This document outlines the schedule and assignments for an 8-week online course on rhetoric and communication. It is divided into 4 units: Unit 1 focuses on sense of place and visual rhetoric. Students will read and discuss assignments, and draft and revise a reflective essay. Unit 2 covers researching a community issue. Students will complete library instruction modules and draft an annotated bibliography. Unit 3 is about discussing a community issue. Assignments include outlining and drafting a synthesis essay that responds to multiple perspectives on a topic. Unit 4 involves remediating a research topic into a new format. Students will analyze design principles, draft a public service announcement, and complete a final project.

1. Unit 1: Sense of Place and Visual Rhetoric
Week 1 Monday 6/12 Tuesday 6/13 Wednesday 6/14 Thursday 6/15 Friday 6/16 Weekend
Homework
Due
BbLearn/
Syllabus Quiz
Introductory
DB Post
DB Post #2 Respond to Blog
Posts by today
Process
Assignment:
Voice and Style
Writing Journal
Essay 1 Rough
Draft Due by
11:59 pm,
Sunday June
18th
Reading
Due
Look over
Syllabus and
Course
Schedule
“Course
Policies” Slides
Unit 1 Overview
Becoming Rhetorical chapters 1 and 2
Professional Blog Posts
Assignment #1 Instructions
Joan Didion’s “Goodbye to All
That”
Thoreau’s “Where I Lived and What
I Lived For”
Review DB posts
Look over examples of student
essays
Week 2 Monday 6/19 Tuesday 6/20 Wednesday 6/21 Thursday 6/22 Friday 6/23 Weekend
Homework
Due
DB Post #3
Peer Review
Response
Respond to Blog
Posts by today
Writing Journal
Essay 1 Final
Draft Due by
11:59 pm,
Sunday June
23rd
Reading
Due
Becoming Rhetorical Chapter 4, page 21-37
National Geographic Photo Assignment
Review Partner’s Essay
Review DB posts

2. Unit 2: Researching a Community Issue
Week 3 Monday 6/26 Tuesday 6/27 Wednesday 6/28 Thursday 6/29 Friday 6/30 Weekend
Homework
Due
DB Post #4 Respond to
Blog Posts by
today
Writing Journal
Library Week
Unit Due by
11:59 pm,
Sunday 7/2
Reading
Due
Unit 2 Overview
Becoming Rhetorical Chapter 11 to
“Incorporating Sources”
Look over UI Strategic Plan
Annotated Bibliography Instructions
Library Week Readings and Videos
Week 4 Monday 7/3 Tuesday 7/4 Wednesday 7/5 Thursday 7/6 Friday 7/7 Weekend
Homework
Due
Happy 4th
of July!
DB Post #5 Respond to DB
posts by today
Writing Journal Annotated
Bibliography
Due by 11:59
pm, Sunday
7/9
Reading
Due
Becoming Rhetorical Chapter 3 Review DB posts

3. Unit 3: Discussing a Community Issue
Week 5 Monday 7/10 Tuesday 7/11 Wednesday 7/12 Thursday 7/13 Friday 7/14 Weekend
Homework
Due
DB Post #6 Respond to
Blog Posts by
today
Process
Assignment:
Outline your
Essay
Writing Journal
Macro-Micro-
Response Essay
Rough Draft Due
by 11:59, Sunday
7/16
Reading
Due
Unit 3 Overview
Macro-Micro-Response Essay Assignment
Instructions
Becoming Rhetorical Chapter 7, part 1
“For Argument’s Sake” video
“Synthesis” Lecture Slides
“Starting an Academic Essay”
Lecture Slides
Student Essay Examples
Review DB Posts
Week 6 Monday 7/17 Tuesday 7/18 Wednesday 7/19 Thursday 7/20 Friday 7/21 Weekend
Homework
Due
Process
Assignment:
Synthesis
Paragraph
Peer Review
Worksheet
Writing Journal Macro-Micro-
Response Essay
Final Draft Due
by 11:59 pm,
Sunday 7/9
Reading
Due
Becoming Rhetorical Chapter 11, part 2
“Building a Perfect Paragraph” Lecture Slides

4. Unit 4: Rhetorical Remediation of Research Topic
Week 7 Monday 7/24 Tuesday 7/25 Wednesday 7/26 Thursday 7/27 Friday 7/28 Weekend
Homework
Due
DB Post #7 Respond to DB
by today
Process
Assignment:
Poster Analysis
Writing Journal
PSA Concept
Draft Due by
11:59, Sunday
7/16
Reading
Due
Unit 4 Overview
Remediation Project Assignment Instructions
Becoming Rhetorical Chapter 7, from “Visual Arguments”
to end
“Principles of Design” Lecture Slides
Student Poster Examples
Week 8 Monday 7/31 Tuesday 8/1 Wednesday 8/2 Thursday 8/3 Friday 8/4
Homework
Due
Peer Review
Response
DB Post #8 DB responses
due by today
Unit 4 Project
Due by 11:59 pm
Reading
Due
Review Partner’s Concept Draft Look over student examples of Analysis Letters