Syllabus

All papers are due in the appropriate D2L assignment folder by 11:59 pm.

Mini-paper: September 9
Literacy Task 1: October 21
Literacy Task 2: December 9

My absences

September 27
October 9
October 25

Week 1 

Tuesday
Develop Twitter handle
Develop Blogger account
Blog strength, weakness, and favorite work            

Thursday
Develop class hashtag
Tackling  the readings
Assign Grant-Davie (para 1, 6, all exigence section)
Assign McGee and Ericsson
(Be sure to print off hard copies of these readings and place them in your folder)                      

Week 2
Tuesday
By the beginning of class, read selection of Grant-Davie's "Rhetorical Situations and Their Constituents."
By the beginning of class, read Tim McGee and Patrician Ericsson’s “The Politicsof the Program: MS Word as the Invisible Grammarian.”
In-class, answer the following questions over McGee and Ericsson's piece in 300 total words on your blog:

·         Who is their audience?

·         What is their purpose?

·         What is their exigence?

·         How has MSGC helped or hindered your writing?

·         How have you manipulated MSGC to work for you?

·         Should teachers require MSGC for all writing at the elementary level?

Tweet out link to your blog
Class and group work on rhetoric / rhetorical situation

In McGee and Ericsson, find 5 sentences, phrases, sections that stick out to you in the reading. Make a note in the margin reminding yourself why? Try to connect these sentences, phrases, sections to stuff you already know, things the writing makes you think of.

Thursday

By beginning of class, tweet out image or link to video that helps you understand either rhetoric or rhetorical situations. Use class hashtag.
Finish Grant-Davie
In-class, post a 100 summary of McGee and Ericsson. (here's some advice on summaries)

Discuss McGee and Ericsson, Grant-Davie

Assign Selfe                 

                    

Week 3 
Tuesday
By the beginning of class, read Cindy Selfe’s “Technology and Literacy: The Perilsof Not Paying Attention.”

By the beginning of class, answer the following questions in 300 total words on your blog:

·         Who is her audience?

·         What is her purpose?

·         What is her exigence?

·         What lessons about literacy do we learn by paying attention to technology?

Thursday
By the beginning of class, post a 100 word summary of Selfe
By the beginning of class, highlight or underline 5 sections/sentence that stand out to you. Write a brief note in the margin telling yourself why.
Read Shepherd for Tuesday. Skip all of section 1.
Comment (25 words) on two blogs found via the twitter hashtag.
Get writing! Mini-paper due September 9.

Week 4
Tuesday
By the beginning of class, read Ryan Shepherd’s “FB in FYC: Facebook Use AmongFirst-Year Composition Students.” Skip all of section 1.

By the beginning of class, BEFORE reading write 150 word blog response to:

·         Do you see a connection between writing for FB and writing for school? Why

·         How might FB play a role in academic learning?

In class, AFTER read. Write 150 word blog response to:

·         Based on Shepherd’s survey, do students see a connection between FB and FYC? How do you explain this result?

·         What was his purpose?

·         What makes his argument kairotic?

Tweet out blog entry. Use class hashtag.

In class, comment (25 words) on two blogs 
Discuss Shepherd and blog responses

Thursday
By beginning of class, post a 100 word summary of Shepherd
By beginning of class, read Preface and Introduction to They Say/I Say
In class, write a script in which you imaging a dialogue between Shepherd, McGee and Ericsson, and Selfe. What will be the central topic of their conversation? What will be some specific points of conversation? Where might this talk take place? Post this script to your blog.

Week 5
Tuesday
Belcher diagnostic

Revised mini-paper due September 21 via D2L 

                      
Thursday
By beginning class, read all of part 1 in They Say/I Say
On your blog, complete exercise 1, page 28, exercise 1, page 51. 
One-on-one work with me and your writing
Assign Alexander

                        

Week 6
Tuesday
Before class, read Jonathan Alexander’s “Out of the Closet and Into the Network:Sexual Orientation and the Computerized Classroom.”

By the beginning of class, write 300 word blog response to:

·         Why should teachers and students of writing consider sexuality in a networked classroom?

·         Alexander does not provide an in-depth study like Shepherd does. How could his piece have benefited from a structure like Shepherd’s?

·         How is his argument kairotic?

·         What is his exigence?

·         How might his identity shape his argument?

                        

Tweet out blog entry. Use class hashtag (to be determined)
In class, comment (25 words) on two blogs about Alexander found via the Twitter
Discuss Alexander

Thursday
Complete They Say/I Say exercise 1 on page 51 with Alexander's use of quotations. 
In-class, post a 100 word summary of Alexander
Highlight or underline 5 sections/sentence that stand out to you. Write a brief note in the margin telling yourself why

                       

Week 7
Tuesday
By beginning of class, read They Say/I Say part 2. Complete exercises 1 and 2 after chapter five. Complete exercise 2 on page 100.
In class, post potential topic, audience, and stance for LT 1 to blog
Writing introductions, conclusions

Thursday
In-class writing
Due at end of class on Thursday: 600 words

           

Week 8
Individual conferences with me: Dunlap 206C. Bring hardcopy of paper

Week 9

Tuesday

Review and respond to a class mate’s LT

Compose 200 word blog entry about what you learned 
Hyperlink to class mate’s blog

Thursday
In-class writing
LT 1 due October 21

Week 10

Tuesday
In class, paragraphing exercise. Bring hardcopy of paper to class. And scissors!
By beginning of class, read Part 3 in They Say/I Say. Complete exercise 2 on page 140

By beginning of class, read chapter 12 They Say/I Say

For HW: Belcher diagnostic. Tweet screenshot of your rainbow paper.

Thursday
No class
Optional revision due October 28

                             

Week 11

Rhetoric and social media
In-class drafting
Due at end of class: 600 words

Week 12
In-class writing
Blog and Twitter updates

Week 13
In-class writing
Complete rough draft due November 15 by 5pm to me via email

Week 14

Off            

Week 15

In-class writing     

                

Week 16

Individual conferences with me: Dunlap 206C. Bring hardcopy of paper    

                  

Week 17 
Literacy Task 2 due December 9