Note: Any discussion/chapter content not finished during one meeting will be pushed forward to the next meeting. We will cover all of these chapters this term.
Week One
Week Two
Week Three
begin work on the I-Search Mini-project Assignment
Week Four
Week Five
Week Six
Grading (based upon):
Make-up Work:
Week One
- Introductions
- Overview of the Syllabus and Schedule for the term
- Introduction to Critical Thinking: Chapter 2
- Bomb Shelter Exercise (in-class only)
Week Two
- Warm-up #1
- Chapter 2, Continued; Intro to Chapter 4
- Perceptions and Beliefs/optical illusions
- Perspectives
- In-Class Assignment (only)
- Vocabulary/Reading Quiz on Chapter 2 and 4
Week Three
- Warm-up #2
- Chapter 5 and Chapter 6
- Beliefs and Language
- Distribution of the I-Search Mini-project Assignment
- In-Class Assignment Set #2
- Vocabulary/Reading Quiz on Chapters 5 and 6
begin work on the I-Search Mini-project Assignment
Week Four
- Warm-up #3
- Overview of Mediums for I-Search/Discussion
- In-Class Assignment Set #3
- Final Vocabulary/Readings Quiz
Week Five
- Warm-up #4
- Cultural Awareness Assignment (in-class)
- I-Search Mini-Project Workshop
- In-Class Assignment Set #4
- APA Documentation Review/Check for your Mini-Project
Week Six
- I-Search Mini-Project Workshop
- Final Mini-Project Due by 10pm
Grading (based upon):
- 4 Warm-up Assignments
- 4 In-Class Assignment Sets on various readings/discussions
- Bomb Shelter Assignment on Day 1
- I-Search Mini-Project (Four Parts, distributed in Week Three)
- Professionalism/Attendance/Participation
Make-up Work:
- Because this course is only six weeks long, attendance is crucial to passing.
- To be fair to those who attend regularly and to ensure that you cover the material in a thorough way, only TWO In-Class Assignment Sets may be completed as Make-up Work. You must request make-up work.
- Warm-ups cannot be made-up; these will always be completed between 10am and 10:30am each class and removed from the board at 10:30.
- The Bomb Shelter Assignment cannot be made-up.
- Professionalism includes attendance and evidence of serious engagement with the materials.