ENGLISH 1310 COURSE CALENDAR, FALL 2015
WEEK ONE
August 24 Introduction to the course
August 26 Paper 1 written in class
WEEK TWO (Unit One: New Media & You)
August 31 Chapter 4, section 4a (pp. 109-117) (active reading); “I Tweet, Therefore
I Am” (RC 24-27): 1st TRACS Forum Post. Paper 2 assigned
September 2 Paper 1 returned and discussed; “Hyper and Deep Attention: The
Generational Divide in Cognitive Modes” (RC 27-34): 2 nd TRACS Forum post. BH 39-
42 (Thesis Statements).
WEEK THREE
September 7 LABOR DAY
September 9 “Always On” (35-40) & “Diagnosing the Digital Revolution” (RC 40-
44); “’Dead Space 2’: Your Mom Doesn’t Want You to Play This Video Game” (RC 84-
85): 3 rd TRACS Forum post.
WEEK FOUR
September 14 BH Chapter 1, sections 1a-d (pp. 11-39) (exploring, planning, and drafting). “Sample Student Essay” (RC 45-48). Paper 1 proposal due.
September 16 Thesis and outline of Paper 2 due; BH Chapter 3, sections 3a-3c (pp.
87-99) (building paragraphs)
WEEK FIVE
September 21 Typed draft of Paper 2 due; peer review; BH Chapter 2, section 2a
(49-57) (revising; peer review)
September 23 Paper 2 due; workshop—papers annotated, proofread, and discussed; bring BH to class. Discuss ethos, pathos, and logos (BH 158); “Reading
Labels, Selling Water” (RC 248-250).
WEEK SIX (Unit Two: RHETORCAL ANALYSIS)
September 28 “Caring for the Woods” (RC 277-282); “A More Perfect Union” (RC
476-484): 4 th TRACS Forum post. Paper 3 assigned.
September 30 Paper 2 returned and discussed; review of writing conventions using
BH.
WEEK SEVEN
October 5 “News from Nowhere” (RC 509-514);”Slumdog Tourism” (RC 518-521):
5 th TRACS Forum post
October 7 Thesis/plan due for Paper 3; workshop; BH Chapter 3, section 3d (pp.
99-105) (coherent paragraphs); Chapter 1, sections 1e and 1g (pp. 39-42; 46-48)
(introductions and conclusions)

WEEK EIGHT
October 12 Typed draft of Paper 3 due; peer review; bring BH to class
October 14 Paper 3 due; workshop—papers annotated, proofread and discussed; bring BH to class. “Suggestions for Reading Advertising” (RC 191-192); “In the
Shadow of the Image” (RC 178-182)
WEEK NINE (Unit Three: Visual Rhetoric)
October 19 “Ways of Seeing” (RC 193-202); “The Female Nude: Surfaces of Desire”
(RC 193-206); “Reading the Gaze” (206-210): 6 th TRACS Forum post. Paper 4 assigned.
October 21 Paper 3 returned and discussed; review of writing conventions using
BH. “The Most Honest Artform Available” (RC 310-313); “American Photographs”
(RC 490-495): 7 th TRACS Forum post.
WEEK TEN
October 26 Thesis/plan due for Paper 4; workshop; BH Chapter 8, sections 8a-8c
(pp. 200-204) (effective sentences)
October 28 Draft due. CONFERENCES
WEEK ELEVEN
November 2 Draft due. CONFERENCES
November 4 Paper 4 due; workshop—papers annotated, proofread, and discussed; bring BH to class
WEEK TWELVE (Unit Four: RHETORIC IN THE CONTACT ZONES)
November 9 “Arts of the Contact Zones” (RC 529-539): “Hipster: The Dead End of
Western Civilization” (RC 235-238): 8 th TRACS Forum post.
November 11 Paper 4 returned & discussed; review of writing conventions using BH
WEEK THIRTEEN
November 16 “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” (RC 521-529); “Nobody Mean More to
Me Than You and the Future Life of Willie Jordan” (RC 157-167) : 9 th TRACS Forum post
November 18 Thesis/plan due for Paper 5; drafting workshop
WEEK FOURTEEN
November 23 Paper 5 due; workshop—papers annotated, proofread and discussed; bring BH to class
November 25 THANKSGIVING BREAK
WEEK FIFTEEN (Prepare for In-Class Final)
November 30 Paper 5 returned & discussed; review of writing conventions using BH.
December 2 Prepare for final exam.
FINAL EXAMS: December 4-11, 2015