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Unit II: Proof – Argument – Literacy 

Project 2: Rhetorical Analysis Webtext

  • due 25-Oct (Reflec­tion due 26-Oct)

 
Week 9

M 10/19   Project Work­shop:

  • review: objec­tives, top­ics, strategies
     
  • Activity/focus: orga­ni­za­tion, arrangement/sections, outline
     
  • Pur­due OWL — Outlines
  • next steps: map/outline top­ics; begin drafting 

 
 
W 10/21   hybrid work :

  • Draft project sec­tions (web­text pages)
    → con­sult Design Guide page (if only before Fri­day workshop)

     

  • optional/bonus par­tic­i­pa­tion: dis­cuss (in brief com­ment below) rhetor­i­cal & com­pos­ing strate­gies for draft — espe­cially sections/topics (ratio­nale), address­ing imag­ined audi­ence, help­ful resources con­sulted, etc. 

 
 
F 10/23   Project Work­shop:

  • Web­text Draft due
    → for class activ­ity & peer review
     
    » Peer Review Guide — Google Doc
  • Focus: arrange­ment (text + media, pages), ana­lytic style, audi­ence considerations
     
    → also, web design (Wee­bly, Google Sites, Word­Press) strate­gies & dig­i­tal media troubleshoot/tech-support
     
  • Look­ing ahead: peer feed­back (VoiceThread memo optional for­mat) and revising/finalizing 

 
Project 2: Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis Webtext

  • Final ver­sion due 26-Oct (web­text pub­lished: post link on blog) 
  • Com­pos­ing sum­mary + Reflec­tion due 27-Oct 

 



 
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Information Paradigm

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Unit II: Proof – Argument – Literacy 

Project 2: Rhetorical Analysis Webtext

    warm-up exer­cise:
  • Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis exer­cise due Sat 10-Oct

 
Week 8

M 10/12   Dis­cuss: Vaid­hyanathan (2011): “The Googliza­tion of Knowl­edge: The Future of Books” (149−73) PDF (in D2L)

  • Focus: devel­op­ing Project 2 Web­text (col­lab­o­ra­tive pub­li­ca­tion: infor­ma­tion & argument)
  • watch video: Brain­Craft — “What is a Fact?” PBS Dig­i­tal Stu­dios (2015)

 
 
W 10/14   hybrid work :

  • read & dis­cuss: chap­ter from Day (2001), The Mod­ern Inven­tion of Infor­ma­tion (pp. 7–36) PDF in D2L 
  • Dis­cus­sion Prompts here
    • First com­ment: 2-part post.
    • Class­mate reply: brief response, thought­ful com­ment or question.

 
→ All week: con­tinue devel­op­ing ideas for project, notes & exam­ples for each issue/category…

    spe­cial­ized dis­course of your field/discipline in “Infor­ma­tion Paradigm” —
    Infor­ma­tion, Knowl­edge, Exper­tise, Research, Argu­ment, Evidence/Proof,
    Dis­course com­mu­ni­ties, and com­mu­ni­ca­tion con­ven­tions (rhetorical/written).

 

 
 
F 10/16   attend Con­fer­ence on Com­mu­nity Writing

  • Write optional blog for extra credit (200 words, informal)
    → dis­cuss one pre­sen­ta­tion, considering/addressing any top­ics from project/unit and focus this week: espe­cially dis­course com­mu­ni­ties and insti­tu­tions (“infor­ma­tion ecolo­gies”?); types of knowl­edge, infor­ma­tion circulation/spread; roles & dis­course aca­d­e­mic, pub­lic, professional/business, communal/social, hybrid 

 
 



 
 

Rhetorical Analysis

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Unit II: Proof – Argument – Literacy 

Project 2: Rhetorical Analysis Webtext

    warm-up exer­cises:
  • Anno­tated Bib­li­og­ra­phy due Sat 03-Oct
  • Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis exer­cise due Sat 10-Oct

 
Week 7

M 10/05   Activ­ity: Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis of selected article/source (from A-Bib)

  • focus: gen­er­at­ing insights and ideas for Project 2 through analysis
    → see guide PDF & page @ Silva Rhetor­i­cae
     
    *use arti­cle from A-Bib, or choose another for exercise
     
  • dis­cuss: stages, process, time­line for Project
     
  • con­tin­ued top­ics: iden­ti­fy­ing & defin­ing defin­ing Infor­ma­tion, Knowl­edge, Exper­tise, “Research,” Argu­ment, Evidence/Proof in field/discipline
    → “dis­course com­mu­ni­ties” & rhetorical/written conventions 

 
 
W 10/07   hybrid work :

 
→ con­tinue “step 1″ of rhetor­i­cal analy­sis through/for Friday…

 
 
F 10/02   Activ­ity: Exer­cise warm-up 

  • review/discuss: Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis objec­tives and strategies
    → tran­si­tion from ideas from analy­sis to pre­sent­ing crit­i­cal points for response (group/connect top­i­cally, with con­cise exam­ples and fram­ing language).
     
    plus, if time: iden­ti­fy­ing types of argument 
  • progress toward project: dis­cuss obser­va­tions about con­ven­tions, dis­course com­mu­nity, type/s of knowl­edge, and “infor­ma­tion par­a­digm” (worldview)… 

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    » due (10−10) Exer­cise 3: Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis (of 1 schol­arly article)