Unit 1: Weeks 1-5

Readings

Pullman:

pp. xiv-xxiii

pp. 1-8, pp.9-19

pp. 19-40, pp. 40-48

pp. 49-67, pp. 67-85

pp. 85-107

Independent Work (IW) Suggestions

Your Turn exercises

pp. xxvii, 6, 19, 23, 28, 30, 35, 37, 40, 48,

pp. 53, 55, 56, 57, 59, 67, 71, 75, 76, 104, 107

Website/blog set up

• Document your research as a series of blog posts
• Collaborate on the research; keep a journal of your work in the collaboration
• Keep a process journal, reflecting on your thoughts as you work through the project (audio file, Voicethread, video, linguistic)
• Create a series of “thick descriptions” of your text and post as blog posts
• Create a series of outlines for your argument (claims only, claims with evidence)
• Read/explore one of the “Suggested Readings” in Pullman’s book (p. 386-387) and write about it
• Complete the “Your Turn” exercises (individually or collaboration)
• Arrange a “peer review” group; document your meetings and discussions

Project Due Dates:

The Rhetorical Analysis Project: Monday, 25 September

Unit 2: Weeks 6-8

Readings

Pullman:

pp. 109-166

pp. 167-210

Independent Work (IW) Suggestions

Your Turn exercises

pp. 121, 126, 137, 148, 162, 166, 170, 181, 186, 190, 193, 197, 203, 207, 210

Contribute to the “Study Guide & Questions” archive.

• Compose a post or essay that explores the benefits and drawbacks of blogging vs. composing on paper for a particular purpose
• Do some research: what are the risks of creating and establishing a blog space as a student?
• Establish a notebook for journaling about audiences and contribute to the notebook twice a week
• Report on a real-world situation in which someone blogs something and reaps consequences for what they wrote about

Project Due Dates:

Midterm Exam: Thursday, 12 October

Unit 3: Weeks 9-12

Readings

Pullman:

pp. 228-248

pp. 249-291

Independent Work (IW) Suggestions

Your Turn exercises

pp. 227, 248, 252, 290

• Email responses to speakers after their presentations. Did they convince you? Why or why not? What did you especially admire or respect about the presentation? What could use reconsideration? Why do you think so?
• Write out, in essay form, the argument you presented (up to 500 points for this). Add a reflection to that work in which you contemplate what it was like to persuade via the presentation vs the essay genre (up to 500 more points).
• Keep a research journal via blog posts in which you collect and evaluate sources
• Reimagine your presentation for a completely different audience. Compose an in-depth essay (with revised presentation materials) in which you describe what you would change about your presentation given that new audience and why. (up to 500 points)
• Keep a portfolio of the drafts and notes your work goes through as you complete the project. Submit this portfolio at the end of the project with a note of reflection. How did the process go for you? Why do you think so? (up to 500 points)

Project Due Dates:

Argument Presentations: Tuesday, 6 November – Thursday, 30 November