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FOR FRIDAY, DEC. 11 Finishing presentations. Be sure to get me your proof of publication and your visual argument!

FOR WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9 We will continue to do presentations. Please practice yours to keep it to 10 minutes so we can get done and not have to come back on finals day! Also please upload your visual argument to Moodle so I can grade it. If you do not upload it, I will give you a zero.

NO CLASS FRIDAY, DEC. 4 FOR MONDAY, DEC. 7 Portfolios with cover letters due! Please use the handouts: check off everything to be sure you don't miss little things. Be neat and tidy. Label everything clearly. Your visual arguments are also due; be prepared to present them in class. I will be available Thursday during my office hours if you need last minute help.

FOR WEDNESDAY. DEC. 2 Visual arguments due. You will be viewing and critiquing one another's work, so be sure to have a way to display your piece on one of the laptops in the classroom. Portfolios with cover letter are due one week from today, Dec. 7th.

FOR MONDAY, NOV. 30 No homework per se. But we will be doing one last round of editing. It is "expert day." Whatever style tool you presented, be prepared to read others' work and focus on your style tool. It will be a busy hour. Also bring all drafts for which you would like editing help. It's the last time you'll have help from the class. Wednesday your visual arguments are due. Then the following Monday your portfolios and cover letters are due. Handouts for EVERYTHING are on the handouts page, so there are no excuses. Have a wonderful break.

FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25 Last day absolutely that I will take drafts!! Bring drafts of everything back for editing work. Also bring back the essay you had to read.

FOR MONDAY, NOV. 23 We will be doing some editing work; please bring drafts of everything--the most recent ones.

FOR FRIDAY, NOV. 20 Nothing due in particular. Keep revising! We'll be working on your visual arguments.

FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18 Vocabulary 10 is due! It is your last (required) entry. Make it a great one. Keep drafting--next Wednesday is the last day I will take Unit 3 drafts!!!

FOR MONDAY, NOV. 16 Nothing specific due. But you should have a good idea of what you want your visual argument to be so that we don't waste time in class. If you have the urge to get ahead, start collecting images. And, of course--keep writing!!!!! (and editing).

FOR FRIDAY, NOV. 13 This is the very last day I will take any drafts from Unit 2: your rhetorical analysis of an article (paper 3) and your article based on your research (paper 4). Please get me these drafts!! We will begin our unit on visual argument.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE for next week. If you are not signed up, please add your name in a blank space. MONDAY NOV. 16 2:30 Mitch 2:45 Bridget 3:00 Montney 3:15 Calvin 3:30 Alaina 3:45 Elizabeth 4:00 Kelsey 4:15 Alycia 4:30 Sara

WEDNESDAY NOV. 18 2:30 Jenny 2:45 Josh 3:00 Kat 3:15 Lauren 3:30 Weston 3:45 Mike 4:00 Kate 4:15 4:30 Robert

FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11 Vocab 9 is due. We will be having a Style test on Wednesday. Please see the handouts page for samples. Practice practice practice! Also a reminder thta Friday is the last day I will take any drafts from Unit 2--your rhetorical analysis of an article and your article based on your research (Papers 3 & 4).

FOR MONDAY, NOV. 9 Keep drafting, rewriting, fine-tuning. We'll work on exam prep, so keep yourself honed in on style elements as well. Have fun and Be Safe! This is just so funny I can't keep it to myself. Yay for digital rhetoric! media type="youtube" key="BtUpnQDe9_U" height="344" width="425"

FOR FRIDAY, NOV. 6 Vocab due by midnight wed (due to little glitch earlier). For Friday bring copies for your group of Paper 4 (photo captioning essay). Also I will take any revisions of Papers 2,3, and 4.

FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4 Vocabulary 8 is due. Get started on your writing. Bring me drafts of #3 and #4!!

FOR MONDAY, NOV. 2 Please bring in photos, snapshots, pictures of yourself, family, friends, etc. They must be pictures you can tell a story about.

FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 30 Rough draft of paper #5 (visual analysis) is due. Bring copies for workshop. Remember: this is an analysis, not a description: think RHETORICALLY. Use the terms from the photo analysis handout or the film analysis Pp--keep your analysis focused. And you must have a THESIS as well. Also bring revisions of your rhetorical analysis of a magazine or newspaper article for me if you have them.

FOR WED. OCT. 28 Vocabulary #7 is due. Also please look through the PowerPoint on visual rhetoric (in "handouts") if you missed class. Begin writing your analysis--rough draft due Friday

FOR MON. OCT. 26 Please read the Unit 3 handout if you were absent. Bring a bunch of pictures, photographs, etc. to class. Have a great break.

FOR WED. OCT. 21 First rough draft of your newspaper or magazine article is due. Remember to use Word to its fullest potential by making it look just like it would in the mag. or news. Make sure you have headlines/titles, bylines, dates, press, pictures with captions, columns, etc. Vocabulary 6 is also due (remember to make good use of these fabulous words y'all are finding!)

FOR FRI. OCT 16 Please bring in an article--newpaper or magazine, whichever you're doing--that you think works as a good model for you. Also bring to class some piece of earlier writing you have done for this class--like paper one or two.

FOR WED. OCT 14 Please read the articles on the handout page. Then vote for "newspaper" or "magazine" and in the discussion thread explain your reasoning. Vocabulary 5 is due.

FOR MON. OCT. 12 No homework specifically. Keep working on your revisions. Have a fun and safe Homecoming!

FOR FRI., OCT. 9 Rough draft of paper 3 (rhetorical analysis) due!! Please bring three hard copies to class for your peers. A guideline to help you get through this is on the "handouts" page.

FOR WED. OCT 7 1. Proof of completed research due! Just something you can show me and I can check off to let me know you have it done. 2. Vocab. 4 is due. 3. Read the article "Mag or News" on the readings page and respond briefly on the discussion tab. 4. Keep in mind that your rhetorical analysis draft is due Friday so if you need to get started writing you'll want to do so.

FOR MON. OCT. 5 Please bring in Newspaper and Magazine articles for analysis, especially those that are from the venue in which you would like to publish. Your research needs to be complete and you cannot research until I have approved your research questions, so email them to me and I will make a point to check my email regularly and get back to you ASAP.

FOR FRI. OCT. 2 Please respond to both the Waters and Johnson articles "Watching TV" and "Life According to TV" in the discussion tab. Revisions of assignments 1 and/or 2 are due. We will be workshopping, so please bring to class extra copies of your revisions for students to work on and to turn in to me. The last day I will look at revisions of 1 and 2 is Fri, Oct 16 (2 weeks).

FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30 1) Vocabulary 3 due 2) Research proposals due: a topic, what research methods you plan to use, what questions you'll ask, and the ultimate answers you'd like to be able to discuss in the article you will eventually write. 3) Read and respond (one thread, not two) to Fowles and Calfee on the "Readings" page 4) Keep revising: drafts for peers and me of both papers 1 and 2 due Friday

FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 28 Three things: 1) Please fill out the workshop sheets for the two essays you got from your peers and be prepared for workshop on Monday. 2) Read Lasn's "The Cult You're In" on the readings page and respond under the discussion tab. 3) Have a topic for your research for me Monday as well (if you were absent, please read the Unit 2 handout). Also check out the revised schedule on the handouts page.

FOR FRIDAY, SEPT. 25 Please read "Captivity" and the student samples of segmented essays. Your rough draft of your segmented essay is due. Please bring three hard copies to class. We will begin Unit 2. Also do the little "surprise" exercise with a worn-out sentence. (Example:)

FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23file: Please finish reading your peers' essays and completing the worksheets. Be prepared to discuss your findings with the author. Also please read "The Pleasures of Surprise" by Arthur Plotnik and "The Search for Marvin Gardens" by John McPhee. There are several student sample segmented essays for you to peruse on the "Readings" page Vocabulary Two is due Wednesday.

FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 21 Please bring back to class your drafts and your worksheets. We'll have a short lesson then spend the rest of the time in workshop. Also read " " (when I get it up) and respond in the discussion tab.

FOR FRIDAY, SEPT. 18 Rough draft of 1st essay due. Please bring 3 hard copies to class. 2-3 pages (each, obviously). I have posted several "My Turn" essays on the "Readings" page for you to look at as samples of this genre. Keep the class theme of "Perspectives" in mind. The activity in class was meant to get you thinking about the ways people see you based on specific things.

Also read and respond to Selzer's "Brute" for Friday. (I'm having trouble finding a scanner--I'll post it as soon as I can. If it is not up by Thursday afternoon, you do not have to read and respond.)

FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16 Please post your 1st vocabulary word on the "Vocabulary" page Please read "When the Other Dancer is the Self" and respond in the discussion tab Please bring three items to class in a bag that you feel represent you (pictures of large items please).

FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 14 Please read "Living Like Weasels" by Annie Dillard (on the Readings page) and respond to the "discussion" post by me. Be sure NOT to start a new comment but to respond to mine or to others from the class. Print out Dillard's piece and bring it to class Monday.

FOR FRIDAY, SEPT. 11 Finish your wiki page: Brief bio, picture of you, link to outside website, video