Schedule

Date

Theme

“Think”/Read

“Do”/Due

Week 1:

Aug. 23 ~ Aug. 25

• Get “Essential” 
• Get “Short” 
• Get “Bad Arguments”

Week 2:

Aug. 30 ~ Sep. 1

• “Essential,” Part 1.1
• “Short,” Ch 2
• “Oxford” – The Development of Greek Rhetoric

Week 3:

Sep. 6 ~ Sep. 8

• “Essential,” Part 2, Ch. 5 & 6
• “Short,” Ch. 3
• Edlund. Using Kenneth Burke’s Pentad.
• “Bad Arguments,” pp. 6 – 19

Week 4:

Sep. 13 ~ Sep. 15

• “Essential,” Part 2, Ch 4.
• (Purdue Owl Lab, n.d.) Toulman Argumentation Model.
• “Oxford,” Rhetoric and Argumentation.
• “Bad Arguments,” pp. 20  – 32.

Week 5:

Sep. 20 ~ Sep. 22

• “Essential,” Part 1, Ch. 3.
• “Short,” Ch. 4.
• Ackerman, 2003
• “Bad Arguments,” pp. 33 – 44.

Week 6:

Sep. 27 ~ Sep. 29

• “Essential,” Part 2, Ch. 7
• (Spinuzzi & Zachry, 2000)

Week 7:

Oct. 4 ~ Oct. 6

• (Cooper, 1986)
• (Edbauer, 2005)

Week 8:

Oct. 11 ~ Oct. 13

Week 9:

Oct. 18 ~ Oct. 20

• “Oxford,” Rhetoric and Digital Media.
• (Omizo, 2020)

Pick one:

• (“Papers Please”, 2013)
• (“This War of Mine”, 2018)

Week 10:

Oct. 25 ~ Oct. 27

• (Cleger, 2015)
• (Evans-Thirlwell, 2022)

Pick one:

• (“Papers Please”, 2013)
• (“This War of Mine”, 2018)

Week 11:

Nov. 1 ~ Nov. 3

• “Oxford,” Rhetoric and Feminism
• (Sauer, 1998)

Week 12:

Nov. 8 ~ Nov. 10

• “Oxford,” Rhetoric and Race in the United States
• (Powell, 2002)

Week 13:

Nov. 15 ~ Nov. 17

• “Oxford,” Rhetoric of Science.
• TBA

Week 14:

Nov. 22 ~ Nov. 24

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Week 15:

Nov. 29 ~ Dec. 1