Schedule

Calendar
Below is a list of the readings and project due dates for the entire semester. This schedule is tentative and may be updated and/or changed to suit our progression. I may post additional links and assignments for particular class meetings. I will do my best to announce any changes in advance, but this may not always be possible. Please check this site regularly between class meetings, as you will be held responsible for noting such changes. If you have any questions, please contact me.
Date Class Topics Student Expectations
(to be completed before the next class; action items in red are to be done that day.)
August
19

Read: Linton et al. article for Out-of-Class Writing Sample (available at http://wac.colostate.edu/llad/v1n2/linton.pdf)


Complete out-of-class writing assignment (discussed in class)
24
  • Discussion of Linton et al article
DUE: Out-of-class writing sample
26
Read "What is an author?" (ONLY REQUIRED TO READ PAGES 6-9!)

(You are welcome to read more, and I'll give extra credit for the best summation of the balance of the work given in class.)
31


Read the sections in your textbook on "Resumes and Job Letters" (188-200) and "Guiding your Reader" (272-8).
Last day to enroll in a course is tomorrow, Sept 1st.
September
2
 Begin writing your application cover letter draft.
  • Select a job opening, and send it to your instructor
  • Following the information in your book and from class, create a draft of your letter to bring for the 9th
  • Remember to follow the guidelines from today's in-class writing to help get started.
7
 Labor Day
9
 Writing workshop
 Cover Letter Draft due in class in digital format
Read pages 3-17, 523-533 in your textbook on "Rhetorical Situations" and "Print" formats.
14
 Lessons on resumes
Audience
Design

Last day to drop a course without a grade (though at this point without a refund as well) is the 16th.
16
 Cover Letter Due
Read: David Bartholomae’s “Inventing the University”
 Read pages 116-124 on the Annotated Bibliography.
21
 Professional genres: Indoctrination or Community-building?

Discussion of Bartholomae article
Debunking the "English Paper" myth.
 Discover potential topics for Assignment 2: Annotated bibliography
23
 In-class writing assignment
 Begin your annotated bibliography draft
28
 Discussion of source selection and evaluation
30
 Writing workshop
 Begin reading "Economy"
Draft of annotated bibliography due
October
5
 Introduction to Critical Analysis and Close Reading Techniques
Academia as conversation
 Read "Economy" pages 1-37.
7
 Pop quiz on "Economy" (see, it's not really popped at all, is it?)

Finding sources
Due: Annotated bibliography
12
 Brainstorming an argument
14
 Plagiarism Exercise
Brainstorming an argument
Drafting
Researching (in that order!)
19
 Bullpen
 We'll start working with ideas for a feature story. Check over the assignment prompts for the scholarly paper and the feature story to determine which would be more useful for your major.
21
 Writing workshop
Class Reading (56-60)
 Bring your drafts to class in digital format!
For Monday:
Read Style chapters 5 and 6. For each "Here's the point" box in these chapters (there are four a piece, totaling 8), please find at least one sentence in your draft to which the point can be applied. Cut and paste the old phrasing in your paper, along with your new edit into another file to print and bring to class on the 26th.
26
 In class reading and writing assignment
 Bring your list of edited sentences to class today!
For the 28th, read Style, chapter 7.
28
 Introduction to Assignment 4
Being persuasive 		Read pages 161-170 in your textbook on writing profiles.
Read two of the three following articles (or all three) from The Independent:
"Work in Progress" (a feature story)
"Running on Elbow Grease" (a more interesting, and shorter, section story)
"Tears of a Clown" (another feature story from another printing)
November
2
 Intro to HTML
 For next class: Look through your favorite, appropriate website. Be prepared to talk about its content, use of links, and navigational arrangement for our next class. Sketch its layout.
4
 * Introduction to Seamonkey Composer, KompoZer, AbiWord, and HTML from Word documents.
* Using SFTP at NCSU and and open your account's web access.
* Reviewing existing web sites
* Brainstorming site layouts
  • Human vs. machine readable
  • Whitespace
  • Virtual space and navigation
 Ensure you've scheduled a conference so that we can review your website.
Due: Assignment 3
For next Monday: Read pages 171-179 (Proposals) and 546-556 (Electronic Texts) in your textbook
9
 * Rhetorical strategies
* Group assignments & topic selection 		If you didn't decide on a topic during class, email your group members and decide on a website topic.
11
 * HTML Tags at The New York Times (increasing scannability)
* Using HTML Templates
 * Schedule a time that your group will create a template, multimedia file (eg, YouTube hosted movie), and home page.
 * Read 283-299 in your textbook on Arguing (pay special attention to Claims (284 ff) and Visuals (292)).
* Research and write a draft of your page of the site. Print a copy of your page to bring Monday.
16
 * Website "justification" requirements.
* Persuasion/Vetting an argument
* In-class draft review
* Site organization 		Due: persuasive web site draft (all pages in draft format, with navigation) posted to your Pack pages. Please email your site's URL to your instructor.

Schedule a time during this week for a member of your group to run by my office and let me know how your project is progressing. You are not required to have a finished draft, but you should have started creating a site.
18
 * Toulmin In-class activity
* Mutlimedia integration (images, movies, podcasts)
* Networking and preserving your websites (Google, Archive.org, link trading)
* Intro to search engine optimization (SEO)
 Complete your website.
23
 Review
Free web templates
 Due on the 24th: Assignment 4: Persuasive web site
25
 Thanksgiving Break
30
 Dead Week
 (Dead Week means that you have class, but no additional assignments or homework. The week is essentially 5 "reading days" in which you prepare for your upcoming exams.)
December
2
 Dead Week
9
 Exam period 6-9pm.
 Relax. You've done a good job.