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FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 14 Last day for anything. I'll go over what I expect in your portfolios, we'll go over your grades thus far, and finish things up. Your portfolios are due next Tuesday in the box outside my office by 11:59pm.

FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 5 Your report is due, as well as your collaborative writing. I never gave you the handout for this third unit, but it is on the handouts page so I recommend that you look it over to see what I expect and how you will be graded. Also on Tuesday we will be "workshopping" with one another's work, so bring in a hard copy of every genre you have a draft of. Just bring the latest draft, whatever stage it is in.

FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 31 Keep working on all your genres. Bring them to me for feedback whenever you have them done. Bring with them the model you used (from your research) if you have one. By this time you will need to be writing consistently to get everything done on time.

FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 29 'FINAL EXERCISES' due Tuesday. Rough draft of Instructions due Tuesday. Please have determined what genre you want to work collaboratively with and have decided by Tuesday. Work on your personal reports for your portfolio. Rough drafts of them are due the following Tuesday (April 5), as is your Collaborative Paper (Unit 4).

FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 22 Please read Johnson (our green textbook), pages 287-292 and 306-316. Also read Keyes 109-118. Please read the Chapter 7 handout (on the wiki, Handouts page) and do exercises 2,5,6,and 7.

FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 17 Two letters for your portfolio are due: one is to be a Letter of Recommendation (sample on "handouts" page) and the other any kind of letter that fits the activity you pm which you have chosen to do your portfolio; the model for the second letter should come from the papers you collected from the person you interviewed. Feel free to either invent people or to use people you know as a model.

FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 15 DUE: Letter Writing Worksheet (on handouts page). Visual module due Thursday the 17th, as are your letters (letter of rec and one other)

FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 10 You will need to have your activity defined (and perhaps written up if you feel it makes things easier) and a memo drafted to whomever makes sense announcing the beginning of this activity.The activity should be a mirror of the activity you researched when you visited your professional. Also read Keyes 136-142 and Markel (on the "Handouts" page).

FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 8 Nothing is due (unless you're behind). Have a great break!

NO CLASS TODAY DUE TO ILLNESS. SO, FOR THURSDAY, FEB. 24 Today would have been group 2, but they will instead present on Thursday. All your research is due Thursday as well, and hopefully we'll have a few extra minutes to share. Please keep in mind that you are graded partly on having these things done on time. Several of you are very habitual about being late and are thus losing credit. The Moodle gradebook is current...

FOR TUESDAY, FEB. 22 Tuesday Group 2 will present, so be sure to read the Intro - 171-72 (bottom), Ornatowski - 174 (the problem) - (top) 179, Katz - 183 - (middle) 187, and Porter - 202-213. Also do the homework for both groups 1 and 2. (if you are unsure of the homework assignment, shoot an email to a group member).

FOR THURSDAY, FEB. 17 In class Tuesday we talked about your observation requirements: You must do a genre ecology of one activity and three genre life spans. If you missed class, you will not likely know what these are, so I suggest you talk to your peers. Also read Keyes pgs. 93-108 and do the activities at the end. Thursday will be Group 3's presentation, so be sure to have read Bernhart 232-(top) 234, 250-253.

FOR TUESDAY, FEB. 15 Nothing due. Be sure to get your reading done and have your presentations prepared. Of course your research projects are due soon as well, so maybe it's a good time for that interview!


 * IMPORTANT NOTE: NOT SURE WHY, BUT ONLY A FEW OF YOU HAVE "TURNED IN" (POSTED ON THEIR WIKI PAGE) THEIR PAPER. I DO NOT GIVE CREDIT FOR LATE ASSIGNMENTS LIKE THIS, SO YOU HAVE GOTTEN A ZERO IF I DON'T HAVE IT BY NOW (IT WAS DUE TUESDAY). NOT SURE WHY THIS HAS HAPPENED, BUT PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO DUE DATES AND MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR WORK DONE!**

FOR THURSDAY, FEB. 10 Read Keyes 29-58 and do the exercises at the end. Print out those last two pages of exercises to do and turn in. Group One (Adam, Autumn, and Brian) will present on Thursday. Please have your reading for their group (see below) done.

FOR TUESDAY, FEB. 8 Your short paper (see handout) is due. Also if I have not already approved your interview questions, they are also due for my approval. Here are the pages your peers would like you to read: (I made a few additions, so pay attention even to your own0.

Group 1/Chapter 3 Driskill - 105-109, 112-115 Katz - 122-126, 134-136 (Darlene), 145 Spilka - (bottom) 148-(top)155

Group 2/Chapter 4 Intro - 171-72, (bottom) Ornatowski - 174 (the problem) - (top) 179 Katz - 183 - (middle) 187 Porter - 202-213

Group 3/Chapter 5 Bernhart 232-(top) 234, 250-253

FOR THURSDAY, FEB. 3 Please read whatever you and your group agreed on you reading and be ready to explain it to your group. Also finish the Keyes2 homework if you have not yet done so and BRING IT TO CLASS. (Brian, your copy of this is pinned outside my office door).

FOR TUESDAY, FEB. 1 Your final draft of your paper for Unit One is due. Also be sure to bring your rough draft as well. You also need to have your letter approved by me and signed by Tuesday. If you missed class, please stop by my office or email me a copy of your letter so I can approve it. The Keyes 2 handout on Conciseness is also due. If you missed class, I have pinned the homework on the board outside my office.

So 3 things due Tuesday: 1) Your paper plus drafts 2) your Keyes 2 homework 3) a signed letter from your research person.

FOR THURSDAY, JAN. 27 Please complete the first part of your final paper: the rough draft, more academic, uses quotes, etc. Page 99 #1 in the textbook describes the assignment. Please bring a copy to class.

FOR TUESDAY, JAN. 25 Please read the article on the "readings" page of the wiki, Carolyn Miller's "Genre as Social Action." It is difficult, so jot down lots of questions and be prepared to answer them as well. Be sure to look over the Unit 1 handout ( on "handouts" page). If you missed class thursday, make sure your homework is posted to your personal wiki page or you get a zero. Write a draft of the letter you need for the person you will be interviewing. Be sure to include the reason for your visit, the things you will be asking them to do, and a plea for their permission. We will work on these in class Tuesday, so bring a digital copy of your letter to class.

FOR THURSDAY, JAN. 20 Please complete the "Nominalizations" handout (copy on "handouts" page of wiki if you were absent). Also Choose one "reptilian" example from the "samples" page and revise to eliminate wordiness and nominalizations. Read pgs. 59-65 in the Keyes text and do the exercises at the end. Read Fiagley's article in the textbook (pg. 47) and be prepared to discuss (I WILL call on everyone!).

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE HAD TROUBLE GETTING THE EBOOK: I contacted the seller and here is what she said to do:

Student should log in to paypal and "send money" to writers@writers-exchange.com for the amount of $5.95. In the comments section, if they need the pdf file sent to a different email address to the one they use for paypal, they should tell me their alternate email address. Otherwise, as soon as I get notification from paypal I will just email the pdf to the address in the paypal transaction. It would also be good to identify the book they want in the comment section too

Please do this pronto and let me know both if it does work and if it doesn't. Thanks for being patient.

FOR TUESDAY, JAN. 18 Finish "LRRH" and post on your personal wiki page. Read/annotate Foss, Foss, & Trapp in your textbook Read/annotate your section of Aristotle/Cicero (1:20-21, 2:22-23, 3:24-24, 4:25-27, 5:27-middle of 30, 6:Mid 30 - 32, 7: 33-34, 8:Ch. 2-36, 9: 37-39, 10: Cicero 40) Read Keyes - pg. 20. Do exercises on 27 and 28. Bring to class or post to wiki page. Find one "reptilian" sample. Post to Sample page on wiki (name document with your last name). Write down to turn in what you want to do for your professional portfolio. Begin Unit One paper 1: "To Me, Rhetoric Is..." with research of online definitions of rhetoric (BTW: the handout for Unit One is now up for your perusal)

(Whew! That sounds like a lot! Mostly little stuff though.)

FOR THURSDAY, JAN. 13 Nothing except getting your books. Here is the link to the online digital book: [] Let me know if you have trouble accessing it!