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Introduction

Course Overview and Policy Statements

Course Description

CO301 as a Core Course

Core Detail: Instructional Modes

Core Detail: Course Objectives

Core Detail: Weekly Schedule

Core Detail: Methods of Evaluation

Policy Statement - Kiefer

Policy Statement - Rilling

Syllabi

Sample Weekly Outline

Syllabus - Kiefer

Syllabus - Rilling

Portfolios?

Portfolio Overview - Kiefer

Portfolio Explanation (Harper)

Portfolio Grading (Holtcamp)

Portfolios: Promises, Problems, Practices (Kiefer)

Traditional And/Or Portfolio Grading? (Gogela)

Text Analysis

Text Analysis Assignments

Text Analysis Activities

Individual Topics

Individual Topic Assignments

Individual Topic Activities

Reflective Writing

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Questions for Tightening Rhetorical Context Analysis 2 (Publication Analysis) - Coan

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• Why do sections of the magazine occur in the order they do?
• What political views are favored, if any? Explicitly or implicitly?
• Do the editors write articles? What does this indicate about control of content?
• What races, genders, classes... of people are represented in articles and ads?
• How well do these people (above) represent the magazine's readership?
• How much does the magazine cost?
• Who are the advertisers? Any ironies between ad and article content?
• Articles: Variety of styles, or consistently similar?
• Letters to the Editor (if any): Mostly pro? Mostly con? Editorial responses?
• What is the overall purpose of the magazine? How, and how well, does it reach it?
• Are there purposes other than those immediately apparent?