GLE 120 09 - FIRST YEAR COMPOSITION II

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Week 1 Wednesday 1/23 - Friday 1/25

Welcome!
 

Week 2 Monday 1/28- Friday 2/1

Complete and upload your Pre-course Assessment - late assignments can be uploaded until 2/8/2013
Continued readings with rhetorical analysis; begin Project 1, topic is "Textbooks"

Week 3 Monday 2/4-Friday 2/8

Draft 1 of Project 1
Individual Conference for Draft 1, Project1
NO CLASS on 2/8 - Individual Conferences will replace the class session

Week 4 Monday 2/11-Friday 2/15

Monday - NO CLASS - individual conferences
Wednesday - 2nd draft of essay due; bring one hard copy to class and be sure to upload to CampusWeb
Friday - NO CLASS - individual conferences (also on Thursday)

Week 5 Monday 2/18 - Friday 2/23

Monday -President's Day Holiday, NO CLASS, upload Project 1 final paper by 11:55pm
Wednesday - read "The Student Body, For Sale" posted as a handout on campus web - mark it up and bring it to class for discussion
Friday - Project 2 - to be announced

Week 6 Monday 2/25 - Friday 3/1

Monday
  • Peer Review of Project 2 First Draft, bring one copy or your laptop to class; upload to CampusWeb
Wednesday - Snow Day, campus closed, activity moved to Friday
  • Peer Review of Project 2 Visual, first draft, bring one copy of the visual or your laptopto class, along with a copy of your essay; upload the visual to CampusWeb
Friday - Conferences moved to next week (Monday and Wednesday)
  • Peer Review of Project 2 Visual, first draft, bring one copy of the visual or your laptopto class, along with a copy of your essay;

Week 7 Monday 3/4 - Friday 3/8

Monday - Individual Conferences
 
Wednesday - Individual Conferences
 
Friday - Presentations

Week 8 Monday 3/11 - Friday 3/15

Monday - Presentations
Wednesday - Presentations
Friday - Presentations

Week 9 Monday 3/18 - Friday /22

No Classes this week - Spring  Break Holiday

Week 10 Monday 3/25 - Friday 3/29

Monday
  • no class meeting
  • complete Great Speeches selection (see email with details) for Wednesday, including printing out copy of each of your two speech choices and bring the printout to class (you may also bring your laptop or tablet and call up the speech electronically)
  • Great Speeches link:  http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html
Wednesday
  • Introduce Project 3, Great Speeches
  • Review students' selection of Speeches
Friday
  • Use Rhetorical Guide handout to begin a rhetorical analysis of your speech
  • review the online article about IKEA billboards and slide design - we'll talk about the ideas in the article during class so if you have any questions and/or comments, be prepared to share

 

Week 11 Monday 4/1 - Friday 4/5

Monday 4/1  
Huey P Long Speech, rhetorical analysis discussion
Class generation of questions to ask about speaker and speech
 
Wednesday 4/3
Library Instruction Room at Library
Presentation on most useful library resources to use for Great Speech Project 3
 
Friday 4/5
Review of Library Instruction
Review of entire list of Great Speech questions
Discussion of Organization Options for Project 3 paper
Use class time to work on one of the following: rhetorical analysis of speech, research on speaker and speech, draft of Project 3 paper
 

Week 12 Monday 4/8 - Friday 4/12

Monday
Draft of Project 3 paper due; peer review in class
 
Wednesday
individual appointments with Dr. D to go over draft of Project 3
NO CLASS MEETING
 
Friday
individual appointments with Dr. D to go over draft of Project 3
NO CLASS MEETING

Week 13 Monday 4/15 - Friday 4/19

MONDAY 4/15
NO CLASS - Rescheduled Friday 1:1 appointments for Project 3 papers
 
WEDNESDAY 4/17
discussion of ethos, pathos, logos with in-class reading and analysis
 
FRIDAY 4/19
NO CLASS SESSION , individual appointments to review your essay or your presentation for the great speech project - drop in PET313 between 2:15-4:30 or email your materials for comments

Week 14 Monday 4/22 - Friday 4/26

Monday 4/22
Presentation Discussion and Preparation
 
Wednesday 4/24
Presentations, random order, be prepared to present, dress appropriately- business casual
Presentations should last 5-10 minutes; a laptop will be set up
Those viewing the presentations will be expected to take notes and complete a strengths/weaknesses/missed opportunities assessment of each presentation viewed
 
Friday 4/26
Presentations continue, random order, be prepared to present, dress appropriately-business casual
Presentation should last 5-10 minutes; a laptop connected to a projector will be set up
Those viewing the presentations will be expected to take notes and complete a strengths/weaknesses/missed opportunities assessment of each presentation viewed

Week 15 Monday 4/29 - Friday 5/3

Monday 4/29
Presentations continue, random order, be prepared to present, dress appropriately-business casual
Presentation should last 5-10 minutes; a laptop connected to a projector will be set up
Those viewing the presentations will be expected to take notes and complete a strengths/weaknesses/missed opportunities assessment of each presentation viewed
 
Wednesday 5/1
 
Presentations continue, random order, be prepared to present, dress appropriately-business casual
Presentation should last 5-10 minutes; a laptop connected to a projector will be set up
Those viewing the presentations will be expected to take notes and complete a strengths/weaknesses/missed opportunities assessment of each presentation viewed

Friday 5/3
Post Course Assessment Opened - MUST COMPLETE TO PASS THE COURSE; FAILURE TO COMPLETE WILL RESULT IN AUTOMATIC FAILURE FOR THE ENTIRE COURSE
Final Reflection Activity Introduced
Course/Instructor Evaluation completed

Week 16 Monday 5/6 - Friday 5/10


Post Course Assessment Open - YOU MUST COMPLETE THE ASSESSMENT TO PASS THE COURSE; FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE ASSESSMENT WILL RESULT IN AUTOMATIC FAILURE FOR THE ENTIRE COURSE
Monday 5/6
Peer Review of your Reflection Essay, bring your laptop or hard copy to class; be sure to upload your draft to CampusWeb
 
Wednesday 5/8
Work, in class, on your Reflection Essay and/or the Post-Course Assessment; bring your laptop or hard copy
 
Friday 5/10  NOTE CLASS STARTS AT 12:30 due to HONORS CONVOCATION
Work, in class, on your Reflection Essay and/or the Post-Course Assessment; bring your laptop or hard copy; you MUST UPLOAD your final version to CampusWeb no later than 6pm today, 5/10/2013.  For this assignment, NO LATE PAPER WILL BE ACCEPTED.
 
 

Week 17 FINAL EXAM

Tuesday May 14  1:00-3:00pm FINAL EXAM PERIOD
You must complete and upload your POST COURSE ASSESSMENT by 3pm today;
Failure to complete the post course assessment will result in an automatic failure for the ENTIRE course.