Monthly Archives: September 2015

Historical Week 6: Isocrates

Today’s Plan: Some preliminary reactions to the first round of papers Secondary Source presentations Discussion of Isocrates: major concepts, grid issues, etc Break Papillion, Welch, Haskins, Vitanza Paper Day Reactions Here’s some jumbled cut and paste from my feedback. The … Continue reading

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Rhetoric and Gaming 5.1: Project Two Proposals

Today’s plan: Some Quick Reaction to the Papers Working in Groups on Project 2 This means I will once again stall our discussion of race until Thursday (although, our discussion on Thursday and talking to groups about project possibilities indicates … Continue reading

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Expository Writing 5.1

Today should be a relatively short session. I will give you time in class to get some writing done. Today’s plan: Weekly Writing (and some reaction) Reading Jenkins Volunteers for workshopping First, I want to spend some time going over … Continue reading

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Expository Writing 4.2: Working with Sources

Today’s plan: Looking at Writing Handling Sources Workshopping Tim’s piece As I was working through your writing this week, I found a couple of things that everyone should keep in mind. Let’s start with those. I want to look at … Continue reading

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Rhetoric and Gaming 4.2: Project 2 Proposals

I am going to stall our discussion of race and the readings I assigned Tuesday until next week, because I want to spend today’s class forming groups and identifying methodologies. To do this, I want to watch two short videos … Continue reading

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Rhet&Gaming 4.1: Project Two

Today: Preamble Sarkeesian Project Two Homework Prepping for Project Two Last class I showed one of my favorite video’s, Jay Smooth’s “How to Tell Someone They Sound Racist.” Key to Smooth’s rhetorical strategy is to maintain a distinction between judging/indicting … Continue reading

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Historical Rhetorics Week 4: Aristotle’s Rhetoric, Or If Not His, Somebody Else’s

What a mess of a day! We have so much to do! A quick note on Byron Hawk’s historiography essay A new grid (thanks to Stephanie), so let’s cover the basic terminology: branches, pisteis, topics, etc. Reviewing secondary sources How … Continue reading

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Expository Writing 3.2: Summary, Logical Development, and Concision

Today’s plan: A Quick intro to Logical Development Summary Exercise Concision: from sentences to characters Homework Logical Development and the Period To start off today, I want to talk a bit about logical development by talking about the most basic … Continue reading

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Expository Writing 3.1: Proposal Feedback

Today’s plan: Proposal Feedback and grades Quick Writing Workshop Setting up the Google Docs for Weekly Writing Proposal Feedback Overall I thought the proposals were really strong and am excited by the range and quality of the topics this semester. … Continue reading

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Rhetoric and Gaming 3.1: Baraka and Revolutionary Art

Today’s plan: Play this: Darfur is Dying Watch this: The McDonald’s Game and Persuasive Games Baraka, the Revolutionary Theater, and Games and/as Critique For my final answer to the question “what is art?” I want to discuss art that overtly … Continue reading

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