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Holiday-No Class Essay Exam Week

This document outlines the schedule and assignments for a class over several weeks. It includes choosing a topic and thesis for an essay, incorporating sources through paraphrasing and quoting, drafting and revising the essay. Later units cover evaluating media, rhetorical analysis, and creating advertisements as group projects. Students analyze examples, discuss rhetorical techniques, and produce their own informercials to share with the class. The schedule culminates in a rhetorical analysis essay on one group's advertisement.

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Holiday-No Class Essay Exam Week

This document outlines the schedule and assignments for a class over several weeks. It includes choosing a topic and thesis for an essay, incorporating sources through paraphrasing and quoting, drafting and revising the essay. Later units cover evaluating media, rhetorical analysis, and creating advertisements as group projects. Students analyze examples, discuss rhetorical techniques, and produce their own informercials to share with the class. The schedule culminates in a rhetorical analysis essay on one group's advertisement.

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Week 6: September 19th -23rd 15.

Monday: Choosing a topic and finding a thesis statement for your position// Thesis statement activity in class (NARROW DOWN TOPIC & WRITE AN ASSERTION) 16. Wednesday: Integrating sources: Paraphrasing, Quoting, Summarizing (PRE-WRITING) Friday: SEPT 23rd: HOLIDAY- NO CLASS ESSAY EXAM WEEK Week 7: September 26th -30th 17. Monday: With pre-writing: Start draft (FIND SUPPORTING SOURCES- PROPERLY CITE) 18. Tuesday: Work on draft further and incorporate secondary sources 19: Wednesday: Begin final draft 20. Friday: Polish & submit final draft (WATCH THE JONESES& read pp 102-104 Evaluation) UNIT IV: WHAT IS RHETORICAL ANALYSIS? Week 8: October 3rd -7th 21. Monday: What is an Evaluation?// Taste something & evaluate out loud in class// Discuss The Joneses& look at Rotten Tomatoes 22. Wednesday: Critique // In class writing of Critique for The JonesesRotten Tomatoes style 23. Friday: Finish writing Critique and share with class Week 9: October 10th -14th 24. Monday: What is Rhetorical Analysis? (DISCUSS INFOMERCIAL ACTIVITY & ASSIGN GROUPS) 25. Tuesday: Discuss Rhetoric associated with The Joneses Wednesday: OCT 12th: HOLIDAY- NO CLASS (Tues night classes after 1pm) 26. Friday: Colbert Report Exercise// (WORK ON GROUP ADVERTISEMENTS) Week 10: October 17th -21st 27. Monday: ADVERTISEMENTS!!!// What is the Rhetorical difference between print, radio, tv, speech on tv vs speech transcript, etc (146) (GO SHOPPING ACTIVITY145) 28. Wednesday: Discuss photos or products purchased & rhetoric- everyone shares 29. Friday: Watch ads & discuss// Create own original ad in class activity (FINISH GROUP ADS) Week 11: October 24th -28th 30. Monday: Discuss essay- Rhetorical Analysis of one groups ad// (UPLOAD ADVERTISEMENTS TO YOUTUBE AND TO CLASS BLOG) 31. Wednesday: SHARE INFOMERCIALS IN CLASS

32. Friday: SHARE INFORMERCIALS IN CLASS ESSAY EXAM WEEK Week 12: October 31st November 4th 33. Monday: Prewriting & beginning rough draft 34. Wednesday: Finishing rough drafts and starting final copy 35. Friday: Finish up final copy of essay

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