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Leo's English 103: English Composition 1

 

  Blogs as:

 Personal

Recommendation

  Collaboration

     Professionalization

Schedule

Week:

   1  2  3  4         5  6  7               8  9  10         11  12  13  14  15

       

Week

 

Day

Topic / Daily Plan

Due

Week 1

Monday

Introduction to 103

 

 

 

 

Look At Me:

        Blogs as Personal Expression

 

 

 

 

Wednesday

Introduction to Blogs

Read Syllabus; Review Course Website

 

Friday

Freewriting: what are blogs/ what are blogs for?

 

Sample Blogs: Constellation

                     Ihath

Preliminary Analysis

Have own Blog set up

 

Week 2

Monday

 

Blog Showcase: 

Be ready to present two (2) blogs:

   One (1)  that you really like, and

   One (1) that you really dislike

Be able to explain why you like/dislike them

 

Wednesday

Introduction to Argument

Read: xiii-xix; 1-33

 

Friday

Blogs as Argument

 

Week 3

Monday

Introduction to Ethos

Read: 67-72

 

Wednesday

Personal Blogs and Ethos

Read: New Yorker Article

 

Friday

Show and Tell: New Blogs of Interest

 

Week 4

Monday

Revising

 See Personal Blog Assignment

 

Wednesday

Ethos and the Visual

 

 

Friday

Recommending a look ahead

 Due: Revised Personal Blog

 

 

 

Look at this:

      Blogs as Recommendation

 

 

Week 5

Monday

 Introduction to Pointing Blog Assignment

 

 

Wednesday

 Introduction to Pathos

Read: 109-112

 

Friday

 Pathetic Photography

Read: 116-130

Week 6

Monday

 Sample Pointing Blogs:

 

 Fishing:         chaser

                      fly

                      fly-fishing-colorado

                      theriverkelvin

  

 Photography: better

                      photoblog

                      digital

 

 

Wednesday

 Show and Tell Pathetic Blogs

 

 

Friday

 Analysis

 theinvisiblehand

   times article

Week 7

Monday

 Integrating Text and Visual

 

 

Wednesday

 Combining Pathos and Ethos

 

 

Friday

 Recommending Collaboration

Due: Persuasive Essay arising from Pointing Blog

 

 

 

Look at us:

       Blogs as Collaboration

 

 

Week 8

Monday

 Introduction to Collaborative Blog Assignment

 

Sample Blogs: 2misfits

                      CrookedTimber

 

 

Wednesday

 Group Work: Discovering Community

Read: 55-58

 

Friday

 Group Work: Experiencing Community

Read: 619-626

Week 9

Monday

 Show and Tell: Revealing Communal Voices

 

 

Wednesday

 Voice Lessons

 

 

Friday

 Group Work

 

Week 10

Monday

 Group Work

 

 

Wednesday

 Group Work

 

 

Friday

 Recommending Professionalization

 Due: Angle on Issue Essay

 

 

     

Look Ahead:

    Blogs as Professionalization

 

 

Week 11

Monday

Introduction to Authoritative Blog Assignment

 

Sample Blogs:  Rathergate

                       Daily Rant

                       Blogosphere

 

 

Wednesday

 Introduction to Logos

 Read 139-141

 

Friday

 Creating Logos

 

Week 12

Monday

 Existing Claims

 Text Example

 

Wednesday

 Existing Claims

 Web Example

 

Friday

 Causality

 Text Example

Week 13

Monday

 Causality

 Web Example

 

Wednesday

 Language

 Text Example

 

Friday

 Language

 Web Example

Week 14

Monday

 Values

 Text Example

 

Wednesday

 Values

 Web Example

 

Friday

 Actions

 Text Example

Week 15

Monday

 Actions

 Web Example

 

Wednesday

 Work Day

 

 

Friday

 Work Day

 Due: Final Project Essay