This document provides the schedule for a spring 2018 semester class. It outlines the weekly readings, assignments, and in-class activities over 17 weeks. Each week covers specific chapters from the textbook "Becoming Rhetorical" and additional readings on Blackboard. Students will write a personal essay, letter, and research paper. They will engage in activities like double entry journals, source evaluation, and peer reviewing. The schedule includes no class days for holidays and conferences with the instructor to discuss drafts.

1. Spring 2018 Semester Schedule
Week One: M W F
“Different
Voices,
Different
Rooms”
No Class​: In Class: ​Personality Styles,
Syllabus
Reading Due​:
Becoming Rhetorical: ​Ch 1
-“Why Rhetorical Analysis”,
p 4 - 6;
- “Ethos from the Message”
p 10 - 11;
- (Read only) Questions 2
&5, p 19-20
Jan 8,10,12 In Class​: Notes
Week Two: M W F
Personal
Essay/
Memoir
No Class: MLK Jr Day Reading Due
Becoming Rhetorical, ​Ch 2
“Exigence” & “The
Communicators,” p 6-8
- Ch 3, “Analyzing Textual
Rhetoric,” p 50 - 54
BbLearn​: ​The Glass Castle
Reading Due: ​Becoming
Rhetorical: ​XXX
Brainstorming
BbLearn​: Rest of Week 2
Reading
-New York Times tips
In Class: ​Knowledge,
Experience, Themes
Jan 15,17,19
Week Three: M W F
Reading Due​: ​Becoming
Rhetorical, ​Ch 1 “Appealing
to Audience - Logos” p 14,
18 - 21
-Ch 8 “Booming Business of
Explanations,” p 186 - 187,
189
Reading Due​: ​Becoming
Rhetorical​, Ch 6
-“Identify Stakeholders,” 131
-”Describe the Problem,” p
133 - 135
- Ch 3 “Writing Summaries”
p 58 - 59
In Class: ​Double entry
journal method
Jan 22,24,26
Week Four: M W F

2. In Class: ​Reading catch-up
Reading Due: ​BbLearn, ​Week
4 Reading (Check Schedule) WRITING DUE: ​Final Draft
Personal Essay, BbLearn
by midnight
Jan 29,31,
Feb 2
(yes, we have class) (yes, we have class)
Week Five: M W F
Letter/
Direct
Address/
Apologia
Reading Due​ BbLearn:
Week Five Readings - Dear
Sugar Letters
Reading Due:
Week Five Readings - “Why I
Make Less than My Male
Co-stars”
Reading Due:
​Becoming Rhetorical
-Ch 7, “Arguments as
Inquiry” p 147
-Ch 9 “Definitions within
Communities” p 206 - 210
Feb 5,7,9
Week Six: M W F
Library
Week
Meet in Library Lobby Meet in Library Second Floor
Classroom
Meet in Library Second
Floor Classroom
Feb 12,14,16
Week Seven: M W F
No Class - President’s Day Reading Due:​ ​Becoming
Rhetorical​, Ch 9 “Arguments
about Classification” p 216,
219,
Reading Due:​ ​BbLearn,
“Between the World and
Me”
Feb 19,21,23
Week Eight: M W F
Conferences in 106 Brink
Writing Due:​ Rough Draft
due BbLearn by Noon
Conferences in 106 Brink Conferences in 106 Brink
Feb 26,28,
Mar 2
Week Nine: M W F

3. Reading Due​: ​Becoming
Rhetorical​ Ch 10
“Evaluating”
NO Class​: Instructor at
Conference
NO Class​: Instructor at
Conference
Mar 5,7,9
Week Ten: M W F
No Class - Spring Break
Mar 12,14,16
Week Eleven: M W F
Catch up day Reading Due: BbLearn pdf,
Becoming Rhetorical​ Ch 7,
p 2 (H1) - 6 (not
Assignment/ Discussion
sections)
Mar 19,21,23
Week Twelve: M W F
Reading Due​:BbLearn pdf,
Becoming Rhetorical ​Ch 6
“Do Research to Deepen
Your Understanding” p
129-131
Reading Due​:BbLearn pdf,
Becoming Rhetorical ​Ch 8
“Explaining” p 186-197
Reading Due​:BbLearn pdf,
Becoming Rhetorical ​Ch 9
“Defining” p 206-219
Mar 26,28,30
Week Thirteen: M W F
In Class: ​Source Types Library Follow-up In Class: ​Using Images
Apr 2,4,6
l l l l
Week Fourteen: M W F
Reading Due: ​Becoming
Rhetorical​ Ch 12, bottom of
6 - top of 7; bottom of 15 to
top of 17
Reading Due:​ ​Becoming
Rhetorical​ Ch 12, bottom of p
268-269, bottom of 271-274
Reading Due: ​ ​Becoming
Rhetorical ​Ch 13, from ex. p
308-310
Apr 9,11,13
Writing Due​: 4 double
column journal entries (6
total), selected image
Week Fifteen: M W F
Writing Due​: Research
Paper First Draft (Body
only)
bring two hard copies
Reading Due: ​Becoming
Rhetorical ​Ch 13, bottom of
3 - top of 5

4. Apr 16,18,20
Week Sixteen: M W F
Reading Due: ​Becoming
Rhetorical​ Ch 13, p 11 - 14
Reading Due: ​Becoming
Rhetorical​ Ch 13, p 17 - 20
Apr 23,25,27
Reading Due​: ​Becoming
Rhetorical​ Ch 13, p 27 - top
of 29; bottom of 29 - 30
Week Seventeen: M W F
Apr 30, May
2,4