Week One 8/25

Introduction

Week Two 9/1

READ: “How to Read Like a Writer” by Mike Bunn.

In this article, Bunn says that his students suggest that the advice they would give to future students is that they “write yourself notes and summaries both during and after reading.” So I’d like you to do that. Please take out a piece of paper and a pen (or pencil) and have it beside you as you read.  Just write down whatever stands out to you from the text– jot down a few key words.  Doodle! Write a summary. Write a question. There are no right or wrong answers here.

WRITE:  On the website, write a post of at least 300 words discussing the following questions.

READ:  “Zayn Malik and the Songs that Bring us to Prayer”  by Hanif Abdurraqib

WRITE:  write a new post responding to these two pieces (the video we watched in class and the article). You can do it in whatever way you want! You can talk about how your name or your language makes you who you are, or gives people “permission” to treat you a certain way even though that’s so wrong!

You can also think through how a group has helped define you. As part of it, you can add images or links to videos… whatever you think will help us get to know you and your experiences better. You can even add a link to a video. Or record an audio file and link to it. Or draw something and upload the image. Whatever you want. Remember: we’re all about composing in the 21st century, so feel free to do what you think would be interesting for us to see/hear/learn about. The idea is to get you thinking about how those issues affect you. How they’ve helped shape who you are and who you’re becoming.

Week Three 9/8