Unit 1 Writing and Rhetoric 

Week 1: 

Day 1:

Syllabus, Introduction

Day 2:

Reading Due: Boylan, “The Writing Process”

Writing Due: Begin Writing Journal

In Class: Reading Response & Discussion Facilitation Sign Ups

Week 2:

Day 3:

Reading Due: Jensen & DiTiberio, “Personality & Individual Writing Processes” 

In-class Activity: Write about two of your own personality traits and discuss how they affect your own writing process. (post to a forum on moodle)

Day 4:

Reading Due: Watch The Magic of Revision TED Talk AND read Butts, “The More Writing Process, the Better” (pp. 109-114)

Week 3: 

Day 5:

Reading Due: Rodriguez, “Leave Yourself Out of Your Writing” (pp. 131-133) and/or listen here) 

In Class Activity: Should you leave yourself out of your writing? Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not?  (post to forum on moodle)

Day 6:

Reading Due: Rodden, “How Do Stories Convince Us?”

Writing Due: Writing Journal & Writing Narrative Draft (writing workshop)

Week 4:

Day 7:

Reading Due: “The Origins of Rhetorical Theory” AND 

Lynn, “The Open Hand”

Day 8:

Reading Due: Smitherman, “How I Got Ovuh”

Writing Due: Polished Narrative