Homework for Tuesday, September 15

Read "Sex and Scandal at Duke."

Continue working on your projects. Here's Project 1's Assignment Description, which I gave you during our conferences:

Project 1 Assignment

Select one of the four scenarios provided to you for Project 1, as well as the medium that best suits the project.

Keep in mind the concepts of ethos, pathos and having a clear thesis that we have discussed in class, as well as audience awareness and language. Remember to take into account what your audience knows about this topic and what their already established opinions are.

Your name must be on the assignment and you need to give it a title. Your first draft is due on Thursday, September 18. If you are working on a paper or a brochure, please bring three copies of each. If you’re working on a Powerpoint presentation, website or video, bring your laptop to class so you can share your project with your classmates. If you don’t have a laptop, please let me know so we can figure something out. Your final draft is due on Monday, September 22. I will return work electronically. Everyone will receive their graded assignments within a week of turning them in, but not all at the same time. I will return them as I grade them and I will grade them in the order that they reach my inbox at: hidalgoatpudue@gmail.com.

A “C” project should:
• Meet all requirements of the assignment.
• Provide appropriate description so that an audience can understand the situations and issues
involved.
• Have a thesis that follows logically from the body of the paper.
• Control surface errors.
• Use the MLA citation system to document all your sources.

A “B” project should do everything a “C” paper does but should also:
• Show evidence that possible audience objections have been anticipated and responded to.
• Incorporate sources smoothly.
• Include an analysis that interrogates the experiences, observations and sources critically.

An “A” project should do everything a “B” paper does but should also:
• Arrive at a thesis that is original, insightful and sensible.
• Show a flair with language and/or visual rhetoric.
• Have a clear organizational strategy based on audience needs