Schedule

UNIT	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
ONE Argument, Rhetoric, & Academic Writing	6.30	7.1	7.2	7.3 DUE: Diagnostic.	7.4 NO CLASS
TWO Defining Thematic Issues Due: Argument Analysis	7.7 DUE: Blogs	7.8 DUE: Blog responses	7.9	7.10 DUE: Argument Analysis	7.11
TWO/THREE Defining Thematic Issues Evaluating Argumentative Knowledge Due: Definition Essay	7.14	7.15	7.16 CONFERENCES Must have your definition topic and thesis ready.	7.17 DUE: Definition	7.18 Due: Blogs, Challenge post #1
	7.21	7.22	7.23	7.24	7.25 DUE: Blogs
FOUR Proposing Persuasive Solutions Due: Evaluation Essay	7.28 Challenge post #2	7.29 DUE: Evaluation	7.30	7.31	8.1 DUE: Blogs
Due: Proposal	8.4 DUE: Challenge, drafts of problem statement & solution statement	8.5 DUE: Challenge Post #3 CONFERENCES	8.6 OPEN OFFICE HOURS VIA SKYPE/EMAIL/FACETIME	8.7  Self-Evaluation	8.8 DUE: Proposal NO CLASS CONTACT VIA EMAIL OR SKYPE

This tentative schedule is only a guide and is subject to change. Unless otherwise indicated, due dates of assignments are TBD. 

Unit 1: Argument, Rhetoric, and Academic Writing

Week 1 June 30-July 4

• Introduction to rhetoric and Rhetorical Analyses

• Introduction to the writing process

• July 4th: NO CLASS

DUE: 
           Diagnostic Writing Assignment - Thursday, July 7th 

Week 2 July 7 – 11

• Writing a first draft

• Making claims

• Peer review & revising

DUE:

Blog Post & Response #1 - Tuesday, July 8th
Argument Analysis - Thursday, July 10th 

Unit 2: Defining Thematic Issues

Week 3 July 14 – 18

• Introduction to Definition Arguments

• How to define

• Conferences

DUE:

Definition Essay -  Thursday, July 17th
Blog Post & Response #2 - Friday, July 18th

Unit 3: Evaluating Argumentative Knowledge

Week 4 July 21 – 25

• Introduction to Evaluation Arguments

• Conferences

• Peer review & revisions

DUE:

Blog Post & Response #3 

Unit 4: Proposing Persuasive Solutions

Week 5 July 28 - August 1

• Introduction to Proposal Arguments

• Writing topic and problem statements

DUE:

Evaluation Essay - Tuesday, July 29th 
Problem Statement 

Challenge Check-In #2

   

Week 6 August 4 – 8

• Conferences

• Writing workshops

DUE:

Challenge - Monday, August 4th

Challenge Check-In 3 - Tuesday, August 5th
Proposal Argument - Friday, August 8th