Mon.
8/20

Conf.

No Class

Tue.
8/21

C.Lab

• Brief introduction
• Print out policies from course website, touch on absences
• Questionnaire
• Open Mind

CDA stands for Compose, Design, Advocate; LBH stands for Little, Brown Handbook. NOTE: ASSIGNMENTS AND READINGS ARE LISTED ON THE DAY THEY ARE DUE

Wed.
8/22

Class

• Discuss Course Policies
• Pre-writing discussion
• Sign up for conference times
• Hand out Lit. Narrative Assign.

• LBH 3-24 (Pre-writing)

Thur.
8/23

Conf.

• What is a Literacy Narrative?
• Concerns about course

Fri.
8/24

Class

• Library Scavenger Hunt
• Hand out Writing a Lit. Nar.

• CDA 428-443 (Periodic Table Essay and Analysis)

Due: "Periodic Table" Response

Mon.
8/27

Conf.

• What is a Literacy Narrative?
• Concerns about course

Tue.
8/28

C.Lab

• Diagnostic
• Show examples of maps

Due: Narration about Self

Wed.
8/29

Class

• Defining Audience, Context, Purpose
• Discuss “Red Shoes” and “Periodic Table” in these terms
• Analyze “Red Shoes”

• CDA 2-30 (Intro., Ch.1, Ch.2-Audience, Context, Purpose), 492-506 (Red Shoes)

Thur.
8/30

Conf.

• Individual Conferences

Fri.
8/31

Class

• Discuss Literacy Narrative Handout
• Qualities of effective narration using essays in WLN and CDA
• Thesis statements

• Writing a Literacy Narrative Handout

 Due: 3 pages of pre-writing for Lit. Nar.

Mon.
9/3

Conf.

No Class

Tue.
9/4

C.Lab

• Editing in Word
• Peer Editing

• LBH 24-38, 104-110
• CDA 221

bring  electronic rough draft of Narrative to edit

Wed.
9/5

Class

• Ethos, Pathos, Logos
• Read student examples of Lit. Nar.  and discuss/edit in groups.
• Discuss Introductions and Conclusions

• CDA 79-85 (Ethos, Pathos, Logos)
• LBH 50-53 (Intro./Conc.)

 Due: 1st draft of Narrative due (2 pg)

Thur.
9/6

Conf.

Peer Editing

Fri.
9/7

Class

• Analyze Higher Learning
• Dialogue / Narration
• Ethos, Pathos, Logos
• Discuss

• CDA 446-464 (Higher Learning)

Due: 2-3 page analysis of Higher Learning

Mon.
9/10

Conf.

Peer Editing

Tue.
9/11

C.Lab

• Scene revisions

Wed.
9/12

Class

• Discuss/ Analyze The Plaintiff Speaks considering ethos, pathos, logos, intro, conc.
• Paragraph lesson (use examples from essay)

• LBH 38-45 (Paragraphs)
• CDA 476-490 (Plaintiff Speaks

Due: 2nd draft via email

Thur.
9/13

Conf.

Peer Edit Introductions and Conclusions

Fri.
9/14

Class

• Photoshop Tutorial I.

Due: 20 Common Mistakes examples

Mon.
9/17

Conf.

Peer Edit Introductions and Conclusions

Tue.
9/18

C.Lab

• Free lab

Wed.
9/19

Class

• Class Canceled

Due: Literacy Narrative and Map

Thur.
9/20

Conf.

• Profile Assignment and Annotated Bibliography

Fri.
9/21

Class

• Advocacy

• CDA 115-140 (Styles of Advocacy: ADVAH, After Seattle…, Partly Cloudy Patriot)

Due: 20 Common Mistakes examples

Mon.
9/24

Conf.

• Profile Assignment and Annotated Bibliography

Tue.
9/25

C.Lab

• Research using library services

Wed.
9/26

Class

• Quiz : 20 Most Common Errors
• Discuss different forms of argument

• CDA 188-195,198-211 (Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in Writing)

Thur.
9/27

Conf.

• Discuss Profile Assignment

Fri.
9/28

Class

• Editorial and Opinion as Advocacy
• Writing Plain Sentences

• 400-403,406-415 (Editorial and Opinion Pieces)
• LBH 141-150

Due: 1-2 pg Editorial/ Opinion Response

Mon.
10/01

Conf.

• Discuss Profile Assignment

Tue.
10/02

C. Lab

• Sentences:  Emphasis, Parallelism, Variety and Details

• LBH 152-159

Wed.
10/03

Class

• Design Plans / Angle of your profile
• Interviews

• CDA 52-54,86-98,106 (Design Plan, Medium, Arrangement)
• CDA 256-258 (Interviewing)

Thur.
10/04

Conf.

  No Conferences (extended office hours)

Fri.
10/05

Class

• Analyzing Posters
• Ethos, Pathos, Logos of visual arguments

• CDA 305-311, 330-336, 338-343 (Analyzing Posters)

Due: Interview Questions and Design Plan

Mon.
10/08

Conf.

No class

Tue.
10/09

C. Lab

No class

Wed.
10/10

Class

• Photoshop Tutorial II in the DLC

• CDA 157, 158,320-326 (Research, Rhetorical Analysis)

Thur.
10/11

Conf.

 Design Plans and Current Status

Interviews must be completed or scheduled for no later than 10/15

Fri.
10/12

Class

• Discuss medium and format for Profiles
• New Yorker Profiles

• New Yorker Profiles
• CDA 268-304 (Purpose, Context, Audience, Ethos, Pathos, Logos in visual communication)

Due: 2 pg Visual Rhetoric Analysis

Mon.
10/15

Conf.

 Design Plans and Current Status

Interviews must be completed.

Tue.
10/16

C.Lab

• C.R.A.P.
• Captions

• Bring electronic copy of Profile Draft

Wed.
10/17

Class

• Discuss “Walking the Line”
• Discuss Strategies for Revising, Peer Editing

• CDA 417-425 (Walking the Line) focus on ethos, pathos, and logos
• CDA 213-221 (Strategies for revising and editing)

 Due: Physical and emailed copy of 1st Draft

Thur.
10/18

Conf.

• Peer Editing

Fri.
10/19

Class

• Peer Editing

Bring 2 physical copies of Draft to class along with your own version of the peer review sheet.

Mon.
10/22

Conf.

• Peer Editing

Tue.
10/23

C.Lab

• Free Lab

Wed.
10/24

Class

• Research and Tropes in Refuge
• Research Paper assignment
• Choose grammatical and mechanical focus for groups.

Refuge  3-20
Due: Profile Project

Thur.
10/25

Conf.

• Discuss Research Paper
• Discuss Grammatical / Mechanical Assignment

Fri.
10/26

Class

• Class Discussion on Refuge
• Ethos, Pathos, Logos

• Refuge  21-65
• LBH 435-444 (Reading and Writing About Lit.)

Mon.
10/29

Conf.

• Discuss Research Paper
• Discuss Grammatical / Mechanical Assignment

Tue.
10/30

C.Lab

• Sentence Structure and Variety in Refuge
• Open Mind research interests

Wed.
10/31

Class

• Lecture – Research
• Group work: Research Paper examples.

• CDA 144-174

Thur.
11/01

Conf.

• Set up groups for discussion

Fri.
11/02

Class

• Discuss Refuge

• Refuge 66-95

Due: Analytic Response

Mon.
11/05

Conf.

• Set up groups for discussion

Tue.
11/06

C.Lab

• Effective Outlining (work backwards from a chapter in the text)

Due: Refuge – main points in chapter…

Wed.
11/07

Class

• Group Lead Discussion

• Refuge 96-152

Thur.
11/08

Conf.

• Research status report

Fri.
11/09

Class

• Group Lead Discussion

• Refuge 152-209

Due: Analytic Response

Mon.
11/12

Conf.

• Research status report

Tue.
11/13

C.Lab

• Paragraph Structures (Use Refuge examples)

Wed.
11/14

Class

• Wrap up Refuge

• Refuge 210-290

Thur.
11/15

Conf.

• Time Management / Timeline for next 3 weeks

MANDATORY
7:30 – Terry Tempest Williams reading in 214 Stewart Hall

Fri.
11/16

Class

• No class

Mon.
11/19

Conf.

• Time Management and Timeline for next 3 weeks

Tue.
11/20

C.Lab

• Introductions with a Purpose
• Fleshing out Outlines

• LBH exact language

Due: Annotated Bibliography and Outline

Wed.
11/21

Class

• No Class

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!

Mon.
11/26

Conf.

No Conferences

Tue.
11/27

C.Lab

• Calendar
• Plagiarism
• Owl – MLA
• Peer Review Sheet

Due: 2nd draft of Outline, 2nd 4 sources of Annotated Bibliography

Wed.
11/28

Class

• Discuss editing topics
• Refuge Quotes Exercise
• Introduction Workshop

• CDA 164-174 Research drafts and editing

Due: 4 copies of Introduction

Thur.
11/29

Conf.

No Conferences
**************Office Hours********************

11 am to 4pm by appointment only

Due: first draft of paper emailed to group members by 5pm

Fri. 11/30

Class

• Peer Review

• Read group members’ first drafts before class