reflections as you continue to write and thus improve upon your work. For the final assignment of the semester, you will substantively revise an assignment of your choice—taking into consideration the rhetorical concepts and strategies you have learned, the ideas you have raised in your reflective writings, and the feedback you have received from me and from your peers. Your goal in this revision is to rethink important aspects of the assignment such as the rhetorical appeals, supporting arguments, arrangement, introductions and conclusions, integration of research, and so on. In an accompanying two page, single-spaced memo, you will identify the aims of your revisions, how you have attempted to reach those goals, and your rationale for those specific choices. Reflective Memo 2 pages, single-spaced; Revision 4-5 pages. Spring 2017 Course Schedule IA: Inventing Arguments, 2nd edition TSIS: They Say/I Say, 3rd edition DKH: DK Handbook, 4th edition JM: Just INTP: Interpolations Day Session Objectives Reading Due Writing Due Week 1 Day 1 W 1-25 Introductions; Discuss Syllabus; What is rhetoric and the academic writing course? Day 2 F 1-27 Rhetoric and Argument; Academic Conversations; Summary Assignment Duffy, “Virtuous Arguments” IA “The Core of an Argument” DKH 190-191 Discussion #1 Week 2 Day 3 M 1-30 Language Diversity; Summary; Critical Reading TSIS 30-51; TSIS 121-128; IA Young “Should Writers Use They Own English?” 508-516; Two Sample Student Summaries (Canvas) Discussion Board #2 Day 4 W 2-1 Critical Reading and Summary example; Discuss issue possibilities for course assignment sequence; Style: Cohesion; Set up conferences for semester topics IA “Revising” 441-457; IA Lamott “Shitty First Drafts” 438-440 Discussion Board #3 Day 5 F 2-3 Workshop; Cohesion and Coherence; Reflective Writing DKH 284-288; IA “Cohesion and Coherence” 390-396 Draft Academic Summary Week 3 Day 6 M 2-6 Reflect on Summary; Introduce Inquiry assignment and Annotated Bibliography assignments INTP Geller, “Examining Predictive Genetic Testing Using Huntington’s Disease as a Model”; IA “An Introduction to Inquiry” 340-342 Assignment #1: Academic Summary Due; Reflective Writing Due
Week 12 Day 33 M 4-17 Using Evidence and Incorporating Sources IA “Using Evidence Effectively” 88-103; DKH, 162-171 Day 34 W 4-19 Lines of Argument and Metacommentary IA “How to Use Lines of Argument to Generate Claims and Discussion” 374-375; DKH 302-305; TSIS 129-138; Discussion Board #8 Day 35 F 4-21 Draft Workshop #1; Dangling Modifiers DKH 454-455 Draft Position Paper Week 13 Day 36 M 4-24 Workshop #2; Global Coherence; Set up Conferences for Revision and Reflection Assignment DKH 318-319; IA “Global Coherence” 397-404 Draft Position Paper Day 37 W 4-26 Revision and Reflection Assignment; your Rhetorical Analysis and Inquiry essay to class as well as all of your reflective writing JM 203-26; 311-14 Assignment #5: Position Paper Due; Reflective Writing Due Day 38 F 4-28 Reflecting on the Semester; What is Substantive Revision? Re-read Discussion Board #1; IA Sommers, “Revision Strategies of Student and Experienced Adult Writers” 482-491 Discussion Board #9 Week 14 Day 39 M 5-1 Conference Day for the Revision and Reflection Assignment; Choose assignment for revision Day 40 W 5-3 Revision Plan and Revision; Bring to class the essay you will revise IA Harris, “Revision” 441-457 Discussion Board #10 Day 41 F 5-5 Draft Workshop: Revision; Bring to class revision plan IA “What Makes for a Substantive Revision?” 502-503; IA “Substantive Revision: The Effects of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month” 495-501 Revise Chosen Assignment; Bring in Merged Document Week 15 Day 42 M 5-8 Draft Workshop: Reflective Memo; Style: Concision IA “What Makes a Strong Reflective Essay?” 504-506; “Concision” 380-389 Reflective Memo Day 43 W 5-10 Last Day of Classes; Draft Workshop: Revision and Reflective Memo Complete Draft of Revision and Reflective Memo F 5-12 READING DAY (No assignments may be required to be handed in) 5-13 through 5-19 FINALS WEEK Assignment #6: Revision and Reflection Assignment Deadline TBA