ENG 1027 Honors Adv. Composition
Tentative Course Schedule
Spring 2024
MW 9:30-10:45, AC 532
NOTE: This schedule may change as needed. Your presence in class ensures correct assignments
ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE BY THE BEGINNING OF OUR CLASS MEETING TIME (9:30AM)
Week 1
M 1/8 Intro to Course; Review the Rhetorical Situation; Purpose and Audience;
Blog Post: What is Argument?
HOMEWORK (Due 1/10):
- Review Syllabus and Complete quiz in Ulearn (see Week 1 folder)
topics there that interest you. Locate one article that you'd like to examine
in more detail. Carefully read it and annotate it and then do Reader
Response 1.
stated or inferred? What is their strongest piece of evidence that supports
their overall claim? What is the weakest? Why do you think so? Is this
author credible and is their a strong appeal to ethos? Why or why not (do
research if necessary)? Is there an appeal to pathos? If so, is it strong or
weak? Why? If there a strong or weak appeal to logos? Why or why not?
Can you identify any logical fallacies here?
- Bring 2 Discussion Questions to Class
W 1/10 Share Article Analysis with Class
HOMEWORK (Due 1/17):
topics there that interest you. Locate one article that you'd like to examine
in more detail. Carefully read it and annotate it and then do Reader
Response 2. Article can be same topic as last class but doesn't have to be.
stated or inferred? What is their strongest piece of evidence that supports
their overall claim? What is the weakest? Why do you think so? Is this
author credible and is their a strong appeal to ethos? Why or why not (do
research if necessary)? Is there an appeal to pathos? If so, is it strong or
weak? Why? If there a strong or weak appeal to logos? Why or why not?
Can you identify any logical fallacies here?
- Be prepared to present article content to class.
Week 2
M 1/15 NO CLASS, MLK DAY
W 1/17 Share Article Analysis with Class
HOMEWORK (Due 1/22):
topics there that interest you. Locate a third article that you'd like to
examine in more detail. Carefully read it and annotate it and then do
Reader Response 3. Article can be same topic as last class but doesn't have
to be.
directly stated or inferred? What is their strongest piece of evidence that
supports their overall claim? What is the weakest? Why do you think so? Is
this author credible and is their a strong appeal to ethos? Why or why not
(do research if necessary)? Is there an appeal to pathos? If so, is it strong
or weak? Why? If there a strong or weak appeal to logos? Why or why not?
- Submit to Ulearn: See Week 2 folder
- Be prepared to present article content to class.
Week 3
HOMEWORK (Due 1/24):
Complete informal Rogerian assignment and post to your blog and
complete discussion board in ulearn by 11:59pm on Friday, 1/26).
HOMEWORK (Due 1/29):
Week 4
M 1/29 CLASS MEETS AT LIBRARY COMPUTER LAB; Time to gather sources?
HOMEWORK (Due 1/31):
- Work on First Draft of Rogerian Letter
W 1/31 Invention Work and Organizing Ideas
HOMEWORK (Due 2/5):
tutor.com; Draft must meet all minimum requirements
Week 5
CONFERENCES
HOMEWORK (Due 2/7):
- Typed Peer Critique of Rogerian Letter (both parts); Submit BOTH PARTS
- to Ulearn AS ONE MS WORD FILE
feedback/report (overview and draft with comments) and your revision
plan as ONE MS Word file to Ulearn in the Week 5 folder
- Continue to revise Essay 1
W 2/7 NO CLASS HARMON AT CONFERENCE; Complete Peer Critique with
HOMEWORK (Due 2/12):
Week 6
HOMEWORK (Due 2/14):
- Final Draft of Rogerian Letter Due with Reflection
HOMEWORK (Due 2/19):
overall claim? It is directly stated or inferred? What is their strongest
piece of evidence? Is this author credible and is their a strong appeal to
ethos? Why or why not? Is there an appeal to pathos? If so, is it strong
or weak? Why? If there a strong or weak appeal to logos? Why or why not?
- Annotated Bibliography Due
Week 7
Paper
HOMEWORK (Due 2/21):
W 2/21 Discussion (Structuring the Evidence of Position Paper); Rebutttal;
Constraints; Backing
HOMEWORK (Due 2/26):
- Position Paper Outline due; Submit to Ulearn
Week 8
M 2/26 Discuss Outlines
HOMEWORK (Due 2/28):
Upload to ulearn and to tutor.com
W 2/28 First Draft of Position Paper Due; Exchange for Peer Critique; Why
Critique? Critique Process
HOMEWORK (Due 3/11):
- Complete Peer Critique of Partner's Essay (both parts as discussed in
class); upload both steps to ulearn as one MS Word document.
Complete Tutor.com Report and Revision Plan
SPRING BREAK, MARCH 4-8, NO CLASSES
Week 9
M 3/11 Peer Critique, Position Paper; Conferences
HOMEWORK (Due 3/13):
W 3/13 Conferences
HOMEWORK (Due 3/18):
- Final Draft of Position Paper due with Reflection
Week 10
M 3/18 No Regular Class Meeting; Complete the folowing in Ulearn instead:
Watch Understanding MLA (part 1 and part 2) and complete Understanding
MLA Notes (600 words min.) and Quiz in ulearn (week 10 folder); Due
before 11:59pm TODAY
HOMEWORK (Due 3/20):
- Complete MLA Notes (min. 600 words) and upload to ulearn
- Complete Most Common Citations Quiz
W 3/20 Group Work/Discussion: Practicing MLA
HOMEWORK (Due 3/25):
- Review example social media campaign (week 10 folder) and do Reader
Who is the author's intended audience (think demographics,
values/beliefs, etc.)? How do you know? What is the author's
overall claim? It is directly stated or inferred? What is their strongest
piece of evidence? Is this author credible and is their a strong appeal to
ethos? Why or why not? Is there an appeal to pathos? If so, is it strong
or weak? Why? If there a strong or weak appeal to logos? Why or why not?
Week 11
M 3/25
Final Draft of Position Paper due with Reflection; Reader Response 5 due
by 11:59pm today;
Assign Groups; Set up
group documents and work on campaign proposal (choose a topic, choose a
specific audience, think about message of each post, order of each post,
images that will be used, etc.); Discuss Social Media Campaign Assignment
HOMEWORK (Due 3/27):
W 3/27 Continue to work on campaign proposal (message of each post, order of
posts, images that will be used, etc.)
HOMEWORK (Due 4/1):
- Work on group project proposal
Week 12
M 4/1 Group Project Proposal due; Workday for group project (Posts 1 and 2)
HOMEWORK (Due 4/3):
W 4/3 Workday for Group Project (Posts 3 and 4)
HOMEWORK (Due 4/8):
Week 13
M 4/8 Workday for Group Project (Post 5) and finalizing first draft
HOMEWORK (Due 4/10):
- First Draft of Group Project (Social Media Campaign) due; upload to ulearn
as a MS Word document; one for group; each group member's name on
document.
W 4/10 Exchange drafts for peer critque (someone not in your group); why critique?
HOMEWORK (Due 4/15):
- Complete critique of partner's social media campaign; upload completed
critque to ulearn
Week 14
M 4/15 Discuss Peer Critique
HOMEWORK (Due 4/17):
- Revise Social Media Campaign
W 4/17 Work on Video Reflections
HOMEWORK (Due 4/22):
- Final Draft of Group Project (Social Media Campaign) Due; one copy per
group; everyone's name on document; upload one copy to ulearn
F 4/23 LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM A COURSE
Week 15
M 4/22 Final Draft of Group Project Due with video reflection; submit one copy of
social media campaign for group; each student completes their own
individual video reflection and grades group members in reflection
HOMEWORK (Due 4/29):
- Course Portfolio Due by 12:30 pm on M 4/29; make sure pages, and content
- on pages, are visible to professor
Week 16