Week 6: Monday, 9/28 – Friday, 10/2

(No classes Monday; Tuesday is a Monday schedule)

Unit 2: Inquiry-Based Research (Annotated Bibliography)

By end-of-day Tuesday, 9/29, the following activities are due (end-of-day means 11:59 PM):
WRITING:
  • Unit 1 Assignment: Discourse Communities Due (if you don’t turn it in on this date you’ll receive an F on this assignment)
  • How to submit your Unit 1 Assignment can be found here. Follow these directions carefully! I will not evaluate a submission that isn’t posted correctly.
Micro-Activity #8: Reflection on Unit 1: Investigating a Discourse Community
  • Write a  post under Student Work: Unit 1 Work that is  a short reflection about your speech or letter. Be sure to put your Full Name and Micro-Activity #8 in the title.
    • What are your thoughts on writing in the genre you chose? Did you find it easier to express your thoughts via this genre vs. traditional academic writing (such as an essay). Why or why not? Also, reflect on how the model (either the speeches by Douglass and/or A.O.C. or letter by Wollstonecraft) helped you create your piece.
    • Find a section of the Unit 1 assignment that you struggled to write. Quote it and explain what you were struggling with and steps you took to overcome the difficulty you were facing.
    •  Imagine you had 24 additional hours to work on the speech or letter, what would you do to further develop it? Why?
By end-of-day Thursday, 10/1, the following activities are due (end-of-day means 11:59 PM):
READING: WRITING: Quick Comment
  • Go to my Discussion Question on Unit 2: Annotated Bibliography and comment on it. For example, have you ever written an annotated bibliography before? Have you done research for another class? What is some advice you might give to peers who have never done this kind of work? In addition, you may use this opportunity to ask practical questions about the assignment itself (re: deadlines, formatting, etc.). (approx. 100-150 words)
Micro-Activity #9: Analyzing the Declaration of Independence
  • Write a post under Student Work: Unit 2 Work in which you respond to the following (approx 350 words). Be sure to put your Full Name and Micro-Activity #9 in the title:
    • The Declaration of Independence is made up of several sections. Read through and pay attention to the document’s organization. Write a few sentences summing up the purpose of each section and the reason (or reasons) it was written (e.g. is it a call to action? an explanation? a proposal of a solution? something else?).
    • What about this document is or is not persuasive in your view?
    • Take a look at Randy Barnett’s article in The Washington Post. In it, he interprets several of the claims made in the Declaration, and he explains what these claims are saying in modern terms. Pick one or two of the claims that you feel relate to concerns, issues, or problems in American society today, and explain your choice (or choices).