Course Schedule
The following schedule offers a provisional plan for all work throughout the semester. We may revise it as needed. PDF readings are available for download at EMU Online (see Doc Sharing).
1.Week of Jan. 4-10
We.6 Introductions
In class: Syllabus and Schedule
2.Week of Jan. 11-17
Mo.11 Technology: Groundwork
Read: Baron, "From Pencils to Pixels" (PDF)
Read: Johnson, "Introduction," The Best Technology Writing of 2009, pp. 1-8 (PDF)
In class: Twitter setup
Follow-up: Notes from class
We.13 Style: Groundwork
Read: Heilker, "Style," Keywords in Composition Studies, pp. 228-231 (PDF)
Read: Crowley and Hawhee, "Style," Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students, pp. 229-263 (PDF)
DUE: SP#1
In-class: Project I: Elements of Style Remake setup
3.Week of Jan. 18-24
Mo.18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - NO CLASSES
We.20 The Elements of Style
Read: Strunk and White, The Elements of Style, Foreword, Introduction, and pp. 1-33.
Read: The Sandwich Spread Elements of Style
Project: What is a remake?
4.Week of Jan. 25-31
Mo.25 The Elements of Style, cont.
Read: Pell, The Marquis de Sade Elements of
Style, selections (PDF)
Read: Elements of Style, pp. 34-85.
We.27 P1 Workshop
Bring drafts and materials
In class: Project development
Twitter Deadline I (20 tweets)
5.Week of Feb. 1-7
Mo.1 Peer response
Bring full draft of Project One
In class: Peer response
We.3 DUE Project One
In class: Wiki How-to and Project 2: Style Wiki setup
6.Week of Feb. 8-14
Mo.8 Williams Quick
Read: Williams, Style: Toward Clarity and Grace, Preface and pp. 1-43.
DUE: SP#2
We.10
Read: Read: Williams, Style: Toward Clarity and Grace, Chs. 3-6, 45-112 (choose two chs.).
Project: Draft primary entries
7.Week of Feb. 15-21
Mo.15 Twitter Style
Read: Twitterfall.com
In class: Thought experiment: Extending Style to Twitter
Read: Sagolla, "Part One: Lead," 140 Characters, pp. 1-33 (PDF)
We.17 Wiki Edits - In-class (workshop)
Read: Read: Williams, Style: Toward Clarity and Grace, Chs. 7-10, 115-198 (choose two chs.).
In class: TBD
Project One revision due (see "Add-ons" in syllabus)
8.Week of Feb. 22-28
Mo.22 Midterm Re-Pose
In class: Midterm Evaluation
DUE: Style in Rhetoric and Composition summary (see "Add-ons" in syllabus)
Twitter Deadline 2 (20 more tweets; 40 total)
We.24 3.33 Ways
In class: Project 3: 3.33 Ways setup
Choosing a nonfiction passage
Due: Project 2
9.Week of Mar. 1- 7
Spring Break - NO CLASSES
10.Week of Mar. 8-14
Mo.8 Sentences
Read: Tufte, "Short Sentences," from Artful Sentences: Syntax as
Style (PDF)
DUE: SP#3
In class: Syntax analysis for style's sake
We.10 Paramedic Method
Read: From Lanham's The Longman Guide to Revising Prose (PDF)
In class: Applying the P-M
11.Week of Mar. 15-21
Mo.15 Oulipo Logic
Read: Selection from Queneau, Exercises in Style (PDF)
Read: Selections from Matt Madden and Scott McCloud (PDF)
In class: Blaze: Writing with Pictures
P3: Commit to a non-fiction passage
DUE: SP#4
We.17 TBD
Twitter Deadline 3 (20 more tweets; 60 total)
12.Week of Mar. 22-28
Mo.22 Workshop - Writing with Pictures
In class: Project 3 Development
We.24 Typeface Style
Helvetica film
13.Week of Mar. 29-Apr. 4
Mo.29 Imagetext
Project Two revision due (see "Add-ons" in syllabus)
Read: Wysocki, "Awaywithwords: On the Possibilities in
Unavailable Designs" (PDF)
DUE: SP#5
We.31 Ignite Series
Read: Selection from Reynolds' Presentation Zen (PDF)
DUE: Draft of Project 3: 3.33 Ways
In class: Ignite Series Overview
Addiction! Staying Afloat in the Age of the Stream (in class)
Twitter Deadline 4 (20 more tweets; 80 total)
14.Week of Apr. 5-11
Mo.5 Workshop
In class: Project 3 and Presentation Development
We.7 Workshop
In class: Course evaluations
In class: Project 3 and Presentation Development
DUE: Twitter Checklist and Reflective Essay
15.Week of Apr. 12-18
Mo.12 Ignite Series
In class: Presentation comment-evaluation
We.14 Ignite Series, cont.
In class: Presentation comment-evaluation
DUE: Project 3: 3.33 Ways
16.Finals Week - Apr. 19-23
Mo.19 DUE: Final Exam
Contact Information
Derek N. Mueller, PhDAssistant Professor
Department of English Language and Literature
Office: 612M Pray-Harrold
Winter 2010 office hours: MW, 10-11 a.m., Tu., 9-Noon, and by appointment
Phone: (315) 708-3940 (cell)
derek.mueller@emich.edu
http://derekmueller.net/rc/
