Unit II: Proof – Argument – Literacy
Project 2: Rhetorical Analysis Webtext
- *reminder: Project 1
due M 08-Feb: Video (class-time) & Summary (9pm on blog)
Week 5
M 08-Feb Discuss: Project 1 outcomes + Unit 2 topics & goals
- focus: insights from video about belief-story mode (for reflection blog entry);
about public/social genre/mode — audience — circulation (publish to site/social media?)
- (new unit topic) Rhetorical Analysis of Discipline Communication; Project 2
—starting point: “sketch” of your major/field (initial/current view of discipline, information, specialized discourse)
Blog Entry: Project 1 Reflection
- 200 words, informal; due Tuesday 09-Feb (9pm)
- suggested: share your video online (your choice) for more specific discussions of public/social conventions, audience, circulation
» Prompt: reflect upon Unit 1 & Project 1 and discuss your insights from creating your video (and considering publishing online for public audiences). Address any/all topics we have discussed: what you’ve learned about the connection of belief and story (as a paradigm and a mode of communication); conventions of narrative, particularly as a public/social genre (in terms of language/style) and as a networked/online form (perhaps with unexpected viewers and circulation?); how viewers might respond to your video (comment, share, tell you a personal story, create their own) — especially considering how you’ve conveyed the belief/value through narrative and rhetorical choices for this project. Be sure to note at least one point of “takeaway” from the unit, concerning belief as a form of knowledge and narration as a distinct mode of communication.
W 10-Feb hybrid work:
- watch Unit Overview Video
- Discussion in comments below:
share your initial “Field Sketch” (brief list + media)
and online source in/for your discipline (find + follow)
— classmate reply: compare/contrast (points of distinction or similarity)
*Note: you might additionally reply to a classmmate’s blog entry, with a short comment on their post (optional / extra participation credit) - preparation for Friday: identify representative/recent reading & assignment from your major (another course) — to bring/reference in discussion next class
F 12-Feb Read for discussion: Ouellette, “Veni, Vidi, Wiki: Expertise as Knowledge and a Technocratic Generation” Reconstruction 10.2 (2010)
- Focus: “expertise,” rhetorical conventions, & “information” of (your) field
— use/reference major-course reading/book and assignment as examples
- looking ahead: begin compiling/browsing (research) for Annotated Bibliography (due 02/21) — first exercise/component of Project 2