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Page history last edited by Scott M. Bruner 7 years ago

 

January 18, 2017

 

Hello RWS students,

 

Welcome to RWS 200! I am very much looking forward to getting to know each of you and working alongside with you as we explore rhetorical possibilities.

I have posted the syllabus for the course as well as my contact information on Blackboard. However, we will NOT be using Blackboard for 99.9% of our coursework. We have a Course Wiki set up to use throughout the semester for sharing our work and collaboration. Class information, including future announcements, homework assignments and extra resources, will also be posted on the wiki.

 

You can find the wiki at https://sbruner.pbworks.com

 

Feel free to check it out now. Unless you have been in one of my previous classes (it's the same wiki!), you will need to request access to the wiki in order to add and edit content, which you will eventually need to do! I'll go over how to do that tomorrow. 

 

I hope your first day of classes was enjoyable!

 

Scott M. Bruner
scottmbruner@gmail.com
RWS 200 Instructor

 

 

February 9, 2017

 

Hello RWS 200ers,
,

 We will not have class today. My apologies but I am too sick to hold class.

 

We will conduct the peer review on Tuesday (2/14), and your final drafts will be due Thursday (2/16). (Your blog assignment for this weekend is also posted).

Thanks,

Scott

 

February 23, 2017

 

Howdy 200ers,

 

 I wanted to clarify something for your blog posts due Monday morning. You want to identify "Characteristics of Demagoguery" from George Wallace's speech. You'll need to use the "Characteristics of Demagoguery" reading that was assigned for today.  It's 9-pages and is based on the ideas in PR-M's article.

 

 I handed out a "Rhetorical Fallacies" list today, which is different, and is a list of common logical mistakes that rhetors make. It will help with your paper, but you don't need it for your blog. 

 

 Both are available in the "Reading and Homework" section of our class wiki. As an aside, if you have questions about the blog, or trying to identify a text for paper #2, feel free to e-mail me.

 

Scott

 

 

March 1, 2017

 

Hello 200ers,

 

 Tomorrow, before we begin our Peer Review Workshop, we will take a Kahoots! quiz to review the "Characteristics of Demagoguery" (and to review some old terms as well). Be sure to bring a phone, or tablet, or laptop that can access the Internet.

 

 It's not graded, but the winner will get +2 to their second paper, while the top 3 will get +1.

 

See ya then,

Scott

 

 

March 1, 2017

 

Hello 200ers,

 

 There was a question asked yesterday about how to cite Patricia Roberts-Miller's article. As an FYI, all the info you need to cite it is on the first page of her full article (ie, the journal it's from is "Rhetoric and Public Affairs"). You will need to put it into MLA format for your Works Cited page.

 

 Don't worry about citing the handout, but you should still mention it in your intro. Technically, the two are the same document.

 

 As an aside, if you don't know about it already: the Purdue Online Writing Library website is your BFF for academic writing. I have yet to write a paper or do a Works Cited that I didn't refer to it. That site will walk you through everything you need to know for MLA format.

 

Good luck on your papers, and e-mail me if you have questions!

Scott

 

 

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