Dates

Activities

Assignments

Week 1

21 Aug

Introduction to the course
Personal Introductions
Technology Survey

23 Aug

Understanding Critical Reading
Reading: OWMC 1-15, Active Reading Strategies handout

Summary Writing

Week 2

28 Aug

Bring Summary draft to writing workshop

30 Aug

Introducing e-Portfolio; working with Dreamweaver

Summary Due

Week 3

4 Sept

The Writing Process
Reading: OWMC 16-26

Documented Essay on Multicultural Diversity

6 Sept

Step 1: Research
Conducting Online Research
Creating Annotated Bibliographies
Interview-based research

Week 4

11 Sept

Step 2: The First Draft Workshop
Creating an organizational skeleton
Formulating a thesis
Organizing research material
Incorporating sources into the draft

13 Sept

Step 3: Developing the draft, In-class writing
Working on e-portfolio

Annotated Bibliography due

Week 5

18 Sept

Step 3: The second draft stage
Creating connections using transitions
Creating argument unity

First draft due for peer response

20 Sept

Step 4: Proofreading, In-class writing
Working on e-portfolio

Second draft due via email by Saturday 12:00 pm

Week 6

25 Sept

Paper Presentation Conference: No Class

27 Sept

Rhetorical Analysis: Introduction
In-class analysis activity

Documented Essay Due

Week 7

2 Oct

Understanding Media
Introducing heuristics for media analysis

4 Oct

In-class writing: Narrative construction of an advertisement

Week 8

9 Oct

Organizing ideas within analysis paper
Applying a rhetorical lens to your advertisement

11 Oct

Research Stage
Exploring the cultural and temporal context of the advertisement

Week 9

16 Oct

Academic Style
Incorporating personal reflection within academic writing

18 Oct

Group Workshops and Peer Response
Update e-portfolios

Bring draft of rhetorical analysis for response

Week 10

23 Oct

Conferences

25 Oct

Intercultural Diversity on Campus
Outdoor activity
Images as tools of narration and representation

Rhetorical Analysis Due

Week 11

30 Oct

Rhetorical sensitivity in intercultural representation
Understanding power structures in representation

1 Nov

Using PowerPoint for making slideshows

Week 12

6 Nov

Visual Rhetoric

8 Nov

In-class work time

Week 13

13 Nov

Analysis of representational slideshows / Effective Presentation style

15 Nov

In-class work time

Conferences

Week 14

20 Nov

Thanksgiving Break

22 Nov

Week 15

27 Nov

In-class work time

29 Nov

Presentations

Journal/Reflections due

Week 16

4 Dec

Upload website

6 Dec

Finals review, evaluations

Week 17

Dec 11

Finals

Dec 13