Research Log

Writing Workshop II EXWR1-UC 7503 300

Amie Hartman: Adjunct Assistant Professor

Email: Amie.Hartman@nyu.edu

Summer 2020

6/1/2020- 8/10/2020

Remote Via Zoom

Mondays 6:20-9:30 p.m.

Office Hours: By Appointment

Course Description:

This second-level course stresses analytical thinking and the use of evidence in the context of research and other scholarly writing. Students expand their understanding of the purposes and processes of research by developing a formal investigatory paper. Frequent written assignments as well as the workshop structure help students build fluency.

Course Prerequisites:

Placement essay or Writing Workshop I

Course Structure/Method:

This remote course is not a lecture, and will be conducted as a workshop, which means we will be writing together during the class sessions, participating in whole class and small group discussions. You will be asked to share your writing, your ideas, and to give and get feedback on your writing and the writing of your peers. Although we will not physically be together, we will make the most out of our virtual space to foster collaboration, and the success of the class depends on everyone’s willing participation.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1)    Formulate an inquiry question that can be answered through research.

2)    Locate and evaluate a variety of primary and secondary sources in print and online.

3)    Write and revise at least one academic or analytic multi-source essay (15-20 pp) that answers a specific question and integrates primary and secondary sources to provide evidence for claims made.

4)    Refine the process of revision through the creation of multiple drafts.

5)    Use and cite sources in keeping with SPS policies regarding academic integrity.

6)   Write clear, well-organized and grammatically correct prose.

Communication Policy:

I encourage and expect you to communicate with me this summer. Please email me if you need help, clarification on an assignment, or are having any difficulties completing your assignments. The most effective way to communicate with me is through email. Please use NYU email or NYU Classes course mail only. Please do not use your personal email account for course communication. I will do my best to respond to email inquiries within 24- 48 hours with the exception of weekends.

Course Expectations:

We will read and write each week in and outside of class. You will be asked to write both formally and informally. In class, we will write in answer to specific prompts, to reflect, to experiment with ideas, brainstorm, and begin drafts. Outside of class, you will generally complete a reading and writing assignment each week. The specifics for each assignment can be found on the “Assignments” section of our course site. Expect to spend at least twice as much time out of class reading and writing as you spend in class. Since class meets for three hours a week, figure on spending at least six hours outside of class per week on assignments and reading.

Assigned reading. Each week we will discuss a reading in class. You are required to come to the class session with the reading and discussion questions prepared. This is important as we will work with the texts in class.

Research Essay: Our work this summer will be focused on writing one long investigatory paper on a topic of your choosing using multiple sources. I encourage you to choose a topic you are really curious about! We will make this fun and manageable by completing this project in stages and in multiple parts and the project will require at least one revision. It is important that you complete the work in the timeline I give you, and that you complete all of the parts of the paper, in order to get full credit for the final draft.

Research Log: In addition to the “formal” Research Essay you will be assigned various prompts for informal writing to be done in as well as out of class. Informal writing is a way for you to develop healthy writing habits, and to develop critical thinking and explore your ideas. Each of you will create a Google Folder that will serve as the home for your Research Log. You will organize this log with entries according to date.

Attendance: I expect you to attend each class session and log in on time. Excessive absences and consistent lateness will have a negative effect on your standing. More than three absences may affect your final grade. If you must be absent, it does not excuse you from due dates–it is your responsibility to find out what you missed from another student, to check NYU Classes for the assignment, and to attend the next class fully prepared.

Participation: Since this class is a workshop, and there are few lectures, I and the class depend on you being awake, prepared, and willing to participate thoughtfully in class discussions and in breakout rooms with your peers. I want to hear your questions. I want you to ask each other questions. Good discussions lead to good thinking and good thinking leads to better writing. Most important is that you listen to each other and be respectful- you have a lot to learn from each other if you allow yourself to really listen. Make a goal to speak at least once in every class session! We will often work in class reading, writing, sharing ideas, and giving and getting feedback.

Late Work Policy: Due dates are firm, and all assignments should be turned in Via NYU Classes under Assignments. Please do not email me late assignments as I will not accept them. If you turn in something late, you will lose a letter grade (B to B-) for each 24-hour period it is late.

Format of Assignments. All written assignments must be typed and follow MLA/APA format. They should be in black ink, 12-point font, double-spaced and with one-inch margins. All drafts should include your name, my name, date, course title, assignment title and draft number. Please be sure to number all pages and drafts. All of your work should be well proofread before you submit it.

Plagiarism: One of the things we will discuss in class is what constitutes plagiarism and how to protect yourself from accidental plagiarism. According to the NYU Bulletin:

“Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work as though it were one’s own. More specifically, plagiarism is to present as one’s own a sequence of words quoted without quotation marks from another writer; a paraphrased passage from another writer’s work; creative images, artwork, or design; or facts or ideas gathered, organized, and reported by someone else, orally and/or in writing and not providing proper attribution. Since plagiarism is a matter of fact, not of the student’s intention, it is crucial that acknowledgement of the sources be accurate and complete. Even where there is no conscious intention to deceive, the failure to make appropriate acknowledgment constitutes plagiarism. Penalties for plagiarism range from failure for a paper or course to dismissal from the University.”

NYU Classes. Please check the course site regularly for announcements, changes and updates. You will find all assignments, readings, the syllabus, access to course email, etc. on the course site as well.

Required Material- All course readings will be available via NYU Classes under Resources or available online.

It is required that you have access to a Style/Reference guide.

Here is a link to The OWL at Purdue, a comprehensive guide to all things writing including APA and MLA citation. Please bookmark this link as we will refer to it often!

Grade Breakdown.

15% Attendance, Participation, and Readiness to work

10% Out of class short writing assignments (weeks 1-3)

10% Research Log

10% Annotated Bibliography

10% First Draft

10% Revision

25% Final Draft

10% Reflective Essay

NYUSPS Policies:

“NYUSPS policies regarding the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), Academic Integrity and Plagiarism, Students with Disabilities Statement, and Standards of Classroom Behavior among others can be found on the NYU Classes Academic Policies tab for all course sites as well as on the University and NYUSPS websites. Every student is responsible for reading, understanding, and complying with all of these policies.”

The full list of policies can be found at the web links below:

· University: http://www.nyu.edu/about/policies-guidelines-compliance.html

· NYUSPS: http://sps.nyu.edu/academics/academic-policies-and-procedures.html

School Grading Policies:

NYUSPS Undergraduate https://www.sps.nyu.edu/homepage/student-experience/policies-and-procedures.html

WEEK	TOPIC(S)	READING	WHAT’S DUE
WEEK ONE 6/1	Intro to course and to each other. The Inquiry Essay/ Getting the pot boiling Diagnostic Writing Picking a topic is research	The syllabus!	Questions about the course. Some ideas about what interests you that you might want to research this summer.
WEEK TWO 6/8	Intro to the Research Paper Assignment Argument vs Analytical Research papers Finding a topic for your inquiry essay. Discovering the problem or puzzle.	“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights”	3- part writing task in response to “UDHR” (Read entire prompt under Week One assignment on Classes)
WEEK THREE 6/15	Exploring Interest Areas and Forming Questions "Developing Genuine Research Questions" “Shallow” dive of research using Internet and Google Scholar. Google Scholar Tips Summary and Paraphrase	“When Pets Attack” Rebecca Skloot Article of your choice that speaks to the problem you identified in your previous reading.	Part 4 of “UDHR” assignment. Topic for your research essay (Read entire prompt under Week Two Assignment on Classes)
WEEK FOUR 6/22	Finding relevant and credible sources. Evaluating Sources in class activity CRAAP Test Intro to Databases at Bobst Library Refining/redefining the inquiry questions	Two articles- one scholarly- on your research topic	Written summary of two articles on your topic- one of which must be scholarly in nature. (See Week Three Assignment on Classes)
WEEK FIVE 6/29	The Annotated Bibliography	Read and annotate 7-9 relevant sources for your paper Read MLA vs APA Format	Preliminary/Working Bibliography in MLA or APA format Mini-Presentations (See Week Four Assignment on Classes)
WEEK SIX 7/6	· Individual Conferences and discussion of research design	Your sources	Annotated Bibliography Research Proposal (See Week Five Assignment on Classes)
WEEK SEVEN 7/13	Workshopping the pages Notetaking strategies Writing in the Middle	Your sources	3-5 pages of Essay due (See Week Six Assignment on Classes)
WEEK EIGHT 7/20	In class: Developing the draft Mini Conferences		25 notecards Due + 5 more pages (See Week Seven Assignment on Classes)
WEEK NINE 7/27	Peer Review Workshop Descriptive Outlining Revision Activities		First full draft of Essay (View Week Eight Assignment on Classes)
WEEK TEN 8/3	Finalizing the Draft Developing the conclusion Review of editing, format, proofreading		Revision of Research Essay (View Week Nine Assignment on Classes)
WEEK ELEVEN 8/10			Final Draft of Research Essay