Course Title: Classical Rhetoric: A Study of Aristotle's Rhetoric
Course Syllabus:
Aristotle's
Rhetoric Online (You can use this version if you don't have a book)
| Assignment
Date |
Lesson | Exercises
/Readings |
| 09/06/04 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 1 | Exercises for Days 1-2 |
| 09/13/04 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 1 | Exercises for Days 3-4 |
| 09/20/04 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 2 | Exercises for Days 1-2 |
| 09/27/04 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 2 | Exercises for Days 3-4 |
| 10/04/04 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 3 | Exercises for Days 1-2 |
| 10/11/04 | FALL BREAK | NO ASSIGNMENT |
| 10/18/04 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 3 | Exercises for Days 3-4 |
| 10/25/04 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 4 | Exercises for Days 1-2 |
| 11/01/04 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 4 & Case Study: Envoy's Appeal to Achilles | Exercises for Days 3-4 |
| 11/08/04 (Last day of 1st quarter) | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 5 | Exercises for Days 1-2 |
| 11/15/04 (2nd quarter begins) | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 5 | Exercises for Days 3-4 |
| 11/22/04 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 6 | Exercises for Days 1-2 |
| 11/29/04 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 6 | Exercises for Days 3-4 |
| 12/06/04 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 7 | Exercises for Days 1-2 |
| 12/13/04 (Last day of classes before Christmas Break) | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 7 & Case Study: Gettysburg Address | Exercises for Days 3-4 |
| 12/20/04 | CHRISTMAS BREAK | |
| 12/27/04 | CHRISTMAS BREAK | |
| 01/03/05 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 8 | Exercises for Days 1-2 |
| 01/10/05 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 8 | Exercises for Days 3-4 |
| 01/17/05 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 9 | Exercises for Days 1-2 |
| 01/24/05 (Last day of 2nd quarter) | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 9 & Case Study: Socrates Defense | Exercises for Days 3-4 |
| 01/31/05 (1st day of 3rd quarter) | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 10 | Exercises for Days 1-2 |
| 02/07/05 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 10 | Exercises for Days 3-4 |
| 02/14/05 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 11 | Exercises for Days 1-2 |
| 02/21/05 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 11 | Exercises for Days 3-4 |
| 02/28/05 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 12 | Exercises for Days 1-2 |
| 03/07/05 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 12 & Case Study: Gettysburg Address | Exercises for Days 3-4 |
| 03/14/05 | SPRING BREAK | |
| 03/21/05 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 13 | Exercises for Days 1-2 |
| 03/28/05 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 13 & Case Study: Envoy's Appeal to Achilles | Exercises for Days 3-4 |
| 04/4/05 (Last day of 3rd quarter) | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 14 | Exercises for Days 1-2 |
| 04/11/05 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 14 | Exercises for Days 3-4 |
| 04/18/05 (1st day of 4th quarter) | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 15 | Exercises for Days 1-2 |
| 04/25/05 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 15 | Exercises for Days 3-4 |
| 05/02/05 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 16 | Exercises for Days 1-2 |
| 05/09/05 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 16 | Exercises for Days 3-4 |
| 05/16/05 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 17 | Exercises for Days 1-2 |
| 05/23/05 | Classical Rhetoric, Book I, Cothran: Chapter 17 & Antony's Funeral Oration | Exercises for Days 3-4 |