Author: Prof Jewell
Revised daily schedule–end of semester
12/2 In class Revision Assignment
Sign up for Class Presentations (due 12/9, 12/11, 12/16)
*Email me if you are not in class today and you want credit for the final presentation, and I will assign you a presentation day
12/4 DUE on Open Lab: Research and Audience Assignment
Read for class: Donald Murray, “Internal Revision” (in packet)
12/9 Read for class: Donald Murray, “The Maker’s Eye”
Presentation Day 1
12/11 Presentation Day 2
12/16 DUE on Open Lab: Final Portfolios due
Presentation Day 3
12/18 Last Class
Grades on first two major assignments are on Open Lab…
…please review your first two major assignments (Literacy Narrative and Annotated Bibliography) and look at the comments and grades on your posts. If you do not see a grade for a major assignment, and you think you uploaded the assignment, let me know NOW. If you do not see a grade, that means that I do not have record of your turning in the assignment, which means you will not get credit for the assignment.
Any questions, please let me know!
Research and Audience Assignment (due Dec 4) posting instructions!
For this Unit 3 major assignment, please post a one-paragraph intro before your two messages. In your intro, please give a brief description saying why your issue is important and also a justification for why you chose your two audiences to hear your messages. Finally, say why you chose the genre (medium for your message as well as the venue of publication) for each of your audiences.
Remember to include a bibliography at the end of your assignment (using proper MLA citation) with at least five sources.
Tag the Research/Audience category when you post!
Peer Review Monday
Hi all:
Reminder that for peer review tomorrow, you are responsible for bringing to class a TYPED and PRINTED copy of your document. You should bring one message to one of your audiences (basically, one half of the Research and Audience assignment).
Research and Audience Assignment–due Dec 4
Research and Audience Assignment (major assignment for Unit 3)
In this assignment, you will research an issue that you feel is important. Your job will be to identify two different audiences/communities that are impacted by your issue and then to write two different messages (one to each audience) that either persuades each audience of a particular outcome that should happen to resolve your issue OR that educates them about the dynamics of your issue. If you choose to educate your audience, think about your goal – why is education important in this context; what will new knowledge bring? Be sure to have a goal in mind when writing to each audience – what do you want to get them to do, think, or feel – and why?
You should have at least 5 references. This is a research assignment – do research to better understand your issue and what’s at stake.
Together, both messages should be 1000-1500 words.
Things to keep in mind:
• Your issue should be specific. If you are interested in researching and finding out more about immigration, for example, your issue could be a certain immigration policy that you would like to see changed and why; if your topic is vaping, you could talk about how celebrities should not endorse smoking because of its impact on teenagers.
• Your issue should be something with real consequences today – otherwise, what’s the point of you writing to your audiences?
• You should choose to write each message in a genre (email? Letter? Speech?…?) that makes sense for your audience. Be sure to write the imagined place of publication for your message to each audience.
• You should write in the tone and with the amount/type of evidence that is consistent with the genre you choose. But be sure you have at least five sources!
Unit 3 assignment due dates
Unit 3 Assignments Due Dates
November 15: Reflection on Annotated Bibliography due on Open Lab
November 25: Peer Review in class
December 4: Research and Audience assignment* due on Open Lab
In-class Presentations of research topic – date to be assigned by instructor
December 16: Final Portfolios** due
*Major Unit Assignment
**Comprising revised major assignments and reflection papers (instructions to follow)
Revised Daily Schedule
**Check back before each class period for daily updates**
Mon, Nov 11: Discuss Annotated Bibliography Reflection; start drafting reflection
Wed, Nov 13: Read Kristen Roupenian, “Cat Person” (in packet)
Fri, Nov 15: Reflection on Annotated Bibliography due on Open Lab (see Open Lab for more instructions)
Mon, Nov 18: Read Ta-Nahesi Coates, “Letter to My Son” (in packet)
Due in class: research topic and question
Wed, Nov 20: Workshopping Research Questions and Audience
Mon, Nov 25: Peer Review, bring one of your audience assignments to class (see Open Lab for more instructions)
Reflection on annotated bib–due Nov 15
Tag “Reflection” category when posting
Reflection Assignment on Annotated Bibliography Prompt, due on Open Lab (500 words):
Your final portfolio will ask you to reflect on your evolution as a writer this semester. In this Open Lab post, you are doing two reflections (you can use this insight in your final portfolio reflection too):
1.Revisit the annotated bibliography you posted on Open Lab.
a. Now, imagine that you were teaching someone how to write in your genre. What are 4-5 things that all of the sources in your genre share? You could think about things like: the tone of the writers; ways that your sources open or close; whether they use emotional appeals or reason appeals more often; what audiences they are trying to persuade…
b. What did you learn about your topic? This could be anything, but you could also think about the norms or values that your writers and/or their audiences hold—how can you see those values working?
c. What do you still want to learn about your topic?
2.What did you learn about yourself as a writer through this assignment?
a. What do you think your strengths are as a writer? What are you good at? Please be specific and provide an example. (This could be any part of the writing process, including brainstorming and imagining.)
b. In what ways would you like to continue to grow as a writer?
c. How do you think you could enact those changes? What do you need in order to do so?
No class Monday, Nov 4
Please read Colson Whitehead’s “City Limits” in our packet for class on Wednesday.
