Monday

1/4
Still winter break stay home

Wednesday
1/6
Introductions: 1. Teacher; 2.
Students; 3. Big Overview of
Course; 4. Canvas
Classwork: Discussion on
participation
Classwork: Community of
Practice discussion and writing.
Whats next: Read the
Syllabus and prepare for
Tellbacks; Office visit

1/11
Due: Upload & bring to class 3
Pondering Questions about the
online reviews (linked from the
Canvas Calendar.
Discussion: Track the moves
in the review. What do they all
do similarly? Differently?
(Moves! Not content,
necessarily)
Classwork: Write a 300-word
review of this classroom in
terms of its use for English
101. Write this in pairs and
write it for students who will
take 101 soon.
Discussion: What moves do
we hear in the classroom
reviews? How do our
stakeholders (i.e. incoming
students) impact the review?
Whats next: Read the
Review assignment on Canvas
and come with one written,
good question about the
project.

1/18
MLK Day dont come to class

1/13
Assign and Work Through:
The Review Project
Discussion: Addressing your
questions
Discussion: Taking an Angle.
Discussion: Structure a review
together. What do we need to
know? (Whos it for? In what
contexts will it be read? What is
the goal of the review. This is
all about seeing a possible
structure.)
Classwork: Block out and
write about a possible structure
for your own review.
Discussion: In small groups,
restructure everybodys review.

Friday
1/8
Discussion: Syllabus
Tellbacks
Discussion: Finding your
place. Deep Mapping of place.
Classwork: Writing about a
place and the Website Portfolio
on Weebly.
Discussion: What do we
already know about a review?
Whats next: Read online
reviews linked on the Canvas
Calendar.
DUE: Upload & bring to class 3
Pondering Questions.
1/15
Due: Draft of the Review
(upload to Canvas and bring a
hard copy to class)
Due: Website Portfolio Entry
#1 (upload link to Canvas)
Discussion: Design, Contrast,
Alignment, Repetition, and
Proximity
Discussion: Student Samples
with Review Rubric
Classwork: Merry-Go-Round
peer responses
Whats next:
DUE: 2nd Draft of the Review
(upload to Canvas and make
sure you have digital access to
a copy for Wednesdays lab).

Sign up for Conferences

Whats Next:
DUE: Draft of the review
(upload to Canvas and bring a
hard copy to class)
DUE: Website Portfolio Entry
#1 (upload link to Canvas)
1/20
Due: 2nd Draft of the Review
(upload to Canvas and make
sure you have digital access to
a copy for Wednesdays lab).
Classwork: Practicing
Cohesion with attention to
one-point-in-one-paragraph,
Aligning the Subjects, and the

1/22 LAB DAYRESERVE!

Due: The Review of a local
place
Due: The Rhetorical
Assessment of the Final
Review (upload to Canvas).
Due: Website Portfolio Entry
#2
Assign and Work Through:

Know/New method.
Classwork: Peer review with
attention to cohesion
Whats Next:
DUE: The Final Review (upload
to Canvas).
DUE: The Rhetorical
Assessment of the Final Review
(upload to Canvas).
DUE: Website Portfolio Entry
#2

Revising the Review for

publication online via
Medium.com (What will you
have to change? Why? Who do
you imagine will be interested
in reading your Review? How
will the design change and
why?)
Assign and Work Through:
Rhetorical Assessment of
revised draft for Medium.com
Discussion/Classwork:
Anticipating Objections with
the So What in terms of an
audience on the web.
Classwork: Letter of Revision
Intentions. Find and frame two
revisions youll be working on
in order to publish the Review
to Medium. How and why are
you going to make these
changes?
Preview: Mondays readings

1/25
Due: Revision of Review
Published to Medium (upload
link on Canvas).
Due: Rhetorical Assessment of
Revised Draft for Medium.com
(uploaded to Canvas)
Due: Upload and bring to
class a one-paragraph
summary & 3 Pondering
Questions of Staehelis
Place in A Companion to
Political Geography.
Discussion: What is a
conceptualization and how
does it work in this Place?
Whats Staeheli doing with her
concepts?

1/27
Discussion: More work with
Staeheli.
Classwork: The Four Rules of
Improv and improvs notion of
the Prepared Mind in
connection with writing.
Discussion: What is a
podcast? (Aims, Methods,
Materials). Listen to Yes, And
podcast and reverse
engineer how it works.
Whats Next:
DUE: Website Portfolio Entry
#3 (connected to one or more
of Staehelis

Whats Next:
DUE: Revision of Review
Published to Medium (upload
link on Canvas).
DUE: Rhetorical Assessment
of Revised Draft for
Medium.com (uploaded to
Canvas)
Please Read: Place in A
Companion to Political
Geography posted on the
Canvas Calendar. Upload and
bring to class a oneparagraph summary & 3
Pondering Questions.
1/29
Due: Website Portfolio Entry
#3 (connected to one or more
of Staehelis
conceptualizations).
Due: Listen to a podcast from
Radiotopia. Post the link and a
brief summary on the Podcast
Discussion Board.
Classwork: Introduce Aims,
Methods, and Materials and
then listen together to a
podcast and reverse
engineer how it works to ask
questions about a space
without really answering them.
How do questions drive this
podcast?

Classwork: Pondering
Questions with Place. How is
your place like one or more of
Staehelis conceptualizations?

conceptualizations).
DUE: Listen to a podcast from
Radiotopia. Post the link and a
brief summary on the Podcast
Discussion Board.

Whats Next:
Look ahead to
Wednesday/Friday workload

Classwork: Anecdotes,
reflection, and questions. Work
on Developing Good Questions
Whats Next:
Please Read: Instructional
Screencasts for how to use
Garage Band and Audacity
(theyre linked from the
Canvas Calendar).
DUE: Qualifying Your
Topic/Angle (upload to Canvas
and bring a hard copy to class)
2/5
Due: Website Portfolio Entry
#4
Due: Revised Script

2/1
Due: Qualifying Your
Topic/Angle (please upload this
assignment to Canvas and
bring a hard copy to class.)

2/3
Due: Very rough script that
begins to structure your
podcast. Please make sure you
bring a copy to class.

Classwork: Working from a

So What toward a framing
question(s) for your podcast.

Classwork: Perform your

script as it is so far with others.
Its not done so youll have to
work with the rules of improv.

Classwork: Listening to
written language. Group up
and pick two good size
segments of your script to try
and record.

Classwork: Revise and rewrite

your script.

Discussion: Whats got to

change and why?

Discussion: How to work with

your sources, both textual and
verbal, in your script.

Classwork: Letter of Revision

Intentions. Well write them in
class.

Whats Next:
DUE: Very rough script that
begins to structure your
podcast (upload to canvas and
bring a hard copy to class).

Whats Next:
DUE: Website Portfolio Entry
#4
DUE: Revised Script.
Bring to class any rough
recording equipment you might
have (e.g. your phone, and
small digital recorder, laptop,
etc.) Were not making the
podcast, were practicing
transforming written language
into recorded language.

Whats Next:
DUE: Final Script WITH
annotations.
DUE: Lists of the questions
youre chasing in the podcast,
the concerns you still have
(that are something other than
technical), and what you are
finding most exciting (upload
to Canvas and bring a
hardcopy to class).

2/8
Due: Final Script WITH
annotations. Due: Lists of the
questions youre chasing in the
podcast, the concerns you still
have (that are something
other than technical) what you
are finding most exciting
(upload to Canvas and bring a
hard copy to class)

2/10
Due: Presentation of podcast
trailers.

2/12
Due: Website Portfolio Entry
#5

Whats Next:
DUE: Website Portfolio Entry
#5

Assign and work through:

The Proposal Assignment.

Classwork: Listen together to

_________ podcast and reverse
engineer how it works to ask
questions about a space
without really answering them.
How do questions drive this
podcast?

Assign and Work Through:

The podcast assignment.

Discussion: Revisit and

review: Cohesion Practices

Discussion: Direct instruction

of how best to think about the
design elements, Contrast,
Repetition, Alignment, and
Proximity in terms of a
proposal.

Discussion: Revisit and

review: Making good use of
sources (Citation Practices)

Whats Next:
DUE: Presentation of podcast
trailers.
2/15
Presidents Day stay home

Whats Next:
DUE in class: Your Podcast!
Please have it uploaded to
Canvas so we can listen in
class on Monday.
2/17
DUE in class: your podcast!
Please have it uploaded to
canvas so we can listen in class
today.
Discussion: We are going to
hear as many podcasts
together as we can today. Bring
the popcorn and a collaborative
spirit. Its a day to celebrate
your work.
Whats Next:
DUE: Rhetorical Analysis of
Podcast
DUE: Website Portfolio Entry
#6
DUE: Please Read Paul
Heilkers On Genres as Ways
of Being, which is linked on
our Canvas Calendar. The
whole next class is built on this
reading so bring in a reading
response with at least three
good Pondering Questions

2/22
Due: Draft of your introduction
for the Proposal

2/24
Due: Draft of your whole
Proposal. Itll be pretty rough.

Discussion: Where does

Heilker Help Me Think About
My Space and My Proposal and
My Angle?

Discussion: Ethos

Classwork: Working with

Heilker in the problem section
of my proposal (Citation
Practices)
What's Next:
DUE: Draft of your whole
Proposal. Itll be pretty rough.
Thats alright.
9

2/29
Assign and work through:
the Webtext
Discussion: Student Samples
Classwork: Design your

Classwork: Peer review with

attention to ethos (particularly
in the problem section).
Classwork: Solutions
(anticipating objections by
naming and resolving them)
Whats Next:
DUE: Website Portfolio Entry
#7 (connected to Heilker)
DUE: Good Draft of your whole
Proposal.
3/2
Due: Proposal
Due: Rhetorical Analysis of
Proposal
Discussion: How to see your
place as an infographic.

2/19
Due: Rhetorical Analysis of
Podcast uploaded to Canvas
Due: Website Portfolio Entry
#6
Due: Please Read Paul
Heilkers On Genres as Ways
of Being, which is linked on
our Canvas Calendar. The
whole class is built on this
reading so bring in a Reading
Response with a brief
summary and at least three
good Pondering Questions.
Discussion: Coming to terms
with Heilkers ideas piece by
piece.
Classwork: Connecting ways
of being with your proposal.
Discussion: Student
examples
What's Next:
DUE: Draft of your
introduction for the Proposal.
2/26
Due: Website Portfolio Entry
#7 (connected to Heilker)
Due: Good draft of your whole
Proposal.
Classwork: Merry-Go-Round
Peer Response
Classwork: Letter of Revision
Intentions. Well write them in
class.

3/4
Due: Website Portfolio Entry
#8
Classwork: A little
competitive reflective work.

Webtext
Whats Next:
DUE: Proposal
DUE: Rhetorical Analysis of
Proposal
10

3/7
DUE: Draft of homepage
reflection
Classwork: Stakeholders,
audiences, and your Webtexts
homepage.
Classwork: Revising for
Engfish
Classwork: Letter of Revision
Intentions. Well write them in
class.
Whats Next:
DUE: Homepage reflection

Finals
Week

Bring to class: digital copies

of all your projects: the review,
the podcast script, and the
proposal.
3/14

Classwork: Pushing buttons

on Piktochart and Weebly.

Whats Next:
DUE: Draft of homepage
reflection

Whats Next:
DUE: Website Portfolio Entry
#8
3/9
Due: Homepage Reflection

3/11
Due: Webtext Presentation as
a work in progress

Classwork: Revising work for a

cohesive Webtext.
Classwork: Building a Webtext
with Weebly.
Discussion: Reviewing the
Webtext rubric
Classwork: Course
Evaluations
Whats Next:
DUE: Webtext Presentation as
a work in progress

3/16
DUE: Webtext due before
midnight

3/18