English 101
Unit 3: Persuasion
During the final 5 weeks of class we will focus primarily on persuasion. You will be utilizing your research, analysis, and personal conviction in order to take your issue to a final level. As a class, we will further discuss audience values and appeals, elements of effective persuasion, and rhetorical purpose. You will take this information and you will create a final essay/project in which you utilize persuasion to achieve a rhetorical purpose. You will also rhetorically analyze your own work and explain the rhetorical decisions you make for the final essay. During this unit, you will also finalize your group projects (notice that your group project and your final essay assignment are similar, except the group project does not have to be persuasive).
The major assignments for this unit will include a group update (due November 21), the rough draft of your final essay (due November 24), your group presentation (due December 3 and 8), the final draft of essay 3 (due December 5). You will also have readings, journal assignments, and a caucus assignment for the unit. Of course, you will also want to prepare for the final exam on December 12 (8am-10am in Soc Sci 206).
A note on conferences: You are required to schedule a conference with me during this unit. You should choose a point in the writing process that is causing you the most anxiety, or that you feel you would benefit from my input. Many of you might find that it would be helpful to brainstorm a project idea with me; some of you may want to schedule a conference before you write your rough drafts so you don't have to start from scratch after I read your rough drafts; some of you may need to conference with me about the rhetorical analysis of your own work; and some of you may want to conference after the rough drafts. I recommend that you schedule early--you are required to have conferenced with me and if we run out of time and I don't have appointments available to meet your needs, that is your responsibility. I recommend conferences start anytime around November 12 or 14.
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Date |
Reading Due Assignment Due
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Activity |
| 11 | Nov 3 | Introduction
to Persuasion
J1: Audience Analysis of exercise
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| 11 | Nov 5 | Proposal
arguments discussed
J2: What is your issue and possible persuasive focus; list ideas |
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| 11 | Nov 7 | Readings: "The Private vs Public Debate" (23); "Claiming an Education" (89); "Let's Put Pornography Back in the Closet" (608); "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" (712). | Group
exercises on readings; audience, purpose, and persuasion.
see your summaries of this class J3: React to an essay in terms of persuasion and purpose. Assignment sheets for unit 3 Essay #3, Group Update, Journal sheets, Group Presentation Guidelines |
| 12 | Nov 10 | Bring an example of persuasive writing from outside of class | Discussion
about persuasion examples.
J4: What makes the example you found "persuasive"? What is the intended audience. |
| 12 | Nov 12 | Have you been keeping up on your journals? | Your
persuasion project; brainstorming and class project. Goals and Criteria
J5: Write out an outline or "zero draft" of your persuasion piece idea. |
| 12 | Nov 14 | Computer room not available; class meets regularly to discuss readings from Nov 7. | Caucus assignment, post and respond to persuasive piece ideas. |
| 13 | Nov 17 | Readings:
"What do you make of the Internet"
(1046-1080) |
Discussion
of issues and persuasion possibilities of the "Internet" topic.
Class and group discussions.
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| 13 | Nov 19 | Have you defined a term or summarized a class for the web-site? If not, look at the terms and choose one to define. | Rhetorical
Analysis and your own persuasive piece.
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| 13 | Nov 21 | Group Update #2 | What
are the criteria for the persuasive piece? How will she grade it?
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| 14 | Nov 24 | Rough
Draft
2 copies |
Peer
Editing in Class
Conferences Begin Finals Preparation workshop tonight |
| 14 | Nov 26 | Do not miss your conference appointments! | In-class
workshops
Revision suggestions |
| 14 | Nov 28 | Thanksgiving
NO CLASS |
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| 15 | Dec 1 | Conferences | J9:
What are the major problems you are having with the persuasive piece? What
would help you address those problems?
Finals Preparation workshop tonight! |
| 15 | Dec 3 | Group Presentations | |
| 15 | Dec 5 | Final Draft Essay 3 Due | Finals Preparation: groups lead class |
| 16 | Dec 8 | Group Presentations | |
| 16 | Dec 10 | Arrangements
for paper pick-up or mailing; my final words.
Finals Preparation: groups lead class |
DECEMBER 12, 8:00am-10:00am SOC SCI 206: Final Exam