Schedule | Fall 08

This schedule is subject to change.

week 1	In-Class Activity	Due
8/25	intro to course what IS rhetoric?
8/27	Thank You for Smoking	--bring any syllabus questions to class
8/29	Thank You for Smoking	--bring to class (in your brain or jotted down) how rhetoric has thus far been portrayed in the movie. Be prepared to add to these notes in preparation for next week's response paper.
week 2	In-Class Activity	Due
9/1	LABOR DAY	no class--Labor Day
9/3	brief history of rhetoric	- read pp 1-15 - write a response paper (2 pp double spaced) that describes how Plato's concern with truth (as described briefly in the reading) applies to Nick Naylor's use of persuasion in Thank You for Smoking. Given your reading today, does Naylor's understanding of persuasion seem like rhetoric to you? Why? Why not?
9/5	history of rhetoric	- read pp 16-35 - bring to class (in your brain or jotted down) one thing you found interesting from the reading. Be prepared to discuss why.
week 3	In-Class Activity	Due
9/8	history of rhetoric--the sophists	- read Poulakos (this is a .pdf) - bring to class the Poulakus article AND (in your brain or jotted down) an answer to the following: Define what you think Poulakos means by a Sophistic Rhetoric. What does this mean to you? Think of a time you’ve disagreed with someone, and imagine what it would have meant to use sophistic rhetoric in that exchange.
9/10	kairos	- read pp 36-51
9/12	kairos	- review pp 36-51
week 4	In-Class Activity	Due
9/15	stasis theory	- Paper #1 Due
9/17	stasis theory	- read pp 55-92
9/19	commonplaces and ideology	- read pp 95-130
week 5	In-Class Activity	Due
9/22	commonplaces and ideology	- Read O'Reilly and Moore (both written after 9/11) and be prepared to discuss how commonplaces and ideologies are functioning within these pieces. BRING THE ARTICLES TO CLASS!
9/24	logos	- Paper #2 Due - read pp 133-160
9/26	logos (presidential debate tonight!)	- review pp 133-160
week 6	In-Class Activity	Due
9/29	presidential debate viewing and discussion	presidential debate viewing and discussion - Paper #3 Due
10/1	ethos	- read pp 163-199
10/3	ethos	review pp 163-199
week 7	In-Class Activity	Due
10/6	pathos (presidential debate tomorrow night!)	- Paper #4 Due - read pp 205-217
10/8	presidential debate viewing and discussion	presidential debate viewing and discussion
10/10	pathos	- review pp 205-217
week 8	In-Class Activity	Due
10/13	assign rhetorical criticism paper	- Paper #5 Due
10/15	workshop on texts	- bring to class texts you're considering using for the rhetorical criticism paper
10/17	work on paper	work on paper
week 9	In-Class Activity	Due
10/20	peer review	peer review -- bring three copies of your paper
10/22	office hours	office hours--no class
10/24	tba	Rhetorical Criticism Paper Due
week 10	In-Class Activity	Due
10/27	delivery and visual rhetoric	- read pp 330-351
10/29	visual rhetoric	-Read Faigley, et al. "Picturing Argument." Picturing Texts. New York: WW Norton & Company. 384-398.
10/31	visual rhetoric	-Read Kinross, Robin. "The Rhetoric of Neutrality." Design Discourse: History/Theory/Criticism. Ed Victor Margolin. Chicago: UC Press, 1989. 131-143. Rpt.Revisions Reader. Eds. Lynch et al. 373-385. - Read Lupton, Ellen and Abbott Miller. "McPaper: USA Today and the Journalism of Hope." Design Writing Research. London: Phaidon Press, 2000. 143-156.
week 11	In-Class Activity	Due
11/3	peer review	bring ideas for rhetorical performance (both for the texts AND for the presentation) REMEMBER TO VOTE!
11/5	rhetorical performance presentations	rhetorical performance presentations Andrew, Jenae, Riley, Garrett, Blake, (you?)
11/7	rhetorical performance presentations	rhetorical performance presentations Mikael, Danielle, Kenny, Candice, Tom, Tasha
week 12	In-Class Activity	Due
11/10	rhetorical performance presentations	rhetorical performance presentations Eileen, Darrin, Aaron G, Kristen, Branden, Curtis, Rachel
11/12	rhetorical performance presentations	rhetorical performance presentations Colin, Kaylee, Nick, Annie, McKenzie, Alex, Amanda, Aaron W
11/14	rhetorical performance presentations	rhetorical performance presentations Chris, Mallory, Paul, Kowsar, Chelsea, Brian, Boe
week 13	In-Class Activity	Due
11/17	form groups, begin research	form groups, begin research BE THERE! MANDATORY!
11/19	pitch proposals	pitch proposals, proposal due
11/21	no class	no class. be thankful.
Thanksgiving Break--be thankful.
week 14	In-Class Activity	Due
12/1	formulate rubrics	formulate rubrics IN CLASS
12/3	review rubric	peer review of analysis rubric, rubric due
12/5	work time--course evals	work time--course evals BE THERE! MANDATORY!
week 15	In-Class Activity	Due
12/8	Final Project Presentation	Final Project Presentation 1: Boe, Aaron, Colin, Branden 2: Annie, Brian, Tasha, Rachel
12/10	Final Project Presentation	Final Project Presentation 1. Riley, Nick, Kaylee, Amanda, Kowsar 2. Darrin, Kenny, Jenae, Andrew 3. Mikael, McKenzie, Chris, Garrett
12/12	Final Project Presentation	Final Project Presentation 1. Eileen, Aaron, Paul, Chelsea 2. Tom, Candice, Danielle, Alex 3. Kristen, Mallory, Curtis, Blake

TURN IN FINAL REPORT, INCLUDING ANALYSIS SHEETS AND RHETORICAL TEXT, TO AVERY 309 BY 5PM ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 15