ENG 1027  Honors Adv. Composition
Tentative Course Schedule
Spring 2023
MW 9:30-10:45

Week 1    Week 2    Week 3    Week 4    Week 5    Week 6    Week 7    Week 8

Week 9    Week 10    Week 11    Week 12    Week 13    Week 14    Week 15    Week 16


NOTE:  This schedule may change as needed.  Your presence in class ensures correct assignments


Week 1
M 1/9               Intro to Course; Review the Rhetorical Situation; 

                          HOMEWORK (Due 1/11):  
  •                 Review Syllabus and Complete quiz in Ulearn (see Week 1 folder)
  •                 Set up your blog; email Prof. Harmon web address to your page.  
  •                 Do Reader Response 1:  What is the author's overall claim?  It is 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?
                          Can you identify any logical fallacies here?



W 1/11​             Civil Discourse:  What is It?  Blog Post:  What thoughts or feelings came up 
                          for you as you read Kling's article?

                         HOMEWORK (Due 1/18): 

  •                 Do Reader Response 2: What is the author's overall claim? It is 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?
                         Can you identify any logical fallacies here?


Week 2
M 1/16             NO CLASS, MLK DAY



W 1/18            Discuss Downs; Group Work

                          HOMEWORK (Due 1/23):   
  •                 Do Reader Response 3, Baldwin: What is the author's overall claim? It is 
                         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
  •                 Can you identify any logical fallacies here?

Week 3
 M 1/23           COMPLETE ASSIGNMENT IN ULEARN AND ON BLOG;
                          Watch Intro to Rogerian Argument? (9 min).  Complete Discussion Board 
                          Post by End of Day (11:59pm); Instructions in Week 3 folder of ulearn (Colin
                          Kapernick protest);Write 2 pa.ge Rogerian response to those with opposing 
                          view;
                          Discuss Baldwin and Rogerian argument in Reflection that is Posted to 
                          your blog.  Instructions in  ulearn (post reflection to blog by 11:59pm 
                          tonight).

                          HOMEWORK (Due 1/25):
  •                Return to discssion board (Baldwin and Your Rogerian Approach; Respond   to the post of one other student (min. 200 words).
                         Audience(s), Purpose, and the Central Message at the beginning of next 
                         class

W 1/25            Jeffries Speech:  Discuss Message, Purpose, and Audience

                           HOMEWORK (Due 1/30):


Week 4
M 1/30             Discuss Rogerian Assignment; Practice Rogerian 

                           HOMEWORK (Due 2/1):
  •                  Work on First Draft of Rogerian Letter

W 2/1               Invention Work and Organizing Ideas

                           HOMEWORK (Due 2/6):
                         First Draft of Rogerian Letter Due; Upload to Ulearn AND Submit to 
                         Smarthinking; Draft must meet all minimum requirements


Week 5
M 2/6               First Version of Rogerian Letter Due;Why Critique? Critique Process; 
                          CONFERENCES

                          HOMEWORK (Due 2/8): 
  •                 Typed Peer Critique of Rogerian Letter (both parts); Submit BOTH PARTS
  •                 to Ulearn AS ONE MS WORD FILE
​                           feedback/report and your revision plan as ONE MS Word file to Ulearn in 
​                          the Week 5 folder
  •                Continue to revise Essay 1

W 2/8             CONFERENCES; Peer Critique

                          HOMEWORK (Due 2/13):
  •                 Revise Rogerian Letter
                
Week 6
M 2/13            CONFERENCES

                          HOMEWORK (Due 2/15):
  •                  Final Draft of Rogerian Letter Due with Reflection

W 2/15             Final Draft of Rogerian Letter Due with Reflection;


                          HOMEWORK (Due 2/20):                                                  

  •                 Read  Chapter 3 of Policiing The Crisis by Stuart Hall, "The Social       
                          Construction of News,"  pp. 53-74 (see week 6 folder of ulearn)
  •                 Reader Response 4:  What is Hall's primary argument about the social 
                         construction of the news that we consume as a culture?  What are the 
                         broader implications of his ideas for the media/news we conusme in 2023?


Week 7
M 2/20          Discuss "The Social Construction of News;" Discuss Media Analysis; Begin 
                         Thinking About Topic (2 stories about the same topic from two different 
                         media outlets)

                         HOMEWORK (Due 2/22):  
  •                Locate two news stories about the same subject (print or video) and bring 
                         these to class; Be prepared to discuss.



W 2/22          Library Instruction; CLASS MEETS AT LIBRARY COMPUTER LAB;
                         Continue Discussion,"The Social Construction of News;" Discuss News 
                         Examples

                          HOMEWORK (Due 2/27):
  •                Media Analysis Topic Proposal Due; submit to ulearn

Week 8
M 2/27           Media Analysis Topic Proposals Due;Workday for Annotated Bibliography;
                         DO NOT NEED TO MEET IN CLASSROOM

                          HOMEWORK (Due 3/1):    
  •                First Three Annotations Due



W 3/1             First Three Annotations Due; Do Invention Work for Article #1


                          HOMEWORK (Due 3/13):   


SPRING BREAK, MARCH 6-10, NO CLASSES​


Week 9
M 3/13             Final Three to Five Annotations Due; Do Invention Work for Article #2

                           HOMEWORK (Due 3/15):  
  •                 Begin work on first draft of Media Analysis


W 3/15              Organizing Ideas

                          HOMEWORK (Due 3/20):  
  • ​                 First Draft of Media Analysis Due (min. 6 FULL PAGEs, no more than 8 
                          FULL PAGES; Submit to ulearn and to Smarthinking 

F 3/17              LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM A COURSE

Week 10
​M 3/20             First Draft of Media Analysis Essay due; Why Critique? Exchange Papers


                          HOMEWORK (Due 3/22):   



W 3/22            Peer Critique; Conferences   

                          HOMEWORK (Due 3/27):   
  •                 Continue to Work on and Revise Media Analysis Essay

​Week 11               
M 3/27           Conferences
                         HOMEWORK (Due 3/29):  
  •                 Continue to Review Media Analysis Essay


W 3/29           Introduction to Evaluating/Methods of Evaluation; Preview Evaluation 
                          Essay   


                           HOMEWORK (Due 4/3):  
  •                   Final Draft of Media Analysis Essay Due with Reflection

Week 12  
M 4/3              Final Draft of Media Analysis Essay Due with Reflection;
                           Setup Group Documents on Google Drive; Choose Topic and Establish 
                          Criteria for the Evaluation; Choose Topic


                          HOMEWORK (Due 4/5):  
  •                  Finalize Topic with Group (and "research" topic first-hand). 


W 4/5              Workday for Group Essay

                          HOMEWORK (Due 4/10): 
  •                  Do Reader Response 5: Does the writer make a clear judgment and 
                          clearly argue which is "better?" Is the evidence convincing to you? Why​   
                           or why not? Did the writer include at least one positive and one 
                         negative for each item being evaluated? Does the writer always make clear 
                         value  judgments (what is "good" or "bad")?  Does the writer have clear 
                         criteria for the evalation?  What are their criteria?


Week 13
M 4/10         Workday for Group Essay

                          HOMEWORK (Due 4/12): 
  •                Do Reader Response 6: Does the writer make a clear judgment and 
​                          clearly argue which is "better?" Is the evidence convincing to you? Why​  
                        or why not? Did the writer include at least one positive and one
                        negative for each item being evaluated? Does the writer always make clear
                        value judgments (what is "good" or "bad")? Does the writer have clear
                        criteria for the evalation? What are their criteria?


W 4/12          Workday for Group Essay

                         HOMEWORK (Due 4/17):
  •                First Draft of Evaluation Due; upload one copy for group to ulearn
  •                Each group member also submits draft to Smarthinking tutor


Week 14
M 4/17           First Draft of Evaluation Due; Exchange for Peer Critique;
                         Workday for Group Essay

                           HOMEWORK (Due 4/19):
  •                Peer Critique (both parts) of partner's evaluation due; upload to ulearn
  •                Complete Smarthinking Report and Revision Plan, Evaluation Essay
  •                 Work on Portfolio

W 4/19           Work Day for Group Project; Compare ST Reports and make plans for 
                          revision; make sure portfolio pages visible to visitors

                           HOMEWORK (Due 4/24):
                          First full draft of Evaluation Due; one copy per group; everyone's
                          name on document; upload one copy to ulearn
                          Each group member uploads a copy of paper to Smarthinking


Week 15
M 4/24         Final Draft of Evluation Due with Reflection; submit one copy of essay for 
                       group; each student completes their own individual reflection and grades 
                       group members

                        HOMEWORK (Due 5/1):
  •              Course Portfolio Due by 12:30 pm on M 5/1; make sure pages, and content on
                       pages, are visible to professor

Week 16
M 5/1            Portfolio Due by 12:30pm