FYS Winter 2016//Wright

Weekly Schedule
Consult this calendar for daily assignments and expectations, keeping in mind that what you see here is not
set in stone. In other words, this course calendar deserves the freedom to go where it needs to go. You should
expect adjustments and amendments to what followsand you can even suggest changes!
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Key
TSIS----------They Say, I Say
TSCY--------------The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Week 1
Prior to first class:

M 1/11

Tracy Clayton Black Girls History with Southern Frat Racism

http://www.buzzfeed.com/tracyclayton/a-black-girls-history-with-southernfrat-racism#.oxpJXQrO5P

In Class:

Introduction to the course and discussion of Clayton

Discuss Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion (handout)
Activity: What have I heard about FYS? What questions do I have? What
are my goals?
Homework:
Read and annotate Summary-Analysis Essay Assignment
TSIS I Take Your Point (pp. 163-166) (when you speak in class on
Wednesday, use the templates in these pages to join, change, and otherwise
engage in discussion)
Plato Allegory of the Cave and Platos Rhetoric (handouts)
SWA #1 Drawing Platos Cave
Send your blog URLs to Mr. Wright (set up blog, if you need to)
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W 1/13
Due:
SWA #1 (bring hardcopy to class)
In Class:
Discuss Summary-Analysis Essay Assignment and assigned reading
Homework:
King The Burning Truth in the South (handout)
SWA #2 Mapping the Stages of Kings Thought in The Burning Truth
TSIS Introduction: Entering the Conversation (pp. 1-15)
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F 1/15
Due:
SWA #2
In Class:
Discuss assigned reading and stages of Kings thought
Summary practice session
Homework:
Read Miles The Hippocratic Oath (pp. xiii-xiv, 55-65, 171-182)
Very carefully read and annotate Argument (pp. 127-146; handout)
***Special/Required Event INTER/ACTIVE Exhibition Opens in Morlan Gallery
Week 2
M 1/18
NO CLASS Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Attend events
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W 1/20
Due:
MLK Day Events SWA (on blog by 8am)
In Class:
Discuss Miles and MLK Day events
Homework:
White Clergymens Letter (handout)
Kings Letter from Birmingham Jail (handout)
TSIS They Say (pp. 19-29, including Exercises 1 and 2)
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F 1/22
In Class:
Discuss assigned reading and exercises

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Homework:

Week 3
M 1/25

SWA #3 Summarizing and Analyzing Kings Argument in Letter

TSIS Her Point Is and As He Himself Puts It (pp. 30-51, including
Exercise 1 on p. 51)

SWA #3
Discuss Kings argument and plan the Summary-Analysis Essay
Finish and submit draft of Summary-Analysis Essay in Google Drive folder
Complete written peer reviews before small writing group (SWG) session
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W 1/27
In Class:
No class Small writing group peer-review sessions
Th 1/28
Small writing group peer-review sessions
Homework:
DiAngelo White Fragility (handout)
Edberg Culture, Diversity, and Health (handout)
SWA #4 Summarize and Respond to MH + Post your revision plan for the
Summary-Analysis Essay
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F 1/29
Due:
SWA #4
In Class:
Discuss revision plans and assigned reading
Homework:
Edberg Starting Point: Defining Culture, Defining Health (handout)
Week 4
M 2/1

Due:
In Class:
Homework:

Discuss assigned readings

Prepare for blog/media readings presentations/discussion
Read and annotate Argument-Critique Essay assignment
Critique (handout)
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W 2/3
In Class:
Blog/media readings presentations
Discuss Argument-Critique Essay assignment
Homework:
Symonds Introduction: Conducting Research in a Hmong Village (pp.
XIX-XLIX) (e-Book through TU library)
TSCY (Preface only)
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F 2/5
In Class:
Discuss assigned readings
Continue discussing the Argument-Critique Essay assignment
Homework:
Mukherjee Two Ways to Belong in America
Young Should Writers Use They Own English?
SWA #5 What Is an Argument? + Core of an Argument (handout) in
Mukherjee and Young
Week 5
M 2/8

In Class:
Homework:

Due:
In Class:
Homework:

SWA #5
Discuss assigned readings and SWA #5
NPR: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/10/27/358055673/inthe-hospital-a-bad-translation-can-destroy-a-life
TSCY Chapters 1-2 (pp. 1-19)
SWA #6
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W 2/10
Due:
SWA #6
In Class:
Finish discussing Young and Mukherjee
Discuss assigned readings and SWA #6
Homework:
SWA #7 Diversity, Health, and Art

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Song What Does It Mean to Be American?
https://www.amacad.org/content/publications/pubContent.aspx?d=744
***Special/Required Event INTER/ACTIVE artists talks @ 10:30, 11:30, OR 1:30 in Morlan Gallery
F 2/12

Week 6
M 2/15

DUE:
Due:
In Class:
Homework:

Summary-Analysis Essay (@5pm in the final drafts Google folder)

SWA #7
Discuss assigned reading and how to analyze appeals and fallacies
TSIS Yes/No/Okay, But (pp. 55-67)
Crawford Acculturation and Health (handout)
SWA # 8 Critiquing and Responding to Song, Mukherjee, and Young

*** Community Engagement Event Campus Community Corner Session

Due:
In Class:
Homework:

SWA #8
Discuss how to respond to Song, Mukherjee, and Young
Review all of Booths Claims and Evidence
Review TSIS Yes/No/But and page 816 in Critique
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W 2/17
In Class:
Discuss assigned reading and continue discussing SWA #8
Homework:
TSCY Chapters 3-6 (pp. 20-59)
SWA #9 Outline of Argument-Critique Essay
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F 2/19
Due:
SWA #9
In Class:
Discuss Argument-Critique Essay outlines and assigned reading
Homework:
TSIS So What Who Cares? (pp. 92-101, including Exercises 1 and 2) and
But Dont Get Me Wrong (pp. 129-139, including Exercises 1 and 2)
SWA #10 Completed working introduction/thesis statement and first
section of Argument-Critique Essay
Week 7
M 2/22

Due:
In Class:
Homework:

SWA #10
Discuss introductions/thesis statements and first sections of A-C Essay
Finish and submit draft of Argument-Critique Essay in Google Drive folder
Complete written peer reviews before small writing group (SWG) session
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T 2/24
In Class:
No class Small writing group peer-review sessions
W 2/25
Small writing group peer-review sessions
Homework:
Avoiding Plagiarism (handout)
Harvard Guide to Using Sources Avoiding Plagiarism
http://tinyurl.com/HarvardPlag (read all sections)

Consider conferencing with Mr. Wright as you revise A-C Essay

SWA #11 Revision Plan for Argument-Critique Essay (including TSIS
Whats Motivating This Writer? (pp. 173-183)
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F 2/26
Due:
SWA #11
In Class:
Discuss reading
Plagiarism quiz
Q & A on Argument-Critique revision process
Homework:
SWA #12: Integrating Quotations in Essay 2 + Getting Started on Essay 3
Read and annotate Argument Essay Assignment

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Prasadarao Understanding International Perspectives: Implication for U.S.
Health and Wellness (pp. 1-34)
Argument as Inquiry (handout)
Week 8
M 2/29

SWA #12
Discuss plagiarism, integration of quotations, Essay 3: Argument Essay
assignment, and issue questions
Homework:
TSCY Chapters 6 (pp. 60-77)
The Split Horn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHLJMJ3lBac&list=PL7F7EBA12F474
ACC3
Generation One (Warning: Some scenes may be a little disturbing):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeYFMp-yGEE
Still a Secret War:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mi68GYu64k&list=PL7F7EBA12F47
4ACC3&index=3
Ban Vinai Refugee Camp (Thailand):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbdmcGp9xY&list=PL7F7EBA12F474ACC3&index=40
Generation Two: Hmong Shamanism:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrSZBsGn-4M
NOTE: Most of the videos are under 10 minutes, except for the last one,
which is 30 minutes long.
SWA #13: Prewriting Your Argument + Finding a Topic (handout)
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W 3/2
In Class:
Discuss films/clips, Prasadarao and assigned reading in TSCY
Homework:
VonDras Religion and Health: Ideological Contexts and Their Influences
on Health-Associated Behaviors (pp. 137-154)
Ritter and Hoffman Multicultural Health (pp. 104-132)
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F 3/4
Due:
SWA #13
In Class:
Discuss Argument Essay prewriting and assigned readings
Homework:
Using Evidence Effectively (handout)
SWA #14 3-5 claims you plan to make in your argument essay, followed
by evidence with which you plan to support these claims
Week 9
M 3/7

Due:
In Class:

DUE:
In Class:
Homework:

Argument-Critique Essay
Discuss Using Evidence Effectively
SWA #15 Outlining Your Argument + Developing a Working Thesis
TSCY Chapters 7-8 (pp. 78-105)
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W 3/9
Due:
SWA #14
In Class:
Discuss assigned reading
Homework:
Micozzi Translation from Conventional Medicine (handout)
Ritter and Hoffman Complementary and Alternative Medicine (pp. 72101)
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F 3/11
Due:
SWA #15
In Class:
Library Visit DayMeet in library
Homework:
TSCY Chapters 9-13 (pp. 106-170)

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SWA #16 Evaluating Sources and Responding to Objections and
Alternative Views
Week 10 SPRING BREAK!
Week 11
M 3/21

Discuss assigned reading and progress on Argument Essay

TSIS Skeptics May Object (pp. 78-91, including Exercises 1 and 2) and
As a Result (pp. 105-120, including Exercises 1 and 2)
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W 3/23
In Class:
Discuss drafting process and assigned reading
Homework:
Complete SWA #16
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F 3/25
Due:
SWA #16
In Class:
Discuss assigned reading and synthesis of sources
Drafting time for Argument Essay
Homework:
Finish and submit draft of Argument Essay in Google Drive folder
Complete written peer reviews before small writing group (SWG) session
Week 12
M 3/28
W 3/29

In Class:
Homework:

In Class:

No class Small writing group peer-review sessions

Small writing group peer-review sessions

Sommers Revision (handout)

TSIS He Says Contends (pp. 139-159)
SWA #17 Revision Plan for Argument Essay
Yang How Do I Begin? (handout)
Cassidy Social and Cultural Factors in Medicine (handout)
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W 3/30
In Class:
Discuss revision
Homework:
Complete SWA #17
Moving Your Audience (handout)
Homework:

Th 3/31
*** Community Engagement Event Campus Community Corner Session
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F 4/1
Due:
SWA #17
In Class:
Discuss revision of Argument Essay and assigned reading
Homework:
TSCY Chapters 13 (pp. 171-180)
Micozzi and Bodeker Southeast Asia (handout)
Sufism and Healing in the Middle East (handout)
Yoga (handout)
Week 13
M 4/4F 4/8

In Class:
Homework:

Discuss assigned reading

TSCY Chapters 14-18 (pp. 181-277)
Purnell and Pontious Cultural Competence (handout)
Required Writing Center appointment
Required library session @ the library during class time
SWA #18 The Lees and Their Changing World

Week 14
M 4/11

Due:

SWA #18

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In Class:
Homework:

Discuss SWA #18 and assigned readings

NPR: http://www.npr.org/2015/05/04/403075022/sepsis-a-wily-killerstymies-doctors-efforts-to-tame-it
Centers for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/sepsis/basic/qa.html
TSCY Chapter 19 and Afterward (pp. 278-303)
Howell Mediator Between the Gods and Men (handout)
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W 4/13
In Class:
Discuss assigned readings
Homework:
NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/15/us/life-went-on-around-herredefining-care-by-bridging-a-divide.html?_r=0
LA Times: http://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/20/local/la-me-lia-lee20120920
Epilepsy.com: http://www.epilepsy.com/article/2014/3/when-epilepsy-goesanother-name
Mercy Community Medical Center (now called Mercy Medical Center
Merced): http://www.dignityhealth.org/mercymedical-merced/
Radiolab: http://www.radiolab.org/story/262588-bitter-end/
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F 4/15
In Class:
Discuss assigned readings
Evaluations
Argument Essay Due by April 18 at 8am