Unit One Schedule

Unit One Schedule

Monday, Aug 24

Introduction to Course
Discuss Syllabus

HW: (1) Buy textbooks
(2) Create Blog, and email me the link
(3) Read introduction to Unit One, pg. 2-3
(4) Read Haas & Flower, pg. 27-44 (read intro, too!)
(5) Blog on topic: “After my initial reading of Haas and Flower, I have some questions.” Blog at least four questions you have over the material. Bring a copy of these with you to class.

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Wednesday, August 26

Discuss Haas & Flower, and “critical reading” strategies
In class writing & activities

HW: (1) Reread Haas & Flower, and practice “marking it up.”
(2) Blog on topic: How does your second, more-informed reading of Haas & Flower compare to your first reading? Did you notice a difference in your understanding of the material after ‘marking it up’?

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Friday, August 28

More discussion of Haas & Flower.
In class writing & small group activities

HW: (1) Read and “mark up” Grant-Davie, pg. 7-24 (Don’t forget “Framing the Reading”)
(2) Blog on Grant-Davie, using “Discussion and Journaling Questions” on pg. 25. Please answer questions #2 and #3 in your Blog.

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Monday, Aug 3

Discuss Grant-Davie
In class writing and activities

HW: (1) Start working on “Using These Ideas” #4 (pg. 26), to be due Friday, Sept 4th. You will have an informal presentation of your work.
(2) Read Christopher Hitchens’ “Why Women Aren’t Funny.” You can find it here: http://vanityfair.com/culture/
Features/2007/01/hitchens200701
Or, it is also listed on page 5 of your coursepack.
(3) Blog: Start thinking about Hitchens’ possible motivation for writing this article. Make an attempt to use Grant-Davie’s terms when you discuss Hitchens in your Blog.
(4) Start looking over your Unit One Large Assignment (Due Friday, September 18th). Reading Hitchens will help you to start thinking in the right direction!

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Wednesday, Sept 2

Discuss Hitchens
In class writing and activities

HW: Keep working on your Rhetorical Situations in TV ads paper, due Friday. Prepare yourself to share your findings with the class in an informal setting (about two minutes). Don’t panic—we’re all just sharing what we’ve learned here!

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Friday, Sept 4

Present your findings on TV advertisements and their rhetorical situations. (About a 2 minute, informal presentation).

HW: (1) Read and “mark up” Murray, pg. 47-56 (including “Framing the Reading”).
(2) Blog: Do Question 2 on page 57. Bring your findings with you to class on Wednesday (Monday is Labor Day) for group discussion.
(3) Begin some serious work on Unit One Paper—you will need to bring in a draft for peer review a week from today (Friday, Sept. 11th).

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Monday, Sept 7

Labor day—no class

HW: Keep working on Unit One Paper draft.

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Wednesday, Sept 9

Discuss Murray.
In class writing and activites

HW: Prepare your draft of the Unit One large writing assignment for Peer Review. On Friday (September 11), bring in three relatively polished copies—one for you, and one each for two other classmates.

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Friday, Sept 11

Peer Review Day

HW: (1) Read Dawkins (pg. 104-121). Keep a list of grammar choices/terms you didn’t understand while reading Dawkins. Bring this list with you to class on Monday.
(2) Blog: Answer Journaling Question #6 on page 121.
(3) Work on Unit One large assignment (Due Friday, Sept 18)
(4) Bring Everyday Writer with you on Monday.

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Monday, Sept 14

Discuss Dawkins
In class writing and activities

HW: (1) Bring in an obituary, an editorial, and a set of directions for in class activity on Wednesday.
(2) Work on Unit One Paper. Bring in a copy of your most recent draft, for possible in class revision time.

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Wednesday, Sept 16

In class activity on Dawkins & Rhetorical Punctuation!

HW: Prepare Unit One Paper for Friday.

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Friday, Sept 18

Unit One Paper Due

Write Reflection piece in class.

Introduction to Unit 2.