Category: homework

major due dates

Hi everyone,
Just to clarify here are the major due dates for your assignments.
Writing observations: Feb. 2
Wiki project: Feb. 23 (drafts should be ready one week in advance).
Rhetoric paper: March 11 (drafts should be ready at least a week and a half in advance).

Monday February 1st, 2010 in homework | No Comments »

Reading summary

Please do a half page reading summary for the Schaub reading; try to extract the main ideas from the article.

Thursday January 28th, 2010 in homework | 1 Comment »

Homework for Thursday 1/14

Please read the RFE-RL PDF report. I’d like you to focus your attention on how writing and composing functions. Please also read the first four parts of “Why Teach Digital Writing?”
For homework I would also like you to return to the “Is Rhetoric an Art?” article and think about the distinction between a techne and [...]

Tuesday January 12th, 2010 in homework | Comments Off

Homework: Kairos, Chronos, oh my!

Homework: please read the “Is Rhetoric an Art?” article (now linked off the schedule), and the reading on Kairos. Compose a one page entry discussing time and argument. Provide one example where you, a friend, etc used the right argument at the opportune moment, or the wrong argument at the wrong moment. Other combinations may [...]

Thursday January 7th, 2010 in homework | Comments Off

English 359

Please review the syllabus, browse the reading schedule, and take a look at our list of invited speakers. For homework please write ½ a page on a situation where you had to locate “the available means of persuasion.”
Welcome to the course!
Jim Ridolfo

Monday January 4th, 2010 in homework, links, rhetoric, summary | Comments Off