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. ***

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 Review course policies and syllabus Complete Journal #1 (What is Writing?) Wednesday Beyond Words, (p. 15-21) 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 Bloods 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 Phillipsons 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 Plagiarism Exercises Free Write rhetorical situation Rebecca Bloods Weblogs Mark Phillipsons Wikis in the Classroom: A Taxonomy Wednesday 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 youll 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:

Bitzer, Lloyd F. The Rhetorical Situation | Philosophy and Rhetoric 1.1. (Jan. 1968): 1-14. 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 The McGraw-Hill Handbook, Ch. 7 Reading Critically *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 Bring a sample genre from the world Wednesday Submit Draft #1 Major Assignment #1 The McGraw-Hill Handbook, Ch. 7 Reading Critically "How to Write a Swalesian Introduction" Understanding Writing Assignments

Beyond Words, (p. 26-28)

Bitzer, Lloyd F. The Rhetorical Situation Share Journal #3 Rhetorical Situation Murder! (Rhetorically Speaking) by Janet Boyd

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 Beyond Words (p. 90) Project 1.1, Analyzing a Visual Text(analysis example) Beyond Words (p. 136) Item 3.15, On the Cover of the Rolling Stone Beyond Words (p. 144) In the Kitchen by Henry Louis Gates Jr. *Keeping in mind the two areas (functions) of rhetoric discussed so far, when and where might you use each?
Writing:

Draft #2 and #3 and responses to peer writing Monday Submit Draft 2 Wednesday Submit Draft 3 Beyond Words (p. 34-39) Examining Structure and Composition

Writing Spaces Backpacks vs. Briefcases:

Steps toward Rhetorical Analysis by Laura Bolin Carroll

Beyond Words (p. 324) Analyzing Design, Studying Design Beyond Words (p. 276-83) Design Artifacts

Week 5 | Research (Feb 4th)

Major Assignment #1 Due Major Assignment #2 Reading: Stedmans Annoying Ways People Use Sources http://writingspaces.org/stedman--annoying-ways The Curious Researcher, Introduction and Ch. 1 The McGraw-Hill Handbook, Ch. 15 Beyond Words (p. 88-91; 93-102) Doing research and documenting sources *What is the importance of documentation? Writing: 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 Major Assignment #1 Due Major Assignment #2 Wednesday Submit Research Questions Stedmans Annoying Ways People Use Sources Beyond Words (p. 88-91; 93-102) Doing research and documenting sources Share Journal #4 Knowledge

The Curious Researcher, Introduction and

Ch. 1

The McGraw-Hill Handbook, Ch. 15

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 Proposal (Short Assignment #2) Monday Submit Research Proposal (Short Assignment #2) Wednesday Conferences

The Curious Researcher, Ch. 2 The McGraw-Hill Handbook, Ch. 16 and 18

Week 7 | Context and Circulation (Feb 18th)

Reading: Beyond Words (p.422-426; 427-429) This is your brain on; Modern Technology is Changing the Way Our Brains Work; Yes, People Still Read, But Not Its Social Beyond Words (p.44-46) Does the Internet Make You Dumber? The Curious Researcher, Ch. 3 *How is technology changing us and the ways that we participate in the world? Writing: Journal #5 Research in progress reflection Monday Conferences Wednesday Beyond Words (p.422-426; 427-429) This is your brain on; Modern Technology is Changing the Way Our Brains Work; Yes, People Still Read, But Not Its Social Beyond Words (p.44-46) Does the Internet Make You Dumber? The Curious Researcher, Ch. 3

Share Journal #5

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: The Curious Researcher, Ch. 4 The McGraw-Hill Handbook, Ch. 23 (MLA) *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 Submit Draft 1 Submit Research Report Wednesday Submit Draft 2 The Curious Researcher, Ch. 4 The McGraw-Hill Handbook, Ch. 23 (MLA)

Week 9| Research and Write Assignment III (March 4th)

Workshop Major Assignment # 3 Reading: Your own research and writing Writing: Draft #3 and #4 and peer responses to writing

Monday Draft 3

Wednesday Draft 4

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 Submit Reflection Invention Major Assignment III Wednesday Share Free write on genre Journal #6: Genre Exploration Potential Genres Proposal (Short Assignment #1): Comparing Digital Genres

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

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 Share Journal # 7: Digital Journal Reinventing Invention: Discovery and Investment in Writing by Trim, Michelle D. and Megan Lynn Isaac Wednesday Share Journal #8: Create an Text

Week 12 (April 1st) | Conferences

Conferences Writing Free write provide a detailed update of projects including what youve 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 Conferences Wednesday 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 Submit Draft One Submit Rationale Workshop Wednesday Submit Draft Two 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 Submit Assignment 3 Due Submit Reflection Wednesday Yancey, Kathleen Blake. On Reflection.|Reflection in the Writing Classroom. Reflection on Your Composition (Short

Assignment 4

Assignment #3)

Week 15 (April 22nd) |Reflection Contd

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 Bransford, John D., James W. Pellegrino, and M. Suzanne Donovan, eds. Committee Wednesday Returning to Writing Theory Share Journal #10 The Wrap-Up Submit Draft #2 of Reflection Submit Final Reflection-in-Presentation

on Learning Research and Educational Practice. Learning and Transfer.

Yancey, Kathleen Blake. Reflection-inPresentation