review 1
Research paper due
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9
(10/28)
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RP
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Peer Review 2
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|
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10
(11/4)
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RP
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Peer Review 3
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|
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11
(11/11)
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RP
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Peer Review 4
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Peer review 1-4 report
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12
(11/18)
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RP
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AI-assisted Writing: Using a chatbot as a language editor
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AI feedback report
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13
(11/25)
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RP
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Abstract writing
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In-class practice
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Reading: Generation Stress: The Mental Health Crisis on Campus
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14
(12/2)
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Reading
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Reading discussion and reflection
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In-class practice
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Reading: How Smart Phones Hijack Our Minds
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15
(12/9)
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Reading
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Reading discussion and reflection
Reports due
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In-class practice
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Presentation
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16
(12/16)
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Presentation
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Human vs. AI feedback
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Graff, G., & Birkenstein, C. (2024). “They Say / I Say” (6th ed.). W.W. Norton & Company.
Bullock, R., Brody, M., & Weinberg, F. (2024). The Little Seagull Handbook (5th ed.). W. W. Norton & Company.
Carriero, R., Bromberg, M., & Gordon, M. (2022). 1100 words you need to know (8th ed.). Kaplan Inc., d/b/a Barron’s Educational Series.
Meyers, A. (2014). Longman academic writing series 5: essays to research papers. White Plains, NY: Pearson Education.
Smalley, R. L., Ruetten, M. K., & Kozyrev, J. (2012). Refining composition skills: Academic writing and grammar (6th edition). Boston, MA: Cengage.
Wallwork, A. (2024). “AI-Assisted Writing and Presenting in English.” Springer.
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