Unit 1 - TERMINOLOGY
Topics to be covered: rhetorical terms & concepts, i.e., audience, purpose/situation, discourse, discourse community, argument, persuasion, voice, and delivery.
Unit 2 - THE WRITING EXPERIENCE
Topics to be covered: writing in the real world vs. writing in school, self-assessment, writing and the student experience.
POTENTIAL ASSIGNMENT: REFLECTION ESSAY
Unit 3 - THE READING EXPERIENCE
Topics to be covered: identifying argument & purpose; understanding context, persuasive strategies, genres & delivery modes.
POTENTIAL ASSIGNMENT: SUMMARY ESSAY
Unit 4 - SOURCE CREDIBILITY
Topics to be covered: ethos & preliminary source evaluation (author, place of publication, year, etc).
Unit 5 - ENGAGING WITH SOURCES
Topics to be covered: effective arguments, consequences, & multiple modalities (print and/or digital formats)
Unit 6 - CREATING YOUR OWN TEXT
Topics to be covered: identifying exigency, planning an inquiry, responding with purpose, & choosing delivery modes.
POTENTIAL ASSIGNMENT: RHETORICAL ANALYSIS or ARGUMENT ESSAY
Unit 7- THE REVISION PROCESS
Topics to be covered: developing text (drafting & revising); giving and responding to feedback.
POTENTIAL ASSIGNMENT: PEER REVIEW
Unit 8 - REFLECTION
Topics to be covered: self analysis & assessment.
POTENTIAL ASSIGNMENT: COURSE OBJECTIVES REVIEW