English 216: Syllaweb

Date	CLASSROOM AGENDA	HOMEWORKRP (Readings Packet); GR (Good Reasons (textbook)); HO (handout)
Week 1 Tu 8/21	Introduction to the course; Discussion of technology use in the classroom; Paper #1 Assignment Given;Writing Sample	Read: WP: Course Policy, Syllabus and pages 1-26 (ch 1) in GR Good Reasons; and Paper #1 Assignment HO; Get ASUrite account
Th 8/23	Discuss Web Pages, issues; & Ch 1; Paper #1 Assignment; Review Crowley's material on rhetoric and stasis theory	Read RP: "Identification," GR: 31-50 (ch 2) Draft Response to heuristic q. #1 and bring to class 3 possible topics for Paper #1;
Week 2 Tu 8/28	Discuss Stasis Theory, and Possible Topics; Discuss "Identification," Ch 2, and communities you belong to. For more information on stasis theory, click here	Draft Response to heuristic q. #2; Read RP: "Three Kinds of Dirt" & GR: 53-71 (ch 3)
Th 8/30	Discuss responses to heuristic q. #2, "Three Kinds of Dirt" & Ch 3	Research: begin to conduct any interviews that may be helpful for your topic. Read written research and record how people have conjectured the issue and what lines of arguments they make; Respond to heuristic q. #3-5; Read: "Why Animals Deserve Legal Rights," & "The Illusion of Animal Rights" (click here for instructions for obtaining these articles) & GR: 73-104 (ch 4)
Week 3 Tu 9/4	Discuss responses to heuristic q. # 3-5; Discuss Readings	Continue research; Respond to heuristic #5; Read RP: "Bully Pulpit" & "Voices from the Cell" & GR: 107-130 (ch 5)
Th 9/6	Preliminary conjectures (heuristic q. #5) due; Workshop and discuss UsingSources & Evidence	Draft a description of the background of your issue (when/where begin, causes, effects); Read GR: "On Teenages & Tattoos," (430-33) & "The Other Body: Disability & Identity Politics," (458-63)
Week 4 Tu 9/11	Class Cancelled
Th 9/13	Class Discussion
9/14	Unrestricted Withdrawal Deadline
Week 5 Tu 9/18	Second Preliminary Conjectures (background) Due; Workshop heuristic q. #6 in-class; Discuss readings & CommonPaper Errors	DraftPaper #1 Read: GR: chs 13-14
Th 9/20	Paper #1 Draft Due: Workshop;	PolishPaper #1
Week 6 Tu 9/25	Paper #1 Polished Draft Due, Reflection Discuss Paper #2	Read RP: "Reevaluating the Net" & GR: "Pornography, Obscenity, & the Case of Censorship," (535-38) & "The Perils of Pornophobia," (539-43) & Paper Assignment #2
Th 9/27	Discuss readings & paper #2; In-class Workshop Heuristic Q. #1	Finalize Response to Heuristic Q. #1 and respond to Heuristic Q. #2; Read RP: "Honey I Warped the Kids,"& "Public Enemy Number One" and Read GR: "Watch & Learn," 562-69
Week 7 Tu 10/2	Discuss readings and Values; Heuristics #1 & 2 due	Read RP2: "Cellular Divide," "A Question of Life or Death" & "If You Believe Embryos Are Human . . ." (access this last article via EBSCOhost here) Respond to heuristic Q. #3 and bring copy to class on Thursday
Th 10/4	Discuss readings; Discuss heuristic responses	Read RP: Read RP2: "Scouts Divided" Read GR: 153-68 (ch 7)Respond to heuristic Q. #4 & #5
Week 8 Tu 10/9	Discuss readings; Heuristic Q #4 & #5 due	Draft Paper #2
Th10/11	Paper #2 Draft Due Workshop	Revise Draft Paper #2
Week 9 Tu 10/16	Workshop Paper #2 Draft	Polish draft
Th 10/18	Paper #2 Polished Draft Due; Reflection;Paper #3 Assignment Given;	ReadAssignment #3 HO; Read Image of KKK Rally Collect (and bring to class) 3 images you might like to work with
Week 10 Tu 10/23	Discuss readings of Image of KKK Rally and examine various websites Heuristic Q. #1 & #2 due	Read: Visual Rhetoric HO and GR: 209-39 (ch11)
Th 10/25	In--class work on visual rhetoric; Heuristic Q. #3 due	Read GR: 237-62 (ch 12); Examine the following sites on web evaluation: "The Eightfold Path to Enlightened Websight." Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide Web Pages That Suck
Fri 10/26	Restricted Withdrawal Deadline
Week 11 Tu 10/30	In--class work on visual rhetoric; web page development; Heuristic Q. #4 due	DraftPaper #3
Th 11/1	In--class work on visual rhetoric; web page development;	DraftPaper #3
Week 12 Tu 11/6	Paper #3 Draft Due;workshop	DraftPaper #3
Th 11/8	Paper #3 Draft Due and Workshop Paper #4 Assignment Given	Polish draft Read Assignment #4 HO; GR: 195-206 (ch 10) Begin research; Draft a description of the problem you wish to address; Read: GR: "The Magic Potion," 506-09
Week 13 Tu 11/13	Paper #3 Polished Draft & Reflection Due; Discuss assignment #4, Ch 10 & Composing Proposals	Read RP1: "How to Manage Teen Drinking. . ." & "What are the Solutions to Stopping Underage Smoking?" Choose a problem for the 4th assignment Compose response to Heuristic Q. #1;
Th 11/15	Paper #4 Problem Due; Heuristic Q. #1 due workshop	Draft a response to heuristic q. #2; Begin research on proposal; Read: GR: "The Challenge of Legalizing Drugs, (484-89), "Legalizing Drugs is Not the Solution, (490-93)
Week 14 Tu 11/20	Paper #4 Solution Due; Heuristic Q. #2 due workshop	Draft a response to heuristic #3;
Th 11/22-3	Thanksgiving Holiday	Draft complete description of problem and of proposal or solution Compose response to Heuristic Q. #4;
Week 15 Tu 11/27	Paper #4 Draft Due;Heuristic Q. #3-4 due workshop	Draft Paper #4
11/28	Restricted Complete Withdrawal Deadline
Th 11/29	Paper #4 workshop; avoiding fallacies and knowing what counts as evidence	Revise draft
Week 16 Tu 12/4	Paper #4 Draft Due; workshop	Polish Paper #4
Finals Wk	Picking up your papers and delivering your reflection letter & Paper #4 constitutes your final exam for this class. You will meet me in my office (LL 309-B) during the final exam period. That's Friday, Dec 7th from 10 am-11:50 am for the 10:40 class and Thursday, Dec 6th from 12:20 pm- 2:00pm for the 1:40 class.	Freedom