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. Should you miss a class, you are responsible for knowing about—and adjusting for—any changes by getting notes and other materials from a classmate. Professional protocols and collegiality call for you to alert us if you’ll be missing on a day when we’re having a workshop or when you are scheduled to present materials.
 Week 1Introductions, key concepts, & course goals |
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| Thursday 9/6 | In class: Introductions, key concepts, & course goals Due: Course Survey Preview:
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| Week 2 Designing compositions rhetorically: purpose, audience, context |
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Tuesday 9/11 |
Reading: NYT, “Other Men’s Flowers” — Sunday Review, p.10 Over the next few days:
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| Thursday 9/13 |
No class meeting today Due: dialogic #1 Due: post your revised initial, first summary in précis form, and keep both versions; we want to be able to see your original summary and the revised version, in précis form. Here’s one possible organizing principle for that. St. Martin’s 13b: “Working with quotations”; note how some of the signal verbs are rhetorically active verbs (“claims”) and some are not (“says”). Can you tell the difference? Samples. |
| Week 3 Reading and writing rhetorically: ethos, pathos, & logos |
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| Tuesday 9/18 |
In class: Page One: Inside the New York Times Reading: NYT, as assigned Sunday via email: Due: Précis on “Power of Political Communion” (SR, p.5) |
| Thursday 9/20 |
Reading: NYT, as assigned
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| Week 4 Planning and drafting a textual analysis & individual conferences — schedule and sign-up TBA |
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| Tuesday 9/25 |
Reading: We will begin class by going around the room and hearing an informal 60-90 second overview of an interesting article that you read in the Sunday NYT — any section, any topic — why it was important and relevant to you, and why it should be important and relevant to us. It’s a great way to get a tour of the Sunday paper, and to find out what people are interested in. Due: Textual Analysis draft + rhetorical précis |
| Thursday 9/27 |
Reading: NYT, as assigned |
| Week 5 Advocacy and Argument: Op-Ed Project … and why you’ll want to be in a good writing group the next several years |
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| Tuesday 10/2 |
Reading: NYT, as assigned From your St. Martin’s Guide:
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| Thursday 10/4 | Reading: NYT, as assigned In class: Persuasive Writing Workshop Due: Op-Ed Statement of Purpose and Dialogic Reflection #2 |
| Sunday 10/7 Deadline | Mid-term Self Assessment |
| Week 6 Writing workshops: advocacy and argument |
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| Tuesday 10/9 | Reading: NYT, as assigned Due: Op-Ed Draft
The first sentence of your first paragraph will begin, “I have come to believe that _______________________ …” The first sentence of every subsequent paragraph will begin with some variation on, “I wonder sometimes, however …” |
| Thursday 10/11 |
Reading: NYT, as assigned |
| Sunday 10/14 | Due: Peer Review: St. Martin’s 4b |
| Week 7 Advocacy and Argument |
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| Tuesday 10/16 |
Reading: NYT, as assigned Due: Op-Ed project, editing and proofreading version Preview Letters to the Editor:
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| Thursday 10/18 | Reading: NYT, as assigned In class: Op-Ed Project, final draft |
| Week 8 Letters to the Editor, Election Projects, & Individual conferences — schedule and sign-up TBA |
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| Tuesday 10/23 |
Reading: NYT, as assigned |
| Thursday 10/25 | Reading: NYT, as assigned In class: Election projects, continued |
| Week 9 Election Projects, continued |
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| Tuesday 10/30 | Reading: NYT, as assigned In class: Election projects, continued |
| Thursday 11/1 | Reading: NYT, as assigned Due: Election projects |
| Week 10 Conclusion and portfolio development |
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| Tuesday 11/6 |
Preview and overview: Portfolio Assignment Election Day Coverage Loop Campus – DePaul Center, 11th floor Gallery |
| Thursday 11/8 |
In class: Digital Portfolio Workshop
Types of First Year Writing Portfolios:
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| Finals Week |
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| Tuesday 11/13 | Digital Portfolio Workshop: Audience-based & professionally composed portfolios
You can work on your portfolios during this time; we will problem-solve any technical or organizational issues; and we will discuss editing It’s a good opportunity to reflect on the conventions of academic and professional discourse and how you can use them to establish credibility for yourself and for the work you present in your portfolio. * Week 10 Portfolio Resources |
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Office hours this week and next:
Our scheduled exam time, when we will meet for the final, official delivery of your WRD103 Portfolio: Section 113 Section 126 |
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should also be seeking out sections that tend to interest you more than others — Sports, Business, Arts, Style & Fashion — try to note stories, trends, and writers that interest you. 