English 210 01PR

Advanced Composition
Fall 2017
Syllabus

******ENG 210 does not satisfy the 200-level literature requirement******

Contact/Course Information

Instructor: Beth Bensen

Course Time: TuTh 1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Classroom: Parham Road Campus (PRC), Massey (LTC), Room 226
Course Web site: http://bbensen-barber.com/2014springeng210/
Email: ebensen@reynolds.edu
Office: PRC, BH, Room 220H
Office Phone: 804.523.5754

Virtual Office Hours: I will respond

Office Hours
W 9:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m.
TuTh 2:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m.
to emails and voice mails as quickly as
possible. If you do not receive a
response from me within 24 hours
during the work week (M-F), please
send another email or call my office
phone again

The best times to reach me in my PRC office by phone or in person are during my W or
TuTh scheduled office hours. Otherwise, please contact me by email.

Text Books and Purchase Materials

Required Purchase Textbook:

o Eggers, Dave. The Circle. Vintage, 2013. (Purchase before Week 5.)
o Additional assigned readings will be available by PDF in Blackboard or linked on the course
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schedule (see course schedule below).

o Print and read assigned digital texts before class time and bring these texts to class for in-
class discussion. You may also use laptops or tablets to read articles.

Recommended Purchase Textbooks:

o Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 8th ed., Modern Language
Association of America, 2016.
o Hacker, Diane. A Writers Reference, 8th ed., Bedford/St. Martins, 2014.
o Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed., American Psychological
Association, 2009.

Additional Purchase Materials:

o Required: (free) An open mind and willingness to take on new
challenges.
o Required: (free) A WordPress blog account. Sign up at the following
URL:

https://wordpress.com/

(Further instructions provided during class time and closer to

submission of first blog entry)

o Required: At least a 2GB flash drive or other plug-in device for

saving documents regularly. Bring to class daily.
o Required: 1 pair of headphones with microphone. Headphones can
range in cost from as little as $5.00 to $40.00 or more. Earbuds are
also fine. (More on this in class.)
o Required: Reliable Internet connectivity outside of the college.
o Required: Reliable access to Microsoft Office or equivalent technology.
o Recommended: Smart phone with a combination of the following capabilities: audio
recorder, digital camera, iVideo camera, editing tools.
o Recommended: A collegiate dictionary and thesaurus.
o Recommended: 3-ring binder or 2-pocket folder to file class handouts.
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MAC Users: Feel free to bring your Apple laptops to class and use them, but be
aware of compatibility issues that often arise in a PC environment and when
using Blackboard.

Course Description

Prerequisites: Successful completion of English 112 with a C or better.

ENG 210 has been designated as a "writing intensive" course according to standards developed
by the English department.

If you did not pass ENG 112 with a C or better, you must repeat the course
before taking ENG 210.

Description: ENG 210 helps students refine skills in writing non-fiction prose; additionally, the
course guides students in the development of individual voice and style. ENG 210 introduces
procedures for publication in an electronic environment, composing and producing alphabetic,
visual, aural, and/or digital texts.

Additionally, ENG 210 will take you beyond the freshman writing experience by making you
aware of your individual writing styles and processes, as they apply to a mediated classroom.
ENG 210 will also ask you to reflect on your communication skills with a strong focus on the
rhetorical process. The course will focus on increased development of writing ability and facility
in primarily non-fiction prose, with some focus on fiction, emphasizing critical thinking,
observation, research, and sophisticated reading of selected texts. Placing emphasis on clarity,
style, voice, and audience, ENG 210 will gently nudge you toward producing clearly articulated
alphabetic texts as well as professionally designed multi-media projects. This means you will be
composing in a mediated environment, composing and producing alphabetic, visual, aural, and
digital texts.

General Course Goals: Upon successful completion of this course, you will have developed and
contributed to a course blog, created an audio narrative, created a group digital documentary,
developed an annotated bibliography, written one eight- to ten-page researched essay, and
presented the results of your research. The course will ask you to document sources in either
APA or MLA documentation styles.

General Course Objectives:

o Develop a greater sense of the rhetorical situation, focusing on the development of style,
purpose, voice, audience, and genre.
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o Develop library, field, and Web-based research skills, implementing the use of MLA or APA
documentation style in various projects.
o Produce researched and documented essays based on well-informed arguments and the
reading of a diverse selection of texts.
o Produce the equivalent of at least two researched and documented papers totaling 18 pages.
o Participate in the writing process, composing multiple drafts, providing feedback on drafts,
and editing drafts.
o Participate professionally in interactive discussions, peer reviews, and one or more formal
oral presentations.

Digital Technology: (includes the following but not limited to this list)
o Use the Internet to conduct digital research, using college library databases in a
scholarly/academic manner to find credible and peer reviewed, books, journal articles, and
Web sites.
o Produce documents using a variety of electronic and digital media to include but not limited
to blogs, videos, podcasts, and slide shows.
o Use digital technologies to create an argumentative digital documentary.
o Post responses and/or assignments in the course Blackboard site and/or class Blogs.
o Communicate with classmates and instructor using email in a professional and polite manner.

Course Requirements

WARNING: This class is a reading-, writing-, thinking-, listening-, and

speaking- intensive course.

Please review the Reynolds Student Handbook to familiarize yourselves with

the college Learning Environment Principals.

ENG 210 requires you to be present both in mind and body. Expect to
participate in class discussion, collaborate with classmates, compose drafts in
class, conduct freewriting, and share your writing with classmates. With this
in mind, in order to keep up with the fast pace of this course, it is imperative
that you attend class regularly and remain abreast of readings and
assignments.

Electronic Learning Environments: We will be using a variety of technological, mostly web-

based, applications in ENG 210 Advanced Composition this semester. Specifically, you will
develop a blog to submit assignments and you might also create a YouTube account to post
videos. By default, these technologies are open to the public for the purpose of sharing your
work with the larger Internet community. To use the web-based application responsibly please
observe all laws and Reynolds policies that are incorporated into policies concerning Student
Conduct (Policy 1-35) and Academic Integrity (Policy 1-34). Some specific aspects of law and
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policy that might be well to remember are prohibitions against copyright infringement,
plagiarism, harassment, or interferences with the underlying technical code of the software.

As a student using web-based applications certain rights accrue to you. Any original work that
you make tangible belongs to you as a matter of copyright law. You also have a right to the
privacy of your educational records as a matter of federal law and may choose to set your
privacy settings to private and only share with the instructor and your classmates. Your
contributions to the various web-based applications constitute educational records. By
contributing to the web-based applications, and not taking other options available to you in this
course equivalent to this assignment that would not be posted publicly on the Internet, you
consent to the collaborative use of this material as well as to the disclosure of it in this course
and potentially for the use of future courses.

Attendance Policy: Attendance is included in your class participation grade, which is worth
10% of your semester grade. I do not calculate your attendance grade until the end of the
semester. Please keep in mind that if the class meets for 45 sessions and you are absent ten times,
you will receive 35 out of 45 points, which is equivalent to a C or 78%. As a conscientious
student and as a student involved in a community of learners, you are required to attend class
regularly. Arriving more than five (5) minutes late will result in a tardy; three (3) late arrivals
will result in one (1) absence. Likewise, departing from class more than five minutes before
dismissal will also result in a tardy. Do not use class time to notify me about absences, tardies, or
early departures. Speak with me either before or after class, see me during my office hours, or
send me an email.

Excused vs. Unexcused Absences: I appreciate receiving emails concerning

an absence; however, simply sending an email, presenting a note from your
doctor or lawyer, or discussing your absence with me do not excuse missed
classes. An absence is an absence. To be fair to all students, I do not
differentiate between excused or unexcused absences. I do not have a
maximum number of absences, but should you abuse this policy, you could
jeopardize your final semester grade. Use your absences wisely.

Per Reynolds Student Attendance Policy 1-3 (also found in the Reynolds Student Handbook),
you will be involuntarily withdrawn from the course to receive a full refund for failure to attend
class by the 15% attendance drop deadline (8 September 2017), without communicating with
your instructor prior to this date. You will also be involuntarily withdrawn and receive a grade
of W if you stop attending class by the final 60% attendance drop deadline (31 October 2017),
without notifying your instructor prior to this date. If applicable, these actions could impact your
financial aid. Should you need to miss an inordinate number of classes, you might consider
withdrawing from the course or risk receiving a failing grade at the end of the semester.

Withdrawal Policy: Before withdrawing from the course, please contact me to discuss your
academic standing in the class. Also, prior to withdrawing, contact a financial aid specialist to
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discuss any potential impact a withdrawal may have on your eligibility for financial aid.
Withdrawals also count as an attempt and may therefore impact your ability to take a repeated
course (see Repeated Course Policy below).

After the add/drop period, a student may withdraw without academic penalty, and receive a
grade of W, if withdrawal is officially completed prior to the last date to withdraw listed on
Course Schedule and in the Course Syllabus. Please refer to the Policy 1-10 Student Initiated
Withdrawal for withdrawal procedures and specifics.

Important: If you decide not to complete the course you must officially withdraw from the
course by following the stated procedures in the College Catalogue. After the last date to
withdraw, I will consider extenuating circumstances on a case by case basis. However, you
must contact me within one week of circumstances.

Repeated Course Policy: Students are normally limited to two (2) enrollments in the same
course. Prior to registering to take a course for a third time, students must submit a completed
Repeat Class Request form with all required approvals, and documentation of extenuating
circumstances to a campus Student Success Center. Repeat approval is not required for certain
exempted courses, and all attempted hours and grade points for these courses will be calculated
in the GPA (College Catalogue).

Student Conduct Policy: In order to achieve the best learning environment possible for this
class, Reynolds administrators, faculty, and staff expect students to adhere to the highest
behavioral standards. All forms of disruptive behavior will not be tolerated in this course.
Disruptive behavior can be defined as behavior that interferes with the teaching and learning
process. As such, any disruptive behavior will be addressed by the instructor and/or reported to
the Office of Student Affairs for judicial processing.

In addition, please note that in this class, three (3) incidents of disruptive behavior may result
in a zero for participation in your overall grade. Single incidents that are severe will result in
the loss of participation credit for the course (i.e. earning a failing grade). Should your
behavior become disruptive, I reserve the right to file a Behavior Intervention Referral
Form in the Office of Student Affairs. Please review Student Conduct Policy 1-35 for
further details.

If you have any questions regarding the Reynolds Student Conduct policy (Policy 1-35),
please refer to the Reynolds Student Handbook online, or contact the Office of Student
Affairs at 804.523.5296.

Types of behavior viewed as disruptive in this class include but are not limited to the following:

o talking during lectures;

o cell phones ringing in the middle of a lecture; exiting class to respond to a cell phone call;
o sending or responding to texts during class;
o arriving to class late; departing class early;
o arguing with other students in the class;
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o speaking rudely to instructor or classmates;

o sleeping in class;
o computer classroom (unless required for in-class work): surfing the net for info not
relevant to the days course work; checking email during class time; accessing and
participating in activities on social networking sites (i.e. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter,
Pinterest, Snapchat, etc.).

If you have any questions regarding the Reynolds Student Conduct policy (Policy 1-35),
please refer to the Student Handbook online, or contact the Office of Student Affairs at
804.523.5296.

Electronic Devices Policy: Unless required for in-class work, any electronic sound devices, with
or without earphones, such as iPods, laptops, pagers, cellular telephones, electronic games, portable
televisions, radio/tape players, etc. are prohibited in classrooms, laboratories, and Learning
Resource Centers and should be turned off. Please review the Student Handbook, policy number 2-
19 (Electronic Devices on Campus) for further details.

Although this course welcomes and encourages the use of a variety of digital
and electronic media, please refrain from using unless required for in-class
work/projects.

Stow cell phones, laptops, and listening devices in purses or back packs.
Should you forget to turn off your cell phone and it rings or vibrates, quickly
turn it off without being disruptive to the class. Listening to audio files on
laptops, tablets, smart phones, etc., and/or answering your cell phone in class or
walking out of class to answer your cell phone will result in the filing of a
Behavior Intervention Referral Form. No exceptions.

Academic Honesty/Plagiarism Policy: Plagiarism is not acceptable.

Students who plagiarize will either receive a failing grade on the

assignment or fail the course; depending on the severity of the violation,
students may also be reported to the Office of Student Affairs for
disciplinary action and for the filing of a Behavior Intervention Referral
Form.

Reynolds Academic Honesty Policy 1-34 defines plagiarism and the consequences of it. Please
consult the online Reynolds Student Handbook for complete details and definitions of academic
dishonesty and plagiarism.
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SafeAssign: SafeAssign is a program designed to scan student documents for instances of

plagiarism. I will be asking you to submit your work through SafeAssign periodically during the
semester. Occasionally, I will submit a document myself if I suspect questionable text. It is not
my intent to catch students plagiarizing; however, because this is a 200 level course, I do
expect students to understand the conventions of documentation and citing. Should I detect an
instance of plagiarism, I will email formal notification and offer you the opportunity to discuss
your work with me prior to filing a report or a Behavior Intervention Referral Form with the
Office of Student Affairs. Please understand that if you do not contact me, I will note this on the
report or Behavior Intervention Referral Form and file it with the Office of Student Affairs.

Email Policy: Per Reynolds Policy 1-8 Student Email, all official email communication will
occur via college assigned emails accounts. Faculty must communicate with their students using
their college email accounts. Please develop a habit of checking your college accounts often, as I
will communicate with you using only your Reynolds email addresses. Your email accounts
became active when you were assigned a user name and password. Go to the MyReynolds login
portal for access to your email account, Blackboard, etc.

Students with Disabilities: Per Reynolds Policy 1-15 Eligibility of Students With Disabilities
to Receive Accommodations, special services/accommodations are provided to assist students in
accessing programs and activities offered by the college. Should students require special needs,
please register with the Office of Student Accommodations (Downtown Campus by calling
804.786.5628, or Parham Road Campus and Western Campus by calling 804.523.5290). Please
provide documentation of your disability.

For further details go to the following URL:

http://www.reynolds.edu/student_services/accommodations/default.aspx

Peer Review Policy: I will schedule periodic peer review workshops to improve your editing
and proofreading skills. Failure to attend class on scheduled peer review days will result in an
absence, a zero for the days assignment, and a decrease of one letter grade on your final paper
grade. Bring a COMPLETE DRAFT on peer review days; arriving without a copy of your
paper or with an incomplete draft will result in dismissal from class for the day, in turn resulting
in an absence, a zero for the days assignment, and a decrease of one letter grade on your final
paper grade (equivalent to 10% of your grade). Unless otherwise stated, peer reviews may not be
accomplished outside of class.

Conferences/Workshops Policy: I will schedule periodic conferences/workshops to monitor

your progress this semester. Failure to attend a conference/workshop will count as two (2)
absences, as I will be canceling one weeks worth of classes during the week that I hold a
conference/workshop. Arrive on time for your scheduled conference/workshop and bring a
COMPLETED DRAFT of your project. Arriving without a copy of your project or with an
incomplete draft will result in your final project grade being lowered by one letter grade
(equivalent to 10% of your grade).
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If you have a legitimate, documented reason for not attending a peer review
session, conference, or workshop, I will gladly make other arrangements to
assist you with making up your missed participation. However, you must notify
me at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled peer review, conference, or
workshop date. An accepted substitution is for you to attend a documented and
scheduled tutoring session in one of the Academic Support Centers at the
Parham Road, Downtown, or Western campuses. Schedule and attend a
tutoring session at the location most convenient for you.

Blackboard: In addition to the course Web site, you will also access Blackboard, the online
course management platform in use at Reynolds that will supplement ENG 210. In addition to
accessing the course syllabus, assignments, and Grade Book, you may write in-class and out-of-
class responses to reading assignments, to handouts, to electronic reading assignments, etc.
Responses may be in the form of freewriting sessions, journal topics (an e-journal), and out-of-
class writing assignments in Blackboard. Check Blackboard often for updates and changes to the
schedule or to assignments.

General Classroom Guidelines: ENG 210 is a course that requires A LOT of writing, reading,
and researching. Please incorporate ample time into your schedules to complete assignments in a
timely manner. Since this course is labor intensive, missed assignments will be difficult to make
up. Contact a classmate or me for assignments missed due to absences. I will expect you to turn
in homework assignments on time even if you are absent the day the class receives the
assignment. You will not be able to make up any minor in-class assignments. Students who
find they are falling behind or are having problems should contact me as soon as possible.
Monitor your progress regularly to avoid any possible downfalls.

Class Climate Survey: Reynolds uses Class Climate to collect student evaluations of faculty.
Toward the end of the semester, expect an e-mail message, in your Reynolds/VCCS e-mail
account, from sender name "Class Climate Survey" inviting you to participate in an online
survey to evaluate the effectiveness of your class. You will receive a separate e-mail message
for each course section in which you are enrolled. Each e-mail message contains a password-
protected link to the online survey. By clicking this link, your password is automatically
recognized, and you are able to respond anonymously to the survey. After completing the
survey, you will receive a confirmation message, via e-mail.

Emergency Preparedness: (Program the numbers below into your cell phone)

Campus Police: PRC 804.523.5219, DTC 804.523.5472, WC 804.523.5407

Chief of Police and Security Services: Paul Ronca 804.523.5239
College Safety Manager: Pamela Hicks 804.523.5722

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY DIAL 5911 (College Police Dispatcher) The 5911 number
can be dialed directly from the Colleges IP phone system.
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Grading

Posting of Grades to Blackboards Gradebook: I usually take two weeks to grade a batch of
papers. I will post grades, commented papers, and rubrics (when required) when I complete
grading an entire classes worth of an assignment.

Click on the following URL for a video tutorial of how to access and navigate through
MyGrades:

http://ondemand.blackboard.com/r91/movies/bb91_student_checking_grades.htm

Grading Scale:

Letter Grade Percentages

A+ 99-100
A 94-98
A- 90-93
B+ 89
B 84-88
B- 80-83
C+ 79
C 74-78
C- 70-73
D+ 69
D 64-68
D- 60-63
F 59 and below

Projects:

Projects Percentages Due Dates

Syllabus and Academic Honesty Agreement 0 24 August in
Blackboard
eJournal created in WordPress.com for reflecting on 10 Most class sessions
the processes you use to produce communication and
conduct research; you will spend 5-10 minutes most
class sessions writing in your blogs.
Digital Literacy Narrative: Written 5% / Audio 5% 10 12 Sep (audio draft)
14 Sep (written
draft)
19 Sep (final
drafts/presentation)
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The Circle: Group Documentary: 3-5-minute 20 12 Oct (group

argumentative digital documentary based on a reading project
of The Circle presentations)
Project 10% / Reflection Essay 10% 17 Oct project
reflection
Topic Proposal Class 26 Oct
Participation
Question/Thesis/Abstract Class 2 Nov
Participation
Annotated Bibliography: 10-12 annotated sources for 15 7 Nov (draft)
your research project. 9 Nov (final)
Research Paper: 8-10-page research paper on a topic 25 13-16 Nov (draft 1)
of your choice but could be related to themes identified 21 Nov (draft 2)
in Neuromancer 28 Nov (final)

Presentation: 10-minute oral presentation on research 10 30 Nov or 5, 7, or 12

paper Dec
Class Participation/Attendance (Includes attendance, in- 10
class discussion, miscellaneous homework, in-class
assignments, quizzes, etc. Smaller assignments not listed
above will be calculated into your class participation grade.)
Total Percentage Points 100

Late Assignment Policy: Word process all assignments prepared outside of class time. Most
assignments are due in your class blog or in Blackboard by midnight on the due date; otherwise,
they are due at the beginning of class.

You are allowed ONE late assignment during the semester; otherwise, I do not
accept late assignments.

I will not accept a late paper if you turn it in after I have returned graded papers.

Technology problems are NOT an excuse for multiple late assignments!

While I understand problems that occur when using technology, it is your responsibility to
complete assignments well in advance of due dates to avoid last minute issues like
malfunctioning printers, crashing computers, or loss of Internet connections that might prevent
turning in assignments in a timely fashion. Save your work on multiple devices OFTEN: hard
drive, flash drive, Google drive, iCloud, digital drop box, etc. Should your home computers
fail, you have access to the college computer labs on all three campuses.

Follow the Schedule of Assignments carefully, and write down any assignments I announce in
class to ensure adequate preparation for in-class assignments, as well as for your responsibilities
outside of class. You are responsible for completing all reading assignments even if we do not
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discuss all of them in class, and bring assigned text(s) to class. It is a good idea to keep all
graded and ungraded assignments in a folder on your desktop AND flash drive or in a physical
folder or binder, as you will refer to returned assignments over the semester.

Incomplete Policy: I will consider assigning incomplete (I) grades at the end of the semester if
students have a legitimate, documented reason. I will consider assigning an incomplete (I) if
students have fewer than four absences and have completed at least 75% of the course work.

A grade of "I" (incomplete) bears no credit. An instructor may award the "I" grade for
documented, unavoidable reasons and only when the student is passing the course and has
completed a significant portion of the course requirements. Since the incomplete extends
enrollment in the course, requirements for satisfactory completion shall be established through
student/faculty consultation. The grade of I will revert to grade earned in the course. The
student is expected to complete course work as agreed upon with the instructor. See Reynolds
Policy 1-7 Incomplete I Grade for more details.

Revision Policy: I do allow revisions, provided you turn in assignments on the assigned due
date, and provided you return revisions to me within two weeks after you receive the initial
grade. Since you submitted the essay electronically, I will compare the revision with the
electronic version to which I assigned the initial grade, so that I can make a clear judgment about
your revisions. I will average the two grades; if you receive a 75% on the first essay and an 85%
on the revision, your final essay grade will be an 80%.

Simply correcting errors I have pointed out in your projects does not count.

Focus on content, organization, and style issues.

Because you are in Advanced Composition, I do expect revisions to be quite substantial. Do not
assume that I have identified all errors. For example, if I make note of a few fragments, be sure
to proofread your paper carefully to edit out all fragments. Avoid correcting surface errors; focus
on developing ideas or work on problem areas. Also, do not change your topic; changing to a
new topic is not revising. Do not hesitate to talk to me about revisions. I am more than happy
to schedule an appointment to meet with you to clarify my comments or provide assistance with
grammar, development of ideas, technology, etc.

Continue to next page for

Calendar/Schedule of
Assignments
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Calendar/Schedule of Assignments
(This schedule is subject to change.)

All reading assignments are due on the day they are listed on the schedule
below.

We will not be reading in class. You are responsible for completing all
assigned readings prior to arriving to class. Each reading assignment is
preceded by the word Read and appears in the Readings column.

Also note that assignment due dates appear in the Assignments column.

Linked titles = electronic PDF in BB = portable document

readings. Click on links to access format linked in weekly content
and read essays. folders in Blackboard

Eggers = Dave Eggers The

Circle purchased by student

Important Dates

August 21, 2017 16-week session begins

August 25, 2017 Last day to add a class
September 6, 2017 Last day to drop a class with a refund
October 27, 2017 Last day to withdraw from a class with a grade of W
December 12, 2016 Final Exam Date (11:00 a.m. to 1:40 p.m.)

This schedule is subject to change.

Week/Date Readings Assignments

Week 1
Tu 22 Aug Introduction to Course; introduction to
Blackboard
Th 24 Aug 24 Aug: Syllabus and
Read: Rhetoric (read Introduction and Academic Honesty
Uses section) Agreement in Blackboard by
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Week/Date Readings Assignments

Read: Rhetorical Situations midnight

View: Purdue OWL: Introduction to
Rhetoric

(Click on linked titles to access readings)

Week 2
Tu 29 Aug Read: Getting Started with WordPress (click 29 Aug: Individual blog by
on linked title to read chapter three, Starting the end of class
a Free WordPress Blog; this link is to an
eBook in the Safari database; if you access the
book off campus, you will need your
MYReynolds username and password)

Th 31 Aug Read: Baron, From Pencils to Pixels

Read: Daley, Expanding the Concept of
Literacy
Week 3
Tu 5 Sep Read: Jones-Kavalier & Flannigan, 5 Sep: Audio recording
Connecting the Digital Dots device (digital recorder or use
Read: Brandt, Accumulating Literacy (PDF audio device on smart
in BB) phones)

Th 7 Sep Read: Wysocki and Johnson-Eilola, Blinded

by the Letter (PDF in BB)
Week 4
Tu 12 Sep Read: Baron, Siri, Take a Sonnet 12 Sep: draft of audio
Read: Fitzpatrick, The Future of Academic essay; studio day for
Style: Why Citations Still Matter in the Age of working on audio
Google (scroll down a bit to get to article text) narrative

Th 14 Sep No reading assigned; peer review (remember to 14 Sep: Audio technology

bring headphones/earbuds to listen to audio narrative and written text for
narratives) in-class peer review
Week 5
Tu 19 Sep Presentation of audio essays 19 Sep: Final revision of
audio technology narrative
and written text in
Blackboard by midnigh

Th 21 Sep Read: Eggers, The Circle (pp. 1-59)

Read: Galow, Understanding Dave Eggers
(PDF in BB)
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Week/Date Readings Assignments

Week 6
Tu 26 Sep College-wide Convocation Day (class not in
session)
Read: Eggers, The Circle (pp. 59-160)
In-class work: group projects

Th 28 Sep Read: Eggers, The Circle (pp. 160-263)

In-class work: group projects
Week 7
Tu 3 Oct Read: Eggers, The Circle (pp. 263-364)
In-class work: group projects

Th 5 Oct Read: Eggers, The Circle (pp. 364-497)

In-class work: group projects
Week 8
Tu 10 Oct No reading assigned; work on group projects

Th 12 Oct Presentation of Circle Digital Documentaries 12 Oct: Circle Group Project

in class and Blackboard
Week 9
Tu 17 Oct Read: Alves, Unintentional Knowledge: 17 Oct: Circle reflection
What We Find When We are Not Looking essay in Blackboard by
midnight

Th 19 Oct Read: Parks, References, Please Begin conducting preliminary

In-class work: developing your research research to write your
question; research day Research Paper Topic
Proposal
Week 10
Tu 24 Oct Read: Horowitz, Will the E-Book Kill the
Footnote?
In-class work: developing your thesis
statement; research day

Th 26 Oct No reading assigned; library session; research 26 Oct: Research Paper

day Topic Proposal in
Blackboard by
midnight
Week 11
Tu 31 Oct No reading assigned; research day

Th 2 Nov No reading assigned; research day 2 Nov: Research

Question/Thesis/Abstract in
Blackboard by midnight
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Week/Date Readings Assignments

Week 12 No reading assigned; peer review of Annotated 7 Nov: Draft of Annotated

Tu 7 Nov Bib Bibliography

Th 9 Nov No reading assigned; use class time to finalize 9 Nov: Ten to twelve source
annotated bib/work on research paper annotated bibliography in
Blackboard by midnight
Week 13
Tu 14 Nov Class canceled; attend individual conference; 14 Nov: Complete draft of
check Blackboard for conference schedule research paper

Th 16 Nov Class canceled; attend individual conference; 16 Nov: Complete draft of

check Blackboard for conference schedule research paper
Week 14
Tu 21 Nov No reading assigned; peer review of research 21 Nov: Draft of research
paper paper at the beginning of
class

~ ~ Fall Break: classes not in session 22-26 Nov ~ ~

Week 15
Tu 28 Nov Read: Childs, Revising a Paper to Deliver 28 Nov: Final revision of
(click on link to access and read article) research paper in Blackboard
Read: How to Create Engaging Presentations by midnight

Th 30 Nov Presentations 30 Nov: Presentation of

research paper
Week 16
Tu 5 Dec Presentations 5 Dec: Presentation of
research paper

Th 7 Dec Presentations 7 Dec: Presentation of

research paper
Finals Wk
Tu 12 Dec Presentations during final exam time (11:00 12 Dec: Presentation of
a.m. 1:40 p.m.) research paper