English 200: Writing II

Writing about Issues in Education


Course Syllabus and Calendar

Early assignments and Handouts
Adler Project Handling Sources Horner Project: Paper 1

Mortimer Adler, "How to Mark a Book"

Responsible Reading Handout Matina Horner Essay
About Mortimer Adler Texthugging and Documentation Handout Paper 1 Assignment: Summary of Horner's Essay
Adler Essay Textmarked Paraphrasing, Quoting, and Summarizing Outline for Paper 1
Reading Notes on Adler's Essay Sample Paraphrase from EBSCO with MLA Citation Sample Textmarking  Sample Notes
Online Resources
 

research  topic Exploration: Article sources

Exploratory Biblilography: The Source Card Assignment

Approved Databases for Source Card Assignment:

On-Campus to EBSCO

Off-Campus to EBSCO - Get the MSU id and password here, then go to KYVL.org, "Find Books, Articles, & More," then EBSCO at the bottom

EDUCATION INDEX
EDUCATION WEEK
For the two databases below, if you're off-campus, just use the CCL front-page access to databases (with your student ID).
CQ Researcher (On-campus. Search "education" OR" schools") LexisNexis (On-campus link)
Other Productive Education Links

AskERIC            ERIC Database

Public Agenda: Education
  Librarians Index to the Internet: Education Camden-Carroll Library
  Columbia's Power Reporting: Education Google  
 

other Major Papers: Assignments and Materials

Paper 2: Synthesis

Paper 3: Critical Analysis

Research Project Assignment

Paper 2 Assignment: Synthesis

Paper 3 Assignment: Critical Analysis

Sample Papers:

Helterbrand   Parsons      Platt   Price (APA)

Gardner      Trivette      Hall       Kelly (APA)

Gender Bias in Education Articles

Resources for the Critical Analysis

Education "Debates":

Topics    CQ Researcher    Assignment     Evaluation

Critical Thinking, Fallacies Test Study Guide

Conducting an Interview with a Resource Person

Research Paper Sample Outlines Letter to the Editor

 

The Annotated Local Revision (ALR)

Annotated Local Revsion Instructions

Sample Marked Paper with Numbering

Sample Annotated Local Revision

FALLACY LESSON RESOURCES

Misuse of Statistics

Logical Fallacies: An Encyclopedia of Errors of Reasoning

Logical Fallacies and the Art of Debate

Nizkor Project: Fallacies

SJSU's Critical Thinking Resources

A List Of Fallacious Arguments

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Fallacies

Fallacy Files

The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Ads

2008 Presidential Campaign Ads

"Love is a Fallacy," by Max Shulman, an Entertaining 1950's College Dialogue about Logic

Other Education Resources

State

National

Kentucky Department Of Education

U.S. Department of Education

Academic Expectations/Learning Goals ERIC
Core Content White House Focus on Education
     Program of Studies NEH Edsitement
New Teacher Standards Columbia Group (Education Reform)
CATS Scholarship of Learning
Kentucky Educational Professional Standards Board Public Agenda: Education

News Sources

Google News & Resources USA Today  CNN Interactive
 ABC News CBS Public Agenda Online
TIME  Newsweek U.S. News & World Report
The New York Times Washington Post Boston Globe
Lexington Herald-Leader Louisville Courier-Journal Reuters Top News Stories
CQ Researcher USA Today's Debate of the Day Op-Ed Columns
Weird News USA Today's Offbeat News

Online Periodicals and Teaching / Learning Sites

Partnership for Kentucky Schools Education Week
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence Education World
AskERIC Electronic School
Technological Horizons in Education
WRITING RESOURCES
 Annotated Local Revision Process

Grammar, Usage, and Style

Responsible Use of Sources The Grammar Lady
Sample Electronic Citations The Purdue Online Writing Lab
Citation Machine Commonly Confused Words
Online Usage Exercises from Everyday Writer Confusing Words Search

EFL&P Undergraduate Progarm Requirements

Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Philosophy
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