Bensen ENG 210 Fall 2017 Schedule 1

Calendar/Schedule of Assignments
(This schedule is subject to change.)

All reading assignments are due on the day they are listed on the schedule
below.

We will not be reading in class. You are responsible for completing all
assigned readings prior to arriving to class. Each reading assignment is
preceded by the word Read and appears in the Readings column.

Also note that assignment due dates appear in the Assignments column.

Linked titles = electronic PDF in BB = portable document

readings. Click on links to access format linked in weekly content
and read essays. folders in Blackboard

Eggers = Dave Eggers The

Circle purchased by student

Important Dates

August 21, 2017 16-week session begins

August 25, 2017 Last day to add a class
September 6, 2017 Last day to drop a class with a refund
October 27, 2017 Last day to withdraw from a class with a grade of W
December 12, 2016 Final Exam Date (11:00 a.m. to 1:40 p.m.)

This schedule is subject to change.

Week/Date Readings Assignments

Week 1
Tu 22 Aug Introduction to Course; introduction to
Blackboard
Th 24 Aug 24 Aug: Syllabus and
Read: Rhetoric (read Introduction and Academic Honesty
Uses section) Agreement in Blackboard by
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Week/Date Readings Assignments

Read: Rhetorical Situations midnight

View: Purdue OWL: Introduction to
Rhetoric

(Click on linked titles to access readings)

Week 2
Tu 29 Aug Read: Getting Started with WordPress (click 29 Aug: Individual blog by
on linked title to read chapter three, Starting the end of class
a Free WordPress Blog; this link is to an
eBook in the Safari database; if you access the
book off campus, you will need your
MYReynolds username and password)

Th 31 Aug Read: Baron, From Pencils to Pixels

Read: Daley, Expanding the Concept of
Literacy
Week 3
Tu 5 Sep Read: Jones-Kavalier & Flannigan, 5 Sep: Audio recording
Connecting the Digital Dots device (digital recorder or use
Read: Brandt, Accumulating Literacy (PDF audio device on smart
in BB) phones)

Th 7 Sep Read: Wysocki and Johnson-Eilola, Blinded

by the Letter (PDF in BB)
Week 4
Tu 12 Sep Read: Baron, Siri, Take a Sonnet 12 Sep: draft of audio
Read: Fitzpatrick, The Future of Academic essay; studio day for
Style: Why Citations Still Matter in the Age of working on audio
Google (scroll down a bit to get to article text) narrative

Th 14 Sep No reading assigned; peer review (remember to 14 Sep: Audio technology

bring headphones/earbuds to listen to audio narrative and written text for
narratives) in-class peer review
Week 5
Tu 19 Sep Presentation of audio essays 19 Sep: Final revision of
audio technology narrative
and written text in
Blackboard by midnigh

Th 21 Sep Read: Eggers, The Circle (pp. 1-59)

Read: Galow, Understanding Dave Eggers
(PDF in BB)
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Week/Date Readings Assignments

Week 6
Tu 26 Sep College-wide Convocation Day (class not in
session)
Read: Eggers, The Circle (pp. 59-160)
In-class work: group projects

Th 28 Sep Read: Eggers, The Circle (pp. 160-263)

In-class work: group projects
Week 7
Tu 3 Oct Read: Eggers, The Circle (pp. 263-364)
In-class work: group projects

Th 5 Oct Read: Eggers, The Circle (pp. 364-497)

In-class work: group projects
Week 8
Tu 10 Oct No reading assigned; work on group projects

Th 12 Oct Presentation of Circle Digital Documentaries 12 Oct: Circle Group Project

in class and Blackboard
Week 9
Tu 17 Oct Read: Alves, Unintentional Knowledge: 17 Oct: Circle reflection
What We Find When We are Not Looking essay in Blackboard by
midnight

Th 19 Oct Read: Parks, References, Please Begin conducting preliminary

In-class work: developing your research research to write your
question; research day Research Paper Topic
Proposal
Week 10
Tu 24 Oct Read: Horowitz, Will the E-Book Kill the
Footnote?
In-class work: developing your thesis
statement; research day

Th 26 Oct No reading assigned; library session; research 26 Oct: Research Paper

day Topic Proposal in
Blackboard by
midnight
Week 11
Tu 31 Oct No reading assigned; research day

Th 2 Nov No reading assigned; research day 2 Nov: Research

Question/Thesis/Abstract in
Blackboard by midnight
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Week/Date Readings Assignments

Week 12 No reading assigned; peer review of Annotated 7 Nov: Draft of Annotated

Tu 7 Nov Bib Bibliography

Th 9 Nov No reading assigned; use class time to finalize
annotated bib/work on research paper
Week 13
Tu 14 Nov Class canceled; attend individual conference;
check Blackboard for conference schedule
9 Nov: Ten to twelve source
annotated bibliography in
Blackboard by midnight
14 Nov: Complete draft of
research paper

Th 16 Nov Class canceled; attend individual conference; 16 Nov: Complete draft of

check Blackboard for conference schedule research paper
Week 14
Tu 21 Nov No reading assigned; peer review of research 21 Nov: Draft of research
paper paper at the beginning of
class

~ ~ Fall Break: classes not in session 22-26 Nov ~ ~

Week 15
Tu 28 Nov Read: Childs, Revising a Paper to Deliver 28 Nov: Final revision of
(click on link to access and read article) research paper in Blackboard
Read: How to Create Engaging Presentations by midnight

Th 30 Nov Presentations 30 Nov: Presentation of

research paper
Week 16
Tu 5 Dec Presentations 5 Dec: Presentation of
research paper

Th 7 Dec Presentations 7 Dec: Presentation of

research paper
Finals Wk
Tu 12 Dec Presentations during final exam time (11:00 12 Dec: Presentation of
a.m. 1:40 p.m.) research paper