Eng 309 Unit 3 Virtual Schedule
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This document provides an overview and schedule for Unit 3 of ENGL 309 Rhetorical Style. It outlines that students will analyze genres and incorporate rhetorical devices into their own writing about the year 2020. By the end of the unit, students should be able to successfully reproduce a genre using an original topic, and skillfully use tropes and schemes. The schedule lists upcoming class activities like analyzing examples of open letters and commencement speeches, choosing a project genre, having writing conferences, and workshopping a draft.
Eng 309 Unit 3 Virtual Schedule
- 1. ENGL 309 | Rhetorical Style pg 1 UNIT 3 OVERVIEW AND SCHEDULE Writing 2020 Overview In Unit 3, we're going to bring together what we learned in Units 1&2, AND also grapple, in writing, with the insanity of 2020. * Unit Outcomes By the time you’ve completed this unit, you should be able to… • Successfully analyze the features of a genre in order to reproduce it, using a topic of your own invention. • Skillfully and deliberately incorporate tropes and schemes into your writing. * Date In Class Work Due Monday, 3/22 Introduce Project 3: Writing 2020/21 Sign up for individual conference to discuss Project 2 draft. Wed., 3/24 Open Letters • Read MLK's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (BAE pp 263-279) and identify the rhetorical features of the genre (audience, purpose, typical/conventional features). Be prepared to discuss. Friday, 3/26 Drop in Office Hours Monday, 3/29 Commencement Speeches Listen to two of the “16 Best Graduation Speeches” (as decided by Teen Vogue) and identify the rhetorical features of the genre
- 2. ENGL 309 | Rhetorical Style pg 2 (audience, purpose, typical/conventional features). Be prepared to discuss. Wed., 3/31 Invention Work Post your choice for Project 3: open letter or commencement speech. Friday, 4/2 Drop in Office Hours Monday, 4/5 NO CLASS - Individual Writing Conferences Wed., 4/7 NO CLASS - Individual Writing Conferences Friday, 4/9 NO CLASS - Individual Writing Conferences Monday, 4/12 Workshop Open Letter or Commencement Speech Drafts Upload draft of Open Letter or Commencement Speech to Unit 3 Assignments in Bblearn for in-class draft workshop. Wed., 4/14 Format for Project 3 Draft Friday, 4/16 NO CLASS Submit Project 3 Draft for Evaluation by Sunday 4/18