1. EWRT 2 Fall 2014 M/W 7:30-9:45 L46
Week 1 Class Work Homework
Essay 1 Character Analysis
Class 1
9/22
 A Game of Thrones: Prologue
 Website
 Green Sheet
 Syllabus
 Contests/Analytic Authorities
 Contest 1: Content
 Rhetorical Strategy: using
compressed statements to
communicate meaning: Writing
Social and Political Haiku
 Buy books
 Register for Wordpress
 Read A Game of Thrones through
page 100
 Post #1 Write a Haiku (or two)
that expresses a social or political
aspect of the reading thus far.
 Study: Vocabulary (Exam one is
at our next meeting). You can
find the list of words on the
website under “Vocabulary”
“Vocabulary list one.”
Class 2
9/24
 Vocabulary Test #1
 A few haiku
 Discussion: A Game of Thrones
 Arguing with FREECASH
 In-class writing
 Contest: Content
 How to write a QHQ
 Read: A Game of Thrones
through page 200.
 Post #2: Use the ideas you
generated with the FREECASH
method to write about two (or
more) sides of an issue.
 Post #3: QHQ: GOT
 Study Vocabulary
Week 2
Class 3
9/29
 Vocabulary Test #2
 Rhetorical Strategy: using
dialogue to explain and describe:
persuasive dialogue
 Discussion: QHQ
 Contest 5: Content (Ten questions)
 Read GOT through page 300
 Post #4: Write a dialogue
between you and an equal,
arguing the validity or error of a
character's behavior or action.
Or write a dialogue between two
characters about the validity or
error of a third characters'
behavior or action. Use your in-
class exercise as fodder.
 Post #5: QHQ Game of Thrones
Class 4
10/1
 QHQ: A Game of Thrones
 Analytic Authority Picks
 Introduce Essay #1
 Rhetorical Strategy: Analogy
 Introduction to Vocab Exam 3
 Read A Game of Thrones through
400
 Post #6 In-class writing:
analogy
 Post #7 Describe your
character; include page numbers
 Study Vocabulary: Exam Class

2. Week 3
Class 5
10/06
 Defining your Character
 Characterization
o Direct
o Indirect
 Eight Methods of
Characterization
 Rhetorical Strategies:
o Examples
o Explanation
 In-class Writing
 Read A Game of Thrones through
500
 Post # 8: In-class writing:
Paragraph practice
 Post #9: Find one example for
each of the eight methods of
characterization.
 Study Vocabulary: Test class
seven
Class 6
10/08
 In-class writing: What defines
your character?
 Group Discussions
 Choosing your prompt
 Formulating a tentative thesis
 Outlining your essay
 Introductions: Writing a directed
summary
 Read A Game of Thrones
through page 600
Post #10: Post your working
thesis and outline. Find
evidence to support your points.
Include exact quotations and
citations in your outline.
 Post #11 Directed summary
 Study Vocabulary list #3: Test
next class
 There will be NO WORD
BANK
Week 4
Class 7
10/13
• Vocabulary Test #3
• Review
• Counterarguments
• Conclusions
• Rhetorical Strategies:
Aphorism and Chiasmus
• In-Class Writing:
Counterarguments,
Conclusions, Aphorism,
Chiasmus
• Read A Game of Thrones
through page 700
• Post # 12: Counterargument
• Post #13: Conclusion
• Post #14: Examples of
aphorism and chiasmus
Class 8
10/15
• Discussion: Essay #1
• Overview of Library Resources
• Research Activity
• Read A Game of Thrones
through the End
• Post #15: Best 250 words of
essay #1
• Bring two clean copies to
our next class

3. Week 5
Feb 3
Class 9
10/20
• Writing Workshop: Revision
strategies
• Skill Review:
• Integrating quotations
• Citing summarized material
• MLA formatting
• Works Cited page
• Teams
• Using the comments you received
from your readers, revise your
draft. Consider carefully what
each person had to say.
• Post #16: Introduction and
Conclusions
• Read A World of Ideas:
Government: Lao-Tzu "Thoughts
from the Tao-te- Ching” (19-31).
• Post #17 Questions (TBD based
on teams) for Critical Reading:
(page 31).
• Post #18 QHQ Lao-Tzu
• Remember, essay #1 is due
Friday before noon.
Essay #2 Government Lao-Tsu and Machiavelli
Class 10
10/22
 Essay #1: email to
palmoreessaysubmission@gmail.
com
 Introduce Essay #2:
GOVERNMENT
 Discussion: Lao-Tzu "Thoughts
from the Tao-te Ching” (19-31).
 Bio
 Rhetorical Strategies
 Questions for Critical Reading
 QHQ (time permitting)
 Suggestions for Writing: Group
discussion
 Vocabulary (time permitting)
 Read A World of Ideas:
Government: Machiavelli "The
Qualities of the Prince” pages
35-50
 Post #19 Questions (TBD
based on teams) for Critical
Reading: (page 50)
 Post #20 QHQ Machiavelli
 Study Vocabulary
 Consider Essay #2: Which of
the prompts about Lao-Tzu
would you choose?
Week 6
Class 11
10/27
• Discussion: Machiavelli "The
Qualities of the Prince"
• Biography
• Rhetorical Strategies
• Questions for Critical
Reading
• QHQ Discussion Vocabulary (Time
Permitting)
• Essay #2: Choose your prompt
• Post #21: Apply the philosophy
of Machiavelli and/or Lao-Tzu
to A Game of Thrones?
• Post #22 Essay #2 (before due
date)
• Essay #2: Electronic copy due
this Friday before noon.
• Study Vocabulary for exam #4:
Next Class

4. Essay #3 Justice Cicero
10/29
 Vocabulary Exam #4: 15 mins
 Discussion Lao-Tzu/ Machiavelli:
Examples and preparation
 Group Preparation for discussion
of Philosophy and A Game of
Thrones.
 Class Discussion
 Essay #2 writing tips
 Group Preparation for Cicero
 Homework
 Read A World of Ideas: Marcus
Tullius Cicero "The Defense of
Injustice" (119-129)
 Post #23 Questions for Critical
Reading: (page 129)
 Post #24 QHQ Cicero
 Remember, Essay #2 is due by
noon on Friday, Week 6:
palmorekim@fhda.edu
Week 7
Essay #3 Justice Cicero and Thoreau
Class 13
11/03  Review: Machiavelli or Lao-Tzu
 Introduce Essay #3: Justice:
 Discussion: Cicero "The
Defense of Injustice"
 Bio
 Rhetorical Strategies
 Questions for Critical Reading
 QHQs
 Suggestions for Reading:
Thoreau
 Read A World of Ideas: Henry
David Thoreau "Civil
Disobedience" (133-157)
 Post #25 Questions (TBD) for
Critical Reading: (page 157)
 Post #26 QHQ Thoreau
Class 14
11/05  Review: Thoughts on Cicero?
 Essay #3: Justice: Due Friday,
week 8 at noon.
 Discussion: Thoreau
 Bio
 Rhetorical Strategies
 Questions for Critical Reading
 QHQ Thoreau
 Suggestions for Writing Essay
#3
 Essay #3 (2-3 pages): Choose
your topic from "Suggestions for
Writing" pages 129-30, prompts
1-9 or pages 157-58, prompts 1-6
 Post #27 The introduction and
thesis for Essay #3
 Post #28 How can we apply the
philosophy of Cicero and/or
Thoreau to A Game of Thrones?

5. Week 8
No Class
11/10
Veteran’s Day
 Essay #4 Privilege and
Perspective: Plato
Class 15
11/12
 Essay #3 Questions or
Comments
 Group Discussions: Justice and A
Game of Thrones
o Get into your teams to
consider the application of
Cicero and Thoreau to A
Game of Thrones
o Class discussion:
Cicero/Thoreau and A
Game of Thrones
 In-class writing: Generating
Prompts
 Essay #3 Due Friday, week 8,
before noon
 Read A World of Ideas: Plato's
"Allegory of the Cave" (443-
453)
 Post #29 Questions (TBD) for
Critical Reading: (pages 453-54)
Week 9
Essay #4 Privilege and Perspective Plato and Woolf
Class 16
11/17
 Introduce Section # 4:
Privilege and Perspective
 Discussion: Plato's "Allegory of
the Cave"
o Bio
o Rhetorical Strategies
o Questions for Critical Reading
 Introduce Essay #4: In-class
essay: Class 19
• Read A World of Ideas:
• Virginia Woolf
"Shakespeare’s Sister"
(761-776)
• Post #30 Questions (TBD) for
Critical Reading: (page 776)
• Post #31 QHQ Woolf
• Remember, Essay #3 is due
Friday before noon
Class 17
11/19
 Woolf Section # 4: Privilege
and Perspective
 Discussion: Woolf's
“Shakespeare’s Sister"
o Bio
o Rhetorical Strategies
o Questions for Critical
Reading
o QHQ
 Essay #4

 Prepare for essay test 4
 Post # 32 QHQ: How can we
apply the ideas of Plato and
Woolf to A Game of Thrones?
Make sure to include textual
support in your post. You
might consider how Woolf’s
notions can be extended beyond
the realm of women.

6. Week 10
Essay 5 Final Paper
Class 18
11/24
 End of quarter plan
 Group Discussions: Perspectives
and A Game of Thrones
 Introduce Essay #5
 In-class writing: Generating
prompts
 Post #33: Post an essay
prompt that you wrote for
essay #5.
 Post #34 Pick and post two
potential essay questions for
essay #5. You can use the one
you wrote and one from the
formal prompts, or you can use
two from the list that I provided.
Write a one or two sentence
answer to the prompt. (a rough
thesis)
 Prepare for in-class essay
Class 19
11/26
 End of Quarter Plan
 In-Class exam: Essay #4
 Post #35: Essay #5
Brainstorming: Free-writing
what you know about your topic
250 words
 Begin Research for essay
support
 Post #36: Post tentative sources
for essay #5 (MLA format)
 Study for Vocabulary Make-up
Exam
Prepare essay revision: Due Friday,
Week 11, before noon.
Week 11
Mar 17
Class 20
12/01
 End of Quarter Plan
 Make up Vocab Exam
 In-class writing: Self Assessment
 Drafting Essay #5
 The Last Post #37: Outline and
Thesis for Essay 5
 Finish your revision: Due
Friday, week 11, before noon
 Work on essay #5: Due before
our final meeting.
 Remember, we will not have a
formal meeting for class 21. I
will be available for conferences
in my office during class hours. I
do suggest making an
appointment by email if you
want to see me.
 See you in class for the final!

7. Class 21
12/03
 Individual Meetings in my
office
 Self Assessment and Revision:
due Friday, Week 11 before
noon
 Remember, Essay 5 due
before our final meeting
Week 12
Class 22
12/08
 25 participation points
 Final discussion
 Film Screening
•
Final
Tuesday
12/09
7am-9am
 Final Paper Due • The End!