• Introduction to the course, course polices, Moodle, etc.
• Before next Tuesday's class, log in to Moodle and complete a short writing assignment.

• Discuss rhetoric.
• Find examples of ethos, pathos, and logos.

• Discuss ethos, pathos, and logos.
• For next Tuesday: complete part II of the short writing assignment.

• Begin the rhetorical analysis activity.
• Introduction to Google docs.
• For Thursday: complete the rhetoric quiz.

• Complete the rhetoric quiz by 1:00 p.m.
• Rhetorical analysis presentations.

Online class—no face-to-face session.

• Discuss scholarship and genres of academic writing:
  • Scholarly forums
  • Rhetorical analysis questions
• For next time:
  • Read Grizz Writes chapters 1–3.
  • Complete the journals activity.

• Discuss scholarly forums.
• Introduction to the rhetorical analysis project.

• Discuss research and reading strategies.
• For next time: read Grizz Writes chapter 11.

Library instruction day. Meet in Kresge Library room 222.

• Discuss the rhetorical analysis project evaluation criteria.
• Discuss the project examples.

Rhetorical analysis project peer review.

• Discuss citation practices.
• Introduction to the bibliography project.
• Rhetorical analysis project due to Moodle by 11:55 p.m.

• Citation practices, continued.
• Discuss summary and synthesis.

Discuss evidence and argumentation.

Bibliography project peer review.

• Introduction to the academic writing project.
• Discuss research strategies.

• Discuss argumentation.
• Bibliography project due.
• For next time: read Grizz Writes, chapter 12.

• Discuss online research skills.
• For next time, read:
  • Kyle Stedman's "Annoying Ways People Use Sources" (PDF) and
  • Grizz Writes, chapter 18.

• Discuss source evaluation.
• For next time: read this resource on quotations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

• No face-to-face session due to illness.
• For next time: read Grizz Writes, chapter 13.

Academic writing project peer review. (Upload your draft files to Moodle.)

• Introduction to the portfolio project.
• Discuss editing and style.

Academic writing project due to Moodle by 11:55 p.m.

Thanksgiving break—no class.

Revision workshop (attendance optional).

Revision workshop (attendance optional).

Optional revision workshop, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. in 400 Wilson Hall.

Portfolio project due to Moodle by 5:00 p.m.