Submit = Bring a paper copy to class
Share = Post to blog before the beginning of class
Workshop = Bring three paper copies of your current draft or an efile that can be easily shared for
peer review.
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Week 1 | Genre & Audience (Jan 7th)
Review course policies and syllabus
Major Assignment #1
Reading:
Beyond Words, (p. 26-28)
Beyond Words, (p. 15-21)
Writing Spaces, “Navigating Genres” by Kerry Dirk
http://wac.colostate.edu/books/writingspaces1/dirk--navigating-genres.pdf
*What is the importance of genre and audience in a piece of writing?
Writing:
Complete Journal #1 (What is Writing?)
Key Terms
Monday
Wednesday
Review course policies and syllabus
Beyond Words, (p. 15-21)
Complete Journal #1 (What is Writing?)
Writing Spaces, “Navigating Genres” by Kerry
Dirk
Week 2 | Writing Online and Offline (Jan 14th)
Complete the FYC Program plagiarism exercises in class
Reading:
The McGraw-Hill Handbook, Ch. 2, ―Understanding Writing Assignments
Rebecca Blood’s Weblogs http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html
“Why Blog? Searching for Writing on the Web” by Alex Reid
http://writingspaces.org/sites/default/files/reid--why-blog.pdf
Mark Phillipson’s Wikis in the Classroom: A Taxonomy http://tinyurl.com/ah4ecc8
*How do online texts participate differently? What does the software have to do with that
participation?
Writing:
Journal #2 – Audience, Genre, Technology
Free Write – rhetorical situation
Monday
Wednesday
Plagiarism Exercises
Rebecca Blood’s Weblogs
Free Write – rhetorical situation
Mark Phillipson’s “Wikis in the Classroom: A
Taxonomy”
“Why Blog? Searching for Writing on the Web”
by Alex Reid
Read through Assignment #1
Invention Exercise
Share Journal #2
Week 3 | Audience and Exigence (Jan 21st)
Bring a sample genre from the world you’ll inhabit when you graduate (i.e. the professional area of
their major – an ad or article from a business magazine, a fashion magazine, a brochure, a website
posting or article
Invention Exercise
Reading:
“Murder! (Rhetorically Speaking)” by Janet Boyd
http://writingspaces.org/sites/default/files/boyd--murder-rhetorically-speaking.pdf
"How to Write a Swalesian Introduction" http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-SwalesianIntroduction
Lloyd Bitzer “Rhetorical Situation” https://www.dropbox.com/s/dcna650bugera8u/Bitzer-Rhetorical%20Situation.pdf
Use these concepts to think about the everyday. What texts do you encounter/produce do to
address an exigence?
Writing:
Journal #3 – Rhetorical Situation
Draft #1 – Major Assignment #1
Monday – MLK Day; No Class
Wednesday
Share Journal #3 – Rhetorical Situation
(concentrate on what the concept of
exigence adds to your free write)
Submit Draft #1 – Major Assignment #1
Share a sample genre from the world
“Murder! (Rhetorically Speaking)” by Janet Boyd
Lloyd Bitzer “Rhetorical Situation”
"How to Write a Swalesian Introduction"
Beyond Words, (p. 26-28)
“Understanding Writing Assignments”
Week 4 | Critical Analysis (Jan 28th)
Draft #2 and #3 are due this week.
Peer workshop
Reading:
Writing Spaces “Backpacks vs. Briefcases: Steps toward Rhetorical Analysis” by Laura Bolin Carroll
http://writingspaces.org/sites/default/files/carroll--backpacks-vs-briefcases.pdf
Stedman’s “Annoying Ways People Use Sources” http://writingspaces.org/stedman--annoying-ways
Beyond Words (p. 88-91; 93-102) ―Doing research and documenting sources
Beyond Words (p. 34-39) Examining Structure and Composition
Beyond Words (p. 324) Analyzing Design, Studying Design
Beyond Words (p. 276-83) Design Artifacts
*Keeping in mind the two areas (functions) of rhetoric discussed so far, when and where might you
use each?
Writing:
Draft #2 and responses to peer writing
Monday
Wednesday
Bring Workshopped Draft to Class
Submit Draft 2
Writing Spaces “Backpacks vs. Briefcases:
Beyond Words (p. 34-39) Examining Structure and
Composition
Steps toward Rhetorical Analysis” by Laura
Bolin Carroll
Stedman’s “Annoying Ways People Use
Sources”
Beyond Words (p. 276-83) Design Artifacts
Beyond Words (p. 316-317) Analyzing Design
Beyond Words (p. 88-91; 93-102) ―Doing
research and documenting sources
Week 5 | Research (Feb 4th)
Major Assignment #1 Due
Major Assignment #2
Reading:
The Curious Researcher, Introduction and Ch. 1
The McGraw-Hill Handbook, Ch. 15
*What is the importance of documentation?
Writing:
Draft #3; Major Assignment #1
Journal #4 – Knowledge (what is it, how do we obtain it, how is it mediated or packaged for us,
how is knowledge constructed, when/how does something become accepted as ―knowledge‖)
Research Questions
Monday
Wednesday
Draft # 3 Due
Major Assignment #1 Due
The Curious Researcher, Introduction and
Major Assignment #2
Ch. 1
The McGraw-Hill Handbook, Ch. 15
Share Journal #4 – Knowledge
Week 6 | Writing with Research (Feb 11th)
Research Proposal (Short Assignment #2) conferences
Reading:
The Curious Researcher, Ch. 2
The McGraw-Hill Handbook, Ch. 16 and 18
*What major concerns are a factor in research?
Writing:
Research Questions
Research Proposal (Short Assignment #2)
Monday
Wednesday
Submit Research Questions | Short
Assignment I
Conferences | Bring Research Proposal (Short
Assignment #2)
The Curious Researcher, Ch. 2
The McGraw-Hill Handbook, Ch. 16 and 18
Week 7 | Context and Circulation (Feb 18th)
Reading:
Writing:
Monday
Wednesday
Library Day
Conferences
Week 8 | Wrapping Up and Reflecting (Feb 25th)
Draft #1 and #2 of Research Essay are due this week
Produce a research report
MLA workshop
Reading:
*What does the MLA format say about the ways that we make knowledge in FYC?
Writing:
Research Report (Short Assignment #3)
Draft #1 and #2 of Research Essay
Monday
Wednesday
Submit Draft 1
Journal #5 – Research in Progress (Done During
Class)
Submit Research Report
Updating Your Theory of Writing
Week 9| Research and Write Assignment III (March 4th)
Workshop
Reading:
Your own research and writing
Writing:
Draft #3 and #4 and peer responses to writing
Monday
Submit Draft 2
Wednesday
Draft 3
Spring Break (March 11th-15th)
Week 10 | Texts of the Everyday | Genre (March 18th-20th)
Complete a process reflection for Major Assignment #2
Invention work for Major Assignment #3
Reading:
The McGraw-Hill Handbook, Ch. 14
Beyond Words (p. 60-83) ―Reaching an Audience and following sections
Beyond Words (p. 264-273), ―Reading Texts About the Media (264) and accompanying media images
(265-73) and captions
*How does the media reach particular audiences? Have you seen those methods in your day-to-day
interactions? What is the effect of ad blockers on the way that the media does reach audience?
Writing:
Post Reflection (Short Assignment #4)
Free write on genre
Journal #6: Genre Exploration
Potential Genres Proposal (Short Assignment #1): Comparing Digital Genres
Monday
Wednesday
Draft 4 (Final Draft) with Process Memo
Share Free write on genre
The McGraw-Hill Handbook, Ch. 14
Journal #6: Genre Exploration
Beyond Words (p. 60-83) ―Reaching an
Audience and following sections
Potential Genres Proposal (Short Assignment
#1): Comparing Digital Genres
Beyond Words (p. 264-273), ―Reading Texts
Invention – Major Assignment III
About the Media (264) and accompanying
media images (265-73) and captions
Week 11 | Genre (March 25th)
Continue invention work on genre
Reading:
“Reinventing Invention: Discovery and Investment in Writing” by Trim, Michelle D. and Megan
Lynn Isaac http://writingspaces.org/sites/default/files/trim-and-isaac--reinventing-invention.pdf
Writing
Journal # 7: Digital Journal
Journal #8: Create an Text
Monday
Wednesday
Share Journal # 7: Digital Journal
Share Journal #8: Create an Text
“Reinventing Invention: Discovery and
Investment in Writing” by Trim, Michelle D.
and Megan Lynn Isaac
Week 12 (April 1st) | Conferences
Conferences
Writing
Free write –provide a detailed update of projects including what you’ve done so far, what is going
well with the project, and what you still need to work on or find in terms of research
Journal # 9 – Fractured Fairytale
Monday
Wednesday
Conferences
Conferences
Share Journal # 9 – Fractured Fairytale
Share Free write
Week 13 (April 8th) |Workshops and Research
Workshop
Reading:
Your own research on genres
Writing
Draft #1 & #2 of genres and rationale and workshop responses to peer drafts
Monday
Wednesday
Submit Draft One
Submit Draft Two
Submit Rationale
Workshop
Workshop
Week 14 | Major Assignment IV (April 15th) |Reflection
Final Major Assignment #3 Due (Composition-in-three-genres Project)
Write reflection for Composition Project
Major Assignment #4
Discussion of reflection and reflective theory (see readings below)
Reading:
Yancey, Kathleen Blake. ―On Reflection.|Reflection in the Writing Classroom. Logan: Utah State Press,
1998.
*What is reflection? Do you reflect? How is reflection useful?
Writing
Reflection on Your Composition (Short Assignment #3)
Monday
Wednesday
Submit Assignment 3 Due
Yancey, Kathleen Blake. ―On
Reflection.|Reflection in the Writing Classroom.
Submit Reflection
Assignment 4
Reflection on Your Composition (Short
Assignment #3)
Week 15 (April 22nd) |Reflection Cont’d
Reflection and writing concepts
Theory of writing
Do course evaluations
Reading:
Yancey, Kathleen Blake. ―Reflection-in-Presentation. Reflection in the Writing Classroom. Logan: Utah
State Press, 1998.
Bransford, John D., James W. Pellegrino, and M. Suzanne Donovan, eds. Committee on Learning
Research and Educational Practice. ―Learning and Transfer. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and
School: Expanded Edition. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2000. 51-78.
Writing:
Returning to Writing Theory
Journal #10 – The Wrap-Up:
Draft #2 of Reflection
Final Reflection-in-Presentation Due
Monday
Wednesday
Bransford, John D., James W. Pellegrino,
and M. Suzanne Donovan, eds. Committee
Returning to Writing Theory
on Learning Research and Educational
Practice. ―Learning and Transfer.
Yancey, Kathleen Blake. ―Reflection-inPresentation
Share Journal #10 – The Wrap-Up
Submit Draft #2 of Reflection
Submit Final Reflection-in-Presentation