This document outlines the schedule and assignments for a Fall 2017 semester rhetoric course. It includes weekly readings, in-class activities, and assignment due dates. The course covers a range of mediums including digital, visual, print, academic, and multimodal. Key assignments include Essay 1 on a resonant message, a video project in small groups, a critical analysis rough draft, book review, and research paper with drafts and peer review. Readings are primarily from the textbook "Becoming Rhetorical" and discuss rhetorical analysis and composition across different mediums.

1. ​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​Fall​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​2017 Semester​ ​Schedule
Week​ ​One:​ ​​ ​​ ​M W F
The​ ​Medium
is​ ​the
Message
Out​ ​of​ ​Class​:​ ​Syllabus,
Personality​ ​Styles
Reading​ ​Due​​ ​BbLearn:​ ​MLA
Definitions,​ ​​The​ ​Shallows​,​ ​p
1-10
Reading​ ​Due​:
Becoming​ ​Rhetorical:​ ​​Ch​ ​1
-“Why​ ​Rhetorical​ ​Analysis”,
p​ ​4​ ​-​ ​6;
-​ ​“Ethos​ ​from​ ​the​ ​Message”
p​ ​10​ ​-​ ​11;
-​ ​Questions​ ​2​ ​&5,​ ​p​ ​19-20
Aug
21,23,25
In​ ​Class​:​ ​Essay​ ​1:​ ​A
Message​ ​that​ ​has
Resonated​ ​with​ ​You​ ​Pt.​ ​1
Week​ ​Two:​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​M W F
Digital
Mediums
Reading​ ​Due​:​ ​​Becoming
Rhetorical:​ ​​Ch​ ​3
-​ ​“Analyzing​ ​Textual
Rhetoric,”​ ​p​ ​50​ ​-​ ​53;
“Identify​ ​the​ ​Main​ ​Point”,​ ​p
52-53
-​ ​“Identify​ ​Textual
Structures”,​ ​p​ ​53​ ​-​ ​bottom​ ​of
54
Reading​ ​Due
Becoming​ ​Rhetorical,​ ​​Ch​ ​2
“Exigence”​ ​&​ ​“The
Communicators,”​ ​p​ ​6-8
BbLearn​:​ ​​The​ ​Shallows​,​ ​p
115-125,​ ​193-195
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
Aug​ ​28,30
Sept​ ​1
In​ ​Class​:​ ​Essay​ ​1:​ ​A
Message​ ​that​ ​has
Resonated​ ​with​ ​You​ ​Pt.​ ​2
Writing​ ​Due​:​ ​Essay​ ​1
Week​ ​Three:​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​M W F
No​ ​Class,​ ​Labor​ ​Day Reading​ ​Due​:​ ​​Becoming
Rhetorical,​ ​​Ch​ ​1​ ​“Appealing​ ​to
Audience​ ​-​ ​Logos”​ ​p​ ​14,​ ​18​ ​-
21
Reading​ ​Due​:​ ​​The
Shallows​,​ ​p​ ​115-125,
193-195
-Ch​ ​8​ ​“Booming​ ​Business​ ​of
Explanations,”​ ​p​ ​186​ ​-​ ​187,
189
Sept​ ​4,6,8
BbLearn:​ ​​Summary​ ​stories,
DECA​ ​“About”​ ​and​ ​article
Week​ ​Four:​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​M W F
Visual
Mediums
Reading​ ​Due:​ ​​BbLearn,
Reality​ ​Hunger Reading​ ​Due:​ ​​Becoming
Rhetorical​,​ ​Ch​ ​4​ ​“Analyzing
Visual​ ​Rhetoric,”​ ​p​ ​58​ ​-​ ​60
Reading​ ​Due:​ ​​Becoming
Rhetorical,​ ​​-”Thinking
Rherotically”​ ​p​ ​71-73

2. In​ ​Class:​ ​​Groups​ ​for​ ​video
project
-”Thinking​ ​Rherotically”​ ​p
71-73
Trip​ ​to​ ​ITS​ ​Media​ ​Center
Sept
11,13,15
NO​ ​CLASS​ ​-​ ​Meet​ ​w​ ​group
Week​ ​Five:​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​M W F
Reading​ ​Due​​ ​BbLearn:
Excerpt​ ​​Becoming
Rhetorical​​ ​Ch​ ​4​ ​“4a​ ​Thinking
Rhetorically”​ ​p​ ​69​ ​-​ ​70
-”Formal​ ​layer”​ ​74​ ​-​ ​80
Reading​ ​Due:​​ ​Becoming
Rhetorical​,​ ​Ch​ ​6,​ ​“How
Modalities​ ​Interact,”​ ​p​ ​101​ ​-
107
Reading​ ​Due:​ ​​BbLearn,
Cambodia:​ ​A​ ​Book​ ​for
People​ ​Who​ ​Find​ ​Television
Too​ ​Slow
Sep
18,20,22
Week​ ​Six:​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​M W F
Print
Mediums
Reading​ ​Due​:​ ​​Becoming
Rhetorical​​ ​Ch​ ​1​ ​“Appealing
to​ ​Audience​ ​-​ ​Pathos”​ ​p​ ​21
-Ch​ ​7,​ ​“Arguments​ ​as
Inquiry”​ ​p​ ​147
-Ch​ ​9​ ​“Definitions​ ​within
Communities”​ ​p​ ​206​ ​-​ ​210
Reading​ ​Due​: Reading​ ​Due:
Sept​ ​25,​ ​27,
29
Week​ ​Seven:​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​M W F
Reading​ ​Due:​ ​​Catch-up:
-Ch​ ​7,​ ​“Arguments​ ​as
Inquiry”​ ​p​ ​147
-Ch​ ​9​ ​“Definitions​ ​within
Communities”​ ​p​ ​206​ ​-​ ​210
Reading​ ​Due​​ ​​Becoming
Rhetorical​​ ​Ch​ ​7,​ ​“Inhabiting​ ​an
Idea”​ ​p​ ​149​ ​-​ ​154
-Ch​ ​13,​ ​“Conclusions”​ ​p.​ ​313
Reading​ ​Due:​ ​​BbLearn​:
“Shitty​ ​First​ ​Drafts”
In​ ​Class​:​ ​Review​ ​of​ ​tools,
feedback
Oct​ ​2,​ ​4,​ ​6
In​ ​Class​:​ ​p.​ ​308-9 Writing​ ​Due​:​ ​​Critical
Analysis​ ​Rough​ ​Draft​ ​on
BbLearn​ ​by​ ​Midnight
Week​ ​Eight:​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​M W F
Academic
Mediums
Reading​ ​Due:​ ​​Becoming
Rhetorical​,​ ​Ch​ ​13​ ​“Creating
Written​ ​Compositions”​ ​p
290-295
Reading​ ​Due:​ ​​Becoming
Rhetorical​​ ​Ch​ ​12​ ​“Research:
Composing​ ​with​ ​Multiple
Sources”​ ​p​ ​260​ ​-​ ​263
Reading​ ​Due:​ ​​Becoming
Rhetorical​​ ​Ch​ ​12
“Identifying​ ​Initial​ ​Sources”
p​ ​264-266

3. Oct​ ​9,​ ​11,​ ​13
Week​ ​Nine:​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​M W F
Library​ ​Week
Oct​ ​16,​ ​18,
20 Meet​ ​in​ ​Library​ ​Lobby
Meet​ ​in​ ​Library​ ​Second​ ​Floor
Classroom
Meet​ ​in​ ​Library​ ​Second
Floor​ ​Classroom
Week​ ​Ten:​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​M W F
Conferences​ ​in​ ​​106​ ​Brink Conferences​ ​in​ ​​106​ ​Brink Conferences​ ​in​ ​​106​ ​Brink
Oct​ ​23,​ ​25,
27
Week​ ​Eleven:​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​M W F
Oct​ ​30,​ ​Nov
1,​ ​3
Week​ ​Twelve:​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​M W F
Writing​ ​Due​:​ ​Book​ ​Review,
BbLearn​ ​and​ ​​two​ ​hard
copies​​ ​in​ ​class
Nov​ ​6,​ ​8,​ ​10
Week​ ​Thirteen:​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​M W F
Writing​ ​Due​:​ ​Research
Paper​ ​First​ ​Draft​ ​(Body
only)
bring​ ​two​ ​hard​ ​copies
Nov
13,15,17
l​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​l​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​l​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​l
Week​ ​Fourteen:​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​M W F
Fall​ ​Break Fall​ ​Break Fall​ ​Break
Nov​ ​20,22,24
Week​ ​Fifteen:​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​M W F
Multimodal
Mediums
Nov​ ​27,29,
Dec​ ​1

4. Week​ ​Sixteen:​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​M W F
Dec​ ​4,​ ​6,​ ​8