Assigned readings are to be done before class on the given date.
| Week | Date | Topic | Readings (pages) | Total pp. | Given | Due |
| 1 | Mon. Jan. 7 | Introduction to the course | 0 | |||
| Wed. Jan. 9 | Free writing; what is style? | Understanding Style (pp. 3-10)
| 8 | |||
| Fri. Jan. 11 | Correctness and choice | Correctness (pp. 11-30)
| 20 | TDD | ||
| 2 | Mon. Jan. 14 | Generating material | Readings for TDD assignment (6 pages)
| 6 | ||
| Wed. Jan. 16 | Working informal material into shape | Actions (pp. 33-43)
| 11 | TDD | ||
| Fri. Jan. 18 | Matching actions to verbs | Actions (pp. 44-52)
| 9 | TDD-final | ||
| 3 | Mon. Jan. 21 | Actions and verbs | 0 | |||
| Wed. Jan. 23 | Reviewing and revising draft of final version | 0 | ||||
| Fri. Jan. 25 | Matching characters to subjects | Characters (pp. 54-63)
| 10 | TDD-final | ||
| 4 | Mon. Jan. 28 | Cohesion | Cohesion and Coherence (pp. 74-90)
| 17 | Ex 4.1 #4, 4.3 #4, 4.4 #4; last 3 examples from Fri exercise | |
| Wed. Jan. 30 | CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW | 0 | ||||
| Fri. Feb. 1 | Integrating fact and opinion into writing | 0 | ||||
| 5 | Mon. Feb. 4 | Integrating fact and opinion into writing | 0 | Second | ||
| Wed. Feb. 6 | In-class work on Assignment 2 | 0 | ||||
| Fri. Feb. 8 | Diagrams | 0 | ||||
| 6 | Mon. Feb. 11 | Developing ideas of audience and key points | Concision (pp. 111-130)
| 20 | ||
| Wed. Feb. 13 | Working on final version of A2 | 0 | Rough version of final version of Assignment 2 | |||
| Fri. Feb. 15 | Looking at the topic from different angles | 0 | Second | |||
| 7 | Mon. Feb. 18 | Concision | 0 | |||
| Wed. Feb. 20 | Abelson's MAGIC criteria | 0 | ||||
| Fri. Feb. 22 | Using the MAGIC criteria | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Mon. Feb. 25 | Presenting numbers | 0 | Third | ||
| Wed. Feb. 27 | Shape | Shape (pp. 132-147)
| 16 | |||
| Fri. Feb. 29 | Shape (more exercises) | 0 | Draft third | |||
| 9 | Mon. Mar. 3 | The rhetorical situation | 0 | |||
| Wed. Mar. 5 | Recommendations from reading A3 drafts | 0 | ||||
| Fri. Mar. 7 | Shape | Shape, pt. 2 (pp. 149-159)
| 11 | Third | ||
| 10 | Mon. Mar. 10 | Shape exercise | 0 | Fourth | ||
| Wed. Mar. 12 | Describing a process | 0 | ||||
| Fri. Mar. 14 | Selecting a topic | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Mon. Mar. 17 | Elegance | Elegance (pp. 160-182)
| 23 | ||
| Wed. Mar. 19 | Refining draft Assignment 4 | 0 | Bring draft Fourth to class | |||
| Fri. Mar. 21 | Good Friday | |||||
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| Mon. Mar. 24 | Easter Monday | |||||
| 12 | Wed. Mar. 26 | Making an abstract readable | 0 | |||
| Fri. Mar. 28 | Selecting material for oral presentations | 0 | ||||
| Mon. Mar. 31 | Sequencing topics | 0 | Bruce Springsteen @ GM Place (optional, but recommended) | |||
| 13 | Wed. Apr. 2 | Items from reviews of A4 drafts | 0 | Course evaluations | ||
| Fri. Apr. 4 | Class wrap-up | 0 | ||||
| Mon. Apr. 7 | NO CLASS | 0 | Fourth | |||