Saturday, August 24, 2013

Course Calendar and Reading Links


Course Calendar
This calendar is a general guide and I reserve the right to change, supplement, or substitute readings or assignment/assignment dates as needed.  I will not make these changes without notifying you before hand. 

Due dates for Memos, Rough Drafts, Peer Letters, and Instructor Copies are bolded.

Key Information
Monday: 10-11:50 am, A1121 MAK (lab)
Wednesday: 10:00-11:50 am, 2113 ASH (lecture)
My email: hartridh@gvsu.edu or kshart@gmail.com
Guide = A Guide to First-Year Writing at Grand Valley State University
EW = Easy Writer

Week
Date
Activities
Discuss in Class (Read    Beforehand)
  1
Monday 8.26
Lab
  *Introduction to the class
  *Syllabus and Class Website (http://gvsuwriting.blogspot.com/)
  *Email Conventions
   *Goal Email sent to hartridh@gvsu.edu


1
Wednesday 8.28
Lecture
*What is rhetoric
*Introduce Rhetorical Analysis (Paper 1)
* “Meaningfulness of Life” RA
Guide 1-46 (skim)
2
Monday 9.2
Lab
NO CLASS – Enjoy the Labor Day Break
*Email RA article (hartridh@gvsu.edu)
*Email any questions about the Guide readings or syllabus (hartridh@gvsu.edu)

2
Wednesday 9.4 Lecture
Rhetorical Analysis Work – bring a copy of your article (hard or digital)

2
Thursday 9.5
RA 1st Draft (email/dropbox)

  3
Monday 9.9 Lab
RA Workshop – bring copies of peers’ marked papers and 2 copies of each peer letter
   EW  1-10
3
Wednesday 9.11 Lecture
RA Questions





4
Monday 9.16 Lab

*In-class work on Rhetorical Analysis
*Introduce Advocacy Campaign (Paper 2)
*Brainstorm Advocacy Campaign
* Rhetorical Analysis (Paper 1) Due – Upload to D2L by midnight
EW 176-203
4
Wednesday 9.18 Lecture

*Library Day – Research
*Advocacy Campaign Memo – uploaded to D2L by Friday, September 20
 EW Skim Documentation section beginning on page 206 (No need to skim Chicago, only MLA and APA)

  5
 Monday 9.23            Lab
  Advocacy Campaign Work

5
Wednesday 9.25 Lecture
*Advocacy Campaign
*Error
5
Thursday 9.26
Advocacy Campaign 1st Draft (email/dropbox)

6
Monday 9.30 Lab
*Advocacy Campaign Workshop - bring copies of peers’ marked papers and 2 copies of each peer letter

6
Wednesday 10.2 Lecture
*Advocacy Campaign Questions
*Introduce Discourse Community Ethnography (Paper 3)






  7
Monday 10.7
Lab

* In-class final work on Advocacy Campaign
 * DCE
*Advocacy Campaign (Paper 2) – upload to D2L by midnight


7
Wednesday 10.9 Lecture
DCE work

7
Thursday 10.10
Discourse Community Ethnography 1st Draft (email/dropbox)

8
Monday 10.14 Lab
Discourse Community Ethnography Workshop - bring copies of peers’ marked papers and 2 copies of each peer letter

8
Wednesday 10.16 Lecture
DCE Questions and work





  9
Monday 10.21 Lab

 * In-class work on Discourse Community Ethnography
* Introduce This I Believe Literacy Narrative (Paper 4)
* Discourse Community Ethnography (Paper 3) Dueupload to D2L by midnight

9
Wednesday 10.23 Lecture
*This I Believe work
Read and create reverse outline for another paper in Christ Butcher's Portfolio.  "The Faster Treadmill" (p. 53)

9
Friday 10.25
This I Believe LN 1st Draft (group dropbox)

10
Monday, 10.28 Lab
This I Believe Literacy Narrative Workshop - bring copies of peers’ marked papers and 1 copies of each peer letter

10
Wednesday 10.30 Lecture
This I Believe Questions and Work





11
Monday 11.4 Lab

*In-class work on This I Believe
* What makes good portfolios?
* This I Believe final draft  due – upload to D2L by midnight
Portfolios 1, 2, 3
  11
Wednesday 11.6 Lecture
 Portfolio Readings
 Portfolios 4, 5, 6
12
Monday, 11.11 Lab
Group Readings


12
Wednesday 11.13 Lecture
Indicate Portfolio Piece Selections
13
Monday 11.18 Lab
Piece Revisions
  13
Wednesday 11.20 Lecture
 

14
Monday 11.25 Lab
Piece Revisions

14
Wednesday 11.27 Lecture
NO CLASS – Happy Thanksgiving.





15
Monday 12.2 Lab
Last minute questions, Citing, Grading

  15
Wednesday      12.4 Lecture
  *Wrap up
  *Portfolio Due




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