Agenda: Week 12

Week 12: Drafting Project 3 Continued & Multimodal Presentations

Thursday, April 27, 2023
Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Class Info

• Dates: Thursday, April 27, 2023-Wednesday, May 3, 2023
• Meeting Info: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00-11:15am in room N618
• Important: If you have a computer or tablet, please consider bringing it to class this week!

Objectives

• To draft Project 3, both the creation and the artist’s statement
• To present work to the class for critique
• To complete any unfinished work
• Bonus: Literary Arts Festival

For Thursday, 4/27

Reading

• Find mentor texts/model texts to read
• If you have time and interest, read some of Akwaeke Emezi’s writing. If you can, attend the Literary Arts Festival on Thursday, 4/27, 4-6:00pm. Don’t forget to register!

Writing

• Share as a comment to this agenda any mentor/model texts you found useful
• continue drafting Project 3

In-Class

• Where are we with Project 3?
  • Write a checklist of your goals and the work you need to accomplish.
  • Share your checklist with the class:
  • Research more counter-arguments to avoid tunnel-vision
  • Finish Project 2
  • finalize audience and genre
  • do some research about that genre to know its conventions
  • learn how to use certain software or equipment?
• Independent/partner working time
• Now where are we with Project 3?
  • Focused freewrite: What did you accomplish? What’s next?
  • Share your accomplishments and new goals with the class.

For Tuesday, 5/2

Reading

• Instructions/guide for critique: “Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process” by Liz Lerman.

Writing

• Continue drafting Project 3
• If you attended the Literary Arts Festival or read any of Akwaeke Emezi’s work, please consider sharing your ideas and experiences in a post on our site!

In-Class

• Revise our checklist for Project 3. What can you accomplish today?
  • conference with Prof. Rosen
  • edit/revise/work on Project 2
  • do more research?
  • learn more about the genre you’re working in
  • work on your creation–writing, recording, editing, layout, etc
• Do some things from our checklists!
• Think about the artist’s statement portion of Project 3
• Present your creation
• For next time:
• Peer Critique/Feedback: In Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process^SM we are encouraged to offer four types of feedback: what stood out to us, what we understood, what questions we have, and with permission, our advice or opinions
• Note things you understand, liked, or had questions either about what they’re saying or what else you would like to know. Write three to four specific comments about each classmates’ work. Here are some sample phrases to help you get started:
  • After reading/watching your multimodal text, I understand that …
  • I could tell the audience is … and your purpose is …
  • When you said … this really caught my attention because … 
  • Your piece got me thinking about …   
  • I wanted to know more about …
  • I got confused here when you said … because … 
  • I wondered why you made … choice
  • As you revise, you might want to consider …
• Time to workshop/revise
• Review instructions for artist’s statement