Fall 2013 Hybrid Schedule

This is a tentative schedule that I may change based on our shared assessment of our progress. I use it to give you an overview only, a look at the big picture. Every assignment you need to do can be found in the Modules or on the Syllabus link with dates (link on the left of Canvas, and also from the Welcome Page in Canvas). Dates refer to the first day of each week, although this schedule is for both the Monday and Wednesday classes. All reading indicated for a week should be done before class. You will find due dates for the major written assignments here, with all other writing and discussion assignments due as indicated in the Canvas Modules. Week 1 August 21 - Introductions.

Getting Started: They Say (Module 1)

Week 2 August 26 Read:

Important Course policies Preface (xix), Intro (p. 1) and Chapter 1 (They Say: Starting with What Others Are Saying (p. 19) 2b or Not 2b? by David Crystal (p. 335)
Week 3 September 2 (no Monday class, Labor Day Holiday) Read:

Chapter 2 (Her Point Is: The Art of Summarizing) Dont Blame the Eater, by David Zinczenko (p. 391), Summary Writing
Week 4 September 9 Read:

Chapter 4 (Yes / No / Okay, But: Three Ways to Respond) Response Paper Assignment Joe Posnanski, Cheating and CHEATING (p. 553), Denis Baron, Reforming Egypt in 140
Characters?(p. 329), and Frank, Income Inequality: Too Big to Ignore (p. 580)

Paper Draft Due: Write first draft of Assignment 1- Summary/Reponses paper and bring 2 copies to class next week. Week 5 September 16 Read:

 Chapter 3 (As He Himself Puts It: The Art of Quoting); Chapter 5 (And Yet: Distinguishing
What You Say from What They Say)

Food as Thought: Resisting the Moralization of Eating, by Mary Maxfield (p. 442)
Revise rhetorical analysis and sign up for a conference in week 6. Week 6 September 23 Conferences on draft of paper (optional revisions due one week from your conference). No full-class meeting. Come to my office in BB207E at your scheduled conference time (see the schedule in Canvas.) You should upload your revised paper to Final Response Paper assignment before you come to your conference. Read:

The Rhetorical Appeals Rhetorical Analysis Paper Assignment Rhetorical Analysis Questions William Moller, We, the Public, Place the Best Athletes on Pedestals (p. 535); Bob Herbert,
Hiding from Reality (p. 564); Cal Thomas Is the American Dream Over? (p. 568); Paul Krugman Confronting Inequality (p. 586); Sebastian Mallaby Progressive Wal-Mart. Really. (p. 620).

Rhetorical Analysis: How They Say It, and Are They Persuasive? (Module 2)
Week 7 September 30 Read:

Chapter 6 (Skeptics May Object: Planting a Naysayer in Your Text) Chapter 7 (So What? Who Cares?: Saying Why It Matters)

Paper Draft Due: Write draft of rhetorical analysis and bring 2 copies to class next week Week 8 October 7 Read:

Chapter 8 (As a Result: Connecting the Parts)

Post revised final draft of Rhetorical Analysis.

Researching and Evaluating a Conversation: Annotated Bibliography (Module 3)

Week 9 October 14 Read:

Annotated Bibliography Assignment, Position Synthesis Assignment Several articles on an issue of your choosing Chapter 9 (Aint So / Is Not: Academic Writing Doesnt Always Mean Setting Aside Your Own
Voice) Write Controversial Issue Exploration.

Week 10 October 21 Read:

Additional articles on your issue addressing the conversation/topic youre exploring for the
Annotated Bibliography and Position Synthesis.

Article Databases
Week 11 October 28 Read:

Additional articles on your issue addressing the conversation/topic youre exploring for the
Annotated Bibliography and Position Synthesis.

Sample Annotated Bibliography Chapter 10 (But Dont Get Me Wrong: The Art of Metacommentary)

Paper Draft Due: Write draft of your Annotated Bibliography and bring to class next week. Week 12 November 4 Read:

Additional sources on your issue per the conclusion of your annotated bib.
Post revised final Annotated bibliography.

Position Synthesis (They All Say and I Say) (Module 4)

Week 13 November 11 Read: Review Chapter 4 Write: Class presentation of question and summary of positions presented in your Annotated Bibliography. You will present this in class as well. Week 14 November 18 Read:

Review Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 8, Chapter 10

Write Continued class presentation of question and summary of positions. Week 15 November 25 Paper Draft Due: Write rough draft of Position Synthesis and bring two copies for class. Week 16 December 2 Read:

 Review Chapter 6 and Chapter 7

Post revised Position Synthesis. Post Annotated Bibliography and Position Synthesis with reflection in ePortfolio during finals week.