1. Spring 2018 Semester Schedule
Week One: M W F
“Different
Voices,
Different
Rooms”
No Class: In Class: Personality Styles,
Syllabus
Reading Due:
Becoming Rhetorical: Ch 1
-“Why Rhetorical Analysis”,
p 4 - 6;
- “Ethos from the Message”
p 10 - 11;
- (Read only) Questions 2
&5, p 19-20
Jan 8,10,12 In Class: Notes
Week Two: M W F
Personal
Essay/
Memoir
No Class: MLK Jr Day Reading Due
Becoming Rhetorical, Ch 2
“Exigence” & “The
Communicators,” p 6-8
- Ch 3, “Analyzing Textual
Rhetoric,” p 50 - 54
BbLearn: The Glass Castle
Reading Due: Becoming
Rhetorical: XXX
Brainstorming
BbLearn: Rest of Week 2
Reading
-New York Times tips
In Class: Knowledge,
Experience, Themes
Jan 15,17,19
Week Three: M W F
Reading Due: Becoming
Rhetorical, Ch 1 “Appealing
to Audience - Logos” p 14,
18 - 21
-Ch 8 “Booming Business of
Explanations,” p 186 - 187,
189
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
Jan 22,24,26
Week Four: M W F
2. In Class: Reading catch-up
NO CLASS - Meet w group NO CLASS - Research
Reading Due: BbLearn,
Cambodia: A Book for
People Who Find Television
Too Slow
Jan 29,31,
Feb 2
Week Five: M W F
Letter/
Direct
Address/
Apologia
Reading Due BbLearn:
Excerpt Becoming
Rhetorical Ch 4 “4a
Thinking Rhetorically” p 69 -
70
-”Formal layer” 74 - 80
Reading Due: BbLearn,
Journalism Handbook
-Becoming Rhetorical, Ch 6,
“How Modalities Interact,” p
101 - 107
Due: Video Presentations in
class
Feb 5,7,9
Week Six: M W F
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: BbLearn, “The
Curious Incident of the Dog in
the Nighttime”
-BbLearn, “Narrative Empathy”
Reading Due: BbLearn,
Citizen
Feb 12,14,16
Week Seven: M W F
No Class - President’s Day Reading Due: Becoming
Rhetorical, Ch 9 “Arguments
about Classification” p 216,
219,
Reading Due BbLearn:
Ishmael,pgs 21 - 54
Feb 19,21,23
Reading Due Becoming
Rhetorical Ch 4 “Visual
Rhetoric,” pgs. 24 - 30
In Class: Small Prompt:
Going down the rabbit hole
Week Eight: M W F
Research
Paper
Library Week
Meet in Library Lobby Meet in Library Second Floor
Classroom
Meet in Library Second
Floor Classroom
3. Feb 26,28,
Mar 2
Week Nine: M W F
Reading Due: Becoming
Rhetorical Ch 10
“Evaluating” p XX
In Class: Annotated
Bibliography Lesson
Reading Due: Becoming
Rhetorical Ch 12
“Research” p XX
Mar 5,7,9
Week Ten: M W F
No Class - Spring Break
Mar 12,14,16
Week Eleven: M W F
Conferences
Catch up day Reading Due: BbLearn pdf,
Becoming Rhetorical Ch 7,
p 2 (H1) - 6 (not
Assignment/ Discussion
sections)
Mar 19,21,23
Week Twelve: M W F
Reading Due:BbLearn pdf,
Becoming Rhetorical Ch 8
“Explaining” p 3 - 5, 7 - 9
Reading Due:BbLearn pdf,
Becoming Rhetorical Ch 9
“Defining” p 1-5,
Reading Due:BbLearn pdf,
Becoming Rhetorical Ch 9
“Defining” p 7 (Arguments
about…) - 10
Mar 26,28,30
Week Thirteen: M W F
In Class: Source Types Library Follow-up In Class: Using Images
Apr 2,4,6
l l l l
Week Fourteen: M W F
Reading Due: Becoming
Rhetorical Ch 12, bottom of
6 - top of 7; bottom of 15 to
top of 17
Reading Due: Becoming
Rhetorical Ch 12, p 9 - 13;
bottom of p 18
Reading Due: Becoming
Rhetorical Ch 13, p 1 - 3
In Class: Information on
Presentations
Apr 9,11,13
Writing Due: 4 double
column journal entries (6
total), selected image
Week Fifteen: M W F
4. Writing Due: Research
Paper First Draft (Body
only)
bring two hard copies
Reading Due: Becoming
Rhetorical Ch 13, bottom of
3 - top of 5
Apr 16,18,20
Week Sixteen: M W F
Reading Due: Becoming
Rhetorical Ch 13, p 11 - 14
Reading Due: Becoming
Rhetorical Ch 13, p 17 - 20
Apr 23,25,27
Reading Due: Becoming
Rhetorical Ch 13, p 27 - top
of 29; bottom of 29 - 30
Week Seventeen: M W F
Apr 30, May
2,4
