Schedule
Week 1 (1/27-1/29)
1/27
Introductions (30 minutes)
Index card activity
Course Overview (20 minutes)
In class writing assignment (25 minutes)
What topic/study/idea/practice within the field of science is important? Why should others (society, your classmates, me, etc.) care about it?
Assignment
Read: “This Summer Stinks. But At Least We’ve Got ‘Old Town Road.’
1/29
Re-introduction of rhetorical terms (15 minutes)
Rhetorical Analysis (20 mins; group discussion)
“This Summer Stinks. But At Least We’ve Got ‘Old Town Road.’
Write your group’s answers to the following questions on a sheet of paper (to be collected at the end of class).
Who is the author of this piece? Is this author credible? Why?
Who is the author’s audience, and how do you know?
What is the author’s tone, and how do you know?
What is the author’s purpose, and how do you know?
What is the genre? What are the features of this genre?
What is the author’s stance toward his subject? How do you know?
Workshop (35 mins; group discussion)
Greta Thunberg examples (videos)
Assignment
Post a rhetorical analysis of one of the videos of Greta to Blackboard.
Read Rhetorical Analysis in the Real World: A Useful Thinking Tool
Week 2 (2/3-2/5)
2/3
Class Discussion (10 mins)
Review the first few sections of Rhetorical Analysis in the Real World: A Useful Thinking Tool
Present main points of each section in groups.
Overview of how to read a scholarly journal (10 mins)
Video: How to Read a Scholarly Journal
Note: we will practice these skills next class.
Introduction to Writing Assignment 1 (20 mins)
Assignment
Discussion board post due 2/5.
2/5
Class Discussion (30 mins)
President Obama examples
Workshop (45 mins)
The Visual Rhetoric in Public Awareness Print Advertising
Week 3 (2/10-2/12)
2/10
Class discussion (40 mins)
TED Talk on data visualizations
Watch about 12 mins.
Workshop (35 mins)
- Type “ineffective charts,” “ineffective graphs,” “unethical charts,” or some version thereof into Google Images. Find two or three differently-designed graphs and charts and discuss why the data visualizations are not effective.
- Find a textbook, report, or other document that includes some sort of data visualization. What types of information did the author choose to visualize? As a reader, how does the visualization help you to better understand the information presented?
- Consider those same data visualizations, this time looking at how the writer talks about the visualization. How does the writer introduce the visualization within the text? Where is the visualization placed in relation to its textual reference?
2/12
No Class–City College is closed.
Week 4 (2/17-2/19)
2/17
No class–City College is closed.
2/19
Class Discussion (30 mins)
Why Noise Pollution is More Dangerous Than We Think
Class Discussion (15 mins)
Peer Review Overview
Assignment
Submit your rough draft by 2/24 to the discussion board on Blackboard.
Week 5 (2/24-2/26)
2/24
No Class–I need to cancel.
2/26
Peer Review (online, there is no in-person class session today)
Complete your peer review by the end of the day and submit it to your partner (via email) and to me (via Blackboard).
Assignment
Final draft of Rhetorical Analysis due via Blackboard by 8am on Monday 3/2.
Week 6 (3/2-3/4)
3/2
It’s Time to be Honest About Seafood
3/4
Workshop (20 mins)
Common grammatical errors in your (and first-year college students’) papers.
Class Discussion (30 mins)
Synthesizing Your Research Findings
Introduction to Writing Assignment 2 (25 mins)
Week 7 (3/9-3/11)
3/9
Class Discussion (30 mins)
Guidelines for Writing a Literature Review
Fireproofing the Future in California
3/11
Phosphide poisoning: A review of literature
Physician dual practice: A review of literature
Assignment
Submit the first draft of your Literature Review to Blackboard by midnight on 3/15.
Week 8 (10/14-10/18)
3/16
Peer Review (online, there is no in-person class session today)
Complete your peer review by the end of the day and submit it to your partner (via email) and to me (via Blackboard).
3/18
No class–conferences.
Week 9 (3/23-3/25)
3/23
No class–conferences.
Assignment
Submit the final draft of your Literature Review via Blackboard by 8am on 3/25.
3/25
Week 10 (3/30-4/1)
3/30
Workshop (20 mins)
Review items from literature reviews.
Class Discussion (20 mins)
Introduce Research Project
4/1
Portfolio workshop
Week 11 (4/6-4/8)
4/6
4/8
No class–spring break.
Week 12 (4/13-4/15)
4/13
No class–spring break.
4/15
No class–spring break.
Week 13 (4/20-4/22)
4/20
4/22
Class Discussion
Week 14 (4/27-4/29)
4/27
4/29
Week 15 (5/4-5/6)
5/4
5/6
Portfolio workshop
Week 16 (5/11-5/13) Last day of Classes is 5/14
5/11
Presentations
5/13
Presentations
Grades due to the registrar 5/28
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