Project 1, Genre Parody

1. PROJECT 1 SCHEDULE
[Genre Analysis and Parody]
All scaffolding work (homework assignments) is due before class
on the date due. The Genre Parody will be due at 11:59 p.m. on
Tuesday, 9/10. Late assignments will lose one letter grade (or the
equivalent number of points) per day.
Unless otherwise indicated, all links are on the BbLearn Project 1
page.
Date In Class Work Due
T 8/27 Introduction to course. Rhetoric
and style (audience, purpose,
genre). Hummingbird exercise.
Th 8/29 Introduction to genre.
Brainstorm genres with Google
Doc.
Genre analysis exercise.
Introduce Assignment 1, Genre
Parody.
 Post your bio (Project
1 Homework
Assignments)
 Read Kerry Dirk,
“Navigating Genres”
 Do the “What Is
Genre?” post (Project
1 Homework
Assignments).
T 9/03 Analyzing parody examples.
Invention for parody.
 Read Tom Connor,
“Writing the Well-Spun
Spoof”
 Bring three examples
of the genre you’ll be
parodying (we will be
doing an in-class
exercise using these).
Th 9/06 Draft workshop, genre parody.
Review
Complete genre parody and
bring to class.***

2. T 9/10 Introduce Project 2, Semester
Topic Proposal. Topic
brainstorm.
Genre Parody due (11:59
p.m.)
***Draft workshops are mandatory. If you miss the workshop, or come without a
complete draft, you will lose 25 points.