Unit 1 - THE RHETORICAL SITUATION
Topics to be covered: writer, audience, language, & subject matter.
Unit 2 - DISCOURSE COMMUNITIES
Topics to be covered: genres, conventions, & forms
Unit 3 - RESEARCH AS INQUIRY
Topics to be covered: developing a question, reading strategies, preliminary research
POTENTIAL ASSIGNMENT: CRAFTING A QUESTION
Unit 4 - THE RESEARCH PROCESS
Topics to be covered: research plans, source gathering, & source vetting
POTENTIAL ASSIGNMENT: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Unit 5 - SOURCE CREDIBILITY
Topics to be covered: purpose, consequence, & ethos
Unit 6 - ENGAGING WITH SOURCES
Topics to be covered: quoting, paraphrasing, arguing, & dissenting
POTENTIAL ASSIGNMENT: SUMMARY, ANALYSIS, & SYNTHESIS
Unit 7 - CHOOSING DELIVERY METHOD
Topics to be covered: types of media
Unit 8 - REVISION & REFLECTION
Topics to be covered: peer review, instructor feedback, and writer reflection
POTENTIAL ASSIGNMENT: FINAL RESEARCH-BASED WRITING PROJECT