Schedule of Studies

 

Schedule of Studies January 10   12 17   19 24 26 31 FEBRUARY  2 7 9 14 16 21   23 28   MARCH 2 7 9 14 - 16 Spring Break   21 23 28   30 30 APRIL  4 11 13 18

 

January

 

10  

Introduction to Class

Wiki Orientation

Information Exchange

Writing Samples Collected

Due:

• Create link on our Roster page
• Response One due before 9 AM, Thursday, January 13

 

Reading Assignments

• The Syllabus  for this course (bring any questions with you on Tuesday)
• Chapter 1 ("Why Argue") in Good Reasons
• Gorgias' "Encomium to Helen"
• Excerpts from Plato's Gorgias
• The wikipedia entry on enthymeme
• The American Rhetoric page on enthymemes

 

12

Disciplining Rhetoric

Rhetorical Toolbox Opened

Enthymemes

Stasis Theory

Rhetorical Triangles

Artistic Appeals

Due: Second Response due before 9 AM,Tuesday, September 15

Reading Assignments:

• Chapter 1 ("They Say") in They Say/I Say (17-27)
• Chapter 2 ("Reading Arguments") in Good Reasons (22-29)
• Gore Vidal: Drugs
• Theodore Dalyrymple: Don't Legalize Drugs

 

17  

No Class 

 

19

The Rhetorical Toolbox

Tools added 

Reading Assignments:

• Read the instructions for Project One and the student examples for same; be prepared to explain which of the examples you like the best and why you felt this way.
• Chapters 3 ("Finding Arguments") and 6 ("Analyzing Visual Arguments") in Good Reasons (30-51; 90-100)
• Roland Barthes: "The Rhetoric of the Image"

 

24

The Ad Analysis

Introduction to Project One

Due:  Third Response due before 9AM, Thursday, September 17

Reading Assignments:

• Susan Kushchinkas: How Advertising Works Our Nerves (In a Good Way)
• Martin Lindstrom: How Subliminal Advertising Works
• Thomas Frank: Why Johnny Can't Dissent

 

 

26

Lost in the Supermarket

The Rhetoric of Advertising

Due: First paragraph of your rough draft of Project One due via a link to the page you created on our Roster before 9 AM Tuesday

Reading Assignments

• Chapter 4 ("Drafting and Revising Arguments") in Good Reasons (52-65)
• Read over (again) the instructions for, and examples of, Project One

 

31

Writing Project One

Workshopping Project One Intro Paragraphs

Rhetorical/Structural Options for Project One

Introduction Strategies

Due: Your rough draft of Project One (complete draft) is due via a link to the page you created on our Roster before 3 PM on Thursday.

 

 

FEBRUARY 

 

2

First Rough Draft Workshop

Due: Drop a link to the final draft of your execution of Project One  to the Project One Storage Bin page before 11:59 PM, Sunday, October 4

Reading Assignments:

• Review instructions for, and student sample executions of, Project Two and be prepared to discuss which of the examples you found the best and why
• Chapter 5 ("Analyzing Written Arguments") in Good Reasons (69-79)
• Chapters 2 ("Her Point Is") and 3 ("As He Himself Puts it") and the readings "Don't Blame the Eater" and "The Empire of Images" in They Say/I Say (28-48; 139-141; 149-161)

 

7

Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis

Introduction to Project Two

Contextual vs. Features Analysis

Effective Thesis Statements for Rhetorical Analyses

First In-Class Rhetorical Workout

Due:

• Post your selection to the I Got Mine page before midnight tomorrow.

Reading Assignments

• Read the introduction - "Hooked on Fame" - to Fame Junkies as well as the chapter your team has been assigned

  

9

Hooked on Rhetorical Analysis

Writing Support Paragraphs for Rhetorical Analyses

Due: Fourth Response due before 9 AM, October 6

Reading Assignment:

• The Entirety of Shooting War

 

14

At War with Rhetorical Analysis

Review of Support Paragraph Entries

Strucutural Elements of Project Two

Due: Rough Draft of Project Two due on Tuesday, 10/13

 

16

Ironic Encounters

Final Day on Project Two

Analyzing Television

Using Aesthetic Tropes

Due: Rough Draft of Project Two due on Tuesday, 10/13

 

 

21  

Rough Draft Workshop II:  The Wrath of the Rough Draft Workshop

Due:  Final draft of Project Two due to the Project Two Coffin Page before 11:59  PM, 10/22

 

23

Library Research Day

Reading Assignments:

• Instructions for Project Three (including student examples)
• Chapter 4 ("Yes/No/Okay, But") in They Say/I Say (51-63)
• Chapters 8 ("Definition Arguments") and 9 ("Causal Arguments") in Good Reasons (113-126, 137-144)
• Read Child Labor Law History .pdf

Due:  

• Final draft of Project Two due to the Project Two Coffin Page before 11:59  PM, 10/22

 

28  

Defining Problems/Problematic Definitions

Types of Definitions 

Difficult Definitions and their Consequences

Defining Nations: Canada and the United States 

 

Reading Assignments:

• Chapter 5 ("And Yet") in They Say/I Say (64-73)
• Chapter 15 ("Presenting Arguments") in Good Reasons (238-245)

 

Due:  

• Your submission to the This Class is My Definition of Awesome due before 9 AM, Tuesday 10/22
• Final draft of Project Two due to the Project Two Coffin Page before 11:59  PM, 10/22

 

MARCH

 

2

 

7

Workshopping Plans for Project Three

Due:

• First two paragraphs of Project Three due to your Roster page before class on Thursday (10/29)
• Complete rough draft of Project Three due to your Roster page before class on Tuesday (11/03)

 

9

 

14 - 16 Spring Break  

 

21

Rough Draft Workshop for Project Three

Reading Assignments:

• Read Chapter 7 ("So What? Who Cares?") in They Say/I Say (88-98)
• Read Chapter ("Evaluation Arguments") in Good Reasons (156-176; be sure to pay special attention to the two essay examples in this chapter)
• Read Death_of_Environmentalism.pdf
• Read  http://www.sirc.org/articles/recycle.htm
• Read mission statements and objectives of Environmental Defense Fund, Greenpeace, and Earth Liberation Front:  
• Read EDF Fact Sheet .pdf
• Read Greenpeace mission statement: http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/
• Read ELF mission statement: http://earth-liberation-front.org/

 

Due:

• Final Draft of Project Three due to the ProjectThreeBucket page before 11:59 PM, 11/15.

  

21

Introduction to Evaluation Arguments

 

23

Second Public Debate Thunderdome!!!

Reading:

• Davis Sanity of Hamlet.pdf  
• Greg Hamlet's Hallucination.pdf

28  

Practice with Evaluation Arguments

Upcoming Assignments:

• Final Draft of Project Three due to the ProjectThreeBucket page before 11:59 PM, 11/15.
• First two paragraphs of Project Four due to your Roster page before class on Tuesday (11/17) (optional class)
• Full rough draft of Project Four due to your Roster page before class on Thursday (11/19)

 

30

 

30

Fourth Rough Draft Workshop

Due:

• Final drafts of Project Four due to the ProjectFourBarrel page before 11:59 PM, November 30

Reading Assignments:

• Chapter 13 ("Proposal Arguments") in Good Reasons (210-223; also be sure to bring GR to class with you on Tuesday)
• Chapter 6 ("Planting a Naysayer in Your Text") in They Say/I Say (74-87)

 

 

APRIL 

 

4

 

6

Third and Final Public Debate Thunderdome!!!!

Due: 

• Your responses to the questions on the Project Five Planning page are due before class on 12/02

 

 

11

 

13

Last Rough  Draft Workshop Ever!

Due:  

• Hard copy of your final draft of Project Five due in class on Thursday
• Bring a #2 pencil for SRTEs on Thursday

 

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