Date
Project 1: Inquiring into/
Arguing from Experience
Tuesday, 8/31
In Class
For Class
Thurday, 9/2
Exploration 1 partners; intro to
Exploration 2
Read “A Chilly Reality”; Exploration 1 due
Tuesday, 9/7
Writing activities to develop
Exploration 2
Read “UVM History”; bring Exploration 2 draft
Thursday, 9/9
Intro to Project 1
Read “Cuss Time”; Exploration 2 due
Monday, 9/13
Last day of ADD/DROP
Tuesday, 9/14
Project 1 draft workshop
Read “Coffee and Cigarettes;” Project 1 Draft
due
Thursday, 9/16
Project 1 cover letters, intro to
Project 2
Project 1 due
Tuesday, 9/21
Intro to Exploration 3
Read “Annotated State of the Union Address”
(www.theatlantic.com/personal/
archive/2010/01/annotated-state-of-the-uniontext/34445/) and “The Greatest Nature Essay
Ever”
Thursday, 9/23
Annotating “Buried Answers;”
rhetorical outlining
Read “Buried Answers;” Exploration 3 due
Tuesday, 9/28
Draft workshop for Project 2
Bring draft + copies
Thursday, 9/30
Intro to Exploration 4 and revision
Read “Blast from the Past” (draft and revision);
Project 2 due
Tuesday, 10/5
Rhetorical outlining of Project 1
Read “Reflecting on ‘The Hidden Costs of
Travel’”; bring Project 1
Thursday, 10/7
Reverse outlining of Project 1
Read “Beauty”; Exploration 4 due
Tuesday, 10/12
Project 3 draft workshop; Revision
activities with Project 1
Bring draft + copies
Thursday, 10/14
Midterm reflections, portfolio cover
letters
Midterm portfolio/Project 3 due
Intro to Exploration 5
Read “The Hidden Costs of Travel” (final) and
“Admission’s Dilemma” (final)
Writing and intros; intro to
Exploration 1
Project 2: Reflecting on
Rhetorical Choices
Project 3: Re-Visioning
Rhetorical Choices
Project 4: Researching
Rhetorically
Tuesday, 10/19
Thursday, 10/21
Intro to library databases; rhetorical
decisions in what questions to
pursue, what findings to include
Read “The Anonymity Experiment” and “The
Truth about Autism”; Exploration 5 due
Tuesday, 10/27
Research beyond the library;
exercises for drafting, developing
Project 4
Read “Emulating David Dobbs” and “College
Admissions Essays”; Bring Project 4 “quick
draft”
Thursday, 10/29
Options for form, voice in Project 4
Read “Researching Rhetorically”; bring Project 4
draft
Monday 11/1
Last day to withdraw
Tuesday 11/2
Project 4 draft workshop; rhetorical
decisions in integrating,
documenting, and citing sources
Bring draft + copies
Thursday, 11/4
Project 4 cover letters
Project 4 due
Tuesday, 11/9
Intro to Project 5
Read “Diary of a Health Care Bill;” bring to
class an effective, recently published op-ed
Thursday, 11/11
Activities for re-visioning Project 4
as an op-ed
Bring Project 4 to class
Tuesday, 11/16
Project 5 workshop
Bring draft + copies
Thursday 11/18
Intro to Exploration 7, final portfolio
Publication-ready Project 5 due
Tuesday, 11/23
No class – Thanksgiving Recess
Reread Project 2; read “Diary of a Health Care
Bill”
Thursday, 11/25
No class – Thanksgiving Recess
Bring to class an effective, recently published
op-ed
Tuesday, 11/30
Project 5/Exploration 7 discussion
Exploration 7 due
Thursday, 12/2
Revision and editing activities for
final portfolio selection
Reread one E&E selection of your choice that
helps you consider your aims for style and voice
in your final portfolio selection ; bring to class all
Explorations, Drafts, and Projects completed thus
far
Tuesday, 12/7
Final portfolio selection workshop
Bring final portfolio selection + copies
Thursday, 12/9
Course evaluations, portfolio cover
letters
Final Portfolio due.
Project 5: Rhetorical Choices
in Editing