unit 1 schedule

1. Syllabus English 102 Fall 2017
College Writing and Rhetoric
Dates Tuesday Thursday
Unit 1: Identifying your Rhetorical Environment
Week 1
8/22 and 8/24
Course Intro and Policies Unit 1 Overview
Our Rhetorical World
Homework
Due
Read: Becoming Rhetorical
Introduction and Assignment 1
instructions
Week 2
8/29 and 8/31
Defining the Rhetorical Situation
Define the Genre
Description as Rhetoric
Finding your Authorial Voice
Homework
Due
Read: Becoming Rhetorical Chapter 2
Read: Thoreau’s “Where I Lived and
What I Lived For” and Didion’s
“Goodbye to All That”
Process Assignment: Voice and Style
due by 11:59 pm on 8/31
Week 3
9/5 and 9/7
Visual Rhetoric Peer Review
Homework
Due
Read: Becoming Rhetorical Chapter 4
and National Geographic Photo
Assignment
Bring your Sense of Place Photo
to Class
Process Assignment: Visual
Rhetoric due by 11:59 pm on 9/5
Sense of Place Essay Rough Draft
due before class: Bring four (4)
copies to class
Week 4
9/12 and 9/14
Conferences Conferences
Homework
Due
Sense of Place Essay Due by 11:59
pm on Friday, 9/15
Unit 2: Defining and Arguing a Rhetorical Problem

2. Week 5
9/19 and 9/21
Unit 2 Overview
The Recursive Research Process
Homework
Due
Read: Becoming Rhetorical Chapter 6
and Unit 2 Assignment
Instructions
Bring a newspaper article to class
Week 6
9/26 and 9/28
Library Week Library Week
Homework
Due
Research Proposal Due before class:
Bring a hard copy to the library
Library Unit Assignments Due by
11:59 pm on Friday, 9/29
Week 7
10/3 and 10/5
Mini Lesson: Genre
Angle of Vision
Mini Lessons: Medium and Mode
Homework
Due
Read: Becoming Rhetorical Chapter 3
Bring one of your Unit 2 sources
to class.
Rhetorical Reading Due by 11:59 pm
on Friday, October 10th
Week 8
10/10 and
10/12
Mini Lesson: Circulation Mapping a Rhetorical Argument
Homework
Due
Read: Social Media Article
Read: Becoming Rhetorical Chapter 7,
pages 146-168
Research Essay Concept Outline
Due by 11:59 on Friday, 10/13
Week 9
10/17 and
10/19
Incorporating Sources
Finding your “So what?”
Writing a Perfect Paragraph
Homework
Due
Read: Becoming Rhetorical Chapter
12
Synthesis Activity Due by 11:59 pm
Week 10
10/24 and
10/26
Peer Review Peer Review
Homework
Due
Macro-Micro-Response Essay
Rough Draft due before class: Bring
a hard copy to class
Read: Becoming Rhetorical Chapter 13
Week 11
10/31 and
11/2
Conferences Conferences

3. Homework
Due
Week 12
11/7 and 11/9
Presentations Presentations
Homework
Due
Unit 2 Project Due by 11:59 pm
on Friday, 11/3
Unit 3: Solving a Rhetorical Problem
Week 13
11/14 and
11/16
Unit 3 Overview
Identifying Problems in our
Community
Sales Pitches
Homework
Due
Read: UI Strategic Plan and
Becoming Rhetorical Chapter 11
Micro Essay Due by 11:59 pm on
Friday 11/9
Thanksgiving Break – No Class
Week 14
11/28 and
11/30
Building a Visual Argument Principles of Publication Design
Homework
Due
Read: Becoming Rhetorical Chapter 7,
pages 178-182
Bring an example of an existing
PSA for your topic.
Bring a hard copy of micro essay.
Read: Becoming Rhetorical Chapter 14
CAP Concept Draft Due before class:
Bring a hard copy to class
Week 15
12/5 and 12/7
TBA Peer Review
Homework
Due
Unit 3 Project Due by 11:59 pm
on Friday, 12/8
Finals Week – No Class