Segment One: Narratives of Literacy

WEEK 1
Wednesda
y

Sept.
9

Introduction, Syllabus, tour of course website, Defining literacy, What goes

into good writing?
Literacy Narrative Assigned
Reading: I need you to say I by Kate McKinney Maddalena(CS)

WEEK 2
Monday

Sept.
14

Fast write: Experience with first person writing

Introduction to graphic texts, Multigenre Literacy, Whats happening in this
panel?
Reading: Spaces for Writing (UR pg. 2-33), Excerpt from Watchmen by
Alan Moore (CS), and Excerpt from The Sandman by Neil Gaiman (CS)

Wednesda
y

Sept.
16

Fast Write: Comparing Comics

Be prepared to discuss how effective or ineffective you found the use of
comic format in the textbook and the readings

WEEK 3
Monday

Wednesda
y

Sept.
21

Sept.
23

Reading: Writing to Make Something Happen in the World (WiA pg 2028), Learning to Read by Malcolm X (CS), and Superman and Me by
Sherman Alexie (CS)
Fast write: New Literacy
Digital literacy, old and new literacy, Intersection between the social and
academic worlds, Stigmas of academic achievement, responsibilities as a
peer reviewer
Reading: Writing to the World (WiA 206-207), Language Variety (WiA 218220), The Sponsors of Literacy by Deborah Brandt(CS)
Half Draft Peer review
Reading: Shitty First Drafts by Anne Lamott(CS), Be prepared to talk indepth about both Sponsors of Literacy and Shitty First Drafts on Monday

WEEK 4
Monday

Sept.
28

Shitty First Drafts and Sponsors of Literacy, writing processes, narratie

voice

Wednesda
y

Sept.
30

Reflections on Literacy narratives, continued discussion on Code switching

and navigating cultures in writing
Literacy Narrative and Portfolio Due
Reading: Reading Critically 9b-9d (WiA pg.102-107), Analyzing Arguments
(WiA 110-122, Why Rhetoric? (UR 35-65)

WEEK 5
Monday

Oct.
5

Intro to Segment 2: Rhetoric

What is Rhetoric? What are Ethos, Pathos, Logos, Kairos, Mythos, Metanoia, and
Exigence?
Rhetorical Superheroes assigned
Reading: Excerpt from Powers of Horror by Julia Kristeva (CS), Simulacra and
Simulations by Jean Baudrillard (CS): **You do not have to fully understand these
texts. Annotate as you read.

Wednesda
y

Oct.
7

Fast Write: Understanding Academic Rhetoric

Group work- What was easy or difficult to understand? Can you reword any
of the main points form the readings so that theyre easy to understand?
How difficult is this?

Pathos and Logos: Ballmer and Jobs

Politics, academia, current events, media rhetoric
Reading: Kairos (CS), Introduction to Argument and Rhetoric (CS), WiA 338-349
WEEK 6
Monday

Oct.
12

NO CLASS- CONFERENCES

Wednesda
y

Oct.
14

NO CLASS- CONFERENCES

*UR- Understanding Rhetoric

WiA- Writing in Action
CS- Course Site