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Paradigm Rhetoric

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Unit III: Experience – Affect – Electracy 

Project 3: Screen Self Portrait

» Part 1 (mul­ti­modal web­pages) due 24-Apr
— Part 2 (Poet­ics & Reflec­tion) due 25-Apr (Mon­day night)
 


Week 16

M 25-Apr Dis­cuss: Project 3 out­comes and in­sights

  • Part 2: Sum­mary & Reflec­tion — due Mon­day night
     


    • » look­ing ahead: com­plet­ing revi­sion of project 2 for port­fo­lio (op­tional)




W 27-Apr hy­brid work  Blog En­try + Dis­cus­sion

  • due class time: blog en­try (200 words, infor­mal dis­cus­sion; me­dia, any form); 
    → see prompts be­low (choose 1)
     
  • Dur­ing class time: in com­ments be­low, post link; read classmate(s) en­try and dis­cuss
     
  • op­tional par­tic­i­pa­tion: com­pose re­ply to classmate’s en­try 

    → prepa­ra­tion for Fri­day:
    re­view syl­labus for course goals (and “Inter­est Inven­tory” memo?) + all course work + com­pile links (and screen­caps?)



F 29-Apr Last Class — Salu­ta­tions!

  • Dis­cuss: Port­fo­lio Reflec­tion (Exer­cise 5)
     
    → tuto­r­ial: con­vert­ing Word­Press site to sta­tic port­fo­lio (op­tional)
     


» op­tional: re­vised project + revis­ing memo/summary

    Revi­sion Memo (2−3 para­graphs): iden­tify spe­cific changes and com­pos­ing strate­gies, as well as how improv­ing the effectiveness/outcomes to­ward the par­tic­u­lar objec­tives — and any in­sights or self-assessment con­se­quently.
    → post memo file in D2L 


» Due (S 04/30): Port­fo­lio Re­flec­tion
— post doc (or link to screen­cast) in D2L
 







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Rhetorical Analysis

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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)