Rhetoric in the REal: A First-Year Writing Syllabus
Overview
Syllabus and assignments for a First-Year Writing Course. I think there's enough in this document for you to run this class if you wanted to!
Intro
Hi everyone,
Attached, you will find my most recent First-Year Writing syllabus. There's a new edition every year. I strive to build my syllabi to best serve each semester's student body. This syllabus includes a wide range of assignments and assessment modalities, a sample semester schedule, the prompts I use throughout the semester, and the course's "logistics." I use a kind of question-answer dialogue to discuss the "logistics." It may seem a little weird at first. I've found talking about expectations and policies and all the rest through a performed dialogue helps me create a hospitable environment in the classroom from the get-go. It's fun and funny and we get to laugh together. The dialogue helps keep my first experience with my students full of sweetness and light--I hope. For this course, the department requires an assignment sequence that includes a rhetorical analysis essay and a well-scaffolded 10-page research paper. All assigned readings must be non-fiction.
I love teaching this class!
In Solidarity,
Daniel Hengel