Author: Rebekah Coleman

Spring 2020 English 1121

Unit 1 Lecture 4 Handout

Homework Due Thursday 2/11/2o

1. In your textbook, Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing, read Issue 3: Writing Identities

• Describe a situation when you adapted your writing identity to match a specific situation.
• Describe a situation when you have used a different voice to match a specific situation.
• Think of a communication you have had in the last few weeks between yourself and another person (conversation, text message or email exchange, etc). Write the dialogue down. It does not have to be long. Then imagine replacing one of the people in the conversation with a different person and rewrite the conversation adjusting the tone, voice, etc. to match new audience.

Spring 2020 English 1121

Unit 1 Lecture 3 Handouts

Keywords:

Discourse Community

Rhetoric

Ethos

Pathos

Logos

Rhetorical Situation

Homework Due Thursday 2/6/20

1. In your textbook, Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing, read Issue 2: Strategic Reading.

• According to the authors, Fredrick Douglas uses Ethos, Pathos, Logos, and Kairos to strengthen his argument. What examples do the authors provide?
• What is the difference between analyzing and synthesizing a text?
• What reading strategies do the authors suggest readers use when reading? Which of these strategies have you tried? Have they been helpful? Explain.
• Be prepared to use these strategies to analyze a text in class on Thursday!

Spring 2020 English 1121

Unit 1 Lecture 2 Handout

Keywords:

Community

Genre

Narrative

Poetry

Homework

1. Narrative Writing Assignment Due Tuesday, February 4^th

**Write a short story or poem that describes a vivid memory that was significant to you or reveals something about who you are as a person. In your piece, include sensory details (descriptions of sights, sounds, smells, tastes, physical feelings) to help the reader imagine the scene. Represent at least three of the five senses.

**You piece should be about 250 words. Please include a word count at the top of the page. It should be typed in Times New Roman 12 point font and double-spaced.

**Use this piece as an opportunity to introduce yourself to me. Tell me something about you that I might not otherwise know!

2. Understanding Rhetoric a Graphic Guide to Writing: Issue 1: Why Rhetoric

• Read the chapter. Be prepared to describe/ discuss in class in your own words the following terms: rhetoric, ethos, pathos, logos, and kairos. Also, be prepared to discuss what a rhetorical analysis is.
• I recommend that you take notes on the key ideas and key terms.

 

My Identity as a Reader and a Writer Reading   1.    What do you like about reading? What do you find hard? Be specific.   2.    Where is your favorite place to read (bed, floor, chair, subway, etc)? What is your favorite reading environment (quiet, music, etc)?   3.    What language do you prefer to read in?   4.    What are two things you are good at as a reader?   5.    What genres do you prefer to read (mysteries, adventure, science fiction, humor, informational texts, magazines, newspapers, etc.). Are there topics you like to read about? Do you have a favorite author? Explain.   6.    What have you always wanted to read and have not yet read (genres authors)? Why?   7.    What is one thing you think you could do to become a stronger reader?   8.    How long do you usually read before you stop or lose your focus?   Writing   1.    What do you like about writing? What do you find hard? Be specific.   2.    What is your favorite place to write (desk, floor, table, bed, etc)?   3.    What are your favorite writing utensils (pen/pencil and paper, computer, tablet, phone)? What is your favorite writing environment (quiet, music, etc)?   4.    What language do you prefer to write in?   5.    What is your favorite genre to write in? (Poetry, journals, songs, notes, letters, essays, stories, mysteries, etc)   6.    Is there a new genre you would like to try?   7.    What is one thing you think you could do to become a stronger writer?   8.     How long do you usually write before you stop or lose your focus?

 

Lecture 1 Handout

Key words:

Identity

Genre

Narrative

Homework

1. Purchase required textbook: Understanding Rhetoric: a Graphic Guide to Writing by Losh, Alexander, Cannon, and Cannon. You must have the textbook by next class!
2. Join our OpenLab Group:

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/colemaneng1121d430spring2020/

3. Narrative Writing Assignment Due Tuesday, February 4^th

**Write a short story or poem that describes a vivid memory that was significant to you or reveals something about who you are as a person. In your piece, include sensory details (descriptions of sights, sounds, smells, tastes, physical feelings) to help the reader imagine the scene. Represent at least three of the five senses.

**You piece should be about 250 words. Please include a word count at the top of the page. It should be typed in Times New Roman 12 point font and double-spaced.

**Use this piece as an opportunity to introduce yourself to me. Tell me something about you that I might not otherwise know!

Oranges by Gary Soto

The first time I walked

With a girl, I was twelve,

Cold, and weighted down

With two oranges in my jacket.

December. Frost cracking

Beneath my steps, my breath

Before me, then gone,

As I walked toward

Her house, the one whose

Porch light burned yellow

Night and day, in any weather.

A dog barked at me, until

She came out pulling

At her gloves, face bright

With rouge. I smiled,

Touched her shoulder, and led

Her down the street, across

A used car lot and a line

Of newly planted trees,

Until we were breathing

Before a drugstore. We

Entered, the tiny bell

Bringing a saleslady

Down a narrow aisle of goods.

I turned to the candies

Tiered like bleachers,

And asked what she wanted –

Light in her eyes, a smile

Starting at the corners

Of her mouth. I fingered

A nickel in my pocket,

And when she lifted a chocolate

That cost a dime,

I didn’t say anything.

I took the nickel from

My pocket, then an orange,

And set them quietly on

The counter. When I looked up,

The lady’s eyes met mine,

And held them, knowing

Very well what it was all

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