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FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 15 We will be finishing up presentations. While those who have already presented might be tempted to skip, I urge you all to come to be an audience for those who present. I also need to do course evaluations, so I'd very much like your input on the class. This will be our last time together. :(

FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 13 Portfolios are due! the details are all on the handouts page. If you have questions that these handouts do not answer, feel free to email me. We will begin presentations of your visual arguments on Tuesday as well. The rubric for those is also on the handouts page, so be sure to look those over so you know what I will be looking for. FYI - I have uploaded my grading sheet for your portfolio with all the rubrics on it. Feel free to look this over, use as a guideline, and print and include in your portfolio if you'd like.

FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 6 No class Th--honors day. Please bring all drafts--as done as possible--to class for a mad day of editing for error and style. NOTICE: MONDAY NIGHT IN SAC 307, 7PM - I will be there for a couple hours to help you finish up your visual arguments if you need help. Examples of visual arguments are on the bottom of the handouts page. Please keep in mind: these are not all A work. They are just examples, some much better than others.

FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 30 Please do Vocabulary 9 pronto--by midnight tonight (March 25)--sorry I forgot to remind you. And then by class time on Thursday, add Vocabulary 10--then we're done with vocab!

Tuesday we will quickly go over iMovie for those interested. I have posted iMovie instructions on the handouts page if you'd like to work ahead. Upcoming due dates: 3/30 - Rough draft of Paper 4 (choice), Vocab 10 4/1 - No class - Honors day 4/6 - All writing done - bring to class for final editing 4/8 - Rough Visual argument done - viewing day 4/13 - portfolios due, Visual arguments due, Presentations begin

FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 25 We will first finish up presentations, then we will do short workshops in Fireworks and iMovie. Please know your visual argument topic by class time. Also it is the last day I will accept any revisions of Paper 3 (article) for me to look over for feedback

FOR THURSDAY, MAR. 18 AND TUESDAY, MAR. 23 No class Thursday, Mar. 18; I will be at a conference. Tuesday: Vocab 8 is due. Remember to simply copy and paste the "petrichor" example then replace it with your own text to avoid the color problems that have come up. Thursday Mar. 25 will be the last day I will take a revision of Paper 3 (article).

FOR TUESDAY, MAR. 16 Style presentations "due". Also bring to class any writing you would like your workshop group to read for workshop next week.This is also the last day I will take a revision of Paper 2 (segmented essay).

FOR THURSDAY, MAR. 11 Vocab 7 is due. Also your revision of your newspaper/magazine article for me is due. A revised schedule is on the Handouts page NOTE: I added four genres to the genre list for Paper Four: Report, Commentary, Profile, and Proposal

IF YOU MISSED CLASS THURSDAY, FEB 25 We had a little style exam. I'd still like you to do it, even if you do it late. The exam is on the "handouts" page. When you finish it, save and send it to me in a Word document. No homework over break unless you haven't completed your research. First drafts of article due Thursday, March 11 (not Tuesday as originally scheduled). Be safe and get some rest.

FOR THURSDAY, FEB. 25 Vocabulary 6 and all research due! Bring it to class for me to check off. You will also have a little style test in class. A list of style tools we've covered is on the Handouts page. Thursday is also the last day I will take any revisions of your first paper (My Turn or This I Believe). Please include all previous drafts with my comments.

I have shifted the schedule a bit. Paper 3 (mag or news article) is now due Thursday, March 11 and any revisions of paper two are due Tues, March 16.

FOR TUESDAY, FEB. 23 By Tuesday you need to choose a research topic and write out all your research questions for surveys and/or interviews, type them up, and email them to me for approval. I will try to check my email regularly and get back to you as soon as I can. Then you need to do your research, which is also due Tuesday. You also need to decide what venue the article that will come of this would be publishable in and do a rhetorical analysis of an article from that venue. In other words, if you think your article would be appropriate to publish in the Almanian, then choose a similar article from the Almanian and do a rhetorical analysis of that article. Or if you think it would be great to publish in Sports Illustrated, then choose an article from Sports Illustrated and write a rhetorical analysis of that. This is also due Tuesday.

FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK AND TUESDAY OF NEXT Since so many missed class today, I hope you read this CAREFULLY and follow instructions well. It is all very important. Missing these workshops gives you an absence for not being there and a zero for each person's work you didn't respond to, so it is vitally important that you participate and do so carefully.

1. Below is a list of possible workshop times. Several times are already full. You need to choose a time with vacancies that works for you. Please click "Edit" to edit the page and add your name to your preferred time. After that, upload your paper and attach it to the page so others in your group can access it (use the little hill and sun "file" icon above to attach a file). __Please be sure that your document is in .doc or .rtf format__; many people do not have the ability to open a .docx document.

2. Once you have chosen a time, it is your responsibility to check the wiki regularly until your group is filled. As soon as someone adds his or her name, download his/her paper and print it out, as well as the Group Conferencing Worksheet. You need one completed worksheet for each paper for each person in your group, which could be up to three people besides yourself.

3. After reading the paper(s) sent to you, complete the Worksheet. You will be graded on how well you have helped your peers through this worksheet.

4. Come to the appropriate room and the time your group meets. Bring all the copies and worksheets with you, printed, filled out, and ready for discussion. Missing any or all of this process will not only mean you will not benefit from these wonderful conferences (and trust me, they are great) but you will also get several zeros and an absence--I will excuse none of it after the fact, only those who were previously excused.

5. For Tuesday of next week: We have started a new unit. If you missed class, it is your responsibility to check here regularly and make up what you missed. Please read the Unit 3 handout carefully. Your research proposal is still due to me by the time of your conference (see below). Emailing me is fine. All survey and interview questions must be approved by me before you do your research. Your research and rhetorical analysis are due to me by Tuesday at class time of next week.

SO HERE IS THE SCHEDULE. IF YOU CAN FIND NO TIME THAT WORKS FOR YOU, YOU MAY HAVE TO MISS A MEETING OR SOMETHING. IT'S FIRST COME FIRST SERVED. BY THE WAY, THERE IS NO REGULARLY SCHEDULED CLASS THURSDAY.

THURSDAY, FEB. 18 **//__IN SAC 308__//** - **//__only 4 per group!__//** 1:00 - 1. Justine Cowan, 2. Alice Richard, 3. Carrie Frame, 4. Tanis Rozeveld 2:15 - 1. John Golladay, 2. Eldon Korsen, 3. Ryan Nelson, 4. Ashley Yuill 3:30 - 1. 2. 3. 4.

4:45 - 1. 2. 3. 4.

FRIDAY, FEB. 19, i**//__n SAC 214 - ONLY 4 people per group !!__//** 1:30 - 1. Heidi Beckman, 2. Lauren Sypniewski, 3. Alyse Redman, 4. Madeleine Randolet 2:45 - 1. Maureen O'Connell, 2. Autumn Ouellette 3. Buddy Taccolini 4. Justin Emery

4:00 - 1. Alizabeth Caldwell 2. Cara Byce 3. 4.

FOR TUESDAY, FEB. 16 Rough draft of segmented essay due. Please bring 3 copies of your segmented essay to class. Also, if you would like your peers to read a revision of your first essay, bring three copies of that as well. We will be beginning a new unit.

FOR THURSDAY, FEB. 10 Vocab 5 is due. Also please bring to class any digital copies you have of your first paper if you'd like to work on it and of your segmented essay, however far you are on that. We will be writing in class, so you will want access to what you have already written. Remember that we can't always log into your Alma account so you should store them on a thumb drive or email them to yourself.

FOR TUESDAY, FEB. 8 Please read Spunk and Bite's "The Pleasure of Surprise" and write a rhetorical analysis of it. As you do, please address audience, purpose, voice/tone, problem, and logos, pathos and ethos. Also discuss how the author (his last name is Plotnik) uses surprise--how he persuades by employing the tool he advocates--and how this affects his ability to persuade. Be sure to quote from the text (show!).

FOR THURSDAY, FEB. 4 Vocabulary 4 due. Also read Sherman Alexie and student samples (feel free to "browse" student samples). No response due but be prepared to discuss.

FOR TUESDAY, FEB. 2 Paper One (My Turn, This I Beileve, etc) paper due! Just a rough draft, but a complete draft please. Two-ish pages. Bring a hard copy to class. Also please read John McPhee's "In Search of Marvin Gardens" and Alice Walker's "Beauty When the Dancer is the Self" (both on the "Readings" page of the wiki). On the "Readings" page, at the top, is a tab labeled "Discussion." The first entry will be mine. Please read this a post a response in this discussion forum before class.

FOR THURSDAY, JAN. 28 Vocabulary 3 due.

FOR TUESDAY, JAN 26 Please read ANY [|"My Turn" essay] Your first "Rhetorical Analysis" (complete) is due (see Unit One Handout) on Tuesday. If you know which of the three (My turn, This I Believe, or Guest Editorial) then you should do an analysis of that. Otherwise you may choose (as long as we didn't do it together in class). Please print your analysis and your article and bring to class.

FOR THURSDAY, JAN 21 GROUP ONE GROUP TWO GROUP THREE Group presentations will be Thursday. I'll give you a few minutes at the beginning of class to get organized. Please post your work to share with me and others on your group page after your name. Also Vocabulary 2 is due.

FOR TUESDAY, JAN. 19 Please read the op/ed piece linked to on the "Readings" page and write a brief rhetorical analysis of this piece much like we did in class on Thursday with Reilly's article. Print and bring to class.

FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 Vocabulary One Complete your wiki page

Welcome to our English wiki. Here you will find each day's events and homework assignments posted in case you missed class, as well as handouts for everything involving class including the syllabus and all assignments. You will also have your own space here to express yourself briefly.