Endless?

Week 11:

  • Dates: Wednesday, 11/13 and Monday, 11/18
  • Meeting Info: Each week, I will post an agenda that will outline the 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 finish and publish Project 2
  • To submit a reflective cover letter for Project 2
  • To learn about and begin working on Project 3: Writing in a New Genre
  • To find and read mentor texts for Project 3 genres
  • To catch up on any missing or late work, especially with the Final Portfolio in mind.
  • To schedule a time to talk with me to discuss your revision of Project 1.

To Do Before Week 11

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.

To-Do This Week

Wednesday, 11/13

Texts:

  • Project 3 Project Instructions
  • Find mentor texts to help you understand the genre you’re interested in using for Project 3
  • Article: “The listicle as literary form” by Arika Okrent

Writing:

  • Please submit a reflective cover letter for Project 2, either in class on paper or as a private post on our course site. You can find the questions below.

In Class:

  • In class focused freewrite: set an intention for class today. What do you hope to get out of class today? What are you able to put in to class today?
  • 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. If you haven’t finished Project 2, please answer what you can, and then answer the questions below to explain what you have finished and what you have remaining to complete, let me know when you plan to submit Project 2, and ask any questions you have or tell me what support you need from me:

  • 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?
  • 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?
  • You’ll use your research from 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)?

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
  • Four sources, representing 3 genres
  • One bibliographic citation for each of your four sources (4 total)
  • One annotation for each of your four sources (4 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, and with whom

Working on Project 3

  • What genres are we considering using for Project 3? Some examples:
    • Listicle: an article that lists things plus a description or information for each item in the list. we’re saying minimum 5 items in the list.
    • Listicles can be all text or text and image; stylized (or not). We can write them in a blog post directly or use something like Canva.com to stylize in a particular way.
    • A zine can be a format used to stylize a listicle
    • Any others?
  • What do we know about these genres?
    • Who composes in this genre?
    • Who are possible audiences for this genre/who isn’t an audience for this genre (whichever is more helpful for you)
    • What is the purpose of a text in this genre?
    • What are some of the features of the genre? Think about tone, style, diction/word choice, format, organization, etc.
    • How do you know a text is an example of this genre?
  • Remembering genre awareness: “Understanding Genre Awareness”

Wednesday, 11/15

Texts:

Writing:

  • Prepare a draft that you can share on our site with the class on W 11/15

In Class:

Photo credit: “Endless?” by Aftab Uzzaman via Flickr under the license CC BY-NC 2.0.