Schedule

Items marked due on the schedule are due in at the beginning of class that day.

P= Patterns, RW= Rules for Writers

Week 1

W Sept 8 Introductions

F Sept 9 Read: P pp15-20, Shitty First Drafts Discuss: rhetoric, reading, syllabus

Week 2

M Sept 13 Discuss: Reading, Essay 1

W Sept 15 Read: P p25-31, Malcom X excerpt (blackboard) Discuss: Reading. Blogs.

F Sept 17 Due: Blog Read: P p107-111, 477-484 Discuss: Reading

Week 3

M Sept 20 Read: excerpt from Writers Resource (blackboard), excerpt from Non- Designers Design
Book (blackboard) Discuss: Reading

W Sept 22 Read: Student examples (blackboard), A Softer World (blackboard)

F Sept 24 Due: Blog Read: Student examples (blackboard) Discuss: Reading, project work day

Week 4

M Sept 27 Due: Draft of Essay #1 for workshop

W Sept 29 Due: Final essay #1, Discuss: Essay #2

F Oct 1 Due: Blog Read: P p31-35, 39-40 Discuss: reading

Week 5

M Oct 4 Read: RW: 60-69, Handout (Blackboard) Discuss: Reading

W Oct 6 Read: 145-160 excerpt from Non-Designers Design Book (blackboard) Discuss: Reading

F Oct 8 Due: Blog Read: student examples Discuss: Reading

Week 6

M Oct 11 Columbus Day no classes

W Oct 13 Class Cancelled for Conferences

F Oct 15 Due: Blog Read: P p53-57 Discuss: Mid-term Portfolio websites, website work day
Week 7

M Oct 18 Read: excerpt from Envision and Writers Resource (blackboard) Discuss: Website work day

W Oct 20 Mid-term Portfolio workshop

F Oct 22 Due: Mid-term Portfolios must be posted by 5:00pm

Week 8

M Oct 25 Discuss: Group Project

W Oct 27 Group Project Work Day

F Oct 29 Due: Group Presentations

Week 9

M Nov 1 Read: P547-562 Discuss: Essay #3

W Nov 3 Read: P 573, Excerpt from Envision (Blackboard) Discuss: Reading

F Nov 5 Due: Blog Read: RW 388-397, excerpt from Envision (blackboard) Discuss: ad analysis and
reading

Week 10

M Nov 8 Meet at library in front of the circulation desk

W Nov 10 Read: RW 397-404, student examples (blackboard) Discuss: Examples

F Nov 12 Due: Blog Read: P 758-760, 772-781, Purdue Owl (links listed on Blackboard) Discuss:
citation

Week 11

M Nov 15 Due: Essay #3 for Workshop

W Nov 17 Due: Final essay #3, Discuss: Essay #4

F Nov 19 Due: Blog Read: Handouts of Reviews (blackboard)

Week 12

M Nov 22 Meet at Library in front of circulation desk

W Nov 24 Read: Handouts of Reviews (Blackboard) Discuss: Reading

F Nov 26 Thanksgiving Break. No class.

Week 13

M Nov 29 Read: RW: 351-352, 418-419 Student Examples Discuss: Reading

W Dec 1 Read: Student Examples Discuss: Reading

F Dec 3 Due: Essay #4 for Workshop

Week 14

M Dec 6 Due: Final Essay #4

W Dec 8 Discuss: Final Portfolio Websites

F Dec 10 Final Portfolio Work Day

Week 15

M Dec 13 Final Portfolio Workshop

W Dec 15 Due: Final Portfolios must be posted by 5:00pm