stolley | english 108

FINAL PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS

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--posted December 10, 2006

GROUP CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

ENGL 108.0602--2:30 class

Monday, December 4		Wednesday, December 6
2:30	Jim, Oran, Alex, Mike, and Paul	4:30	Emily, Jacob, Tom, and Aaron
2:40	Amy, Jared, and Billy	4:45	Allie, Michael, Skyeler, Katie
2:50	Sarah and Allie R.	5:00	Shannon, Megan, Kaylan
3:00	Lucia, Aubry, and Liz	5:00	Shannon, Megan, Kaylan

ENGL 108.0802--4:30 class

Monday, December 4		Wednesday, December 6
4:30	Mike, Caleb, Christa, and Molly	4:30	Chris, Dave, Renae, Erin
4:45	Cori, Dane, Joe, and Tanja	4:45	Craig, Levi, Justin
5:00	Veronica, Sean, Annie, and Sarah	5:00	Jay, Ben, Tom

--posted, December 1, 2006

PROJECT FOUR PROPOSAL DETAILS

What is a proposal?

A project proposal requires you to establish a plan for the project you intend to produce. The proposal will offer your group a chance to identify how you will achieve your final product for the assignment, by detailing the different components of the task and how they will contribute to the overall presentation.

What should the proposal include?

Problem Description Identify the major issues that contribute to the problem you have chosen, as well as your group's reasons for choosing to explore this specific problem.
Argument Explanation and Justification After you describe the problem, you should explain the argument that you will make in your final project. You should also briefly justify your argument.
Audience Analysis Consider who your audience is. Why did you choose this group to focus on? What are specific ways you intend to reach this audience? What are some potential problems you might encounter in convincing your audience to agree with your argument?
Genre Description Explain what genre you have chosen to deliver your argument to your audience, and why this genre is appropriate to both the issue and the audience you have chosen. Do your group members have any specific skills that will contribute to the final product?
Research Plan Identify resources available to you that will provide background information and/or arguments for your final project. You should consider both electronic and print sources, as well as other alternative forms of research you can do (e.g., photo documentation, surveys, etc.)

Proposal Requirements

Your proposal should be in MLA format, typed, double-spaced, and printed, and all of the group members' names should be typed at the top of the page.

The proposal is worth 50 points (out of a total of 350 for the project), and it is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday, November 29. Late proposals will not be accepted.

--posted November 27, 2006

INVENTION ACTIVITIES FOR P4

The invention activities for Project 4 can now be found online. I also encourage you to check out the sample invention activities, which illustrate some of the ways the questions can be answered.

This assignment will be due on Monday, November 27.

--posted November 20, 2006

PROJECT 4: CREATING A VISUAL ARGUMENT

Get the details here.

--posted November 15, 2006

COMPUTER CLASSROOM, 11/1

On November 1, we will meet in a computer classroom rather than in Heavilon.

ENGL 108.0602 (2:30) will meet in SC 246.

ENGL 108.0802 (4:30) will meet in SC 289.

--posted October 27, 2006

PROJECT THREE

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--posted October 27, 2006

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

For the next three weeks, we'll be examining Letters to the Editor that are published in the Lafayette Journal and Courier, the newspaper for the greater Lafayette area, as well as Purdue's newspaper, The Exponent.

One of your primary assignments for the next unit will be reading the letters to the editor every day. Both newspapers are available for free around campus, or you can find them online here:

Lafayette Journal and Courier Opinion Section
The Exponent Opinion Section

For Wednesday, and for the next few weeks, be sure to come to class ready to discuss the letters in both papers.

--posted Monday, October 16

PROJECT TWO GUIDELINES

Details for Project 2 can be found here.

--posted October 2, 2006

STYLE ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT

For Monday, October 2, please do the following:

Read Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail.
Identify three stylistic strategies that we have discussed in class (either from the Kolln or Aristotle texts) that you see MLK using in his letter.
Write a short essay that explains the three strategies you identified. Your essay should provide examples from the text that illustrate the concepts you describe. Also, evaluate how well you think MLK used these strategies to reach his audience.

Your responses should be typed, double-spaced, and ready to turn in at the beginning of class on Monday.

This assignment will be worth 25 points, which will be taken from the 150 total points available for Project 2.

You can find an explanation of the rhetorical situation from which MLK composed this letter here.

--posted September 28, 2006

PROJECT TWO CALENDAR

Get it here.

--posted September 20, 2006

PLANNING FOR PROJECT ONE

In class on Friday, we'll work on brainstorming and developing ideas for your first project. To get the worksheet we'll complete in class, click here.

For Monday, please complete a short writing assignment that explains what your plan for the first project is. Explain the experience and/or belief that you will write about, the genre (My Turn or This I Believe) that you have chosen, and how you plan to make this personal experience or belief relevant and interesting to a larger audience. This assignment should be typed and printed and ready to turn in at the beginning of class on Monday.

--posted September 8, 2006

PROJECT ONE