UPDATED:
November 13, 2025
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All assignments and lessons are linked to this page! This plan is tentative, but it will most likely not change much—except for updated links. You should examine this plan carefully so that you know when things are due. You are responsible for all work (lessons and assignments) linked to this Course Plan!
Optional Read:
Marston, D. (2021). Why we procrastinate. Psychology Today. (2021 June 9).
NOTICE: For every course credit hour, students are expected to spend 2-3 hours per week working outside of class. For example, for a 3 credit hour class, students should expect to put in 6 – 9 hours per week outside of class: studying or doing assignments. (KSU Protect Your GPA)
Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:30-4:00pm
My office is located in the room with the glass doors, next to the elevator, on the second floor in the Classroom/Administration Building—Room 205H.
Week 1: August 17 to August 23, 2025
FIRST DAY OF CLASSES: August 18
- TUESDAY (Room 213)
- Course Introduction
- The Course Syllabus
- Course Plan
- THURSDAY (Room 213)
- Thinking to Write Lesson W1: Formatting for APA Style with Google Docs
- Thinking to Write Lesson W2: Structuring Sentences
- Thinking to Write Lesson W3: The Essay Structure
- Thinking to Write Lesson W4: Proofreading
- Demonstration for Discussion Leaders: Language(s) and Expression
Week 2: August 24 to August 30, 2025
- Last Day to Add or to Elect Credit/Audit/Pass-Fail: August 24
- DUE August 25 (11:59pm, EST): Essay One
- MANDATORY CONFERENCES PERIOD #1 (August 26 to September 6): Sign up for an appointment to meet with me once during this period (Week 2 or Week 3) for your Conference #1! In this conference, we will discuss your Essay One work, your writing process, and any questions or concerns you might have.
♦ ONLINE Conference Appointments
♦ ON-LAND Conference Appointments - TUESDAY (Room 213)
- Reading to Think Lesson R1: An Introduction to Critical Thinking
- Reading to Think Lesson R2: Reading for Purpose and Tone
- Thinking to Write Lesson W5: Applications of Critical Thinking
- THURSDAY (Room 213)
- PERUSING:
- Reading to Think Lesson Special Topic: Language(s) and Expression
- Reading to Think Lesson Special Topic: Art, Monuments, and Memory
- Reading to Think Lesson Special Topic: Nature Managed, Nature Wild
- Discussion Leaders for Special Topic: Look Up!
- Presenters (Available Soon)
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- Presenters (Available Soon)
- PERUSING:
Week 3: August 31 to September 6, 2025
Labor Day (No Classes, Offices Closed):
September 1
- Last Day to Drop: August 31, 2025
- MANDATORY CONFERENCES PERIOD #1 (August 26 to September 6): Sign up for an appointment to meet with me once during this period (Week 2 or Week 3) for your Conference #1! In this conference, we will discuss your Essay One work, your writing process, and any questions or concerns you might have.
♦ ONLINE Conference Appointments
♦ ON-LAND Conference Appointments - TUESDAY (Room 213): NO CLASS TO DAY
- THURSDAY (Room 213)
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- Reading to Think Lesson R3: Media Literacy and the Fact-checking Process
- Reading to Think Lesson R4: A Little More About Deceptive Rhetoric
- Thinking to Write Lesson W6: Working with Rhetorical Patterns
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Week 4: September 7 to September 13, 2025
- MANDATORY CONFERENCES PERIOD #1 (August 26 to September 13): Sign up for an appointment to meet with me once during this period (Week 2 or Week 3) for your Conference #1! In this conference, we will discuss your Essay One work, your writing process, and any questions or concerns you might have.
♦ ONLINE Conference Appointments
♦ If you want to meet with me in my office, you do not need to sign-up for an appointment; just come during my regular office hours (see the Course Syllabus). - TUESDAY (Room 213)
- Thinking to Write Lesson W7: Writing with Style
- Thinking to Write Lesson W8: APA Part 1—Within the Text
- Thinking to Write Lesson W9: APA Part 2—The References Page
- THURSDAY (Room 213)
- PERUSING:
Reading to Think Lesson Special Topic: Language(s) and ExpressionReading to Think Lesson Special Topic: Art, Monuments, and Memory- Reading to Think Lesson Special Topic: Nature Managed, Nature Wild
- Discussion for Special Topics:
- Morning Class Presenters (Available Soon)
- Thomas→ History of Earth Day
- Afternoon Class Presenters (Available Soon)
- Niko→ Earth Day
- Morning Class Presenters (Available Soon)
- PERUSING:
Week 5: September 14 to September 20, 2025
- DUE September 15 (11:59pm, EST): Essay Two
- MANDATORY CONFERENCES PERIOD #2 (September 16 to October 1): Sign up for an appointment to meet with me once during this period for your Conference #2! In this conference, we will discuss your Essay Two work, your writing process, and any questions or concerns you might have.
♦ ONLINE Conference Appointments
♦ ON-LAND Conference Appointments - TUESDAY (Room 213): No Class Today
- THURSDAY (Room 213)
- PERUSING:
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Restrictions & Freedoms
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Knowledge, Wisdom, Intelligence, Education
- Reading to Think Special Topic: I See You!
- Discussion for Special Topics:
- Morning Class Presenters (Available Soon)
- Holly→ Knowledge, Wisdom, Intelligence
- Nicky→ I See You!
- Afternoon Class Presenters (Available Soon)
- Niko→ I See You!
- Grant→ I See You!
- Morning Class Presenters (Available Soon)
- PERUSING:
Week 6: September 21 to September 27, 2025
- MANDATORY CONFERENCES PERIOD #2 (September 16 to October 1): Sign up for an appointment to meet with me once during this period for your Conference #2! In this conference, we will discuss your Essay Two work, your writing process, and any questions or concerns you might have.
♦ ONLINE Conference Appointments
♦ ON-LAND Conference Appointments - TUESDAY (Room 213): ON-LAND Conference Appointments
- THURSDAY (Room 213)
- PERUSING:
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Restrictions & Freedoms
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Knowledge, Wisdom, Intelligence, Education
- Reading to Think Special Topic: I See You!
- Discussion for Special Topics:
- Morning Class Presenters (Available Soon)
- Araya→ I See You!
- Holly→ I See You!
- Afternoon Class Presenters (Available Soon)
- Jacob P.→ Freedoms & Restrictions
- Preston→ Freedoms & Restrictions
- Alyssa→ Freedoms & Restrictions
- Morning Class Presenters (Available Soon)
- PERUSING:
Week 7: September 28 to October 4, 2025
- MANDATORY CONFERENCES PERIOD #2 (September 16 to October 1): Sign up for an appointment to meet with me once during this period for your Conference #2! In this conference, we will discuss your Essay Two work, your writing process, and any questions or concerns you might have.
♦ ONLINE Conference Appointments - TUESDAY (Room 213)
- PERUSING:
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Restrictions & Freedoms
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Knowledge, Wisdom, Intelligence, Education
- Reading to Think Special Topic: I See You!
- Discussion for Special Topics:
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- Morning Class Presenters
- Thomas→ Knowledge, Wisdom, Intelligence, Education
Jayden→ Restrictions & Freedoms
- Afternoon Class Presenters
Grant→ KWIE- Niko→ KWIE
- Morning Class Presenters
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- PERUSING:
- THURSDAY: NO CLASSES TODAY
FALL BREAK (No Classes):
October 2-5
Week 8: October 5 to October 11, 2025
- Midterm Grades Available: October 6
- TUESDAY (Room 213)
- STUDY:
- Thinking to Write Lesson W10: Consider Your Logic
- Thinking to Write Lesson W11: Writing and Artificial Intelligence
- Thinking to Write Lesson W12: Plagiarism and Copyright
- STUDY:
- THURSDAY (Room 213)
- PERUSING:
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Computers Computing & AI
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Look Up!
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Hidden Figures
- Discussion for Special Topics:
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- Morning Class Presenters
- Lilly→ Computers Computing & AI (Art & AI)
- Thomas→ Look Up!
- Afternoon Class Presenters
- Preston→ Computers Computing & AI
- Grant→ KWIE
- Morning Class Presenters
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- PERUSING:
- Writing Workshop Groups will be assigned by the end of this week.
Week 9: October 12 to October 18, 2025
- DUE October 13 (11:59pm, EDT): Essay Three
- MANDATORY CONFERENCES PERIOD #3 (October 14 to November 1): Sign up for an appointment to meet with me once during this period for your Conference #3! In this conference, we will discuss your Essay Three work, your writing process, your plans for revising Essay One, your plans for revising either Essay Two or Essay Three, and any questions or concerns you might have.
♦ ONLINE Conference Appointments
♦ ON-LAND Conference Appointments - Writing Workshop BEGINS
- READING THIS WEEK: Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly), Prologue and Chapters 1-6
- TUESDAY (Room 213)
- Introduction to Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly): Prologue & Themes
- Discussion of Portfolio work
- By the end of this week, STUDY:
- Thinking to Write Lesson W13: Finding and Using Quality Sources
- Thinking to Write Lesson W14: Multimedia/Multimodal Expressions
- THURSDAY (Room 213): Class Cancelled
- PERUSING:
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Computers Computing & AI
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Look Up!
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Hidden Figures
Discussion for Special Topics:-
Morning Class PresentersLilly→ Look Up!
Afternoon Class PresentersGio→ Hidden FiguresJake M.→ Hidden Figures
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- PERUSING:
Week 10: October 19 to October 25, 2025
- MANDATORY CONFERENCES PERIOD #3 (October 14 to November 1): Sign up for an appointment to meet with me once during this period for your Conference #3! In this conference, we will discuss your Essay Three work, your writing process, your plans for revising Essay One, your plans for revising either Essay Two or Essay Three, and any questions or concerns you might have.
♦ ONLINE Conference Appointments
♦ ON-LAND Conference Appointments
- READING THIS WEEK: Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly), Chapters 7-12
- Writing Workshop CONTINUES
- TUESDAY (Room 213): ON-LAND Conference Appointments
- THURSDAY (Room 213)
- PERUSING:
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Computers Computing & AI
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Look Up!
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Hidden Figures
- Discussion for Special Topics:
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- Morning Class Presenters
- Lilly→ Look Up!
- Araya→ Computers Computing & AI
- Noel→ Computers Computing & AI
- Afternoon Class Presenters
- Gio→ Hidden Figures
- Jake M.→ Hidden Figures
- Morning Class Presenters
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Week 11: October 26 to November 1, 2025
- MANDATORY CONFERENCES PERIOD #3 (October 14 to November 1): Sign up for an appointment to meet with me once during this period for your Conference #3! In this conference, we will discuss your Essay Three work, your writing process, your plans for revising Essay One, your plans for revising either Essay Two or Essay Three, and any questions or concerns you might have.
♦ ONLINE Conference Appointments - Last Day to Withdraw (“W” grade): October 26
- READING THIS WEEK: Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly), Chapters 13-18
- Writing Workshop CONTINUES
- RE-PERUSING:
- Reading to Think Lesson Special Topic: Language(s) and Expression
- Reading to Think Lesson Special Topic: Art, Monuments, and Memory
- Reading to Think Lesson Special Topic: Nature Managed, Nature Wild
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Restrictions & Freedoms
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Knowledge, Wisdom, Intelligence, Education
- Reading to Think Special Topic: I See You!
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Computers Computing & AI
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Look Up!
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Hidden Figures
- TUESDAY (Room 213)
- Discussion for Special Topics:
- Morning Class Presenters
- Afternoon Class Presenters
- Gio→ Computers Computing & AI
- Jake M.→ Computers Computing & AI
- Grant→ Look Up!
- Discussion for Special Topics:
- THURSDAY (Room 213)
- Discussion for Special Topics:
- Morning Class Plans
- Lilly→ Computers Computing & AI
- Afternoon Class Presenters
- Alyssa→ Art, Monuments, and Memory
- Preston→ Look Up!
- Alyssa→ Art, Monuments, and Memory
- Morning Class Plans
- Discussion for Special Topics:
Week 12: November 2 to November 8, 2025
- Writing Workshop CONTINUES
- READING THIS WEEK: Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly), Chapters 19-23
- RE-PERUSING:
- Reading to Think Lesson Special Topic: Language(s) and Expression
- Reading to Think Lesson Special Topic: Art, Monuments, and Memory
- Reading to Think Lesson Special Topic: Nature Managed, Nature Wild
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Restrictions & Freedoms
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Knowledge, Wisdom, Intelligence, Education
- Reading to Think Special Topic: I See You!
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Computers Computing & AI
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Look Up!
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Hidden Figures
- TUESDAY (Room 213)
- Discussion for Special Topics:
- Morning Class Presenters
- Noel→ Restrictions & Freedoms
- Afternoon Class Presenters
- Angelica→ Language(s) and Expression
- Alyssa→ Nature Managed, Nature Wild
- Morning Class Presenters
- Discussion for Special Topics:
- THURSDAY (Room 213)
- Discussion for Special Topics:
- Morning Class Plans
- Noel→ Restrictions & Freedoms
- Afternoon Class Presenters
- Jacob P.→ Computers Computing & AI
- Morning Class Plans
- Discussion for Special Topics:
Week 13: November 9 to November 15, 2025
Veterans Day Observed (No Classes):
November 11
- Writing Workshop CONTINUES
- READING THIS WEEK: Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly), Epilogue
- RE-PERUSING:
- Reading to Think Lesson Special Topic: Language(s) and Expression
- Reading to Think Lesson Special Topic: Art, Monuments, and Memory
- Reading to Think Lesson Special Topic: Nature Managed, Nature Wild
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Restrictions & Freedoms
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Knowledge, Wisdom, Intelligence, Education
- Reading to Think Special Topic: I See You!
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Computers Computing & AI
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Look Up!
- Reading to Think Special Topic: Hidden Figures
TUESDAY: NO CLASSES TODAY
- THURSDAY (Room 213)
- Writing Workshop Group In-Class Group Work on Essay Four Brainstorming
- Discussion for Special Topics:
- Morning Class Plans
- Nikki→Look Up!
- Afternoon Class Presenters
- Dominic→ Nature Managed, Nature Wild
- Jacob→ P. Knowledge, Wisdom, Intelligence, Education
- Gio→ Art, Monuments, and Memory
- Jake→ Art, Monuments, and Memory
- Morning Class Plans
Week 14: November 16 to November 22, 2025
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- Writing Workshop CONTINUES
- TUESDAY (Room 213)
- Sentence Writing Game—Extra Credit Points for Essay Two or Essay Three Revision
- Morning Class
- Nikki→I See You!
- Afternoon Class
- Angelica→ Art, Monuments, and Memory
- Anglica→ Language(s) and Expression
- Dominic→ Look Up!
- THURSDAY (Room 213)
- Sentence Writing Game—Extra Credit Points for Essay Four
Week 15: November 23 to November 29, 2025
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- Writing Workshop CONTINUES
- TUESDAY (Room 213): Class Party with Betty!
THURSDAY: NO CLASSES TODAY
Thanksgiving Break (No Classes):
November 26 – 30

Week 16: November 30 to December 6, 2025
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- Writing Workshop CONTINUES
- TUESDAY (Room 213)
- Writing Workshop
- THURSDAY (Room 213)
- Writing Workshop
Week 17: December 7 to December 13, 2025
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- CLASSES END: December 7
- Writing Workshop ENDS
- FINAL EXAMS WEEK: December 8-13
- DUE December 12 (11:59pm, EDT): Portfolio:
Goodbye!
NO WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER
December 12, 2025 (11:59pm, EDT)
Final Course Grades should be available on December 17, 2025.
