Hi everyone!  Just some updates!

First of all, no class (optional or otherwise, on Monday, Oct 12) due to the holiday.

Second of all, HERE is the link for the PIE paragraph slideshow.  I wanted to post this again, because I mentioned it in a few of your essay comments.  Remember, it’s important to have a point, information (illustration) and explanation (analysis) in every paragraph!

Now, onto the homework!

By Noon Friday, Oct 9:

READ: “Navigating Genres” by Kerry Dirk https://wac.colostate.edu/books/writingspaces1/dirk–navigating-genres.pdf

WRITE (as you read!) : a Double Entry Journal (at least 4 quotes and responses to the Genre article) Post this on Open Lab.  You can post it with your blog post (below!)

WRITE: a blog post (approx 250 words) about the following:

  • What is a genre you feel you know well?
  • What are the rhetorical features of that genre?
  • How did you learn the rules of that genre (did you teach yourself? how? did someone else teach you?)

Also: the homework for Wednesday will serve as the rough draft of your introduction to your Research Project! This means you will need a research question, which needs to be approved by me before Wednesday.  You can use one of the research questions I suggested in an email to you based on your survey answers– but please only use it if you’re interested.  If not, email me again.  If I approved your topic on Monday, we’re Gucci.  (haha. Sorry. I’m a dork.)

If I have not approved your research question, you need to get your question approved by me ASAP!

By Noon on Wednesday, Oct 14:

Please note: even though classes on Wednesday, follow a Monday schedule, we will have a required class at the regular time on Weds! 

WRITE: Write a blog post (at least 400 words) in which you introduce your research question (remember to get it approved by me first!) You must cover all of the questions in bold. Answer in paragraph form. :

  • Why are you interested in this question?  (Feel free to talk about your own personal experience with the topic, or to tell an anecdote about your experience with this subject matter) 
  • What do you expect to find in your research? (Why do you expect to find this?)
  • What will you do if you find information that goes completely against what you had expected to find? (Will you throw it out? Will you write about it anyway? Will you challenge your own assumptions?) 
  • What genres do you think might give you good information? (What is it about those genres that make them good potential sources?) Please make sure you have read the Kerry Dirk article for Friday, Oct 9 to answer this properly! 

Spend some time on this– because this will serve as the first draft of the introduction for your annotated bibliography! Keep a copy for your final draft! 

Please use the category: Bibliography Intro RD (this will automatically categorize in Unit 2 as well, but it will make these easier to find when it’s time for you to put your whole report together.)