Category: Rhet-Comp 101 / ENG 7A DC

Wednesday, October 25th – Rhetoric & Comp

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY/PRACTICE: Rhetorical Analysis attempt – work w/ a partner to try your hand at writing rhetorical analysis. Choose one of two texts (see yesterday + texts available on GClassroom). See slide below.

DEADLINE: Writing #5 – quickwrite expansion or memory book chapter (the one you didn’t write last time) due end of day Thursday 10/26 (some writing time tomorrow)

Tuesday, October 24th – Rhetoric & Comp

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

PARTNER NOTE REVIEW: Check your notes for Everything’s an Argument Ch. 6 with your partner – add anything that it feels like you are missing

STUDY: Rhetorical Analysis (a recap + moving forward) – some slides (you can find for reference these on GClassroom) + Practice texts – choose 1

Reese Witherspoon’s speech at Glamour Women of the Year Awards 2015
Clint Smith’s “Danger of Silence” TED Talk

TO-DO: Choose (w/ your partner) which text you will work w/ to annotate and analyze tomorrow in class)

DEADLINE: Writing #5 – quickwrite expansion or memory book chapter (the one you didn’t write last time) due end of day Thursday 10/26 (adjusted from10/25) (some writing time on Thursday)

Monday, October 23rd – Rhetoric & Comp

🎬Book Trailers & Indie Read

🖋️ Quickwrite #23: Who are they?

ASSIGNMENT/DEADLINE/WORK TIME: Notes on Chapter 6 – Everything’s an Argument (college textbook – pdf on GClassroom if needed)

Friday, October 20th – Rhetoric & Comp

TO-DO: Student Paths Survey (link on GClassroom – directions on handout in-class)

IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT: Book Recommendation Slip – Fill one out & turn it in 🙂

⌚ Reading Time

DEADLINE: Writing #5 – quickwrite expansion or memory book chapter (the one you didn’t write last time) due end of day Wednesday 10/25 Thursday 10/26

Thursday, October 19th – Rhetoric & Comp

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

READ: Don Murray’s “End” from A Writer Teaches Writing + add to notes

STUDY: That’s a Wrap – a look at endings (group work with real book starts).

DEADLINE: Writing #5 – quickwrite expansion or memory book chapter (the one you didn’t write last time) due end of day Wednesday 10/25 Thursday 10/26

TOMORROW: A Survey + Reading Recommendation + Reading Time ⌚

Wednesday, October 18th – Rhetoric & Comp

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY/NOTES: Don Murray’s “Lead” from A Writer Teaches Writing (w/ thought-process talk-through & note-taking time ⌛)

🖋️ Quickwrite + : Revisit a previous QW & try a new beginning (or 2)!! Flag it w/ a post-it labeled “new start”

FUTURE DEADLINE: Writing #5 – quickwrite expansion or memory book chapter (the one you didn’t write last time) due end of day Wednesday 10/25 Thursday 10/26

Tuesday, October 17th – Rhetoric & Comp

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

STUDY: For Starters – a look at beginnings (group work with real book starts).

READ: Don Murray’s “Lead” from A Writer Teaches Writing.

PREVIEW: Writing #5 – quickwrite expansion or memory book chapter (the one you didn’t write last time) due end of day Wednesday 10/25 Thursday 10/26

Monday, October 16th – Rhetoric & Comp

📖 Book Talk & Indie Read

🖋️ Quickwrite #22: Mid-term Reflection – ____________’s Version (thoughts about 1st quarter)

STUDY: Revision from Feedback – a look at student-written papers, the feedback given, and the revisions made x 2

PAST DUE: Mid-term Reflection Survey (from Friday – find it on GClassroom) complete ASAP (if you haven’t yet. . . )