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COURSE DESCRIPTION: English 106 is the standard 4-credit hour composition course for entering students at Purdue. To meet all your goals in this one-semester course, you should expect to produce between 7,500-11,500 words of polished writing (or 15,000-22,000 total words, including drafts) or the equivalent. Some of this text production will be done using multimedia, and some if it may be given through short assignments.
This course will help you develop your ability to write sophisticated and well-argued essays. It is assumed that you already have some understanding of how to write an organized essay. The focus of this course will be rhetorical analysis. We will analyze visual, digital, and written texts in terms of their purposes, audience, and contexts, and look at the rhetorical strategies they use in order to accomplish their purposes effectively. You will then be expected to apply the same kind of analysis and rhetorical strategies to your own writing. In order to succeed in this class you will have to do more than produce a coherent and organized essay. You will also have to demonstrate that you understand the rhetorical strategies we cover in class and are able to apply them in your own writing. In addition to demonstrating these strategies in writing, you will also be required to demonstrate them through multimedia projects.
This course will help you to communicate effectively through various modes of communication. We will discuss in class how communication has changed in a digital age, and the importance of understanding visual design and contexts in effective modern communication. In addition to traditional texts, we will also examine posters, magazine advertisements, and online forms of communication and persuasion.
Grading
4 Response papers (5 points each)
2 Short formal papers (10 points each)
1 Visual Rhetoric Assignment (10 points)
1 Research Project (30 points)
Discussion (including participation in class discussions, homework, and quizzes) (20 points)
The following are the handouts and readings for this course. This list will be updated as new material becomes available.
Advocacy Gaming Discussion Questions
Annotated Bibliography Handout
APA Citation Worksheet
APA Citation Worksheet Answer Key
CORE Scavenger Hunt Worksheet
Course Syllabus
Critical Reading Handout
Design Plan instructions for the final research paper
Discussion Questions for Affirmative Action articles
Discussion Questions for Logos (CDA p. 198-208)
Discussion Questions Handout CDA p. 305-312, 330-343
Discussion Questions for Visual Rhetoric Readings CDA p.263-304
Ethos Pathos Logos Worksheet
Fireworks instruction guide
Grading Rubric for Essays
Logical Fallacies Handouts and Worksheet
Noun Phrase Appositives Worksheet
NYT article on Obama and Clinton websites
Online Research Handout
Paper #1 Rhetoric in the News
Paper #2 Persuasive essay
Paragraphing Worksheet
Paraphrasing worksheet
Paraphrasing Worksheet Answer Key
Peer Evaluation Guidelines
Pictoral Writing Process Assignment
Plagiarism Discussion Questions
Plagiarism Worksheet
Response paper #1 Advocacy Gaming
Response Paper #2 Group Advocacy Assignment
Response paper #3 Portrait Playlist assignment
Response Paper #4 Analyzing Film
Sample Abstracts and Introductions
Visual Rhetoric Project
Worksheet for Advocacy Group Assignment
Worksheet for Library Research Games
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.
This course calendar will be updated on a weekly basis throughout the semester.
Assignments and activities for Week 1
TUESDAY
Introduction to Course
WEDNESDAY
Composing, Designing, Advocating, Communication, Argument
FRIDAY
Reading and Viewing Critically
Analyzing Magazine Advertisements
Assignments and activities for Week 2
TUESDAY
Advocacy Computer Games
WEDNESDAY
Writing Process and Brainstorming
FRIDAY
The Rhetorical Process
Assignments and activities for Week 3
TUESDAY
Response Paper #1 Advocacy Gaming due
Advocacy and Argument
WEDNESDAY
Purpose and Audience
FRIDAY
Context, Strategies, Medium, Arrangement, Production
Assignments and activities for Week 4
TUESDAY
Composing
WEDNESDAY
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
FRIDAY
Medium, Arrangement, Production Revisted, Doing Rhetorical Analysis
Assignments and activities for Week 5:
TUESDAY:
Microsoft Moviemaker workshop
HW: CDA p 86-98, 320-326 (Medium, Arrangement, and Production Revisted, Doing Rhetorical Analysis)
WEDNESDAY:
Discuss CDA p86-98
HW: Rough draft of Rhetoric in the News paper due on FRI
FRIDAY:
Peer Review of rough drafts
HW: Final draft of paper due on TUE
Assignments and activities for Week 6
TUESDAY
Final draft of Rhetoric in News paper due
Adobe Fireworks workshop
Portrait Playlist Response paper #3 assignment
HW: CDA p182-197
WEDNESDAY
Writing context, purpose, audience, and ethos in introductions
HW: BNCH p52-70
FRIDAY
Paragraphing
HW: Register and post comment on Web 2.0 video
Assignments and activities for Week 7
TUESDAY
Portrait Playlist presentations
WEDNESDAY
Portrait Playlist presentations in Stanley Coulter Hall Room 283
FRIDAY
Portrait Playlist presentations in Stanley Coulter 277
Portrait Playlist assignment due
Working with sentences
Intro Response Paper #4 Analyzing Film
HW: CDA 198-209, BNCH 87-93
Assignments and Activities for Week 8
TUESDAY
Logos and Logical Forms
HW: CDA 209-211, 399-411
WEDNESDAY
Pathos, Analyzing Editorials
HW: Skim over BNCH 233-252, Think about topics for persuasive paper
FRIDAY
Response Paper #4 Analyzing Film due
Intro next paper
Citing Sources
HW: CDA 411-416, and find one blog or website article that you would like to discuss in class
Assignments and activities for Week 9
TUESDAY
Ethos and Pathos in Editorials
Online blogs and editorials
HW: CDA p417-425
WEDNESDAY
Ethos and Pathos in Editorials
HW: CDA p213-221
FRIDAY
Rough draft of Persuasive Paper (paper #2) due
Peer Review
HW: Final draft due on Tuesday after Spring Break
Assignments and activities for Week 10
SPRING BREAK
Assignments and Activities for Week 11
TUESDAY
Final draft of Persuasive Paper due
Visual Rhetoric Workshop
Intro Visual Rhetoric Assignment
HW: CDA p.263-284
WEDNESDAY
Dreamweaver workshop in Digital Learning Collaboratory (Hicks Undergraduate Library Rm B853)
HW: CDA p.285-304, bring in one visual (brochure, flyer, poster, etc.) to discuss)
FRIDAY
Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in Visuals
HW: CDA p. 305-312, 330-343
Assignments and Activities for Week 12
TUESDAY
Analyzing movie posters and online movie trailers
HW: BNCH p99-114, CDA p143-153
WEDNESDAY
Visual Rhetoric project due
Starting Research Paper
HW: CDA p. 161-163 and write at least one question for each category on p.147 on your research topic.
FRIDAY
Design Plans
HW: Design plan due Tuesday, BNCH p.115-128, CDA p.154-158
Assignments and Activities for Week 13
TUESDAY
Design Plan for Research Paper due
Online Research
Intro Annotated Bibliography
HW: CORE Scavenger Hunt and Annotated Bibliography due by Tuesday, CDA 159-160, BNCH p129-142
WEDNESDAY
Evaluating Sources
HW: BNCH p146-151
FRIDAY
Plagiarism
HW: Bring your references for bibliography to class on Tuesday
Assignments and Activities for Week 14
TUESDAY
Annotated Bibliography and CORE worksheet due
Creating bibliographies electronically
WEDNESDAY
Paraphrasing
FRIDAY
Sentence Style
Assignments and Activities for Week 15
TUESDAY
Writing summary abstracts
WEDNESDAY
Draft of Research Paper due
Peer Review of drafts
FRIDAY
Research Paper Presentations begin Stanley Coulter Hall Room 277
Assignments and Activities for Week 16
Tuesday
Research Paper Presentations
Wednesday
Research Paper Presentations in Stanley Coulter Hall Room 231
Friday
Research Paper Presentations in Stanley Coulter Hall Room 277