Course Schedule

 

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Week One

 

Day One

 

Day Two

 

Week Two

 

Day Three

 

Day Four

 

Week Three

[09/15, 09/17]

 

Building/Workshopping Project One

 

Day Five 

 

 

Day Six (rough draft workshop; see also pages on Keeping Introductions Concise and Specific and Identifying Genres Successfully 

 

 

Week Four

[09/22, 09/24]

 

Finishing Project One

Notes

• Structure Template for Project One 

Deliverables

• Final draft of Project One due to the wiki before 11:59 PM, 9/22/14

 

 

Week Five

[09/29, 10/01]

Making Ends Meet

Support Paragraphs

Enthymemes

 

Week Six

[10/06, 10/08]

 

• Read Gore Vidal's "Drugs" and Theodore Dalrymple's "Don't Legalize Drugs"
• After reading the above, Complete your Third Response before 11:59 PM, 10/15
• Let us know your topic for Project Two by dropping a comment at the bottom of the List of Approved Texts page by 10/08
• The Stasis Procedures (Cont'd)
• Team Concept Maps
  

 

Week Seven

[10/13, 10/15]

 

Public Debate (Thunderdome I)

 

Project Two: The Rhetorical Analysis

Three Step Process for Writing Rhetorical Analyses

 

Deliverables:

•  Thesis Statements for Project Two

 

Week Eight

[10/20, 10/22]

 

Project Two: Context vs Content Analysis

Drafting Project Two:

 

Notes:

• Rhetorical Analysis: Content and Context
  
• Submitting Project Two
•  Participation in your assigned group for our Project Two Rough Draft Workshop
• Why We Crave Horror Movies Group Project

 

 

Completing Project Two/Starting Project Three

Notes:

• Quoting Effectively
•   MEAL plan

 

Deliverables:

• Rough Drafts of Project Two due to your personal page by 11:59 PM, Wednesday, 10/22; after you've uploaded and/or linked your draft to your personal page, drop a link to your personal page on the Project Two Storage Bin page (see the Submitting Project Two notes above for details)

• Response 4

  

Week Nine

[10/27, 10/29]

 

Genre Critique:

 

• Chapter 7: Critiquing and Changing Genres
• In-Class Genre Critique Exercise with Commercials

 

 

Deliverables:

• Submit your Final Draft of Project Two
  
• Writing Your Reflection for Project Two

 

Week Ten

[11/03]

 

Writing Project Three: The Genre Critique

Notes:

• Planning the Rest of the Semester  
• Genre Critique

 

  Read (or watch, or whatever) for class on 11/5:    

     

            1. Restaurant Menu

 

            2. One restaurant review (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/14/dining/reviews/restaurant-review-guys-american-kitchen-bar-in-times-square.html?pagewanted=all)

 

            3. One newspaper op. ed. piece.(http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/opinion/sunday/a-natural-fix-for-adhd.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=0)

 

            4. One Ted Talk (http://www.ted.com/talks/ramsey_musallam_3_rules_to_spark_learning)

 

            5. Syllabus

 

[11/05]

 

More Genre Critique

 

 

 

Week Eleven

[11/10]

 

Deliverables:

• Rough Draft of Project Three

 

[11/12]

 

• Project Three Rough Draft Workshop
• Finishing and Submitting Project Three

 

Week Twelve

Finishing Project Three/Writing Project Four

 

[11/17]

 

Research Methods in the UGL with Judith Arnold!

 

Deliverables:

• Final Draft of Project Three

 

  

[11/19]

 

Proposal Arguments: In-Class Assignment

 

Project Three Reflection Due

 

 For Monday: Read "Let's Make it a Real Melting Pot" (207-11, TWW)

 

Weeks Thirteen & Fourteen

[11/24]

 

Notes:

• Writing Proposals
• Sample Proposal Review: "Let's Make it a Real Melting Pot"

    

 [12/01]

Project Four Rough Drafts Due by 11:59 PM

Reviewing Project Five: The Reflective Portfolio 

[12/02]

Project Four Rough Draft Workshop

 

 

 

 [12/03]

Project Four Due on Wednesday, 12/03 by 11:59 PM

 

Week Fifteen

[12/08]

Project Four Reflection

 

 

[12/10]

Reflective Portfolios Due on Wednesday, 12/10 by 11:59 PM