Week 7 Agenda

Week 7:

• Dates: Thursday, 10/20-Wednesday, 10/26
• Meeting Info:

(ENG 1101 is a course that usually meets for 100 minutes twice a week. Our course is a hybrid format: we meet in person for 100 minutes once per week, Tuesdays from 12:00-1:40pm, in Namm 517, but instead of us meeting a second time for 100 minutes each week, you will do classwork asynchronously on your own. If you prefer to work together, you are welcome to join our student support meeting time, kind of a writing lab/writing studio/study space on Zoom on Thursdays, 12:00-1:00.)

We were on the verge of beginning our new project last week–this week we dig in and expand our minds to embrace our curiosity and channel it into the Reflective Annotated Bibliography.

Objectives

• to explore Project 2
• to begin to develop a research topic and question
• to use our reading to motivate our brainstorming

To-Do This Week

Actions

• Catch up on anything related to Project 1

Reading

• Read the Declaration of Independence
• Listen to the Declaration of Independence
• Read The Declaration of Independence Annotated by Randy Barnett for help understanding what you’re reading
• Read “38” by Layli Long Soldier
• Watch “Writing an Annotated Bibliography” (City Tech Library).
• Review “Annotated Bibliography Breakdown” (Purdue OWL).

Writing

• Join our discussion about these readings as protest texts.
• Backtrack to last week’s discussion and participate in our discussion about doing research.

In Class

• Midsemester grades discussion
• Check-in about online work, classroom work, and Project 1: write a letter to me letting me know
  • what your goals are for online work for this course
  • where you are with Project 1, if you haven’t handed it in yet, and a date when you will post a draft.
  • what’s giving you any difficulty with any of our work
  • a check-list of what you need to do, and
  • what you think your midsemester grade should be (P=Pass, BL=Borderline, U=Unsatisfactory)
  • any questions you have for me
  • do you want stricter deadlines
  • any ideas how we can have more energy?!
  • Prof. Rosen will send more updates via email on Sunday or Monday
  • Everyone needs to eat before class
• Project 2 discussion: how we use research
  • review assignment instructions, discuss ideas
• Reading and listening to spark our ideas:
  • Read the Declaration of Independence
  • Listen to the Declaration of Independence
  • Read and listen to “38” by Layli Long Soldier
• Understanding these texts
  • As you listen and read, what stands out to you? what questions do you have? what do you understand? mark up your text to show what you’re thinking about.
  • What is the purpose of each of these texts?
  • who is the speaker?
  • who is the audience?
  • what is the tone of the text?
  • what genre is the text?
  • how do we know?
• What research do these texts inspire you to want to do?
• What research are you interested in doing for Project 2?