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8/25/25

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  1. Class website introduction www.wartherj.wixsite.com/malvern

  2. Syllabus and course review.

  3. Join Classroom: hezxhun6

  4. Read and Discuss: Ch. 1 Understanding Arguments and Reading them Critically p. 3 - 18

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Homework: None

 

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8/26/25

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  1. Review Rhetorical Devices

  2. Practice applying concepts through an Escape Room

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Homework: None

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8/27/25

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  1. Discuss first essay, Concept & Rhetorical Analysis

  2. Read together and examine: “Shooting Guns: It’s Rather Fun, Actually” by D.K. p. 543

  3. Add to Tool Box

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8/28/25​

  1. Read, examine and take notes on “How a Bible-Belt Evangelical Church Embraced Gay Rights” by Nicole Pasulka p.549 and “Finally, There’s a Bechdel Test for Muslim Representation” by Abeer Yusuf
    p.555 to prepare for tomorrow's seminar.

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8/29/25​

 

  1. Seminar over "How a Bible-Belt Evangelical Church Embraced Gay Rights” by Nicole Pasulka p.549 and “Finally, There’s a Bechdel Test for Muslim Representation” by Abeer Yusuf.

  2. Add to Tool Box

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9/2/25​

  1. Read and annotate “Featuring Disabled Women in Advertisement: The Commodification of Diversity” by Ella Houston (p.561) to prepare for tomorrow's (or Thursday's) seminar.

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9/3/25​

  1. Field trip at 9:15 - if we have time, we will have a 15 minute seminar. If not, we will use half the class time tomorrow.

  2. Add to Tool Box

 

9/4/25 & 9/5/25​

  1. Read one of the following and write your Reader Response Paper (Due before class Monday).

    1. "Born in the U.S.A.: Patriotism, Protest, and the Sound of American Identity"

    2. "Toxic Masculinity and the Razor’s Edge: Gillette’s Call for a New Kind of Man"

    3. Add to Tool Box
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9/8/25 - 9/12/25

 

Monday:​​​

  1. Reader Response Paper (Due before class).

  2. Discuss Reader Response

  3. Complete Cultural Analysis Student Workbook (on paper) to plan your essay.

 

Tuesday - Friday:

  1. Research and take notes

  2. Outline due before next week.

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9/15/25 - 9/19/25

 

Monday - Wednesday

Thursday - Friday

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9/22/25 - 9/26/25

 

Monday - Tuesday:​​​

  1. Workshop 2: Group Review

Wednesday:

  1. Revise your essays

  2. Final Cultural Analysis Essay due before class on Thursday

Thursday - Friday:​

  1. Primary Research Paper Introduction

  2. Choose your community (often stereotyped or one you have preconceived notions about)

  3. Schedule your observation (Due week 7)

  4. Schedule your interview (Due week 7)

  5. Review “Collecting Data on Your Own”. 451-455

  6. Observation Note Brainstorm

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9/29/25 - 9/30/25

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  1. Interview Lesson

    1. Watch excerpts from the interviews below and create a class list of interviewing techniques.

    2. Next, you will be interviewing multiple classmates. Your purpose is to try and identify or discover something unique about your classmates. What is their "wow factor." You should try to get a better story than anyone else in the room.

    3. Brainstorm 5-10 questions using our class discussion as a guide.

    4. There is a TEDTalk below you may watch on your own time for more tips.

  2. Interview Planning Notes (Due before class Monday in your Invention Journal).

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Homework

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10/1/25 - 10/3/25

 

Wednesday and Thursday

  • Finish Interviewing

  • View the following group assignments. Your group is to read the assigned chapter together (notes should go in your invention journal) and then create a presentation for the class to teach them about your type of argument. You must include examples in your presentation.

    • Chapter 9 (Arguments of Definition):​

    • Chapter 10 (Evaluation):​

    • Chapter 11 (Causal):​

    • Chapter 12 (Proposal):​

 

Friday

  • Group Presentations

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Homework

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10/6/25 - 10/10/25

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  1. Monday

    1. Presentations

  2. Tuesday

    1. Plan interview questions

    2. Examine model essay: “The Emotion Work of ‘Thank You for Your Service’” p. 436

  3. Wednesday - Thursday

    1. Observation and Interview due before next week

    2. Work on any homework you need to offset time spent on your observation and interview.

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***OBSERVATION AND INTERVIEW DUE MONDAY!!!***

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10/14/25 - 10/17/25

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Tuesday

  1. Review sample essays

  2. Review your notes, highlight the most important findings you want to focus on.​

  3. What questions arose from the above? List them in your Invention Journal.

Wednesday/Thursday

  1. Outline (in your Invention Journal)

Friday

  1. Draft 1 (Due before class Monday)​

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10/20/25 - 10/24/25

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Monday & Tuesday

  1. Workshop 1: Expert Stations

  2. Draft 2

Wednesday

  1. Workshop 2: Group Review

 

Thursday

  1. Final Primary Research Paper Due before next week

 

Thursday - NO School

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10/27/25 - 10/30/25

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Monday

  1. Read about your Capstone Research Paper 

  2. Read the following example research paper from your textbook. Take note of its strengths and weaknesses in you Invention Journal

    1. “Where the Wild Things Should Be: Healing Nature Deficit Disorder Through the Schoolyard” p. 426​

Tuesday - Friday

  1. Review the following as needed

    1. “Developing an Academic Argument” p. 414

    2. "Finding Evidence" p. 442

    3. "Evaluating Sources" p. 458

  2. Research & Annotated Bibliography due before class on Monday.

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10/31/25 - 11/7/25

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  1. Submit Thesis before class Monday

  2. Read and take notes (in your invention journal) on the following before Monday

    1. ​Ch. 20 Using Sources p. 474 - 487

  3. Review if needed: Ch. 22 Documenting Sources; APA Style p. 522

  4. Outline due before Friday in your Invention Journal.

    1. ​Types of Arguments

      1. Proposals (ch 12)

      2. Evaluation Argument (ch 10)

      3. Causal Argument (ch 11)

      4. Arguments of Definitions​ (ch 9)

    2. Other Type of Arguments with Outline formats

      1. Classical

      2. Rogerian

      3. Toulmin

  5. Friday: Begin rough draft

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11/10/25 - 11/14/25

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Monday - Wednesday​

  1. Capstone Research Paper Draft 1 due before class on Thursday

  2. Model critiques on Wednesday

Thursday

  1. Workshop 1: Expert Stations

Friday

  1. Draft 2 due before class on Monday

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**Observation and Interview Citation Format**

**AI Feedback Prompt**

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11/17/25 - 11/18/25

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  1. Workshop 2: Group Review

  2. Final Capstone Research Paper Due before class on Wednesday

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11/19/25 - 11/20/25

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  1. Introduce Multimodal Project

  2. Choose Groups for Multimodal Project

    1. Create a folder, share with team and Warther. Everything you do should go in this folder.

    2. Name folder Multimodal 2023 - Initials​

    3. Start Meeting Minutes​

  3. Read Ch 16: "New Media and Multimodal Arguments" p. 385

  4. Choose topic and roles

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11/21/25 - 12/5/25

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  1. Multimodal group work ​

  2. Final Project due before class 12/15

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12/8/25 - 12/12/25

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  1. You should be spending about half of this week editing and revising.​

  2. Final Project due before class 12/15

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12/15/25 - 12/17/25​

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  1. Multimodal Presentations  12/15

  2. Final - Two Options (Due by the end of class 12/17)

    1. Final - Reflective Essay​

    2. You can revise one of your first two essays: Cultural Analysis or Primary Research.  You will resubmit your essay to the original post. You must attach your Essay Revision Cover Sheet to the post (be sure to delete everything in this document other than your Cover Sheet). If you do this opiton, you need to add a comment here telling me which pape you revised.

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