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WRTG 213 – Spring 2019
Writing and the Sciences
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Welcome to WRTG 213
Course Schedule
Getting Started
Your First Assignment
Syllabus
How to Submit Work — DROPBOX
Helpful Downloads
Course News
Spring 2019 Semester Welcome Email
First Reading Assignment & Dropbox Issues
Extra Credit Opportunities
Fun with Grammar
Who vs. Whom
Why Grammar Matters… and How Spell Check Will Screw You
Literally…
How to Use a Semicolon
Mary Roach’s Blog
Reading Responses
Unit 1: Science & Science Writing Discussion
Unit 2: “The Billion Year Wave” Reading Response
Unit 3: “The Case for Leaving City Rats Alone” Reading Response
Unit 4: “The New Harpoon” Reading Response
Unit 5: “A Song of Ice” Reading Response
Unit 6: “Dark Science” Reading Response
Unit 7: “The Devil is in the Details” Reading Response
Unit 8: “The DIY Scientist, The Olympian, and the Mutated Gene” Reading Response
Unit 9: “He Fell in Love With His Grad Student, Then Fired Her For It” Reading Response
Unit 10: Grunt Reading Response
Unit 11: GRUNT Reading Response
Unit 12: GRUNT Reading Response
Writing Assignments
Essay #1 — Humanity Vs. Nature
Essay #2 — Fake News: Rhetorical Analysis of the Media
Sci-Fi Writing Assignment
Essay #3 — Scientific Book Review, GRUNT
Essay #4 — Research Proposal and Final Paper
Resources
Writing Excellent Thesis Statements
CRAAP Test Handout
Zimdar’s Classifications
Ten Questions for Fake News Detection
Recognizing Logical Fallacies
Classical Rhetoric: Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Fun with Grammar
