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Week 1

M | 6.11

  • Welcome
  • Biographic survey
  • Introduce each other
  • Go over calendar

T | 6.12

  • Introduction to Arguments
  • Class Discussion: What is an Argument?

Due

  • Read over the syllabus thoroughly; send your response to the following questions to the instructor in the body of an email by 8:30am today: Your name, major, and year, and 1) What were your expectations for this course, 2) What was confusing about the syllabus? 3) In regards to the syllabus, what was fair? unfair? why? 4) Any other comments.
  • 1) Find a definition of the word "argument;" write down the definition and the source that you got the definition from. Then look for a one or two sentence argument; consider your textbooks, a web site, the Exponent, etc.; write down the argument and the source that you got this information from. Send this information to the instructor in the body of an email by 8:00am today.

W | 6.13

  • Introduce Proposal/Current Knowledge Assignment.
  • Class Discussion: Connecting Representation to Argument

    Due

    • Read the hypertext essay about "Representation as Argument." Think about your response to this essay. Do you agree with the argument?
    • Read about arguments in NCH, Chapter 6 (pp. 53-67). As you read, think about 1) the arguments that you and others (e.g., your peers, the media) make about the subject you are working with, 2) how the NCH chapter relates to the hypertext essay. Write a 250 word response that addresses these two points. Send the response to the instructor in the body of an email by 8:30am today.

H | 6.14

  • Introduce PowerPoint
  • Discuss the Rhetoric of PowerPoint
  • Discuss the instructions of PowerPoint

    Due

    • New students need to complete any homework assignments that the have missed so far.

F | 6.15

  • Introduce ProNoun


    Due

    • Reread the hypertext essay about "Representation as Argument." Think about your response to this essay. Do you agree with the argument?
    • In 250 words, explain the subject that you want to write about this semester. Describe 1) your invested interest in this subject, 2) the most prominent arguments about the subject, 3) the sources where you can find information about the subject. Send the response to the instructor in the body of an email by 8:30am today.

Week 2

M | 6.18

  • Strategies for Library Research

    Due

    • Read about arguments in NCH, Chapter 7 (pp. 69-86). Be prepared to apply the reading to your own research during the beginning of class.

T | 6.19

  • Proposal/Current Knowledge, Presenters 1-6

    Due

    • If you are presenting today, send the instructor your PowerPoint Presentation as an attachment by 8am.
    • All students, write a question or advise to at least one of the presenters today; this question or advise should be informed and posed to help the presenter think more about her/his research. Send the question to the listserv by 5pm.

W | 6.20  

  • Proposal/Current Knowledge, Presenters 7-12

    Due

    • If you are presenting today, send the instructor your PowerPoint Presentation as an attachment by 8am.
    • All students, write a question or advise to at least one of the presenters today; this question or advise should be informed and posed to help the presenter think more about her/his research. Send the question to the listserv by 5pm.

H | 6.21

  • Proposal/Current Knowledge, Presenters 13-17

    Due

    • If you are presenting today, send the instructor your PowerPoint Presentation as an attachment by 8am.
    • All students, write a question or advise to at least one of the presenters today; this question or advise should be informed and posed to help the presenter think more about her/his research. Send the question to the listserv by 5pm.
    • Reflection #1: In 250 words write a reflection in which you think about the subject you are researching; you may choose to respond to some of the instructors comments. Turn the reflection in as a hard copy.

F | 6.22

  • Workshop

Week 3

M | 6.25

  • Introduce Annotated Bibliography
  • Strategies for internet research

    Due

    • Read about Internet Research in the NCH Chapters 8-9 (p. 86-107); use what you learn to justify the sources in your working bibliography.
    • Working Bibliography (see p. 75 in NCH). Find the bibliographic information for 12 sources that you may potentially use for your Annotated Bibliography. For this working bibliography, you will need to 1) provide a citation in APA format (see Chapter 13 in NCH) and 2) write two or three sentences about each source explaining why it will be useful for your research. You will need to provide information for 4 popular publications and 4 academic publications; the other four can be from either. Bring a hard copy to class and turn it in to the instructor.

T | 6.26

  • Strategies for Data Collection

    Due

    • Read the handout on Data Collection. In 250 words, explain the method that you will use to collect data for your Data Collection with a justification why you will use this method. Any other specific details about the project that you provide will elicit better feedback from the instructor. Send this homework in the body of an email address to the instructor.

W | 6.27  

  • Writing a Memo

    Due

  • Read about writing a memo; be prepared to write a memo at the beginning of class.

H | 6.28

  • Peer Readings

Due

F | 6.29

  • Workshop

Week 4

M | 7.2

  • Reading your sources
  • Strategies for constructing a representation

Due

  • Read the following article by CNN about the aftermath of English-Only laws in California. Think about how Second Language Speakers are represented. Be prepared to talk about this at the beginning of class.
  • Read the article by Ilona Leki. In a 250 word response, 1) identify her argument, 2) choose a subject (i.e., person(s), place, event, concept, or thing) that she represents in her article, 3) describe your general impression about how Leki feels about this subject and explain why 4) find several examples where she represents this subject and explain how the words and phrases that she uses supports or conflicts with the impression that you have (#3). Submit this to the instructor in the body of an email.

T | 7.3

  • Reading your sources
  • Strategies for constructing a representation

Due

  • In the NCH read Chapter 1(p.1-6) and Chapter 10 (p. 107-116)
  • Read one of the academic publications for your subject and bring it to class. Be prepared to apply the principles about reading and using sources to the

W | 7.4  No Class: 4th Of July

H | 7.5

  • Representation as Argument

Due

  • Reread the Hypertext Essay "Representation as Argument" ( make sure you read through all eight nodes and explore some of the links that go outside of the essay). Think about how your subject is represented by other and how you would represent your subject.
  • Read the following Time article about Pearl Harbor, think about how it relates to the hypertext essay in terms of how the movie represents the historical event, how Disney represents the movie for difference audiences, and how the Time writer represents Disney's representation; be prepared to apply the hyper text essay to this article.
  • Reflection #2: In 250 words write a reflection in which you think about the subject you are researching; you may choose to respond to some of the instructors comments, or you may think about how the hypertext essay applies to your subject . Send the reflection in the body of an email to the instructor.

F | 7.6

  • Workshop

Week 5

M | 7.9

  • Web Authoring

    Due

    • Read Chapters 14, 15, and 16 in the NCH (p. 187-218). Be prepared to apply these principles to your classwork.

T | 7.10

  • Visuals

    Due

    • Write a sample entry for one of the textual sources that you have read. Bring a hard copy to class.

W | 7.11

  • Analyzing Data

    Due

    • In a 250-350 word memo addressed to the instructor, report the result of your data collection. In the body of the memo, you will 1) briefly explain the purpose of your data collection, 2) briefly explain how you collected the data, 3) report the most important data from your field research, and 4) draw some preliminary conclusions (in other words, use the data to answer your research question). Due the word limit, you will have to choose which details are most important to represent. Submit this as a hard copy to the instructor. You will also want to include the complete transcripts of your interview or the complete summary of your survey results, as an appendix (stapled to the back of the memo).

H | 7.12

F | 7.13

  • Workshop

Week 6

M | 7.16

  • Peer review of Annotated Bibliography
  • Introduce the Research Paper

    Due
    • Read through the entire Research Paper assignment; be prepared to ask questions about anything that you do not understand.
    • Bring two hard copies of your Annotated Bibliography for 1) the instructor and 2)peer review; on the one for the instructor legibly write the URL for your web page on the version that you submit.

T | 7.17

  • Formal introduction to Rhetoric

    Due

    • In the NCH, read Chapter 2 (6-17) about "Preparing," pay particular attention to section 2a. Also read "On Writing" from Lisa Ede's Work in Progress. In a 250 word response, explain how you will apply the principles of rhetoric, as you read in section 2a and the Ede piece, to writing about your specific subject. In other words you are going to talk me through some of the preliminary choices that you will make to write the Research Paper. Send this response in the body of an email to the instructor.

W | 7.18 

  • Analyzing your audience

    Due

    • Decide on a "publication" in which you would write an argumentative article about your subject. In 250 words, state what the audience of the publication values. Some questions you may want to ask yourself are:
      • who is this publication written for? what specializations does the audience need to read this publication?
      • who else may have access to these publications? do the writers consider this audience?
      • what type of evidence is valued in this publication?
      • what kind of biases do the writers have? are they literal or inferred?

      Cite evidence from a sample text that demonstrates that the audience values what you think it does. You do not have to limit yourself to the article on your subject; it is highly encouraged that you also look at other texts in this publication. This "publication" may be one of the publications that you used in your Annotated Bibliography. Send this response in the body of an email to the instructor.

H | 7.19

    • Review Chapter 10 (107-116) in the NCH.
    • Reflection #3: In 250 words write a reflection in which you respond to two of the sources that you be using for your Research Paper. Make sure you include both in-text citations and a Works Cited. Turn the reflection in to the instructor as a hard copy.

F | 7.20

  • Workshop

Week 7

M | 7.23

T | 7.24

  • Workshop on writing your Research Paper

    Due

    • Bring sources and other materials that will help you compose your research paper during class.

W | 7.25

    • Read through the entire ePortfolio assignment; be prepared to ask questions about anything that you do not understand.
    • Bring two hard copies of your Research Paper for 1) the instructor and 2)peer review.

H | 7.26

  • Conference with instructor, students 1-8

F | 7.27

  • Conference with instructor, students 9-14

Week 8

M | 7.30

  • Workshop: bring material to work on in class. Meet in SC179.

T | 7.31

  • Workshop: bring material to work on in class. Meet in SC 179.

    Due

    • ePortfolio: send the instructor the URL of your ePortfolio in the body of a email with a message stating that it is ready to be graded; this is due by 5pm.
    • Reflection #4: In 250+ words write a reflection in which you explain what you have learned this semester about argumentative writing, or writing in general; support your answer with examples from the class. Also include any decisions that you made in your writing that you want to bring to my attention while I evaluate your ePortfolio. Do not use this as an opportunity to praise or criticize the class or instructor; you will have an opportunity to do this during class. Send the reflection in the body of an email to the instructor. .

W | 8.1 Finals: No Class

H | 8.2  Finals: No Class

F | 8.3  Finals: No Class