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Week 5: Finishing Project 1

Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Thursday, March 2, 2023 (asynchronous assignment)

Project 1 due

Class Info

  • Dates: Tuesday, 2/28-Monday, 3/6
  • Meeting Info: Tuesday: 10:00-11:15am in room N618; Thursday: asynchronous

Objectives

  • To draft and revise our narratives about belonging to/felling excluded from discourse communities, and to connect our ideas to those expressed in our course readings; to offer feedback to our classmates as part of the revision process.

Actions

  • Complete and post Project 1 by Thursday, 3/2.
  • Complete the asynchronous assignment and post it (instead of class on Thursday).
  • Complete any unfinished work from previous weeks’ agendas, including introducing yourself on our OpenLab site

For Tuesday 2/28

Reading

  • Novel: Passing by Nella Larsen
  • Spoken Word Video: “Unlearning My Name” by Mohammed Hassan
  • Podcast/Interview: “On Passing” (both audio and written transcript available)

Writing

In Class, Thursday, 2/16

  • Group discussion: what are we writing for Project 1, and for whom?
  • Peer Review of Project 1
  • Reading Passing

For Thursday 3/2

Reading

Writing

  • Annotate as you read our course’s texts.
  • Finalize Project 1
  • Instead of Thursday’s class, an asynchronous assignment:

Instead of Class, Thursday, 3/2

  • write a private post (only you and I can read it) that answers:
    • what did you write about in Project 1?
    • what audience or reader did you write this for?
    • what did you learn about yourself as a student, a learner, a writer, a reviser, a collaborator (eg, peer reviewer, responding to classmates), or anything else?
    • if you had more time to work on Project 1, what would you want to work on?
    • what gave you trouble in Project 1?
    • what do you want help with as you revise your project for your final portfolio?
    • what grade do you think your project has earned, based on the grading criteria?
    • is there anything else I should know about?
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