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Week 10:

  • Dates: Monday, 11/6 and Wednesday, 11/8
  • Meeting Info: This course meets in person for 100 minutes twice per week, Mondays and Wednesdays from 12:00-1:40pm, in Namm 602A. By the end of each week, I will post an agenda that will outline the next week’s work. It will include instructions for you and links to readings, discussion questions, and other work. We will work on developing community both in our classroom and in our online written community.

Objectives

  • To draft introductions and conclusions for Project 2
  • To continue Project 2 research
  • To draft citations and annotations for our sources
  • To revise our research questions as needed
  • CHANGE IN DUE DATE: drafts (as complete as possible!) still due in class for Wednesday, 11/1. Final versions due on our site by the start of class on Monday, 11/6 so we can write cover letters in class.
  • CHANGE IN NUMBER OF SOURCES: 3 instead of 4
  • To begin Project 3: Writing in a New Genre

To Do Before Week 10

Just in case you haven’t already, please:

  • Catch up on any readings or discussions you’ve missed–you can review the Weekly Class Agendas to see what we covered.
  • Be sure to share your research question, introduction, first source, and next sources to allow me to give you feedback as you work.
  • If you haven’t yet submited Project 1: Education Narrative and the cover letter (paper copy distributed in class), please reach out to me to discuss a plan.
  • Plan to meet with me to discuss Project 1 revisions if you haven’t already–either in class or student support hours.

To-Do This Week

Monday, 11/6

Texts:

  • texts for your research project–remember you want to read more than 4 to find the best sources for your project.
  • drafts of each part of Project 2

Writing:

  • draft and revise citations and annotations for Project 2
  • Draft and begin revising your conclusion, using the Project 2 details and the sample Reflective Annotated Bibliographies to guide you. Share your draft in a discussion about RAB conclusions.

In Class:

  • consult with the Reflective Annotated Bibliography examples
  • What do they do that we want to do? What do they leave out that we want to do? What do they do that we want to leave out?
  • Use the checklist from the Week 9 agenda to review your own work
  • Continue drafting annotations–especially using the Project 2 Details
  • Read your classmates’ work. For each draft, share your answers to the following questions (you will also answer these questions for your own RAB):
    • what do you understand about your classmate’s interest from reading this RAB (reflective annotated bibliography)?
    • What do you understand about your classmate’s topic from reading this RAB?
    • What wasn’t clear to you?
    • What stood out to you from reading this RAB?
    • Using the checklist, what was included and what was missing? Was there anything extra, and did that work?
    • Is there anything your classmate could add about the three appeals–logos, ethos, pathos–that would help their annotations?
  • What do you need to know about Project 3 to help you write your conclusion for Project 2?

Wednesday, 11/8

Texts:

  • Finalize your four three texts
  • Review your draft and your classmates’ drafts

Writing:

  • Finish drafting and revising Project 2

In Class:

  • Cover letter for Project 2

Metacognitive writing allows you to evaluate your own process and reflect on your experience as a writer. Please write a letter to me as a reflection on your reflective annotated bibliography that answers the following questions in whatever order makes sense for you:

  • What was your research question?
  • What did you learn about yourself as you worked on this project?
  • This project was divided into small parts to do incrementally. How did that work for you?
  • You’ll use Project 2 when you create your new text in Project 3. How else might you want to use the work you’ve done for Project 2? (eg, add it to your ePortfolio, apply the information you learned to coursework in your major; write about it in a personal statement for an application, post on social media to get attention for issues you learned about, share with your family or community, etc)?
  • What resources (eg. brainstorming, online discussions, student samples; peer-review, student support hours, writing center/tutoring, generative AI) did you use to write this reflective annotated bibliography? What did you find helpful or unhelpful about each?
  • What grade do you think your project has earned, based on the grading criteria?
  • What do you want help with as you revise it for your final portfolio?
  • Is there anything else I should know about?
  • If you’re not done yet: what are you up to? What’s your plan? What help do you need?

Checklist: Have you included the following?

  • Research question
  • Introduction paragraph(s) that address why you are interested in your topic, what you know about it, and what you expect to find in your research
  • Three sources, representing 2-3 genres
  • One bibliographic citation for each of your three sources (3 total)
  • One annotation for each of your three sources (3 total) that each include
    • Summary
    • Rhetorical analysis
    • Reflection
    • 1-3 quotations per source
    • 2-4 keywords
  • A conclusion that addresses what you learned, how your thinking changed, what you want to share about what you learned, with whom, and in what genre

If you haven’t written your letter in class, please write your letter as a private post so I can read it as I review your project.

  • Brainstorm for Project 3:
    • what is your topic/information you want to share?
    • what audience do you want to reach to share this information?
    • topic: why people migrate within the Caribbean, or to the US. audience: maybe other people whose families emigrated, people who are late teens/early 20s who are considering their identity/history. genre: Instagram thread, using hashtags, @mentions, linking out
    • topic: how advertising affects children’s mental health. Audience: parents of young children. Genre: social media? maybe TikTok; letters; PTA meeting presentation; brochure; magazine article
    • topic: bias in health care. audience: health care workers; nursing students; patience. Genre: presentation/video for continuing nursing education; TikTok; TED Ed
    • what genres would reach these audiences? listicle, interview, open letter, infographic–let’s learn more about these
    • what genre might you want to use? what do you need to know about it to create your text?
  • What are listicles?
  • What is an open letter?
  • Interviews: audio, video, written