Course Overview & Annotating Texts
For Tuesday:
Texts:
- Read the Welcome Announcement (click on the reddish text) and perform the task at the end (join OpenLab and this class).
Writing:
- Write a paragraph discussing your academic interests, why you chose your major, what you enjoy reading, listening to, watching, and doing in your spare time, or anything else you want to share (include your pronouns if you wish).
- Write a short paragraph about yourself as a reader and writer. What kinds of readings and writings are you drawn to? What type do you avoid and dislike? Why do you think you lean towards certain types of texts and away from others?
- Post both paragraphs as a comment on our Discussion: Introductions post.
For Thursday:
Texts to read before class:
- Read “How to Read like a Writer” by Mike Bunn.
- Review “RWL” (Reading like a Writer) Power Point by Laura Westengard.
Write during class:
- Write a short paragraph responding to the Bunn essay: identify one specific moment you found useful and you want to try out as a reader. Quote or paraphrase this moment, and explain why this idea appeals to you.
- Be sure to title the post correctly: Full Name, Discussion of “How to Read Like a Writer”
- Save it under Discussions.
- Hit “Publish”!
Looking forward…
Please read/write the following before class on Tuesday:
- Write a short paragraph responding to the Bunn essay: identify one specific moment you found useful and you want to try out as a reader. Quote or paraphrase this moment, and explain why this idea appeals to you.
- Be sure to title the post correctly: Full Name, Discussion of “How to Read Like a Writer”
- Save it under Discussions.
- Hit “Publish”!
- Read “The Memory of My Grandmother” (City Tech student essay) by Anita Jiang. The essay is in a larger journal–you only need to read Jiang’s essay!
- Read “Chapter 7” from the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass.
- For both texts, use the suggestions presented in “How to Read Like a Writer.”
Andrew Lee Discussion on how to read like a writer
In Mike Bunn’s “How to read like a writer” one moment I found useful was when using quotes. In page 73 he states “The goal is to carefully consider the choices the author made and the techniques that he or she used, and then decide whether you want to make those same choices or use those same techniques in your own writing. Author and professor Wendy Bishop explains how her reading process changed when she began to read like a writer.” When using quotes the reader should know what opinions you have on the quote. The writer also allows the readers to understand where they are coming from.
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