Rhetoric 1302

Instructor: Stephanie Wooten

Office Hours: M&W 10-11a.m. or by appointment

Extension x2018

There will be various methods used to help you learn how to become critical thinkers and affective writers (of an argument): Reading essays, class discussions, research, visual designs, peer writings and critiques, in class writing assignments and exercises, and one on one conferencing with me.

ESSAY #1: 2-3 pages 10% of grade

ESSAY #2: 4-5 pages 15% of grade

ESSAY #3: 5-6 pages 20% of grade

ESSAY #4: 7-8 pages 25% of grade

QUIZES/HOMEWORK/JOURNALS = 10%

PARTICIPATION & ATTENDANCE = 20%

Essays will be turned in at the beginning of class on the date they are DUE. (Your papers will be considered one day late if you are more than 15 min. late to class the day a paper is due) LATE PAPERS WILL BE MARKED 1/3 LETTER GRADE FOR EACH DAY IT IS LATE UNTIL THE PAPER IS RECEIVED. I strongly suggest your papers be given directly to me; I assume no responsibility for papers left in my box. When turning in an essay, all preparatory work involved in the writing process must be included in order to receive a grade. Quizzes will be random and unannounced. You can NOT make up a quiz if you are absent. However, two quiz grades will be dropped at the end of the semester.

Because of the large amount of work we will be doing in class, participation is crucial. You should obviously attend every class, and be on time (see tardy policy). If you are absent it is YOUR responsibility to check with a classmate or the instructor to address any work you may have missed. If you fail to attend more than 5 classes you may be asked to drop the course.

Since attendance is a percentage of your final grade, 3 or more absences will directly affect your grade.

Tardiness is unacceptable. Class will begin at the scheduled time. Tardiness is considered a great disruption to any college course and should be avoided. If your schedule necessitates tardiness, that schedule must be corrected! Should you be late for more than 2 classes, you may attend class, but you will be marked absent.

Plagiarism is the presentation of another person’s work as your own, whether you mean to or not: copying or paraphrasing passages from another writer’s work without acknowledging that you have done so is plagiarism. Allowing another author (student, parent, etc.) to write any part of your essay is also considered plagiarism. If an essay is brought into question by an instructor as a plagiarized work, the student may face an academic hearing as well as failing the course.

• Your texts have sections in them on acceptable methods of quotations, paraphrasing, and citation of sources.

All papers are to be double-spaced, 12point font, and in MLA style (examples of MLA are in both of your texts).

A 4-5 page inquiry paper. Argue your opinion of immigration using the three essays we have read in Chapter 10 on immigration. For example essays see Chapter 4 in Aims, "Inquiring Into a Range of Positions" (54-56).

5-6 pages (Due in my office by 9:00am) Using 3 sources (1 Internet source, 1 book, and 1 journal – not an on line journal) An argument to convince using Jim Square’s "The impossibility of Fairness," (Aims 561) or W. Lance Bennett’s "Escaping the News Prison: How People See Beyond the Walls," (Aims 568). You may use personal experience, See page 98 in Aims – "What Counts as Evidence?"

7-8 pages. Staying within the context of Race and Class, write a persuasive essay on race, class and the public school system, using any of the essays in Chapter 16 in Aims and personal experience to support your argument.

Aug. 23 Introduction

Aug. 25 Chapter 1, Aims

*Key Terms

Aug. 28 In Class writing

Aug. 30 Chapter 2, Aims

*Reading an Argument

Sept. 1 Chapter 3, Aims

*Toulmin Method

Sept. 4 NO CLASS

Sept. 6 "Lifeboat Ethics and Immigration Fears," Aims p320

"The Boarder Patrol State," Aims p331

Sept. 8 Complete Assignment #1

Sept. 11 Essay #1 Due

Sept. 13 Chapter 4, Aims

*Preparing to Write-Questioning arguments

*Arguing to Inquire

Sept. 15 Chapter 4, Aims

*Preparing to Write-Questioning arguments

*Arguing to Inquire

*Formulating Arguments

Sept. 20 Read 4 Larry King Interviews, Aims p. 705

Sept. 22 Chapter 29 & 30, New Century Handbook

*Sent. Fragments, Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences

Sept. 25 Essay #2 Due

Sept. 27 Editing and Proofreading: Appendix A, Aims

*Arguing to Convince

Sept. 29 Chapter 40 & 41, New Century Handbook

*Avoiding Biased Language

*Choosing the Right Word

Oct. 2 Assignment #3: Group Discussion and Essay

Oct. 4 Continue Assignment #3

Oct. 6 Chapter 9, Aims

*Researching Arguments

Oct. 9 2^nd Draft 2^nd Essay Due

*Using Sources

*MLA Style

Oct. 11 "In All Fairness," Aims p. 554

"What is News," Aims p. 546

"The Impossibility of Fairness," Aims p. 561

Oct. 13 Cont. Assignment #4

Oct. 16 Conferencing

Oct. 20 Conferencing

Oct. 23 Essay #3 Due

Peer Editing

Oct. 25 Assignment # 5: analyzing visual texts.

*Rhetorical functions of images

Oct. 29 Chapter 8, Aims

*Image and Argument Visual Rhetoric

Oct. 30 Visual Rhetoric Project

Nov. 1-3 Visual Rhetoric Project

Nov. 6 2^nd Draft 3^rd Essay Due

Nov. 8 In Class Writing

Nov. 10 In Class Writing

Nov. 13 Chapter 6, Aims

*Arguing to Persuade

Nov. 15 "Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education," Aims p. 655

"The Recoloring of Campus Life," Aims p. 662

Class Discussion

Nov. 17 Conferencing

Nov. 20&22 Conferencing

Nov. 24 NO CLASS Thanks giving Holiday

Nov. 27 Essay #4 Due

Peer Editing

Revisions of papers

Nov. 29 Wrap Up

*This syllabus is subject to change according to the needs of the class.