CLASS SCHEDULE
*subject to
change with prior notice
Key: ET –Emerging
Textbook; RFW – Rules for
Writers; QW – Quick Write; RP- Research Paper; RWW – Real World Writing
Assignment; Ann Bib – Annotated Bibliography; Assgmt – Assignment; DB - DropBox
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Date/ What’s Due Today?
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In Class
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Homework
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8.27: Class 1
Week 1: Reading Beyond the
Fundamentals
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Intro/Overview
& expectations of class. Quick Write (QW): “How do you imagine you’ll
have to write in your field of study?” ; Emerging Video; Syllabus overview;
Active/Critical Reading
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Read:
“Introduction: Ways of Reading” Bartholomae & Petrosky/ “Learning to
Read” Malcolm X (PDF Link)
Bring hard copies of Malcolm X’s essay &
Bartholomae’s/Petrosky’s intro to class
Read
Syllabus, annotate, bring at least
3 questions regarding syllabus
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8.29
Hard copies of
Malcolm X & Bartholomae essays, 3 Syllabus Qs
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Discuss HW & Syllabus; Lecture/Discussion
on Critical Reading.
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Re-Read, MARK
& ANNOTATE “Malcolm X’s
Learning to Read”
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9.3
Week 2: Rhetoric: Not Just the Art of Bullshitting
Annotated Malcolm X Essay; Annotated Bartholomae/
Petrosky Intro
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QW: How did
active reading & annotating impact your understanding of the text? Review
Annotations. Discuss Active/Critical
Reading; Intro RFW as a resource
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Read Online:
(Watch the “Intro to Rhetoric” video link on first page)
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9.5
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QW: What is Rhetoric?; Watch “In Defense of Rhetoric,” Discuss HW
responses, readings & video; Rhetoric; The Role of Audience Exercise
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“The Role of Audiences” Toby Fulwiler (On
E-Reserve) Read: “Letter from Birminghman Jail” MLK (PDF Link)
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9.10
Week 3:
Individualism vs. Collectivism: Power in Unity
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Discuss Toby
Fulwiler & how MLK appeals to audience & use of rhetoric
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ReRead:
“Letter From Birmingham Jail” MLK
Written Rhetoric Analysis; Read ET: Gilbert 210
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Week/ What’s Due Today?
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In Class
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Homework
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9.12
MLK Rhetoric Analysis
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H.O. Essay #1 Topic &
RP overview; Discuss HW (Rhetoric Analysis) & Readings; Using “I”
as the subject exercise
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Read “They Say, I Say” (E-Reserve); Read Online: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/2/2/53/
(Generating
Ideas for Thesis and Topic Sentences)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/2/2/54/
(Choosing/writing a main idea/thesis)
(topic sentences)
Write 2
possible Thesis Statements for Essay #1 &
3 Possible Topic Sentences
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9.17
Week 4: The Talking Cure: How Language &
Conversation Solves Problems
Essay #1
Thesis Statements & Topic Sentences
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Language Matters #2; “They Say, I Say” Recap; summarize, paraphrase, quote exercise
(Gilbert); Credible Sources Presentation
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Read ET: Epstein 151;
Read Online:
Read: RFW 88-96; 156-159 Review MLA section (460-526)
Write Draft of Essay #1
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9.19
Essay 1 Draft Due (3 copies)
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Plagiarism
Exercise; What is Evidence?; Evidence exercise (Epstein); Micro Essay; Q&A on Readings & Writing
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Review Online & read pertinent sections:
List of
questions/concerns regarding readings Read:
Write Final Draft of Essay #1
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Week/ What’s Due Today?
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In Class
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Homework
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9.24
Weeks 5-6: Credibility
Final Draft
Essay 1
*bring laptops or notepads to class
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7 minute
markup (explain). Credible Sources
exercise (Epstein);
Essay 1 Draft
Workshop
H.O.
Portion of CECG
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Re-Read
Epstein 151
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9.26
Essay 1 Final
Draft
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Work on Credibility, Evidence, & Common
Ground (CECG) Assgmt (Epstein)
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Credibility, Evidence &
Common Ground Qs
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10.1
Credibility, Evidence & Common Ground Qs
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Qs for
Reading Epstein 1 H.O./Discuss
Essay 2 Prompt
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Discussion post responses of class work
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10.3
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RWW; Qs for Reading Epstein #2
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Discussion post responses of
class work
Essay #2 Outline
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10. 8
Essay #2 Outline
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LIBRARY VISIT
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Find 3-4 scholarly sources to supplement argument in
Essay 2, MLA cite, read and review them (1-2 paragraph review for each
source)
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10.10
(may bring laptops)
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RWW;
Write/Workshop Introductions to Essay #2
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Finish
Scholarly reviews and Write Essay #2 Draft
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10.15
Week 8-9: How
Language & Conversation Fails
Essay #2 Draft
(bring 3 hard copies)
&
Scholarly Source Reviews
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Workshop Drafts & address writing
concerns/issues
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Work on Essay #2 Final Draft
Read ET: Suroweicki 471
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10.17
Essay #2 Final
Draft
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10
minute markup. Discuss Readings;
Interpreting Evidence & Info (Suroweicki EC#1)
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Mid Term Review
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10.22
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Discuss
Readings/ Review Mid Term Format
H.O. RP prompt
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RWW Discussion Post
Mid Term
Review
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Week/ What’s Due Today?
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In Class
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Homework
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10.24
Midterm exam
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Mid Term Exam
H.O. Annotated Bib, & Issue Analysis Assgmt
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Read ET: Christian 94
Read RFW:
420-427 (conducting research)
(Start
looking for 4-5 scholarly sources to supplement argument in RP for Ann Bib
& RP Proposal)
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10.29 Week 10-11: Reading Images
RP Proposal Due
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QW: What is the most difficult part of your
writing process thus far? Discuss Readings
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Work on Ann Bib
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10.31
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Discuss
Readings; Reading Images Lecture and Exercise
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Do Reading
Images HW Assignment & Finish RP Proposal
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11.5
Images Due
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Discuss Readings, Discuss/Present Images
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Work on Issue Analysis
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11.7
Week 11-16: Turning Issues into Conversations
Issue Analysis Due
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Issue
Analysis Presentations; Discuss Readings
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Work on
Annotated Bib
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11.12 NO CLASS
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NO
CLASS
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Work on Annotated Bib
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11.14
Ann Bib Due
(on DB by 11:59pm)
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Student
Conferences/Ann Bib, RP Library Work
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Work on RP
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11.19
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RWW; Student Conferences/RP Work
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Work
on RP
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11.21
RP Draft 1 Due
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Draft
Workshop; Grading, Expectations
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Read ET: Dickinson143
Work on RP
Draft Revisions #1
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11.26
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Discuss Reading
H.O. Extra Credit Assgmt
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Read ET: Savage & Vaid 425
Work on RP
Study for Final Exam
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11.28 – 12.1
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NO CLASS
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THANKSGIVING BREAK
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12.3
RP Draft 2 Due
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Draft Workshop
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Work on RP Final Draft (Revisions #2)
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12.5
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RP Library
Work
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RWW
Discussion Post
Work on RP
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12.10
*RP Due
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Final Reading Discussion/Final Exam Format/
Evaluations
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12.12-12.18
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Final Exams
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Exact Day of
Final TBD
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