Baghdad Burning essay assignment
English 102, Jack Christian
INTRODUCTION: For this essay, you will track a theme that you identify in Baghdad Burning and trace its development through Riverbend’s blog posts. In doing so, you will want to use specific quotations and examples to show how Riverbend handles this theme over the course of the book, and, potentially, how the theme you discuss takes on more complexity, nuance, or sophistication as the blog-posts progress.
In analyzing and arguing for this theme, you will be required to use at least 3 outside sources, which may be comprised of international and national news publications, and scholarly work. You must make ample use of at least 1 scholarly essay.
When using news publications, please view them critically. A good strategy might be to compare and contrast, for example, how a New York Times article addresses a topic relevant to your discussion of Riverbend: i.e. use the news sources alongside your reading of Riverbend.
GENRE: This essay is a Documented Argument. It will be your job to present a unique reading/analysis of Riverbend’s blog that is supplemented by research.
AUDIENCE: Your audience is the scholarly community interested in furthering knowledge and understanding of the War in Iraq, Iraqi Writing, and Iraqi People.
KEY GOALS: 1) Present a thoughtful, detailed, and sustained analysis of Baghdad Burning. 2) Locate relevant news and scholarly articles and 3) Incorporate that information into your own writing (essentially: to integrate your own ideas with those of others). 3) Complete the writing and revising process, and incorporate peer and instructor feedback. 4) Practice correct use of MLA Format.
Week 2 M 01/24 Reflection Paper Due
W 01/26 Meet in Computer Lab
F 01/28 Discuss Themes of BB
HW: read to page 120 of Baghdad Burning by Monday
Week 3 M 01/31 Reflection Paper Due / Discuss Themes / Identify research topics
W 02/02 Meet in Library?
F 02/04 Research Presentations
HW: Read to p. 220 BB by Monday
Week 4 M 02/07 Reflection Paper due / Research Presentations
HW: 1) Read “Writing a Literary Research Paper” p. 110 – 142 in Writing about Literature for Wed. 2) Finish BB by conference time
W 02/09
F 02/11 CONFERENCES
Week 5 M 02/14 CONFERENCES
W 02/16 Reflection Paper Due, Revised Draft Due
Peer-Review, Copyediting workshop
F 02/18 Copyedited Final version due
Introduction to Essay II
Begin God of Small Things (GOST)
Week 2 Tu 01/25 Reflection Paper Due
Introduction to Essay 1
HW: Read Andrew Sullivan’s “Why I Blog” on Plato and turn in 2 paragraph
summary
Th 01/27 Meet in Computer Lab
HW: Have read to page 130 in Baghdad Burning for Tuesday
Week 3 Tu 02/01 Reflection Paper Due / Begin analyzing Themes in BB / Identify topic of research inquiry
Th 02/03 Meet in Library?
HW: Have read to page 230 in Baghdad Burning for Tuesday
Week 4 Tu 02/08 Reflection Paper Due / Present Library Research in class
HW: Finish Baghdad Burning before conference
Th 02/10 CONFERENCES (initial draft due) (no class)
Week 5 Tu 02/15 Reflection Paper Due
Revised Draft Due / Peer-Review Copyediting Workshop
Th 02/17 Final Version Essay I Due
Introduction to Essay II
Begin Reading Begin God of Small Things
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