ENGL 101E Writing Rhetorically
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LEE TORDA 310 Tillinghast Hall Bridgewater State University 508.531.2436 ltorda@bridgew.edu www.leetorda.com Attend Zoom Class (when told to on the syllabus) by clicking on this link. |
All office hours for students will be held on Zoom until further notice.
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Week One
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Wednesday 9.1.2021 Friday 9.3.2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
Introduction to the class. Quick overview of Book Club. Getting into book club groups In-class: Partner match ups for work on partner profiles. Book Club Selection.
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Week Two
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 9.6.2021 Wednesday 9.8.2021
Friday 9.10.2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
No Reading Due today.
READ: Click here to read this sample of a profile of Dr. Ed Brush.
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
No Writing Due today.
WRITE: Take notes on the reading for today. Bring those to class. I will check to see that you did them and it will count as your first "Acceptable" Reading Journal just for doing the notes. .
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
All Classes Canceled in observance of Labor Day. IN-CLASS: time to interview your partner.
Explanation of Writing Fellows. Make sure you have your planner/schedule handy to be able to sign up for your writing fellow slot. IN-CLASS: Explanation of Reading Journal Assignment. Practice in class on how to do them.
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Week Three
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 9.13.20 REMEMBER: BOOK CLUBBOOK CLUB & WRITING FELLOWS (ENGL 144 ACADEMIC STRATEGIES) STARTS TODAY Wednesday 9.15.2021
Friday 9.17.2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
No Reading Due today. No Reading Due today.
Miss the email I sent out? You can read it here on the Class Updates page for our class. |
WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
No Writing Due today. . Bring your draft of your partner profile to class for workshopping. Bring TWO PRINT COPIES
DUE IN CLASS: Bring a hard copy of your first official Reading Journal on “Bobby Dunbar” to class.
DUE TO ME: email to me your 250 word partner profile along with a picture to post along with it on our class profile website. |
WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: Full overview of BOOK CLUB Book Club. Sample Book Club experience. Either your facilitators or I will get you to your book club location for the official start of book club. IN-CLASS: workshopping etiquette, how I will respond to your writing, and in-class workshop of your partner profile.
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Week Four
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 9.20.2021 Wednesday 9.22. 2021
Friday 9.24. 2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
LOOK AT THESE IMAGES IN THE .PDF FILE BELOW: 
The images are from the 1924 Code of Conduct for Bridgewater Normal School students (now BSU).
READ: The Great BSU Scandal of 1928. Click here to read the transcript of all of the letters that got sent about the two women students, How and Ryder, who were expelled two weeks before graduation after being accused of walking on the town square with a man. Click here to view excerpts from the original images of the actual letters (written in cursive). If you want to see the complete images of the letters (there are excerpts in the Powerpoint below, you can do so on the BSU library here.
No Reading Due Today.
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
DUE IN CLASS: Bring a hard copy of your Reading Journal on The Normal School Code of Conduct. No Writing Due Today
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: Looking at images of Bridgewater Normal School. Noticing things, writing about noticing things. Thinking/ writing about what you might write about in your Archival Ethnography of BSU. IN-CLASS: Connecting the past to the present with the Ryder Howe Scandal. Thinking/ writing about what you might write about in your Archival Ethnography of BSU. IN-CLASS: Working with The Comment Articles in class.
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Week Five
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 9.27.2021 Wednesday 9.29. 2021
Friday 10.1. 2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
READ: “Mixed Blood Stew” available for download by clicking here: Download File. No Reading Due Today.
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
DUE IN CLASS: Bring a hard copy of your Reading Journal on the essay "Mixed Blood Stew" No Writing Due Today.
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IN-CLASS: What does this TED Talk tell us about how to look at the archives about BSU? How does it affect how you write your paper? What could it mean for a thesis?
IN-CLASS: Work on drafting your Archival Ethnography of BSU. Bring your laptop to class if you want to draft on your computer.
Also, sign up for one-on-one conferences with me. Click here for the google doc sign up sheet (NOTE: link might not be live until this 1 October 2021). Discussion of Midterm Portfolio. Please read the info before class so we can talk about it in class. |
Week Six
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 10.4.2021 Wednesday 10.6.2021 & Friday 10.8.2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
No Reading Due today FOR WEDNESDAY DAY AND FRIDAY: CLASS WILL NOT MEET AS A GROUP. ONE-ON_ONE CONFERENCES WITH ME ON ZOOM. CLICK HERE TO ATTEND.
NOTE: You still need to attend book club. You do not need to attend a writing fellow meeting this week unless you want to. Make sure you let Courtney know if you are going to show or not. |
WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
DUE IN CLASS: A draft of your Archival Ethnography of BSU for workshopping in class. FOR WEDNESDAY DAY AND FRIDAY: Bring your workshop draft to class; Bring, also, your revision plan from Monday's Class.
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: Workshop of your Archival Ethnography of BSU. Sketching out a revision plan. CLASS WILL NOT MEET AS A GROUP. ONE-ON_ONE CONFERENCES WITH ME ON ZOOM. CLICK HERE TO ATTEND
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Week Seven
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 10.11.2021 Wednesday 10.13.2021
Friday 10.15.2021
Class Canceled |
WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
No Reading Due Today. No Reading Due Today
No Reading Due Today
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
No Writing Due Today No Writing Due Today
No Writing Due Today
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
All Classes Canceled in observance of Indigenous People's Day. IN CLASS: Work on your midterm portfolio. Work on finalizing draft of Archive Paper.
Class Canceled due to funeral.
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Week Eight
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 10.18.2021 Wednesday 10.20.2021
Friday 10.22.2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
No Reading Due Today |
WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
DUE AT THE END OF CLASS: Your Midterm Portfolio and your midterm portfolio cover letter. You'll have the entire class to write your midterm portfolio letter. DUE IN CLASS: Instead of a full reading journal, please bring comprehensive notes on the essay "American Hunger." I will check to see that you did them.
DUE IN CLASS: Bring a hard copy of Reader’s Notes on “Wonder Woman”
NOTE: Your final version of your Reading Journal for American Hunger is not due until your midterm grade conference (which you will sign up for today in class) |
WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: You will have the entire. class to write your Midterm Portfolio letter. Email it to me or send me a link to a google.doc by the end of class. IN-CLASS: Understanding "American Hunger" as a profile. Alumni Match ups.
IN-CLASS: Thinking about what we learned from reading "Wonder Woman". Finalizing and sending our questions to our alums.
Also in Class, Sign up for One-on-One Midterm Grade Conferences with me. Click here for the google doc sign up sheet (NOTE: link might not be live until this 22 October 2021). Also in class, overview of The Big Talk: Alumni Interview Paper |
Week Nine
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 10.25.2021 & Wednesday 10.27.2021 Friday 10.29.2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
FOR MONDAY & WEDNESDAY
CLASS WILL NOT MEET AS A GROUP. ONE-ON-ONE MIDTERM GRADE CONFERENCES WITH ME ON ZOOM. CLICK HERE TO ATTEND. READ: Read and make notes on what your alum said to you in their interview. I will check to see that you have notes.
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
DUE AT THE TIME OF YOUR CONFERENCE: Your Reading Journal for American Hunger with your notes. We'll discuss them during our conference. Have it accessible as a google doc or other online document. DUE IN-CLASS: A hard copy of what your alums sent to you and your notes on what you think are some of the most important things to know about your alum.
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
FOR MONDAY & WEDNESDAY CLASS WILL NOT MEET AS A GROUP. ONE-ON-ONE MIDTERM GRADE CONFERENCES WITH ME ON ZOOM. CLICK HERE TO ATTEND. If you haven't signed up: Click here for the google doc sign up sheet IN-CLASS: Individual work with your notes from your alum, moving from interview notes to a complete paper with a thesis. Bring your laptop if you want to compose directly on your computer.
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Week Ten
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 11.1.2021 CLASS MEETS ON ZOOM TODAY Use this link to attend: https://bridgew.zoom.us/j/3806648927 Wednesday 11.3.2021
Friday 11.5.2021
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No Reading Due Today
No Reading Due Today
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
DUE IN CLASS: Bring a hard copy of Reader’s Notes on “Wilhelm Verweord" Confessional Podcast. No Writing Due Today
No Writing Due Today
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: Emailing your alum. Emaling our class questions. IN-CLASS: Special Surprise guest visitor. Take notes on what our guest has to say. Take time at the end of class to write/reflect on how this can contribute to your The Big Talk:Alumni Interview Project
IN-CLASS: Work on your The Big Talk:Alumni Interview Project
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Week Eleven
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 11.8.2021 Wednesday 11.10.2021 Friday 11.12.2021 |
WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
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Week Twelve
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 11.15.2021 Wednesday 11.17.2021
Friday 11.19.2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
Class Canceled Due to Illness. No Reading Due Today
NOTE: This is the last week of Book Club. |
WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
DUE: Draft to turn in to me of The Big Talk:Alumni Interview Project
DUE: Second to Last Reading Journal
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: It's everybody's favorite day of class! It's punctuation and grammar day! Woo-hoo!
IN-CLASS: Overview of final project/Presentation The Big Idea: We are Bridgewater.
Thinking about what "Single Story" helps us to think about our own BSU stories. |
Week Thirteen
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 11.22.2021 Wednesday 11.24.2021
Friday 11.26. 2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
No Reading Due in Class. No Reading Due in Class.
**NOTE: Classes end at 4:00 for the Thanksgiving holiday. No more Book Club. No Reading Due. Class canceled for Thanksgiving Holiday
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
DUE: Pick three questions from part one of the list. Write 200 words in answer to each of those questions. Whichever question you pick. You have to write 200 words for it. DUE: Pick three different questions. Write 200 Words in answer to each of those questions. Whichever question you pick. You have to write 200 words for it.
ALSO DUE: Bring one or two images that you might use as the visual for any of the answers that you've already written. No Writing Due. Class canceled for Thanksgiving Holiday.
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: Practicing what 20 seconds of talk looks like. In-class, starting to draft your text. Demonstration of PowerPoint. Discussion of alternate methods of producing your Pecha Kucah. IN-CLASS: Matching your images to your words. A discussion of visual rhetoric.
Also, discussion of Final Portfolio. All Classes Canceled in observance of the Thanksgiving Day Holiday.
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Week Fourteen
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 11.29.2021 Wednesday 12.1.2021
Friday 12.3.2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
READ: "Why I Ride" by Jana Rickman available by clicking on this link. No Reading Due Today
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
DUE: Last Reading Journal. DUE: Completed Draft of your Script to turn in to me for approval.
No Writing Due in Class
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: Your last chance to practice college level reading skills ALSO: Continuing to draft, revise, organize your script for The Big Idea: We are Bridgewater. IN-CLASS: Working on locating images and putting them into Powerpoint.
IN-CLASS: Continued work on locating images and putting them into Powerpoint. Practice recording. Trouble-shooting.
SIGN UP FOR FINAL PROJECT CONFERENCES BY CLICKING ON THIS LINK. NOTE: link might not be live until 12.3.2021 |
Week Fifteen
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 12.6.2021 Wednesday 12.8.2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
No Reading Due Today No Reading Due Today
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
DUE: A Complete Draft of your finished presentation Powerpoint due in class for workshopping. Continued work on your The Big Idea: We are Bridgewater.
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IN-CLASS: Evaluations
Last Day of Fall 2021 DAY CLASSES. |
Final Exam: 11:00-1:00 Friday 10 December 2021
CLASS UPDATE 6 DECEMBER 2021
ENGL 101E End of Semester Checklist/Timeline
NOTE:this will be posted on the Class Updates page for our class as well as on the Portfolio page for our class.
TURNING IN YOUR PORTFOLIO ELECTRONICALLY:
Turn in your portfolio in whatever way is the easiest for you
Option 1) One google doc with each section labeled as follows:
Option 2) Send one MSWord document or .PDF as an attachment in an email. Label each section as above.
Option 3) Create a shareable link in MSWord to one document, again, labeled as above, to me in an email.
ENGL 101E End of Semester Checklist/Timeline
NOTE:this will be posted on the Class Updates page for our class as well as on the Portfolio page for our class.
- Monday and Wednesday of this week:Work continues on your We Are Bridgewater Pecha Kucha. Bring your computer to class to work on your project.
- Wednesday 8 December 2021: you’ll get your Alumni Interview paper back in class. At that point, you will have a week to decide which of your first two papers you want to revise and to complete the revisions. We will do evaluations. You will sign up for dropbox.
- Try to make time to see Courtney this weekbefore Friday during one of her open office hour time slots. Alternatively, you can sign up for a meeting with me using the google sign up that is located on any of our class web pages or in the signature block in my email.
- Friday, 10 December 2021: By Class Time, be sure to have uploaded your We Are Bridgewater presentation to the Dropbox folder for our class. On Wednesday, you’ll get an invitation to join Dropbox. This will allow you access to the folder where you’ll save your finished presentation.
- Thursday, 16 December 2021: By 5:00 on Thursday, 16 December 2021, you must turn in to me the rest of your portfolio materials. What you need to include in that portfolio is outlined on the Portfolio page for our class.
TURNING IN YOUR PORTFOLIO ELECTRONICALLY:
Turn in your portfolio in whatever way is the easiest for you
Option 1) One google doc with each section labeled as follows:
- Best Reading Journal Reflection
- Revision of first or Second Paper with Reflection
- Pecha Kucha reflection
- Book Club reflection
- Portfolio Cover Letter
Option 2) Send one MSWord document or .PDF as an attachment in an email. Label each section as above.
Option 3) Create a shareable link in MSWord to one document, again, labeled as above, to me in an email.