Student Calendar and Assignments Unit 1: Introduction to Writing and Rhetoric.
At the end of this unit students should be able to:
-define rhetorical situation and angle of vision;
-distinguish between open and closed form prose;
-apply the concept of three rhetorical appeals – ethos, logos, and pathos;
-read critically;
-argue in favor and against a given claim.
Date
Learning goals
Mn 01/12
Explain the
structure of the
course
Wed 01/14
Reflect on your
writing process
Fr 01/16
Define rhetorical
situation (purpose,
audience, genre),
open/closed form
prose.
Mn 01/19
Wed 01/21
No class.
Identify angle of
vision/ closed/open
form.
Homework Assignments Due
Notes
BRING A
LAPTOP
NEXT
CLASS
(01/14)
1. Create a card with your name
2. Letter to the instructor answering the questions “What is your learning style?
(Google learning styles.) Do you work better in groups or alone? What
strategies have you found to be the most effective at helping you understand
and retain knowledge?”
1. A&B Ch. 1
2. A letter to instructor: What was new in chapter 1?
3. Read “The Happy Prince” by Oscar Wilde at http://www.onlineliterature.com/wilde/177/ Bring the text to class.
M. L. King Jr. Day
1.Keeping the previous class discussion in mind, perform the activity described
on Page 11 of Allyn & Bacon in the “Thinking Personally About Closed and
Open Forms” box under the subheading of “Individual Task.” Students are to
think back to a piece of writing they’ve done in the past (essay, blog post, e-
mail, article, poem, short story, etc.) and write a brief description of it. They are
then to consider where that particular piece of writing falls on the Open Form to
Closed Form spectrum. They are to identify its audience, genre, and purpose.
2) Read Ch. 3 pp. 51-58.
Find two pieces of writing/video on the same topic but from different points of
view, such as newspaper editorials or online articles, and bring them to class.
Fr 01/23
Mn 01/26
Wed 01/28
Fr 01/30
Think critically
about a subjectmatter question.
Practice wallowing
in complexity.
Apply the concept
of three rhetorical
appeals.
Read Ch. 2 pp. 25-37.
Practice making
good stylistic
choices for desired
rhetorical effect.
Identify parts of a
rhetorical critique
1. Read Chapter 4, pp. 82-83
2. Review “Strategies for Constructing an Angle of Vision,” pp. 56-57
3. PREPARE YOUR PORTFOLIO FOR THE CHECK UP.
BRING A
LAPTOP
NEXT
CLASS
(01/23)
1. Read Ch. 3 p. 58
2. Read Martin Luther King Jr.’s Speech “I have a dream” at
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
3. Try to identify, ethos, pathos, and logos and find examples to illustrate these
concepts. Be prepared to discuss it in class.
1. Print new calendar , Writing the Rhetorical Analysis
2. Print new assignment sheet, Writing the Rhetorical Analysis
3. Read Ch. 5 pp. 104-118.
4. Select the text for your first writing project at
https://verabel.wordpress.com/texts-for-analysis-and-synthesis/
Bring your
portfolio to
class.