Calendar

Follow the links at the bottom of this page for a schedule of assignments for each week this semester. Within each week, you will find daily listings of assignments. Each bullet point for the day is a different task for you to complete. Unless specifically noted otherwise, all assignments are to be completed before class on the day listed.

This course calendar may be updated throughout the semester. I'll notify you about any major changes, but you are still responsible for keeping up with the current schedule.

IMPORTANT: You must visit all of the links provided within the course calendar. There are many links to follow and read. Make sure you visit all of them. Some links provide easy access to other parts of the class site which will help you in your assignments. Some links are to required readings. Others provide you with detailed instructions on completing the assignments. Eventually, you may come to know the instructions which supplement assignments that are repeated throughout the course, but it's still a good idea to continue to revisit the instructions to make sure that you are satisfying all of the requirements.

Week 1: 7 - 11 January, 2008

RHETORIC AROUND US

What does rhetoric look like in advertisements?

Questions:

1) What was the original purpose of the blue jeans, according to Davis? As a result, what lifestyle was associated with blue jeans?
2) Which were the groups most identifiable with jeans in the 1950's and 1960s?
3) Why did the popular view of jeans change?
4) What part does jeans play in your life?

A)What is Davis' main argument?
B) Why was there a paragraph about the author at the at the beginning of the essay?
C) Why are there quotes at the beginning of the essay?
D) How was the essay organized?
E) Define the following terms:
populist
metacommunication
dialectic
de-democratize

(you can try to figure out the definition from the essay itself)

Week 2: 14 - 18 Janurary, 2008

RHETORIC AROUND US

How is rhetoric used game advertising?

Week 3: 21 -25 January, 2008.

RHETORIC AROUND US

What reasoning is used in advertising?
Group Assignment and Presentation Due.

Week 4: 28 January - 1 February, 2008.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RHETORIC

 

Monday

  • Who
    are the electoral candidates?
  • What
    issues do you think the candidates should be speaking about and why?
  • How
    do these issues that affect you?

Tuesday

  • Conferences
    with Group 1 about narrative papers.

Wednesday

  • Define terms from reading.
  • What
    rhetorical strategies are being used to bring issues across?
  • Reading:
    “Problems based on irrelevant information” from Discovering Arguments
    (pgs 348-56)

Thursday

  • Read:
    “Online Research” from The Thomson Handbook (289-311)
  • Research
    a candidate.
  • Meet in WTHR 214 at regular class time.

Friday:

  • Conferences
    with Group 1 about narrative papers.

 

Week 5: 4 - 8 February, 2008.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RHETORIC

 

Monday

  • How
    can you tell a good source from a bad one? What do you look for?
  • Does
    ethos, pathos and logos affect views on candidates?
  • Read:
    “Speaking ethos, logos and pathos” from Compose Design Advocate
    (238-45).

Tuesday

  • Conferences
    with Group 2 about narrative papers.

Wednesday

  • What
    is a Panel Discussion?

Thursday

  • Discuss
    what questions will be addressed in the panels and meet in party groups. People
    on first Panel Discussion/ Debate 1.

Friday

  • Short paper due in envelope on  door 207 by 5 pm.
  • Conferences
    with Group 2 about narrative papers.

 

Week 6: 11 - 15 February, 2008.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RHETORIC

 

Monday

  • Class
    Panel Discussion/Debate 1
  •  

Tuesday

  • Groups
    meet for 25 minutes each

Wednesday

  • Credible
    online sources?
  • Use
    library website to find articles on candidates.

Thursday

  • Class
    Panel Discussion/Debate

Friday

  • Groups
    meet for 25 minutes each (introduction and conclusion)

 

Week 7: 18 -22 February, 2008.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RHETORIC

 

Monday:

  • Reading:
    “The written strategies of revising, editing, and proofreading” from Compose
    Design Advocate     (pgs 213-18).
  • Peer
    Review (4 page draft of candidate paper due)

Tuesday:

  • Optional
    Conferences

Wednesday:

  • Marc
    Santos’ fireworks tutorial highlighting what you think  represents your identity.
  • Candidate
    Paper Due

Thursday:

  • What is identity?

Friday

  • Optional
    Conferences

Week 8: 25 - 29 February, 2008.

RHETORIC AND
IDENTITY

Week 8: 25th– 29th
February, 2008.

Monday

  • What
    is identity?
  • What
    is the rhetoric used in picture composition?
  • Reading:
    Rhetoric and Identity from Rhetoric: A Users Guide by John Ramage

Tuesday

  • Conferences
    with Group 1 (10 mins. per person)

Wednesday

  • How
    do we compose our own rhetoric using pictures?
  • Reading: Clarissa T. Sligh, "The Plaintiff Speaks"

Thursday

  • How
    do we write about rhetoric in pictures?
  • Reading:
    TBA

Friday

  • Conferences
    with Group 2 (10 mins. per person)

Week 9: 3 - 7 March, 2008.

IDENTITY RHETORIC

Monday:

  • Peer Review

Tuesday

  • Conferences

Wednesday

  • Presentations (Pictures up on website before class)

Thursday:

  • Presentations

Friday:

  • Identity Paper Due

 

Some people have had problems posting the image. Following are the steps to put up your image:

1) Click on "create content".
2) Then "image."
3) Put a "title" for your image.
5) Choose "Identity Image Gallery" from the Image Galleries.
6) Click on "browse" and choose the image you want to put up.
7) Click "submit."

N.B. You may want to put some information as to why you chose the picture or what you think it means in the Body section.

Hope this explanation is useful.

Week 10: 10 - 14 March, 2008.

SPRING BREAK!!!

Week 11: 17 - 21 March, 2008.

 

RESEARCH
PAPERS AND RHETORIC

 

Week 11: 17th – 21st March,
2008.

 

Monday

  • How
    do you find a topic to research?
  • Grammar
    issues.

Tuesday

  • Conferences
    with both Group 1s (25 minutes each group)

Wednesday

  • Focusing
    on a topic.
  • Use
    Open Mind.
  • Reading:
    The Thomson’s Handbook pp 257-263.

Thursday

  • How
    do you tell facts from opinions?
  • Reading:
    The Thomson’s Handbook pp 131-142.

Friday

  • Conferences
    with both Group 2s (25 minutes each group)

Wednesday

  • What
    is an Annotated Bibliography?
  • Find
    relevant articles in library journals.
  • Reading:
    The Thomson’s Handbook Section: 14i and 14j

Thursday:

  • Grammar
    issues.

Friday

  • Conferences
    with Group 2:

Week 12: 24 - 28 March, 2008.

 RESEARCH PAPERS AND RHETORIC

Week 12: 24th – 28th March,
2008.

Monday

  • How
    do you read rhetorically?
  • Reading:
    The Thomson’s Handbook pp 144-152 (Write answers for activity 8-8)

Tuesday

  • Conferences
    with all Group 1

Wednesday

  • What
    is an Annotated Bibliography?
  • Find
    relevant articles in library journals.
  • Reading:
    The Thomson’s Handbook Section: 14i and 14j

Thursday:

  • Grammar
    issues.

Friday

Conferences
with Group 2

Week 13: 31 March - 4 April, 2008.

RESEARCH PAPERS AND RHETORIC

Week 13: 31st March – 4th April, 2008.

Monday

  • Annotated
    Bibliography for Final Paper Due
  • Reading:
    The Thomson’s Handbook pp 21-26

Tuesday

  • Conferences
    with Group 1

Wednesday

  • Using Moviemaker.
  • Reading:
    The Thomson’s Handbook pp 69-75

Thursday

  • What
    genre is best?
  • Reading:
    The Thomson’s Handbook Chapt.
    7

Friday

Conferences
with Group 2

Week 14: 7 - 11 April, 2008.

RESEARCH PAPERS AND RHETORIC 

Week 14: 7th – 11th April,
2008.

              

Monday

  • Peer
    Review (6 pg Draft of Research Paper Due)

Tuesday

  • Optional
    Conferences.

Wednesday:

  • In-class
    workday.

Thursday

  • Draft
    of Visual Presentation for Final Research Paper Due (Bring in Laptops)

Friday

Optional
Conferences.

Week 15: 14 -18 April, 2008.


RESEARCH PAPERS AND RHETORIC

 

Week 15: 14th – 18th April,
2008.

Monday

  • Workday (NO CLASS)

Tuesday

  • Optional
    Conferences.

Wednesday:

  • Final
    Research Paper Due. 
  • Presentations
    Begin.

Thursday

  • Presentations (WTHR 214)

Friday

Optional
Conferences.

 

Week 16: 21 - 25 April, 2008.

RESEARCH PAPERS AND RHETORIC

 

Week 16: 21st – 25th April,
2008.

Monday

  • Presentations (SC 277)
  • Vance,Krista, Andrew B., Zach

Tuesday

  • NO
    CONFERENCES

Wednesday

  • Presentations (Enad 130 as usual)
  • Margo, David, Joshua, Natalie

Thursday

  • Presentations (WTHR 214)
  • Saerom, Askar, Kaylee, Danielle

Friday

NO
CONFERENCES