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Course Calendar

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this calendar is for informational purposes.

Schedule for Course : Rhetoric of Everyday Texts

Please note that this calendar is designed to be flexible: we may make changes along the way, depending on your interests and the needs of the class. 

leaf Week One

  • Read Welcome & Start Here 
  • Post Self-introductions
  • Postmarked letter TBA
  • Post response to What is an “everyday text”? 

leaf Week Two

  • Read David Levy’s “Meditation on a Receipt” 
  • Post Discussion: Levy “Meditation” Reading Responses 
  • Create an archive of 8-10 print-based everyday texts, annotated, with an Introduction 

leaf Week Three

  • Read Stillar’s “Analyzing Everyday Texts”and post your reading response 
  • Post responses to two classmates’ Stillar responses
  • Finish and submit print-based everyday texts archive  

leaf Week Four

  • Read George’s “Changing the Face of Poverty” and post your reading response 
  • Post responses to two classmates’ George posts
  • Create an archive of 8-10 digital everyday texts, annotated, with an Introduction 

leaf Week Five

  • Read Fleming’s “Subjects of the Inner City: Writing the People of Cabrini-Green.” and post your reading response due  
  • Post responses to two classmates’ Fleming posts 
  • Finish and submit digital everyday text archive   
  • For Writing Fellow feedback on your course project proposal, your draft is due 

leaf Week Six: Writing fellows online real-time or face-to-face appointments

  • Compose Everyday Texts Research & Analysis Project Proposal

leaf Week Seven

  • Project iteration #1
  • Editorial peer reviews for two classmates’ project iterations 

leaf Week Eight:

  • Project iteration #2
  • Editorial peer reviews for two classmates’ project iterations 

leaf Week Nine: Writing fellows online real-time or face-to-face appointments

  • Project iteration #3
  • Editorial peer reviews for two classmates’ project iterations 

leaf Week Ten: 

  • Course Project, final iteration
  • Course Portfolio