University of Texas at Austin Rhetoric and Composition 306 Unique number 41910

Course Syllabus :: Unit One (27 August - 26 September)

Date Class Topic and Agenda Assignment
Week Six
Monday September 29
Final Draft Due - Paper One
Read Good Reasons Chapter 12 (p. 223-54)
BPH 13-25, 121-149
Wednesday October 1
Discuss Visual Rhetoric and Design
Read Good Reasons Chapter 5 (p.107-128)

Friday October 3 Watch Food Film Clips
Read FFN p.1-58
Week Seven
Monday October 6
Reading Quiz
Discuss Fast Food Nation
Read Good Reasons Chapter 13 (p. 255-66)
BPH 151-178
Wednesday October 8
Discuss Effective Web Design
Introduce Dreamweaver and HTML through in-class exercise
Read Good Reasons Chapter 7 (p.153-168)
Friday October 10
Discuss Paper Two assignment, definitional argument and criteria of food films
Watch more Food Film Clips
Read FFN p. 59-111
Post comment to Forum on FFN
Week Eight
Monday October 13
Reading Quiz
Discuss Fast Food Nation
Complete Topic Proposal
Wednesday October 15 Topic Proposal Due
In-class workshop on Dreamweaver
Read Good Reasons Chapter 15 (p.277-295)
Friday October 17 Research techniques
Intro to Annotated bibliography
Find and evaluate three sources for Paper Two
Week Nine
Monday October 20
Two Sources Exercise Due
Workshop Websites
Work on website
Wednesday October 22 Workshop Website
Work on website
Friday October 24
Rough Draft of Website Due
Peer Review
Week Ten
Monday October 27
Peer Review Due in class
Work on websites
Wednesday October 29 Discuss Midterm LRO (B1 and C1) : for examples, please go to the LRO exemplars and the tutorial
Complete midterm LRO (Parts B1 and C1)
Friday October 31 Midterm LRO moderations (Parts B1 and C1) Complete Final Draft of Website for Monday November 3