ENGL 1301:
ESSENTIALS OF COLLEGE RHETORIC
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email: tabitha.lowery@ttu.edu
 BlogSite: tabithalowery.wordpress.com
 Office: Engl 419
 Office Hours: Mon 11:00 am – 1:00 pm;
Tues 12:30 – 1:30 pm; Thurs 4-5 pm
And by appointment.
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INTRODUCE YOURSELF
Name
 Where you’re from
 Major
 If you could make one thing disappear in this
world, what would it be and why?
 Counter the Response
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COURSE OBJECTIVES
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Why rhetoric and writing matters?
GRUMPY CAT AND COURSE POLICIES
COURSE POLICIES
1301 Policies : xix-xxix
 Additional Policies
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 Participation
 Classroom
Etiquette
 Email Etiquette
 Office Hours
 Attendance policy
 Late Work Policy
TEXTS FOR THE COURSE
RaiderWriter/ St. Martin’s e-Handbook
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BLOG
http://tabithalowery.wordpress.com/faqs/
 https://raiderwriter.engl.ttu.edu/
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RAIDERWRITER (WHERE WE SUBMIT OUR WORK)
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BA 1 is due on Friday 8/30
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https://raiderwriter.engl.ttu.edu
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Use Firefox for RaiderWriter. Download it for free from
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/fx/
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Avoid Google Chrome
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Within 24 hours of our first class, you will be emailed a link to 1)
activate your RaiderWriter account and 2) take a grammar diagnostic.
If you ignore this email, the link for setting up RaiderWriter will expire.
Set up your RaiderWriter account as soon as you get the email! (It will
only take a few minutes).
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If you have technical trouble setting up your RW account, see the FAQ
sheet on the course blog BEFORE emailing me.
BA 1 STEPS
1)
Register in RaiderWriter (link forthcoming in email)
2)
Take the grammar diagnostic. The link for the
diagnostic will be on your RaiderWriter homepage.
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* YOU CAN ONLY ACCESS THE DIAGNOSTIC ONCE. Do
not click on the link to take the test unless you are ready
to sit down and take it. If you exit the diagnostic, you will
not be able to get back in and complete it. Set aside 1
and ½ to 2 hours.
DIAGNOSTIC STEPS
You need three pieces of information to take
the diagnostic:
1) Your TTU email address
2) Your instructor’s name (Lowery)
3) Your section number:
Mondays 9:30-10:20 1301-006 / Tuesdays 2:003:20 1301-032 / Tuesdays 3:30-4:50 1301035
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SUBMIT INTO RAIDERWRITER
3) Your results will be emailed to me. You will be able to view
your results by finding a link on your RaiderWriter homepage
(“Click here to see your diagnostic score”),*but only if the email
you used to register in RaiderWriter matches the email you
reported in the diagnostic.
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Begin your diagnostic as soon as possible so I can address
any technical problems before Friday.
4) In RaiderWriter, read the assignment description for BA 1
carefully. Type a response in Word or another program that
helps catch errors and paste the response into RaiderWriter.
TECHNICAL TROUBLE
If you have technical difficulty setting up
RaiderWriter or purchasing the handbook, view
the FAQ sheet on the blog.
 If you purchased the wrong e-handbook from
Bedford, use the link on the blog to get to St.
Martin’s homepage. Choose the “Contact usTechnical Support” link at the bottom of the
page and follow the directions.
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DUE IN CLASS NEXT WEEK
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First-year Writing:
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Chapter One, pp. 2-15;
Chapter 2 pp. 16-21;
Chapter 3 pp. 37-46, 51-61
Chapter 12,
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Sven Birkerts: "Into the Electronic Millennium" pp. 226-233,
Stephen Budiansky: "Lost in Translation" pp. 238-244,
Scott Jaschik: "Winning Hearts and Minds on Plagiarism" pp. 261-266,
Tina Rosenberg: "Everyone Speaks Text Message" pp. 267-271
St. Martin's Handbook:
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Chapter 1, “Expectations for College Writing”;
Chapter 60a, "Reading Texts in the Humanities" and
DiYanni, "Developing a College Vocabulary" (available in the final part of the
handbook, "WID/Critical Reading Skills")
Chapter 12 f 2, "Paraphrases«
Chapter 12 f 3, "Summaries“
Write on Tutorials, "Summarizing and Paraphrasing Sources"
REVIEW
1.) Buy the textbook and e-handbook and activate your RaiderWriter
account.
2.) Take the grammar diagnostic ASAP and complete BA 1 by Friday
night. Submit BA 1 into RaiderWriter! Do not email BA 1 to me.
For Class Next Week:
3.) Complete Reading 2 and 3, and the additional four essays in FYC.
4.) Complete Reading 1 if you did not read these pages before class.
5) Read the course policies (Underneath “Course Policies” on the Blog,
write a comment stating that you’ve read and understood the
policies).
6) Make sure you come to class prepared for a quiz