Week 1        (due 1/18).

• Find the class web page.   Explore the various links.  Then send me an email message (paulb@one-world.org) containing about 1 paragraph worth of writing.  You may write whatever you wish (e.g., questions, comments, a letter, poetry, etc.).

Week 2         (due 1/25)

• Follow the instructions on the class web site for joining the class listserv.  Join the listserv.
• Consider the implications of controversies over "the canon" that comprises "the Southwest" for the various groups that live here.  Explore what differences it might make if certain texts come to stand for & represent local people & places rather than others.   Use specific quotes from several of the texts we have read so far to support and develop your points.  (200 words).

• How might the texts by Eliot & Tapahanso resonate with issues covered in the papers or discussed in class?  What does this allow you to see about individual & group expression, tradition, and different types of media (oral tradition, written, movies, broadcast, etc?)?  (150 words).

Week 3        (due 2/1)

• Pick a p, select an article that covers a local issue/conflict that interests you.  Brainstorm about the persuasive strategies employed by the author.  Analyze the rhetorical situation & strategies of the piece.    (250 words).

• Explore how might you organize & focus a formal essay that analyzes the rhetoric in this text?  (100 words).

Week 4        (due 2/8)
 

• Construct a fully developed sentence outline for essay 1.

• Draft your essay 1.  Bring 3 copies to class.  This draft is required in order to qualify to write the week 5 peer reviews & to receive feedback from me during your conference.

Week 5