Schedule

Reading & Major Assignment Schedule (Please note, this is only tentative and is subject to change.)

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All pagination below refers to the Channell text, unless otherwise noted. Reading is due on the day specified. Be prepared to engage thoughtfully in classroom and group discussions.

8/26 (T) Introductions & Overview

8/28 (R) Writing analysis; Stephen King's "On Writing" (Blackboard)

9/2 (T) Chapter 4 - Interpreting Experiences (64-87) & "How Do I Write a Reflection?" (358-65)

9/4 (R) Chapter 1 - Critical Thinking - The Art of Questioning (2-12) & "How Do I Write a Visual Analysis?" (366-73); Epiphany narrative due

9/9 (T) Chapter 2 - Critical Reading (13-37), Chapter 7 - Concepts (147-51), & Student Handbook (31-6)

9/11 (R) Chapter 3 - Writing (38-48) & Chapter 6 - Presenting Information (116-46)

9/16 (T) Visual analysis rough draft due; bring 2 copies to class for group work

9/18 (R) Chapter 14 - Editing & Revision (335-356) & Student Handbook (47-52)

9/23 (T) Summation & Overview Day

9/25 (R) "How Do I Write a Rhetorical Analysis?" (50-55)

9/30 (T) Rhetorical Analysis Continued

10/2 (R) Rhetorical Analysis & Workshop; Visual analysis final draft due

10/7 (T) Chapter 19 - Plagiarism (456-61); Alexie's "When the Story Stolen Is Your Own" (Blackboard); LA Weekly "Navahoax" (Blackboard); Rhetorical analysis article approval due

10/9 (R) Chapter 20 - MLA documentation (462-490)

10/14 (T) Fall Recess: No Class

10/16 (R) Rhetorical analysis rough draft due; bring 2 copies to class for group work

10/21 (T) Conferences - Session I; be mindful of potential writing assignments

10/23 (R) Conferences - Session II; be mindful of potential writing assignments

10/28 (T) Chapter 8 - Comparing Perspectives (173-201) & Chapter 9 - Critiquing an Argument (202-30)

10/30 (R) Chapter 10 - Making a Case (231-57) & Chapter 11 - Appealing for Action (258-85)

10/31 (F) Last day to withdraw

11/4 (T) Chapter 15 - Research Projects (396-411) & "How Do I Write a Proposal?" (388-93 & 518-23)

11/6 (R) Chapter 16 - Sources (412-25); Rhetorical analysis final draft due

11/11 (T) Chapter 17 & 18 - Sources (426-55) & Student Handbook (37-46)

11/13 (R) Logical Fallacies & Overview Day; Argumentative proposal due

11/18 (T) Select Readings (TBA)

11/20 (R) Argumentative Workshop

11/25 (T) Argumentative rough draft due; bring 2 copies to class for group work

11/27 (R) Thanksgiving Recess: No Class

12/2 (T) Conferences - Session II; be mindful of potential writing assignments

12/4 (R) Conferences - Session I; be mindful of potential writing assignments; Journals due

12/9 (T) TBD

12/11 (R) TBD

12/15 (M) Final argumentative paper due via email by 11:59pm. Absolutely no late papers will be accepted.