The Rhetorical Analysis and “Peer Profile” Assignment
During Phase 2, you will learn more about reading texts for what they “do” and practice analyzing texts for their rhetorical features. You will also practice creating different kinds of rhetorical texts that target and are designed for specific audiences. Among other small assignments, you will complete the second major writing assignment of our course, the Rhetorical Analysis Assignment.
Note: you should have access to all readings & all assignments every class (in print or on your laptop/phone). This is because we’ll likely refer back to previous assignments/readings.
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Homework Due BEFORE Class
In-Class Topics/Goals
Week 6 — Tuesday, 10/10
NO CLASS MONDAY, 10/9
(INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY); MONDAY AND TUESDAY SCHEDULES SWITCHED.
- Sign up for CUNY Academic Commons and create a first draft of your WordPress Site.
- Follow this slideshow or the video above. Submit a link to Google Classroom.
- MEET IN COMPUTER LAB STC-2 (NAC, 1340)
- Phase 1 Reflection
- Assign Phase 1 Revisions
- Digital Portfolio & WordPress
- Selecting a peer narrative
- Scheduling interviews
Week 6 — Wednesday, 10/11
- Write and submit to Google Classroom Part 1 of your Phase 2 Rhetorical Analysis Assignment. Print and bring to class 2 copies (or bring your laptop with the latest draft saved).
- Interview questions and interview strategies
- The magazine “Profile” genre
- Workshop Part 1 drafts
- Copy of full NYT Profile, “Simone Biles and the Weight of Perfection.”
Week 7 — Monday, 10/16
- Complete the interviews with your two peers (one where you’re the interviewer and the other the interviewee).
- Transcribe at least 250 words from the interview, capturing salient/interesting moments. Submit to Google Classroom.
- Optional View/Listen: “Ask Better Questions,” TED talk by Amber L. Wright
- Optional view/listen: “Write Profiles Like A (New York) Times Writer“
- MEET IN COMPUTER LAB STC-2 (NAC, 1340)
- Analyze a Model Text
- In-class writing of Part 2
- Workshop in-class writing
Week 7 — Wednesday, 10/18
- Write and submit to Google Classroom a first draft of Part 2.
- Print and bring to class 2 copies (or bring your laptop with the latest draft saved).
- Workshop Model Text as class
- Workshop Part 2 drafts
Week 8 — Monday, 10/23
- Revise and polish the final draft of Part 2 based on peer feedback. Then, write and paste your cover letter at the beginning of the document. Submit to Google Classroom.
- Review Phase 1 Feedback
- Revisit WordPress
- Revision/Editing Strategies
Week 8 — Wednesday, 10/25
