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Unit 1: Conventions of Academic Writing (4 weeks)

August 28 (Wednesday): Introductions and Syllabus

Introductions to each other and the course

September 2 (Monday)

Labor Day, no class

September 4 (Wednesday): Language and Power

Readings Due
McGuigan Sections 1 and 3 (PDF under “Files” in the Course Group for those who don’t have the book)
“Hyperbole” and “Understatement” (either in McGuigan or on Silva Rhetoricae)
Weapons of Math Destruction Introduction

Assignments Due
“Yourself as Reader and Writer” (1-2 pages, emailed to me)
Take the “Which English?” quiz and New York Times Dialect quiz. Write down or screenshot your answers.

September 5 (Real Life Thursday, CUNY Monday): Language and Power

Readings Due
“Should Writer’s Use They Own English?” by Vershawn Ashanti Young (PDF)

Assignments Due
Hyperbole and Understatement Examples

September 9 (Monday): Principles of Academic Writing

Readings Due
“Litotes” and “Antithesis” (McGuigan or Silva Rhetoricae)
Weapons of Math Destruction Chapter 1

September 11 (Wednesday): WordPress Training and Portfolio Discussion

Readings Due
Weapons of Math Destruction Chapter 2

Assignments Due
Litotes and Antithesis Examples

September 16 (Monday): Beginning Paper 1

Readings Due
“Hypophora” and “Rhetorical Question” (McGuigan or Silva Rhetoricae)
Weapons of Math Destruction Chapter 3

September 18 (Wednesday): Writing Workshop

Readings Due
“Shitty First Drafts”

Assignments Due
Hypophora and Rhetorical Question Examples
“This I No Longer Believe” Partial Draft Due

September 23 (Monday): Writing Workshop

Readings Due
“Protcatalepsis” and “Distinctio” (McGuigan or Silva Rhetoricae)
“Summary of Kinds of Responses” by Peter Elbow (PDF)

Assignments Due
“This I No Longer Believe” Full First Draft Due

September 25 (Wednesday): Playing with Genre, Style, and Audience

Readings Due
Weapons of Math Destruction Chapter 4

Assignments Due
Procatalepsis and Distinctio Examples
“This I No Longer Believe” Final Draft

September 30 (Monday)

Rosh Hashanah, no classes

Unit 2: Rhetorical Principles (2 weeks)

October 2 (Wednesday): The Rhetorical Triangle

Readings Due
“Allusion” (McGuigan or Silva Rhetoricae)
“How To Teach a Child to Argue” (PDF)

October 7 (Monday): Domains of Rhetoric

Readings Due
Weapons of Math Destruction Chapter 5

Assignments Due
Allusion Examples

October 9 (Wednesday)

Yom Kippur, no class
**We have several days off from class, so please be aware that you have an assignment due (final project proposal) the first day we’re back from our break**

October 14 (Monday)

Indigenous Peoples’ Day, no class– However, you do have homework this weekend.

Readings Due:
“Metaphor” and “Analogy” (McGuigan or Silva Rhetoricae)

Assignments Due:
Analysis of an Ad Original Posts Due

October 16 (Real Life Wednesday, CUNY Monday)

CLASS CANCELLED, Olivia out of town for a conference

Readings Due:
Weapons of Math Destruction Chapters 6 and 7

Assignments Due:
Metaphor and Analogy Examples
Analysis of an Ad Responses Due

Unit 3: Algorithms and Society Research Project (6 weeks)

October 21 (Monday): Proposal Sharing and Refinement

Readings Due
“Climax” and “Anadiplosis/Conduplicatio” (McGuigan or Silva Rhetoricae)
Weapons of Math Destruction Chapter 8

Assignments Due
Proposals for Final Project

October 23 (Wednesday): Midterm Check-In and Your Rhetorical Toolkit

Readings Due
“Metabasis” (McGuigan or Silva Rhetoricae)

Assignments Due
Climax and Anadiplosis/Conduplicatio Examples

October 28 (Monday): Research Skills

Readings Due
“Exemplum” and “Parallelism/Chiasmus” (McGuigan or Silva Rhetoricae)
Weapons of Math Destruction Chapter 9

October 30 (Wednesday): Researching and Prewriting

Readings Due
Weapons of Math Destruction Chapter 10

Assignments Due
Exemplum and Parallelism/Chiasmus Examples

November 4 (Monday): Data Collection Mini-Project

Readings Due
“Parenthesis” and “Apostrophe” (McGuigan or Silva Rhetoricae)
“The Data-Driven Life”

November 6 (Wednesday): Citing

Assignments Due
Parenthesis and Apostrophe Examples

November 11 (Monday): Our Data

**bring laptop/tablet/smartphone to class if possible**

Readings Due
“Enumeratio” and “Antanagogue” (McGuigan or Silva Rhetoricae)

November 13 (Wednesday)

**Class Cancelled While Olivia is at a Conference**

Assignments Due
Data Collection Mini-Project
Enumeratio and Antanagogue Examples

November 18 (Monday): Making Our Sources Talk To Each Other

Assignments Due
Annotated Bibliography Due

November 20 (Wednesday): Persuasive Writing

Readings Due
MLK, “Beyond Vietnam” (Online)

Assignments Due
Outline for Final Project

November 25 (Monday): Writing Workshop

Readings Due
Asyndeton/Polysyndeton and Synecdoche/Metonymy (McGuigan or Silva Rhetoricae)

Assignments Due
Final Paper Partial Draft

November 27 (Wednesday): Writing Workshop

Assignments Due
Asyndeton/Polysyndeton and Synecdoche/Metonymy Examples
Final Paper Full Draft

Unit 4: Reflecting and Sharing (2 weeks)

December 2 (Monday): Revisiting Academic Writing

Reading Due
“Anaphora/Epistrophe/Symploce” (McGuigan or Silva Rhetoricae)
Weapons of Math Destruction Conclusion

December 4 (Wednesday): Where Are We Now?

Readings Due
Weapons of Math Destruction Afterword

Assignments Due
Anaphora/Epistrophe/Symploce Examples
**FINAL PAPER FINAL DRAFT DUE**

December 9 (Monday): Presentations (Group 1)

December 11 (Wednesday): Presentations (Group 2)

December 16 (Monday)

This is the day scheduled as our final exam period. We will not meet unless we need to make up a class period due to weather or another reason. However, I will be on-campus to meet with students if you wish.

***Assignments Due: FINAL PORTFOLIO***