7/6 (Wednesday)

Topic: Introductions + Principles of Academic Writing
Readings: During Class: “Should Writer’s Use They Own English?”
Assignments Due: None

7/7 (Thursday)

Topic: Discussing First Assignment + Setting Up Portfolios + Intro to Rhetoric
Readings:
1. McGuigan, Sections 1 and 3 (PDF)
2. “Namecalling,” “Bandwagon,” and “Bandwagon Illustration”
3. During Class: “Defining Propaganda II,” “What Are the Tools of Propaganda?” and “The Story of Propaganda”
Assignments Due: “Yourself as Reader, Writer, and Researcher”

7/8 (Friday)

VIRTUAL DAY- Because all SEEK students are required to attend the SEEK/CD Welcome Day on Tuesday, July 12, Summer Academy classes will have virtual assignments on this day to make up for the missed day of in-person class.
Topic: Studying Examples of Creative Nonfiction
Readings: 3 Student Examples – “Q,” “Lesbian,” and “This I No Longer Believe”
Assignments Due:
1. Reflections on Student Examples (comments on Commons post)
2. Examples + Analysis of Namecalling and Bandwagon

7/11 (Monday)

Topic: Writing Workshop/Peer Review
Readings: “Hyperbole” and “Understatement”
Assignments Due: First draft of “This I No Longer Believe” essay

7/12 (Tuesday)

NO CLASS ON THIS DAY. Everyone should attend the SEEK/CD Welcome Event instead.

7/13 (Wednesday)

Topic: Reading Around + Research Skills
Readings:
1.”Litotes” and “Antithesis”
2. “Fear Appeal” and “Humor Appeal”
Assignments Due:
1. Final Draft of “This I No Longer Believe” essay
2. Examples + Analysis of “Hyperbole” and “Understatement

7/14 (Thursday)

Topic: “What Makes You Angry?”
Readings: “Hypophora” and “Rhetorical Question”
Assignments Due:
1. Examples + Analysis on Litotes, Antithesis, Fear Appeal, and Humor Appeal
2. “What Makes You Angry?” exercise that we will complete during class (nothing you need to do ahead of time)

7/18 (Monday)

Topic: Researching
Readings:
1. Lammott, “Shitty First Drafts” (PDF)
2. “Euphemisms” and “Transfer”
Assignments Due:
1. Examples + Analysis for Hypophora and Rhetorical Question
2. Research Paper Proposals

The rest of the schedule will be posted soon. Our last day of class is Thursday 7/28