Week 13: Finishing Project 3 & Beginning Final Reflections

Class Info

  • Dates: Monday, May 6, 2024-Wednesday, May 8, 2024
  • Meeting Info: 11:30am-12:45pm in room N602A
  • Important: If you have a computer or tablet, please consider bringing it to class this week!

Objectives

  • To finish Project 3, both the creation (Part 1) and the formal proposal (Part 2)
  • To present work to the class for critique
  • To complete any unfinished work
  • Project 3 (The Multimodal Project) due

For Monday, 5/6

Reading

  • Review mentor texts for Project 3 to make sure you have a good understanding of your genre to use as a checklist for your creation.

Writing

  • Share as a comment to this agenda any mentor/model texts you found useful
  • continue drafting Project 3
  • Remember to post your creations to the OpenLab or have it easily available to share for presentations. Use category Project 3 Work.

In-Class

  • Where are we with Project 3?
  • Presentations of Project 3 creations
  • How do we share media-rich large files?
  • Peer Critique/Feedback: In Liz Lerman’s Critical Response ProcessSM 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 Part 2: proposals
  • Independent/partner working time

For Wednesday, 5/8

Reading

  • Reflection mentor texts TBA

Writing

  • Finalize Project 3 to submit today

In-Class

  • Final checklist for Project 3
  • Cover letter for Project 3
  • Begin work on Final Reflection and revisions

Photo credit:

“Writing III” by john bowers via Flickr under the license CC BY-NC-ND 2.0