This document provides the schedule and assignments for Project 1 of the ENGL 309 Rhetorical Style course. It outlines that assignments are due by 11:59 pm on specified dates and will lose a letter grade per day late. It details the following assignments are due on Sunday of Week 1: reading an article on genres, watching a lecture on genres, taking a quiz, and reviewing the project instructions. On Wednesday of Week 2, students are to collaboratively brainstorm genres in a shared document. On Sunday of Week 2, students complete a stylistic genre analysis and additional readings. From Wednesday to Friday of Week 3, students submit a draft to workshop and provide feedback. The final revised project and self-evaluation are due on Sunday

1. ENGL 309 | Rhetorical Style pg 1
PROJECT 1 SCHEDULE
Genre Analysis & Parody
All work is due by 11:59 p.m. on the day indicated. Late assignments will lose
one letter grade (or the equivalent number of points) per day. All readings and
links are on the BbLearn Project1 page.
Due Date Complete the Following
Sunday,Week 1
(9/01)
1. Read Kerry Dirk’s “Navigating Genres.”
2. Watch Project 1, Slidedoc 1: What Are Genres, and
How Are They Rhetorical?
3. Take the “What Are Genres?” Quiz.
4. Read the Project 1 Handout and Grading Criteria.
Wednesday,Week 2
(9/04)
 With your classmates, collaboratively brainstorm a list
of as many genres as you can think of using the
ENGL 309 Online Genre Brainstorming Document
(Google Doc). You must add at least 5 genres to the
document.
Sunday,Week 2
(9/08)
1. Do Homework/Scaffolding Assignment 1: Stylistic
Analysis of a Genre.
2. Read Tom Connor, “Writing the Well-Spun Spoof.”
3. Watch Project 1, Slidedoc 2: How to Create a Genre
Parody.
4. Watch and read the example genre parodies and
respond to the discussion question “What makes
genre parodies funny?”
Wednesday-Friday,
Week 3
(9/11-9/13)
1. Submit your draft of Project 1 to the “Project 1 Draft
Workshop Blog.”
2. Complete the Project 1 Draft Workshop (submit your
draft by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, complete review of
your partner’s draft by 11:59 p.m. Friday.
Sunday,Week 3
(9/15)
1. Revise Project 1 based on feedback.
2. Read the Deadline Policies and Self-Evaluation
Instructions.
3. Submit Project 1 (Genre Analysis & Parody) and Self-
Evaluation to the Assignment Drop Box.