Spring 2001:: ENC 1101: Composition
Daily Schedule
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January
January 8: Orientation, introduction, go over syllabus.
January 10: Introduction to working in the NWE and academic writing. Introduction
to the list-serv.
January 12: In class Diagnostic Essay.
January 15: No class. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday
observed.
January 17: Further NWE familiarization work - intro to list-serv and
critical vocabulary.
January 19: Anecdotes - definition and invention.
January 22: Working with structure of fables in relation
to structure of anecdote paper.
January 24: Continued work with structure and style of paper.
January 26: Learning to use the library resources. We will meet in the
Library West classroom.
January 29: Differences with narration and other types
of writing. Homework: Send Rough Drafts to list-serv and read your band
members' rough drafts.
January 31: Peer Review in class. Sign up for conferences. February
February 2: Essay 1 due in Rolfs 503. Conferences.
February 5: Work on metaphor and metonomy: how they are
used and why.
February 7: What/how this relates to analogy and why analogies work. (Examples
from popular culture)
February 9: Analogy choice due. Going over the analogy choices and definition
of terms with denotations and connotations.
February 12: How analogies can be fallacious. Why fallacies
can work, but often don't.
February 14: How to work references into a paper.
February 16: More on how to remain in control of your sources.
February 19: What can we learn from advertising, TV, movies,
and pop culture in organizing our arguments, in finding new ideas, in
responding to the society we live in? In class exercise: using the ad/image
to argue. Homework: Send Rough Drafts to list-serv and read your band
members' rough drafts.
February 21: Peer Review in class.
February 23: Essay 2 due. Introduction to classical rhetoric.
Februray 26: Further work on classical rhetoric.
February 28: Structure of argument according to classical rhetoric, fallacies,
and appeals. Work on how classical rhetoric operates on the internet.
March
March 2: Bring in two ads with fallacies and appeals labeled. Examination
of these ads for what works and what doesn't.
March 3-11: Spring Break.
March 12: Gender roles. In class journal on how you feel the media markets
to who it thinks you are as a gendered creature as opposed to how you
define yourself.
March 14: Contemporary gender roles.
March 16: Gender beliefs you hold.
March 19: Writing about gender roles from texts. Online
examples. Homework: Send Rough Drafts to list-serv and read your band
members' rough drafts.
March 21: Peer Review in class.
March 23: Essay 3 due. Introduction to web design in the NWE with NWE
policies again.
March 26: Quiz on NWE policies. Working with ASWE.
March 28: Working with ASWE.
March 30: The Argument: How do we persuade? How do we become effective
persuaders? Why do we need to persuade?
April April 2: Due: 1 website that you've found
that could not be in print form and why. Go over use of UNIX shells. (or
the new OS if we switch)
April 4: Due: 1 favorite or book markes site and why. Have specific examples
of how the web medium enhances your interest.
April 6: Further work with ASWE and how to integrate things you've learned
from other websites into your own.
April 9: Due: Index page with 1 graphic and 1 hyperlink
due. Evaluating each others pages.
April 11: Work with rhetoric and structure changes in an online environment.
April 13: Implementing visual arguments that we've studied from advertisements,
movies, and television.
April 16: Readings on how to structure hyperlinks to support
your argument.
April 18: Due: Second page of website with a hyperlink from the index
and a hyperlink to another site. Evaluation of the websites.
April 20: In class work on web site. Sign up for conferences.
April 23: Conferences.
April 25: Peer Review of web site. Last day of regular class.
April 27: Web project and metapaper due.
May 4: End of semester.
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