- All homework is due before class on the day that it appears below (unless otherwise indicated).
- Schedule is subject to change. Please consult the live digital website (instead of a print copy) for the most up-to-date instructions.
UNIT I: CONSUMER CULTURE
Week 1 (Aug 20-22)
Aug 23: Last day of drop/add
Tue
Introduction and Syllabus
Thu
Prepare: Examine one advertisement from the following article: “Representations of Masculinity and Femininity in Advertisements” (2006)
Discuss: Assignment 1.1: Rhetorical Analysis
Week 2 (Aug 27-29)
Tue
Read: Academic Writer, Ch. 1: Rethinking Writing
Read: “Obesity Prevention” in Public Service Advertising
Thu MEET IN AVERY 103 (Computer Lab on First Floor of Avery)
AML Orientation
Introduction to Dropbox and ePortfolio
Week 3 (Sep 3-5)
Tue
Read: Academic Writer, Ch. 3: Analyzing Rhetorical Situations
Prepare: Bring three advertisements for products you currently use (use color printers in the AML or bring your laptop with an electronic copy).
Thu
Discuss: Assignment 1.2: Brand Research
Due: Assignment 1.1 by 11:59pm on Dropbox
Week 4 (Sep 10-12)
Tue
Read: Academic Writer, Ch. 2: Academic Writing
Peer Review: Print and bring a draft of your brand research
Thu MEET IN AVERY 103
Due: Assignment 1.2 by 11:59pm on Dropbox
Discuss: Assignment 1.3: Consumer Essay
Week 5 (Sep 17-19)
Sep 17: Last day to drop without record
Tue
Read: Academic Writer, Ch. 10: Strategies for Planning and Drafting
Peer Review: Print and bring a draft of your consumer essay
Thu [HYBRID]
Due: Assignment 1.3 by 11:59pm on Dropbox
UNIT II: INVENTION MOBS
Week 6 (Sep 24-26)
Tue
Watch: Matt Ridley, “When Ideas Have Sex.” TEDGlobal (July 2010)
Class: Form groups of 3
Thu
Watch: Ze Frank’s Web Playroom (2010) and Ze Frank’s Nerdcore Comedy (2004)
Discuss: Assignment 2.1
Week 7 (Oct 1-3)
Tue
Watch: Simon Sinek, “How Great Leaders Inspire Action” (2010)
Watch: Derek Sivers, “How to Start a Movement” (2010)
Thu
Due: Assignment 2.1. Presentations in class (upload materials to Dropbox before class).
Discuss: Assignment 2.2
Week 8 (Oct 8-10)
Tue [HYBRID]
Production day
Thu MEET IN AVERY 103
Prezi Workshop
Week 9 (Oct 15-17)
Tue
Due: Assignment 2.2. Presentations in class (upload materials to Dropbox before class).
Discuss: Assignment 2.3
Thu [HYBRID]
Production day and mandatory group conferences
Week 10 (Oct 22-24)
Tue [HYBRID]
Production day and mandatory group conferences
Thu
Due: Assignment 2.3 by 11:59pm on Dropbox.
UNIT III: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Week 11 (Oct 29-31)
Tue
Read: Academic Writer, Ch. 6: Doing Research
Discuss: Assignment 3.1
Thu [HYBRID]
Prepare: Complete the “Find Your Why” activity
Week 12 (Nov 5-7)
Tue
Intro to Library Databases
Thu
Due: Assignment 3.1 by 11:59pm on Dropbox
Discuss: Assignment 3.2
Week 13 (Nov 12-14)
Tue
Due: Assignment 3.2 by 11:59pm on Dropbox
Discuss: Assignment 3.3
Thu MEET IN AVERY 105
Link to Portfolio Template: 101Portfolio
Week 14 (Nov 19-21)
Tue
Peer Review
Thu
Due: Assignment 3.3 by 11:59pm on Dropbox
Week 15 (Nov 26-28)
Thanksgiving Break
Week 16 (Dec 3-5)
Tue [HYBRID]
TBA
Thu
Peer Review / Workshop
Exam: Dec 11, 10:10am
Submit your Final Portfolio (50% of your final grade) to Dropbox before exam time begins. We will not meet on this day.
Link to Portfolio Template: 101Portfolio
Save file as PDF.
Name your file: 101PortfolioLastName.pdf
Notes from Last Day of Class:
- What do I care about the most (re: the project)?
- What are some criticisms of this thing I care about? Common beliefs?
- What is the coolest, most radical statement I can say about this thing?
Step 1: Write an entirely new introduction!
Step 2: Write and rewrite and rewrite your thesis statement (what do you want to say to the world?).
Step 3: Generate a list of the most vivid details connected to your BIG IDEA.
Step 4: Go back to your original essay (1.3 or 2.3) and mine it for good stuff. Avoid copying and pasting any more than parts of sentences.
Step 5: You have something of an outline now, so begin filling it out.
Step 6: Write new topic sentences, and keep filling out your paragraphs.
Step 7: Compare your original essay with this revision: does it LOOK substantially different?