1. Essentials of College Rhetoric
ENGL 1301:
Essentials of College Rhetoric

2. Contact information
BlogSite: tabithalowery.wordpress.com
Office: Engl 419
Office Hours: Mon 11:00 am – 1:00 pm;
Tues 12:30 – 1:30 pm; Thurs 4-5 pm
And by appointment.

3. Introduce yourself Name Where you’re from Major
If you could make one thing disappear in this world, what would it be and why?
Counter the Response

4. Course objectives
Why rhetoric and writing matters?

5. Grumpy Cat and Course Policies

6. Course policies 1301 Policies : xix-xxix Additional Policies
Participation
Classroom Etiquette
Etiquette
Office Hours
Attendance policy
Late Work Policy

7. Texts for the course RaiderWriter/ St. Martin’s e-Handbook
Custom text

8. Blog http://tabithalowery.wordpress.com/faqs/

9. RaiderWriter (where we submit our work)
BA 1 is due on Friday 8/30
Use Firefox for RaiderWriter. Download it for free from
Avoid Google Chrome
Within 24 hours of our first class, you will be ed a link to 1) activate your RaiderWriter account and 2) take a grammar diagnostic. If you ignore this , the link for setting up RaiderWriter will expire. Set up your RaiderWriter account as soon as you get the ! (It will only take a few minutes).
If you have technical trouble setting up your RW account, see the FAQ sheet on the course blog BEFORE ing me.

10. BA 1 Steps Register in RaiderWriter (link forthcoming in email)
Take the grammar diagnostic. The link for the diagnostic will be on your RaiderWriter homepage.
* YOU CAN ONLY ACCESS THE DIAGNOSTIC ONCE. Do not click on the link to take the test unless you are ready to sit down and take it. If you exit the diagnostic, you will not be able to get back in and complete it. Set aside 1 and ½ to 2 hours.

11. Diagnostic steps
You need three pieces of information to take the diagnostic:
1) Your TTU address
2) Your instructor’s name (Lowery)
3) Your section number:
Mondays 9:30-10: / Tuesdays 2:00-3: / Tuesdays 3:30-4:

12. Submit into Raiderwriter
3) Your results will be ed to me. You will be able to view your results by finding a link on your RaiderWriter homepage (“Click here to see your diagnostic score”),*but only if the you used to register in RaiderWriter matches the you reported in the diagnostic.
Begin your diagnostic as soon as possible so I can address any technical problems before Friday.
4) In RaiderWriter, read the assignment description for BA 1 carefully. Type a response in Word or another program that helps catch errors and paste the response into RaiderWriter.

13. Technical trouble
If you have technical difficulty setting up RaiderWriter or purchasing the handbook, view the FAQ sheet on the blog.
If you purchased the wrong e-handbook from Bedford, use the link on the blog to get to St. Martin’s homepage. Choose the “Contact us- Technical Support” link at the bottom of the page and follow the directions.

14. Due in class next week First-year Writing: St. Martin's Handbook:
Chapter One, pp. 2-15;
Chapter 2 pp ;
Chapter 3 pp , 51-61
Chapter 12,
Sven Birkerts: "Into the Electronic Millennium" pp ,
Stephen Budiansky: "Lost in Translation" pp ,
Scott Jaschik: "Winning Hearts and Minds on Plagiarism" pp ,
Tina Rosenberg: "Everyone Speaks Text Message" pp
St. Martin's Handbook: 
Chapter 1, “Expectations for College Writing”; 
Chapter 60a, "Reading Texts in the Humanities" and 
DiYanni, "Developing a College Vocabulary" (available in the final part of the handbook, "WID/Critical Reading Skills")
Chapter 12 f 2, "Paraphrases« 
Chapter 12 f 3, "Summaries“
Write on Tutorials, "Summarizing and Paraphrasing Sources"

15. Review
1.) Buy the textbook and e-handbook and activate your RaiderWriter account. 2.) Take the grammar diagnostic ASAP and complete BA 1 by Friday night. Submit BA 1 into RaiderWriter! Do not BA 1 to me. For Class Next Week: 3.) Complete Reading 2 and 3, and the additional four essays in FYC. 4.) Complete Reading 1 if you did not read these pages before class. 5) Read the course policies (Underneath “Course Policies” on the Blog, write a comment stating that you’ve read and understood the policies). 6) Make sure you come to class prepared for a quiz