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Unit II: Proof – Argument – Literacy 

Project 2: Rhetorical Analysis Webtext

    warm-up ex­er­cises:
  • An­no­tated Bib­li­og­ra­phy due 21-Feb (in D2L)
  • Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis ex­er­cise due Sat 27-Feb


Week 7


M 22-Feb  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/steps, process, time­line for Project
    → be­gin­ning with an­a­lyz­ing one schol­arly ar­ti­cle for ob­ser­va­tions & ideas
     
  • con­tin­ued top­ics: iden­ti­fy­ing & defin­ing defin­ing In­for­ma­tion, Knowl­edge, Ex­per­tise, “Re­search,” Ar­gu­ment, Evidence/Proof in field/discipline
    → “dis­course com­mu­ni­ties” & rhetorical/written con­ven­tions



W 24-Feb hy­brid work :


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



F 26-Feb 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)…



    • » due (27-Feb) Ex­er­cise 3: Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis (of 1 schol­arly ar­ti­cle)

Specialized Discourse

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Unit II: Proof – Argument – Literacy 

Project 2: Rhetorical Analysis Webtext


Week 6


M 15-Feb Read: Homes (2015), “Be care­ful, your love of sci­ence looks a lot like re­li­gion” Quartz​.com
+ bring reading/text from an­other class (in your ma­jor)

  • fo­cus: as­sump­tions (or “givens”) of your dis­ci­pline?
    → ex­am­ple “Sci­en­tism” and/in the In­for­ma­tion Par­a­digm
     
  • re­view: An­no­tated Bib­li­og­ra­phy ob­jec­tives & process (Project 2 Ex­er­cise)
    — work on this all week
    (con­tinue search, browse, com­pile since Fri­day: on­line source/s for ex­pert info and/or com­mu­ni­ca­tion? plus texts rep­re­sen­ta­tive of field) → dis­cuss ben­e­fits of brows­ing (vs. search­ing)
  • question/topic (for Project): what is “re­search” in your field?
    — con­tin­ued topics/questions: defin­ing In­for­ma­tion, Knowl­edge, Ex­per­tise, Ar­gu­ment, Ev­i­dence


» CU Li­braries — Find Ar­ti­cles / Browse Data­bases



W 17-Feb hy­brid work :




F 19-Feb Dis­cuss: “dis­course com­mu­ni­ties,” dis­ci­pline con­ven­tions (rhetorical/written), sit­u­ated knowledge/information

  • Links be­low (op­tional re­sources; not re­quired read­ing)
     
  • ac­tiv­ity: A-Bib re­view & warm-up
    prepa­ra­tion: have/bring schol­arly ar­ti­cles (from re­search)



» due (02−21) Ex­er­cise 2: An­no­tated Bib­li­og­ra­phy

    look­ing ahead: Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis of one se­lected ar­ti­cle (Mon­day ac­tiv­ity)