Hello all. As discussed in class today, your Unit 2 RAB drafts were due on Monday, 4/15/24, and you should be working on your final research project for Unit 3, Writing in a New Genre. (Carefully read the guidelines for both of these Unit projects by clicking on the above links) For Unit 2 RAB, this model RAB is a very clear resource for how you should model your RAB draft, structure-wise: Introduction telling why this topic is important/interesting to you, source name, citation, summary, rhetorical analysis, and quotes… for each source). For your final research project, the resources, links and materials in the “Major Assignments” menu item on OpenLab are very useful as you think about the genre you’ll decide on. Read the “Artist Statement” of the Unit 3 guidelines carefully, and make sure you understand what I expect of you. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Your grade is not officially affected by lateness and non-attendance in and of themselves, but 30% of your course grade depends on participation, and lateness and non-attendance affects your ability to participate in class. Anyone who has missed class more than three (3) times should contact me via email so we can discuss this. Three (3) times late to class equals an absence, so contact me if you have been consistently late to class as well.

The semester will be over before we know it, and almost no one in the class is caught up with posting comments and responding to classmates’ posts on the readings on Perusall, and most if not all of you still have one or two writing activities to post on the class OpenLab site. Figure out what you still need to do by scrolling through the “Student Work” pages and complete and post whatever writing activities you need to there.

On Perusall, you need to post three (3) comments and reply to three (3) of your classmates’ (and/or my) comments as well, for each of the following readings:

“How to Read Like a Writer” by Mike Bunn (1/29)

Anzaldua’s “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” (2/5)

Malcolm X reading (2/14)

Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue” (2/26)

“James Baldwin’s A Talk to Teachers” (2/28)

“Pathos Logos Ethos” (3/6)

Stedman’s “Annoying Ways People Use Sources” (3/6, 3/20) (Answer the questions at the end of the article and post on the OpenLab class site on 3/20)

Donald Murray “The Maker’s Eye” (4/8)

Laurie McMillan (“What is the Rhetorical Situation and Why Should I Care”) (4/15)

I hope you’re able to relax and enjoy Spring Break, but if you are behind and would like to catch up, the break is an opportunity to do so. If you have any questions, as ever, please feel free to contact me.