LS = The Little Seagull Handbook
| Date | Major Due Dates; Homework (due day listed); In class |
| T 9/2 | Introduction to course; Notes |
| Th 9/4 | Read LS 2-16 and Rogers (Moodle); Notes |
| T 9/9 | Read Barrett and Myers (also available on Moodle); Notes |
| Th 9/11 | Read Lynch (Moodle) and Ratnayake; Notes |
| T 9/16 | Rhetorical Analysis short paper due; Notes |
| Th 9/18 | Read Schalk (Moodle) and Febos; Notes |
| T 9/23 | Read Loofbourow (Moodle); Notes |
| Th 9/25 | Rhetorical Analysis short paper due; Notes |
| T 9/30 | Read Harris (Moodle) and LS 17-39 (“Writing Processes” through “Developing Paragraphs”; page numbers may be different depending on the edition); Notes |
| Th 10/2 | Paper 1 due for peer reviews; Notes, sign up for conferences |
| T 10/7 | Conferences |
| Th 10/9 | Conferences; Paper 1 revisions due by the end of Friday |
| Th 10/16 | Midterm Reflection due (optional); Notes |
| T 10/21 | Read hooks and Gay; Notes |
| Th 10/23 | Coming to Terms with Culture paper due; Notes |
| T 10/28 | Read LS 116-138 (section on research); Notes |
| Th 10/30 | Paper 2 Research due; Notes |
| T 11/4 | Paper 2 due for peer reviews; Notes, Sample APA Paper, rubric, sign up for conferences |
| Th 11/6 | Conferences |
| T 11/11 | Conferences |
| Th 11/13 | Paper 2 revisions due; Discuss Phillips and Jackson |
| T 11/18 | Presentation outline and visual aid first draft due; Notes, sign up for presentations |
| Th 11/20 | Read “Public Speaking” from Univ. of Pittsburgh |
| T 11/25 | Workshop visual aid |
| T 12/2 | Presentation outline and visual aid revisions due for peer reviews |
| Th 12/4 | Presentations |
| T 12/9 | Presentations |
| Th 12/11 | Presentations |
| T 12/16 | Final Reflection due |
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